Rapid eLearning

AUGUST 4, 2015

I found a free desktop image made available by Anastasia Kolisnichenko. I used the free image to create an interactive course prototype for an upcoming workshop activity. How to Create an Interactive Course Using a Single Image. It just requires an image that has clear potential content buckets. PowerPoint (no zoom).

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Rapid eLearning

JUNE 23, 2015

Do a search for “free vector images” and you’ll find hundreds of sites that boast tens of thousands of free images. Besides, how many free vector images do you really need? Websites that Offer Free Vector Images. Other Sources for Free Vector Images. Editing Free Vector Images.

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Rapid eLearning

JUNE 16, 2015

In this post we’ll explore how to edit free vector images in PowerPoint. There are hundreds of sites to download free vector images that can be used for your presentations and online training courses. However, if you get the image in.EPS format you may be able to edit the free vector images in PowerPoint.

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Rapid eLearning

MAY 11, 2015

It starts with a main image that has five distinct sections. Because the main image looks like an organizational overview, I think the template works great for a new hire orientation module. In the template you’ll also find some extra slides with the people images and some props that I gleaned from the main image.

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Rapid eLearning

OCTOBER 6, 2015

Adding the right image initiates engagement because it draws the learner’s attention, communicates the general topic, and can generate a visceral reaction. Review the images below. Suppose you can only put one image on your screen, what would it be? Suppose you can only put one image on your screen, what would it be?

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Rapid eLearning

MAY 18, 2015

I’m not sure you noticed but we just updated the Insider’s Guide to Becoming a Rapid E-Learning Pro. The first edition of the free e-book was released in 2007, and as you can imagine a lot has changed in our industry. How Has E-Learning Changed? What’s New in the Free E-Book?

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Rapid eLearning

JULY 21, 2015

Download the fully revised, free 63-page ebook: The Insider's Guide to Becoming a Rapid E-Learning Pro. Upcoming E-Learning Workshops & Events (2015). Community-based elearning workshops focused on practical tips & tricks. Participate in the weekly elearning challenges to sharpen your skills.

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Rapid eLearning

MAY 26, 2015

Another option that I’ve mentioned before is to scavenge clip art images from older graphics programs. If you change your search term from “free clip art” to “free vector images or illustrations” things change for the better. In that case you’ll need to learn to use an image editing program.

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Rapid eLearning

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

Download the fully revised, free 63-page ebook: The Insider's Guide to Becoming a Rapid E-Learning Pro. Upcoming E-Learning Workshops & Events (2015). Here’s a great job board for elearning, instructional design, and training jobs. Lots of cool elearning examples to check out and find inspiration.

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Rapid eLearning

JULY 28, 2015

Download the fully revised, free 63-page ebook: The Insider's Guide to Becoming a Rapid E-Learning Pro. Upcoming E-Learning Workshops & Events (2015). Community-based elearning workshops focused on practical tips & tricks. Participate in the weekly elearning challenges to sharpen your skills.

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Rapid eLearning

SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

In today’s post I’ll show three easy ways to create templates for your elearning courses. 30 Second E-Learning Templates. Essentially, you want to find a viable sliver from an image or screen grab. Find a contextual image. Fill the header with a color picked from the top of the image.

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Rapid eLearning

AUGUST 25, 2015

As far as the expressions, I’d probably build the expressions as images that I can copy and paste into faces. I quickly drew the images for this presentation on how rapid elearning is so simple that even a monkey can do it. Have you ever applied hand drawn images to your courses? Getting Started?

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Rapid eLearning

JULY 7, 2015

Download the fully revised, free 63-page ebook: The Insider's Guide to Becoming a Rapid E-Learning Pro. Upcoming E-Learning Workshops & Events (2015). Community-based elearning workshops focused on practical tips & tricks. Participate in the weekly elearning challenges to sharpen your skills.

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Rapid eLearning

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

Download the fully revised, free 63-page ebook: The Insider's Guide to Becoming a Rapid E-Learning Pro. Upcoming E-Learning Workshops & Events (2015). Community-based elearning workshops focused on practical tips & tricks. Participate in the weekly elearning challenges to sharpen your skills.

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Rapid eLearning

APRIL 28, 2015

Even if you build simple courses, adding interactive decisions and real-world pressure will create a more meaningful experience that impacts learning. Download your free 46-page ebook: The Insider's Guide to Becoming a Rapid E-Learning Pro Upcoming Events (2015) May 17-20 (Orlando, FL). Getting Started?

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Rapid eLearning

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

People will tolerate less than perfect image quality before they accept bad audio narration. Download the fully revised, free 63-page ebook: The Insider's Guide to Becoming a Rapid E-Learning Pro. Upcoming E-Learning Workshops & Events (2015). November 9 (London). Getting Started?

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Rapid eLearning

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

Download the fully revised, free 63-page ebook: The Insider's Guide to Becoming a Rapid E-Learning Pro. Upcoming E-Learning Workshops & Events (2015). Community-based elearning workshops focused on practical tips & tricks. Participate in the weekly elearning challenges to sharpen your skills.

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Rapid eLearning

JUNE 9, 2015

Many of the elearning applications like Articulate Storyline have a transcript or notes feature that allows for this. The image below shows the transcript on the side in the player. The image below shows a simple closed captioning file. Download your free 46-page ebook: The Insider's Guide to Becoming a Rapid E-Learning Pro.

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Rapid eLearning

JUNE 2, 2015

Download your free 46-page ebook: The Insider's Guide to Becoming a Rapid E-Learning Pro. Upcoming E-Learning Workshops & Events (2015). Learn to Create Your Own E-Learning Assets. Use Storyline to Build Interactive E-Learning. June 3 (San Francisco, CA).

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Rapid eLearning

APRIL 14, 2015

In a previous post I shared some free stock images via Unsplash. Unsplash has a lot more images, but the download I featured was curated to help save some time and preserve the images. Today, I’ve done the same thing only this time the curated images are from Startup Stock Photos. Background images.

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Rapid eLearning

JULY 14, 2015

Now that Microsoft’s quit providing free clip art and free stock images many of you are scrambling to get hold of free resources to use for your elearning and training development. Download Free Stock Images. In a previous post I shared 45 free stock images via the Unsplash site. Getting Started?

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Rapid eLearning

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

More Free Stock Photos. I just noticed that one of my favorite free stock photo sites, StartUp Stock Photos , released a bunch more photos. I like their photos because they can be used in a lot of elearning contexts. Download the free stock photos here. Upcoming E-Learning Workshops & Events (2015).

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Rapid eLearning

AUGUST 18, 2015

As noted in an earlier post, an easy way to build interactive elearning modules is by choosing a single image and adding interactive elements to it. The key is finding a single image that has a few potential content buckets. Finding images is relatively easy today. I look for images like the ones below.

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Rapid eLearning

JANUARY 26, 2015

I was new to the organization and tried to get $80 to buy some images from a stock image site. Instead of giving me the money to buy the images, we had a team meeting with an executive manager who explained how we could save money using the images on some crappy CD she had at her desk. Click here for more details.

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Rapid eLearning

OCTOBER 13, 2015

We’ll reference some of the previous posts when we’ve discussed different ways to either get free multimedia for elearning or learn to create them yourselves: Free Stock Images. Multimedia for E-Learning: Custom Illustrations. Proposed plan: Many of the artists only do head and shoulder images.

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Rapid eLearning

MAY 4, 2015

Download your free 46-page ebook: The Insider's Guide to Becoming a Rapid E-Learning Pro. Upcoming E-Learning Workshops & Events (2015). Get your free PowerPoint templates and free graphics & stock images. Lots of cool elearning examples to check out and find inspiration.

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Rapid eLearning

OCTOBER 20, 2015

Download the fully revised, free 63-page ebook: The Insider's Guide to Becoming a Rapid E-Learning Pro. Upcoming E-Learning Workshops & Events (2015). Community-based elearning workshops focused on practical tips & tricks. Participate in the weekly elearning challenges to sharpen your skills.

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Rapid eLearning

OCTOBER 27, 2015

Download the fully revised, free 63-page ebook: The Insider's Guide to Becoming a Rapid E-Learning Pro. Upcoming E-Learning Workshops & Events (2015). Community-based elearning workshops focused on practical tips & tricks. Participate in the weekly elearning challenges to sharpen your skills.

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eLearning Learning Posts

JULY 7, 2010

10 Free Audio Programs to Use for E-Learning - Rapid eLearning Blog , June 1, 2010 I’m no audio engineer. Course Content Authoring Tools – Open Source (Free) - eLearning 24-7 , June 7, 2010 Below is a list of course authoring tools – think “rapid e-learning authoring software&#.

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Rapid eLearning

JUNE 30, 2015

And in turn, you’ll build better interactive elearning courses. Download the fully revised, free 63-page ebook: The Insider's Guide to Becoming a Rapid E-Learning Pro. Upcoming E-Learning Workshops & Events (2015). Community-based elearning workshops focused on practical tips & tricks.

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Rapid eLearning

JUNE 11, 2015

It should look similar to the image below. Download your free 46-page ebook: The Insider's Guide to Becoming a Rapid E-Learning Pro. Upcoming E-Learning Workshops & Events (2015). Use Storyline to Build Interactive E-Learning. Display Closed Captions in Storyline. Getting Started?

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