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Two Tips for Writing Dialogue (With Examples!)

Experiencing eLearning

Dialogue can be tricky to write. When I teach people how to write branching scenarios, writing dialogue is one of the places people get stuck. If you’re used to writing in a more formal style, writing dialogue can feel very unfamiliar. Tip #1: Use more contractions When you write dialogue, use contractions.

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Games for Learning, Video Captions: ID Links 12/14/21

Experiencing eLearning

I share these links periodically here on my blog. This post includes links on games for learning, video captions, and how to handle “pick your brain” requests. 6 Things Video Games Can Teach You About Writing Engaging Scenarios – E-Learning Heroes. Video captions. Games for learning. Bianca Woods.

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Chatbots & Storytelling: ID Links 3/19/24

Experiencing eLearning

I share these links about once a month here on my blog. I’m experimenting with AI image tools to create images for my blog posts. Storytelling Tip 6: Show, Don’t Tell Hadiya Nuriddin continues her series of tips on writing stories with “show, don’t tell.” Provide quiet time for reflection.

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Storyline Accessibility and Mayer’s Principles

Scissortail's Learning Nest

If you’re not familiar with Mayer’s Principles, this blog post from Digital Learning Institute explains them in a nutshell. Storyline allows us to add captions to video and audio files or to import caption files. Then we included the interpretation videos on a layer and displayed them using triggers. More on that in a bit.

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12 Ways to Get the Most Out of Your Authoring Tool

Knowing what you need from an eLearning authoring tool can be hard, especially when there are so many options on the market. gomo’s new ebook aims to save you time and hassle by identifying 12 must-have authoring tool features.

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UX, Accessibility, & More: ID Links 5/24/22

Experiencing eLearning

I share these links periodically here on my blog. This post includes links on UX, accessibility, branching scenarios, Twine, instructional design blogs, free/freemium tools, and systems thinking. Guidelines for writing good alt text. How To: Write Good Alt Text | Supercool. A number of these are organizational blogs.

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Games, Organizing, & Motivation: ID Links 10/25/22

Experiencing eLearning

I share these links periodically here on my blog. These aren’t learning or training games, but it’s useful to look at games outside of L&D for ideas on game mechanics, look and feel, choice writing, and other elements of games. Tools for CSS and interactive video. FreeFuse is a tool for interactive video.

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