wp-vlabsHands-on Experience with Virtual Labs:
Virtual production environments for safe, affordable technology training

rapid_intake_rapid_interactive_elearning_developmentCreating Better eLearning Faster Using Form-based Instructional Templates
In an effort to meet the growing demand for e-learning course consumption, e-learning designers and developers have often turned to
PowerPoint conversion methods to try to scale e-learning course production.

wp-wikisLearning and the 2.0 Collaboration Revolution:
Would a Wiki Help Your Organization?

Upcoming eLearning Events


1265 Articles match "PowerPoint"

The Latest from the eLearning Learning Community

Thursday, September 2, 2010
In the example shown, I’m working in Elluminate which lets me create my overlay text as an object in PowerPoint. start with a background image made in PowerPoint and then loaded into the whiteboard. Then I create simple text boxes which I tilt in PowerPoint to fit the perspective in the whiteboard image. Have you managed to …?
 
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
About the author: AJ George is IconLogic's lead Technical Writer and author of both " PowerPoint 2007: The Essentials " and " PowerPoint 2008 for the Macintosh: The Essentials." by AJ George I was ecstatic to trade in my archaic Palm 700 for a sexy new HTC Evo. Go ahead and run your Task Killer. Kill everything.
 
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Once I had the words, I developed a series of 30 or so screens in PowerPoint. There are only three questions I want to ask when I’m thinking about a virtual classroom system: Is it easy to use? How does it perform? What can I do with it? As I’ve used them in earnest, I have developed a good number of interactive exercises and activities.
 

The Best from the eLearning Learning Community

One of my clients is considering using PowerPoint as a development tool. Although they will probably convert the PowerPoint to Flash and distribute in this way, they also want to make the PowerPoint files available for users who wish to make modifications to the materials. A Link to PowerPoint Viewer.
I was interested in Cammy Bean's News Flash:PowerPoint bad for learning. In a survey by Communicate Using Technology (link no longer valid), the number one most annoying thing about bad PowerPoint presentations was seen as "the speaker reading the slides to us". But is this the fault of PowerPoint? It's almost impossible.
Tags: Video eLearning PowerPoint YouTube
Powerpoint is for ideas. Tags: powerpoint There are nine, but this is my favorite. Lee Pay by the word. Here's the deal: You should have to put $5 into the coffee fund for every single word on the wordiest slide in your deck. 400 words costs $2000. If that were true, would you use fewer words? lot fewer? Two if you have to.
PowerPoint + video > synchronised delivery. Tags: PowerPoint No sooner had I posted about the three solutions I had been considering for making slide shows available online as stand-alone content, than a rush of new options comes to light - isn't that the joy of online communities? Prezi > video. Live > video. Any more ideas?
It also means choosing the most appropriate delivery format: PowerPoint > SlideShare. PowerPoint > Camtasia > Video > YouTube/mobile device. PowerPoint > Articulate/Adobe Presenter > Flash > LMS/web site. Tags: PowerPoint The end product here is a video consisting of your slides plus a narration.
by AJ George I am often asked how to get YouTube videos into a PowerPoint presentation, and, unless you're using the latest version (PowerPoint 2010), it's an understandable question. 0160; Insert YouTube Videos into PowerPoint 2007 with Internet. In PowerPoint click the Office button. Click the OK button.
by AJ George Over the last two weeks I've shown you how to insert YouTube Videos into PowerPoint 2007 when presenting both with  and without  an internet connection. This week I'm going to show you how to do the same thing, but in PowerPoint 2008 for the Mac. Tags: PowerPoint Copy the URL for the video.
I use Powerpoint in some of the workshops I run, not all, but when it suits the audience, venue and most importantly learning objectives. That said, Powerpoint can have its place. So I've put together a list of 10(+1) tips for using Powerpoint more effectively. Avoid overuse of Powerpoint SmartArt Graphics. How much text?
I was interested to read in Donald Clark's review of Learning 2005 that Elliott had decreed that there should be no PowerPoint at the show. However, I wonder whether PowerPoint is really the guilty party here. Surely, all this software sets out to do is to help us support our presentations with visual aids. Who's fault is this?