Rapid eLearning

MAY 3, 2016

Examples of Free Stock Video Courses. Great use of stock video throughout. Clever way to get people to interact with the screen. Find Free Stock Videos. One of the first questions that comes up is where to get free stock videos. And don’t forget about all of the free stock photo sites we covered earlier.

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Rapid eLearning

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Many stock image sites sell GUIs. Graphic Burger is another site that shares a lot of free stock assets. Download the fully revised, free 63-page ebook: The Insider's Guide to Becoming a Rapid E-Learning Pro. Check out these articles and free resources in the community. Below is a screenshot from Deposit Photos.

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Rapid eLearning

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Playing with the site reminded me of a few core principles that are often neglected when building interactive e-learning; so here are a few brief thoughts. How to design good interactivity. I always see interactive e-learning as two considerations: touch the screen and apply the content. How to pull the person into the course?

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Rapid eLearning

NOVEMBER 10, 2015

It seems like every day there’s a new site that offers free stock images. Seriously, how many stock images are you really using? In the past, I’ve save you some time by reviewing free stock images and curating them into contextual downloads. Stock Up is courtesy of Site Builder Report. Stock Snap.

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Rapid eLearning

APRIL 26, 2022

Maybe there’s some simple interactivity like a tabs interaction or one of those fancy images with labels and markers, but that’s just a different way to expose content. Download the fully revised, free 63-page ebook: The Insider's Guide to Becoming a Rapid E-Learning Pro. Good E-Learning Goes Beyond E-Reading.

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Kitaboo

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Besides referring to books and journals, learners have the advantage of visiting online learning platforms, digital guides and manuals, eBooks, databases, and even online learning communities. It should be apt enough to engage students, create an interactive environment, and facilitate meaningful learning experiences for all students.

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Rapid eLearning

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

A lot of people ask about building interactive e-learning and usually are dismissive of “click and read” e-learning. Most of this is linear content with little interactivity other than buttons to continue the progress or start the media. There is not a lot of interactivity on YouTube. We watch television and videos.

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Rapid eLearning

JUNE 20, 2017

At a recent workshop, we reviewed some of the essentials of interactive e-learning. This last point is where we consider how the user interacts in the course. The first thing is to understand the performance expectations and then from there build the interactions and activities that teach how to meet those expectations.

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Rapid eLearning

AUGUST 31, 2023

We have this shoplifting prevention document that we often use during our workshops on creating interactive e-learning. Ready for an interactive learning experience? Download the fully revised, free 63-page ebook: The Insider's Guide to Becoming a Rapid E-Learning Pro Events October 24 (Las Vegas): 2023 Articulate User Conference.

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Rapid eLearning

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

One of my favorite sites for free stock images is Unsplash.com. They provide hundreds of free stock images with a Creative Commons Zero license. Unfortunately, while it’s great to get a boatload of free stock images, many of them are mostly decorative and hard to use for elearning courses. Download Free Stock Images.

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Rapid eLearning

OCTOBER 25, 2022

All too often, I see courses that are nothing more than glorified and interactive PowerPoint slides. Download the fully revised, free 63-page ebook: The Insider's Guide to Becoming a Rapid E-Learning Pro Upcoming Events. Check out these articles and free resources in the community. But does what we build contribute to success?

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Rapid eLearning

JUNE 8, 2021

Friction comes from things like lack of clear direction, unmeasurable objectives, poor instructions, novel interactions that don’t add value, and poor course design like mediocre-looking content or overbuilt animations and transitions. Check out these articles and free resources in the community. Motivate Learners with a Reward.

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Rapid eLearning

AUGUST 8, 2017

There are three main ways to interact with the course: click, mouseover, and drag. While click-based interactions are the most prominent, a good drag and drop interaction is usually more engaging. In fact, anytime I feature a drag-based interaction in a blog post, I’m always asked how it was created.

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Rapid eLearning

AUGUST 11, 2015

The good news is that there are more than enough free stock images available, such as these three earlier posts where I shared 80 free stock photos , 45 free stock photos , and 60 more free stock photos. Here are some tips to help customize free stock photos to work with your courses. Updated agenda.

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Rapid eLearning

OCTOBER 10, 2023

The three options I recommend are: simple linear course linear plus some simple learning-based interactivity decision-based interactivity. The customers generally choose the second option because it’s a type of course they understand, includes some focus on performance and interactivity, and is a lot quicker to build.

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Rapid eLearning

MAY 10, 2022

However, many of those courses tend to be overbuilt with superfluous interactivity. Download the fully revised, free 63-page ebook: The Insider's Guide to Becoming a Rapid E-Learning Pro. Check out these articles and free resources in the community. Get your free PowerPoint templates and free graphics & stock images.

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Rapid eLearning

JUNE 30, 2020

This helps us gain mastery over the e-learning tools , play around with various interactive prototypes, and get inspiration from seeing what others can do. Many of the challenges feature facts and various levels of interactivity. Download the fully revised, free 63-page ebook: The Insider's Guide to Becoming a Rapid E-Learning Pro.

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Rapid eLearning

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Create a demo course with different treatments that vary from typical content-heavy to a bit more interactive and focused on decision-making experiences. Download the fully revised, free 63-page ebook: The Insider's Guide to Becoming a Rapid E-Learning Pro. Check out these articles and free resources in the community.

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Rapid eLearning

MAY 9, 2023

Here’s a favorite from a recent challenge on interactive video. Download the fully revised, free 63-page ebook: The Insider's Guide to Becoming a Rapid E-Learning Pro Events May 3-4 (London) : Learning Technologies. Check out these articles and free resources in the community. Click to view the demo. Come visit the booth.

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Rapid eLearning

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

This is part two of the series on working with 3D models and interactive video. Today, we’ll discover how to use them to create interactive videos in Storyline. And then of course, once you have an interaction you can also insert it into a Rise course, which is what I did in this Rise lesson. The process is similar.

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Rapid eLearning

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

This is especially true when you consider the interactive nature of e-learning and how different users access the content. Download the fully revised, free 63-page ebook: The Insider's Guide to Becoming a Rapid E-Learning Pro Upcoming E-Learning Events. Check out these articles and free resources in the community.

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Rapid eLearning

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

But once you understand how that feature works, you’ll build all sorts of different courses and interactive experiences. And you get to see some cool examples from others in the community. Download the fully revised, free 63-page ebook: The Insider's Guide to Becoming a Rapid E-Learning Pro. Want to learn more?

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Rapid eLearning

JUNE 1, 2021

Why spend extra time and resources on custom interactivity in Storyline 360 ? There are times where custom interactivity is warranted. In that case, use Rise 360 and add custom interactions from Storyline 360. Download the fully revised, free 63-page ebook: The Insider's Guide to Becoming a Rapid E-Learning Pro.

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Rapid eLearning

AUGUST 25, 2020

In a previous post, we looked at the HTML5Test site as a way to check the browser and how it’s current support for HTML5 which is important to know when adding interactivity and multimedia to projects. Download the fully revised, free 63-page ebook: The Insider's Guide to Becoming a Rapid E-Learning Pro. See you in 2023.

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Rapid eLearning

OCTOBER 18, 2016

A great way to learn to use the elearning software you have is to create small interactions. A recent challenge was to create a note card interaction. I happened to be working on a note card interaction for a workshop and submitted it to the challenge above. Here’s the interaction: View the notecard interaction in action.

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Rapid eLearning

AUGUST 16, 2016

Today I’d like to share a really neat example of an interactive video scenario. View the Interactive Video Example. Click here to view the video interaction. What I Like About This Interactive Video. They did a great job showing how Storyline can be used to create interactive scenarios that use video.

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Rapid eLearning

AUGUST 11, 2020

I’m in the e-learning community every day helping people troubleshoot their e-learning courses. Sometimes I help them think through what they need to do to build a certain type of interaction. In the community, there’s usually some conversation about instructional design. Upcoming E-Learning Events.

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Rapid eLearning

DECEMBER 15, 2015

It can be used as a progress meter, a main slide menu, or simple process interaction. Storyline has a more complete range of interactive capability so the template employs a hover effect. The PowerPoint version is limited to a click-and-reveal interaction. Checklist Interaction (SL2). Download the free elearning template.

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Rapid eLearning

JULY 21, 2015

I used it to show how to create interactive conversations in PowerPoint using hyperlinks. This free template could be used as a way to share manager/employee information or perhaps as an FAQ interaction. I mocked up a FAQ interaction on copyright laws. Community-based elearning workshops focused on practical tips & tricks.

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Rapid eLearning

DECEMBER 22, 2015

At a recent workshop I showed the difference between creating interactive elearning in PowerPoint and Storyline. One of them was a tabs interaction. Free Interactive Tabs Template. I usually get questions on how to edit the free templates and make them interactive. For the workshop I created a few different templates.

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Rapid eLearning

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Identify a few common course types such as interactive scenarios, compliance training, software simulations, etc. Either show screenshots or small chunks of the module (like just the interactive parts). Download the fully revised, free 63-page ebook: The Insider's Guide to Becoming a Rapid E-Learning Pro. What did you build?

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Rapid eLearning

JULY 12, 2016

After last week’s post on the different drag & drop interaction examples , I had quite a few emails asking for tips on how to create drag and drop interactions for elearning. So now’s a good time to review some good general tips for building drag and drop interactions. Drag and Drop Interactions Tips.

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Rapid eLearning

JULY 19, 2016

Creating great interactive learning experiences requires a few core building blocks: relevant content, pull versus push, and real-world decisions. Learning Interactions: What is the Learner’s Real World Like? They need to see how the content fits into their world, the interactions they have, and the decisions they need to make.

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Rapid eLearning

JULY 18, 2017

And a common challenge is converting all of that PowerPoint training into interactive and engaging e-learning. Today we’ll look at a few considerations that will help make the conversion to interactive e-learning successful. Understand Why the E-Learning Course Needs to Be Interactive. Create novel onscreen interactions.

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Rapid eLearning

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

In that case a simple interaction that allows them to explore content is a great way for them to collect information. Free E-Learning Interaction Example. Below is a published demo of the elearning interaction. Click here to view the elearning interaction. Free E-Learning Interaction Template. Flat office template.

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Rapid eLearning

OCTOBER 20, 2020

This is a critical part of building and re-using interactions and templates. Download the fully revised, free 63-page ebook: The Insider's Guide to Becoming a Rapid E-Learning Pro Upcoming E-Learning Events. Check out these articles and free resources in the community. But in the long-term it offers some time-saving benefits.

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Rapid eLearning

JULY 19, 2022

In the example above you can see how easy it is to add all sorts of presentation content such as text, media, and interactivity. Also, I will convert what should have been bullet points to simple interactions like the the accordion or tabs. Check out these articles and free resources in the community. If so, what worked well?

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