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

AUGUST 1, 2008

The Rapid Elearning Blog. The Secret to Creating Your Own PowerPoint Templates for E-Learning. Most PowerPoint templates are designed for standard bullet point presentations. They’re not really designed for elearning courses. I consider myself a Articulate Guru, a really high-user. 30 comments.

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eLearning Brothers

DECEMBER 9, 2009

Made to work within most rapid elearning software (Articulate Presenter, Adobe Captivate, Rapid Intake, Adobe Presenter, PowerPoint and more). BONUS: Reuse the templates over and over again in multiple courses…or even other websites and presentations. PPT course style samples (just a few).

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Rapid eLearning

JANUARY 3, 2017

I’ve been reviewing some of my older blog posts to fix links and update some of the examples. For example, some of the media companies I referenced no longer exist. Catching the Rapid E-Learning Bug. They needed help figuring out “this e-learning thing” and how to get their training online.

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Rapid eLearning

MAY 4, 2010

It’s a fact that you CAN build effective elearning with rapid elearning tools. All it requires is that you craft a sound learning strategy and get the most out of your tools. To demonstrate this, I deconstructed an effective elearning course originally built in Flash and then built a mock up in PowerPoint.

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eLearningArt

JUNE 13, 2012

Last week I blogged about creating a rapid eLearning course mockup to get stakeholder feedback early in the development process. Here’s an example of a 2-person character interaction. The scenario sample I’ve done above is between versions 2 and 3 because it specifically points out the correct and incorrect choice.

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mLearning Revolution

JANUARY 11, 2012

One Acrobat.com service I thought about was having a light-weight version of Adobe Captivate as part of Acrobat.com that would enable customers to do simple screen recordings or even software simulations, that could be shared and posted everywhere, on YouTube for example, or even right on Acrobat.com somehow. So much for that. Let me explain.

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Rapid eLearning

AUGUST 25, 2009

That means you can use it in your elearning courses without looking like one of those MLS soccer players. With that said, let me share some ideas on how you can use Screenr with your rapid elearning courses. If you use the Articulate products, you can the web object feature to add videos to your slides. Go Sounders !

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Rapid eLearning

AUGUST 11, 2009

And the glossary post came as a result of someone asking about different ways to add a glossary to a rapid elearning course. Sally wants to add three videos to her PowerPoint slide and then publish it as a rapid elearning course. Download your free 46-page ebook: The Insider's Guide to Becoming a Rapid E-Learning Pro.

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Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 8, 2008

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. With the rise of rapid eLearning tools and the ease with which virtually anyone can now create a course, whats changing for the instructional designer? SMEs using rapid eLearning tools)?

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Rapid eLearning

OCTOBER 6, 2008

Tools like Articulate Presenter are great for creating elearning courses. However, a lot of what you do depends less on the rapid elearning tool and more on your PowerPoint skills. So far we’ve looked at: How to Be More Productive When Using PowerPoint to Create E-Learning Courses.

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E-learning Uncovered

AUGUST 15, 2013

In my last blog post , I shared the basic reasoning behind optimizing your e-learning media files and how to reduce file size using external tools. Articulate Studio has an extra option for compressing images either individually or for the whole project, helping you reduce the file size on a very granular level.

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Rapid eLearning

OCTOBER 13, 2009

In fact, on the Word of Mouth blog, we compiled over 100 rapid elearning tutorials that have been created with Screenr since its launch. However, like any new application, the more you use it the more you learn a few time saving tips and tricks. For example, 720×540 is the aspect ratio for a PowerPoint slide.

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Clive on Learning

OCTOBER 26, 2007

Some of these may seem too obvious to bother with, some perhaps a little obscure, but I can assure you that each of these principles is backed up by a host of practical tips, presented in clear language with plenty of examples. If you really can't remember what your visual aids are meant to represent, keep separate notes.

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mLearning Revolution

OCTOBER 8, 2013

Articulate doesn’t just think about the people who will be using their products, they also think a lot about the learners, who will consume the experience and that in my humble opinion is what make their product stand out from the competition. You can also add lower thirds to highlight you as the presenter.

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eLearning Learning Posts

MAY 3, 2010

Social Learning = New Toolset + New Mindset + New Skillset - Social Media in Learning , April 11, 2010 In my State of Social Social Learning in the Workplace I identified 5 types of (social) learning that take place in an organisation, as well as how social social media is being used in each. Look at a few examples.

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Clive on Learning

NOVEMBER 10, 2008

If you want some inspiration for your own drag and drop activities, I'd take a look at the Dragster examples. You pay £45 (around US$70) for an annual license, which seems fair.

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Rapid eLearning

DECEMBER 8, 2009

However, when she needs to train her staff of about 200, she has no access to the elearning group’s resources. Without rapid elearning tools, she’d be hard pressed to offer her team the benefits of online learning. However, with rapid elearning tools she’s gone from no elearning to dozens of quick hit elearning courses.

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Rapid eLearning

JUNE 12, 2018

Back then, most e -learning was custom-built in Flash. However, with Articulate Presenter and PowerPoint we could build about 80% of what we needed. So our default was Articulate Presenter unless we could justify why it didn’t meet our needs. Articulate Community Roadshow. It was fast and easy.

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Rapid eLearning

JUNE 26, 2012

A while back I got an email from a blog reader who was excited about her first elearning project. In fact, her product was less elearning course more Rapid E-Learning Blog museum. And in a similar sense instead of looking like a single course, many elearning courses look like a bunch of courses cobbled together.

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mLearning Revolution

JANUARY 3, 2012

Soon I will be announcing a weekly eSeminar on choosing the right Rapid eLearning tool. In addition to covering Rapid eLearning Tools, I will also blog about mobile technologies, with emphasis on how these help advance Mobile Learning, for example HTML5, Tablets, the Cloud and Mobile Apps. Why this eBook?

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Rapid eLearning

JUNE 15, 2010

I had a blog reader ask about the best way to animate a table in her rapid elearning course. Her question did cause me to think about some of the different ways you can use tables in an elearning course. Articulate Presenter has that cool annotations feature. Just-in-Time Annotations. That could be impactful.

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CommLab India

MAY 26, 2017

But, with the advent of these rapid authoring tools, this developmental process has fastened up to address all your immediate training needs. And, that’s how the entire process of e-learning development gets quicker. However, you need to make the right choice of the authoring tool, based on your specific learning needs.

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Rapid eLearning

JANUARY 13, 2009

If you want to learn to be a better elearning designer, look for good examples of what you’d like to do and then try to replicate them. That’s what we discussed in the previous post Now You Can Design E-Learning Courses Like a Pro. As an example, here’s a screen shot from Quizmaker ‘09.

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eLearningArt

OCTOBER 15, 2014

I had the pleasure of interviewing eLearning guru Tom Kuhlmann, VP of Community at Articulate and the author of the Rapid eLearning Blog , the most popular blog in the eLearning industry with over 100k subscribers. What are learners supposed to do after learning the course?

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