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How to Convert Static Slides into Interactive E-Learning

Rapid eLearning

JULY 18, 2017

And a common challenge is converting all of that PowerPoint training into interactive and engaging e-learning. A good practice activity is to convert what would have been a click-based interaction into something else. There are a few core building blocks that help convert static information into interactive e-learning.

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The Guiding Principle for all Rapid E-Learners

Rapid eLearning

JUNE 12, 2012

The guiding principle for rapid elearning design is to be intentional. You don’t want existing content to dictate the design of your course. Getting to Intentional Design. Many elearning courses start as classroom content that needs to be converted and put online. Be Intentional about the Course Design.

Rapid eLearning

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Do You Have the Skills to Succeed?

Rapid eLearning

MARCH 20, 2012

Someone did the instructional design, someone else worked on graphics, and then we had a programmer who built the courses in Authorware or some other application. Instructional design. Visual design. Experience design. This is a combination of user interface design and graphic design. Free tutorials.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Jane Bozarth: Better than Bullet Points

Learning Visions

AUGUST 11, 2009

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Effective design using PPT as a tool. “Effective design is done when there’s nothing left to take out.&# [not that you’ve found a way to put more stuff in.] It’s about design, not software!

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October News and Notes

AXIOM Learning Solutions

OCTOBER 18, 2018

If you’re looking for customized solutions that are designed with you and for you, we can make it happen. We can discuss needs analysis, curriculum design, eLearning, LMS implementation and more. Using Articulate Rise to Build a Responsive Microlearning Curriculum Oct. Layering Captivate Advanced Actions and States Oct.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Getting to Good Enough

Learning Visions

OCTOBER 29, 2008

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. " This adage works for me most of the time as Im designing eLearning courses. And even get bad assessments to convert too! Wednesday, October 29, 2008 Getting to Good Enough "Dont let good enough get in the way of perfect."

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How to Select the Right E-Learning Software

Rapid eLearning

JUNE 21, 2016

The software is designed to give you a very specific output. This is great because you don’t have to be a programmer or designer to use the tools. The programming and design is all done by the software. But you don’t have to make any design decisions. Another good example of a form-based tool is Articulate Engage.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Currently Working On.

Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 13, 2009

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Little design work. My graphic designer is completely outdoing herself. Im a convert. In fact, when I first started blogging, I was wrangling with the notion of getting an informal degree in instructional design.

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How to Create Drag & Drop Interactions

Rapid eLearning

JULY 12, 2016

Next time, try to convert one of those to a drag and drop and see how it goes. July 26 & 27 (Boston, MA). Here’s a great job board for elearning, instructional design, and training jobs. Drag and drop interactions can help make course more engaging and interactive. Share them in the comments section. Register here.

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Here’s a Free Text-to-Speech Application for E-Learning

Rapid eLearning

MAY 16, 2017

Below is a link to an example module where I converted some text from a blog post into text-to-speech audio. Batch convert audio from a script. Vote for Articulate 360. Articulate 360 is a 2017 People’s Choice Stevie Award nominee for Best New Product in the “Software – Learning/Workforce Dev” category. Register here.

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Here’s a Simple Screencasting Tip That Will Save Time & Frustration

Rapid eLearning

APRIL 10, 2012

For example here’s a recent tweet about a free video converter and elearning & training jobs. The first half we’ll look at some basic course design and in the second half we’ll learn to build interactive content. Join me for a free Articulate jam session on April 18. It’s a great way to connect with other Articulate users.

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How to Create Interactive E-Learning

Rapid eLearning

MAY 1, 2012

It’s simple, but it’s an easy way to convert your click-and-read content to something more interactive. And we have to move our course design away from linear and towards more open exploration and interactivity. If you want to learn more about Articulate Storyline check out the upcoming workshops below. Only a few seats left.

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A Simple PowerPoint Technique to Make Your E-Learning Courses Look Good

Rapid eLearning

JULY 3, 2012

They’re also courses where the design of the course is all over the place and inconsistent. One way to avoid the Frankencourse is to come up with a consistent design that is used throughout the course. This file demonstrated common issues with many PowerPoint slides: Inconsistent use of design elements.

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15 Effective Higher Education Marketing Trends for 2022-2023

Think Orion

OCTOBER 22, 2022

Responsive ads are designed to adjust their size, shape, and appearance to fit seamlessly into the content of a website or app. Nowadays, institutes need a well-articulated strategy to attract prospective students. In order to stay ahead of the curve, institutions need to adopt new and innovative marketing strategies.

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Avoid the Curse of the Frankencourse

Rapid eLearning

JUNE 26, 2012

Most rapid elearning tools are like Articulate Presenter and convert PowerPoint slides to Flash (and soon HTML5). On the other hand it introduces some design challenges that you’ll need to consider when building your courses. Because of this, it’s important to be intentional about the design of the course.

Rapid eLearning

Rapid eLearning Authoring Tools Blended Learning Flash to HTML5 Conversion

Free PowerPoint Template to Manage Free Fonts

Rapid eLearning

JULY 11, 2017

How to convert free those fonts to editable vector shapes. Articulate Roadshows. Boston: July 18 & 19. Here’s a great job board for elearning, instructional design, and training jobs. And they’re great to use for your training and e-learning courses. It’s a pain to review them one-by-one. Register here.

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How Can Infographics Produce Better E-Learning Courses?

Rapid eLearning

MARCH 27, 2012

Those who design infographics start with lots of information and distill them to a few essential points. That’s very similar to what we do when our subject matter expert hands us a 300-slide PowerPoint file to be converted to an elearning course. There are many parallels between infographic design and elearning. Color Combos.

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E-Learning Tutorial: Easy Way to Make an Image Interactive

Rapid eLearning

APRIL 5, 2016

And as you can see, it doesn’t take long to convert the static image into something a bit more interactive. Interactive Video Made Easy in Articulate Storyline. Fun Storyline Workshop with Articulate's Trina Rimmer. July 26 & 27 (Boston, MA). Upcoming E-Learning Events. April 26 (Houston, TX). Register here.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: The Corporate Moodle: A Tipping Point?

Learning Visions

JUNE 26, 2009

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. I’m a recent convert, perhaps on the path to open source evangelism.) Use it as a proof case among learners and program designer/facilitator/coordinator/whathaveyou. Friday, June 26, 2009 The Corporate Moodle: A Tipping Point?

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The Next Generation of E-Learning

Rapid eLearning

MAY 8, 2012

But now we’re spending that time discussing instructional design and effectiveness of elearning. What people lack in terms of instructional design skills they can surely learn just as well as any of the lamenters did. It was my fifth year working at Articulate and we also released Articulate Storyline. And that’s good.

Authoring Tools

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: The Value of Instructional Designers

Learning Visions

JANUARY 7, 2008

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Monday, January 07, 2008 The Value of Instructional Designers Ive been having on ongoing conversation with other instructional designers as to whether or not we need to have the technical skill sets to actually build the courses we design.

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