Rapid eLearning

AUGUST 8, 2023

Here are some tips I’ve picked up and how I make those free illustrated characters that I share on LinkedIn. I also look at what images people share in the AI community and when I find something I like, I try their prompts to see what I get. Bonus Style Tip: Getting Rid of the Background The AI image is just the starting point.

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Rapid eLearning

APRIL 7, 2020

Here are three production tips and shortcuts from previous posts to help save time (and sanity) when building e-learning courses and online training. Here are some good production tips on managing the process so that when emailing others, the message is clear, and all action items are identified. But most I know, are a team of one.

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Rapid eLearning

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Lots of really good sessions to improve your course design skills and learn some cool tips using Articulate 360. Check out these articles and free resources in the community. Learn to Create Your Own Characters I’ve outline what I do to create these characters. October 25-27 (Las Vegas) : Devlearn. Getting Started?

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Rapid eLearning

AUGUST 22, 2023

My key objective is to create viable (not necessarily perfect) characters that I can use in online training programs or PowerPoint presentations. Lots of really good sessions to improve your course design skills and learn some cool tips using Articulate 360. Check out these articles and free resources in the community.

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Rapid eLearning

JANUARY 17, 2023

So if you run into an issue where you have old courses but not the original source file, keep this tip in mind. Check out these articles and free resources in the community. Get your free PowerPoint templates and free graphics & stock images. Free E-Learning Resources. Want to learn more? Getting Started?

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Rapid eLearning

JUNE 28, 2016

A couple of weeks ago, Creative Markets, gave away this PowerPoint template. I created a PowerPoint tutorial that goes through both tips in more detail. PowerPoint Tip: Use Pattern Fills for Image Placeholders. In PowerPoint, we can create all sorts of master slide layouts and add a whole host of placeholders.

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Rapid eLearning

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

They’re all designed to be practical sessions where you will walk away with solid tips & tricks to help build better courses. I’m also excited because there are a number of new speakers and people you’ll recognize from the community. Community is where it’s at. It’ll be a great time.

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Rapid eLearning

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

I run into that a lot in the community and with some of my old demos on this blog. The good news is that I found this thread in the community recently where Sarah shared a link to a Flash player that may help you view old courses. Check out these articles and free resources in the community. It sure is a pain.

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Rapid eLearning

APRIL 18, 2023

Complaints about locked navigation Tips to not click complete until you meet a minimum time requirement Irrelevant information Stupid questions in the middle to get past the locked navigation Here’s the deal. Connect with other users and learn all sorts of tips & tricks. So what’s the solution? Face the facts.

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Rapid eLearning

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

When we started this blog in 2007, PowerPoint-based elearning was all the rage, and for good reason. Today, the elearning market is different and PowerPoint elearning isn’t as important (or relevant) as it was ten years ago. But that doesn’t mean PowerPoint’s obsolete. 7 Reasons Why PowerPoint Doesn’t Suck.

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Rapid eLearning

JULY 24, 2018

PowerPoint’s one of my favorite multimedia applications. In fact, I regularly use PowerPoint to create the graphics and custom assets for my e-learning courses. Here are a few examples: Character graphics : I used PowerPoint and Studio 360 to create a circle avatar graphic. And this is where PowerPoint comes in handy.

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Rapid eLearning

MARCH 16, 2021

Here’s a quick tip for those building e-learning courses: as a course developer you serve as the intermediary between the organization and the learner. This is a simple tip but one I see neglected often. Check out these articles and free resources in the community. You are the bridge between both parties.

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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.

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Rapid eLearning

MARCH 28, 2023

Here are three quick tips to move you in the right direction. The three tips above should help. Check out these articles and free resources in the community. This is a common problem in our industry and the reason a lot of e-learning courses (and training programs for that matter) are ineffective.

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Rapid eLearning

MAY 3, 2016

Examples of Free Stock Video Courses. Great use of stock video throughout. Find Free Stock Videos. One of the first questions that comes up is where to get free stock videos. If you’re not comfortable shooting your own stock video, try out some of these free stock videos sites. Really elegant example.

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Rapid eLearning

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

On the slide I offered three helpful tips when getting started that still hold true today. This is usually in PowerPoint; and it’s easy enough to import a PowerPoint slide into an e-learning application, add a quiz, and call it good. And you get to see some cool examples from others in the community.

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Rapid eLearning

APRIL 5, 2023

Provide quick tool tips : the mouseover interaction may provide information or hints. In the example below, the tool tips provide quick access to hints on where to learn more. Check out these articles and free resources in the community. In the example below, the mouseover interaction allows the learner to explore human anatomy.

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Rapid eLearning

AUGUST 31, 2023

If they don’t know the answers, they can guess or do some research (which you can provide as helpful tips, call-a-friend, etc.). Hopefully, these tips give you some ideas. Lots of really good sessions to improve your course design skills and learn some cool tips using Articulate 360. Ask some thought-provoking questions.

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Rapid eLearning

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Here are a few tips on managing the relationship with your customer. Check out these articles and free resources in the community. Get your free PowerPoint templates and free graphics & stock images. Is training the right solution for them? Want to learn more?

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Rapid eLearning

MAY 3, 2022

Here’s a simple tip on how to create them for your training. Check out these articles and free resources in the community. Get your free PowerPoint templates and free graphics & stock images. For a recent conference, we created a QR code to access the handouts and examples. Want to learn more?

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Rapid eLearning

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

I’ll join a community. It’s a community and not a place worried about optics and spinning the meaning of every word. Connecting is all about facilitating a learning community and connecting experts with novices. The community has a knack for sorting value. They won’t feel sold to or manipulated.

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Rapid eLearning

AUGUST 1, 2023

Many of us use stock images. This works OK, but the problem with stock images is that they are stock and very generic. Tips Creating AI Images With all that said, over time, as the technology evolves, many of these challenges will be resolved. In my next post, I’ll some tips that even non-AI gurus like us can use.

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Rapid eLearning

MARCH 24, 2021

This tip requires Google Chrome 89 or above. Check out these articles and free resources in the community. Get your free PowerPoint templates and free graphics & stock images. Once you have enabled Live Caption, you’ll see an option to toggle the captions on and off without going in and out of the settings.

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Rapid eLearning

APRIL 26, 2016

In this post we’ll look at an easy way to customize illustration in PowerPoint, since it’s a tool most of us have and it’s easy to do. This is an issue I run into quite a bit because I get some of my graphics from those low cost (or free) stock image sites and often they only provide a.PNG version of the file.

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Rapid eLearning

MARCH 1, 2022

Check out these articles and free resources in the community. Get your free PowerPoint templates and free graphics & stock images. Want to learn more? Here’s a great job board for e-learning, instructional design, and training jobs. Participate in the weekly e-learning challenges to sharpen your skills.

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Rapid eLearning

JULY 21, 2015

Here’s a free PowerPoint template I built for a recent workshop. I used it to show how to create interactive conversations in PowerPoint using hyperlinks. How to Edit the Free PowerPoint Template. Download the free PowerPoint template here. Community-based elearning workshops focused on practical tips & tricks.

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OCTOBER 24, 2010

News from the e-learning frontier Pages Home About Community Free e-Learning Resources Contribute to the e-Learning Community 10/24/2010 Free Stock Photos Sites for e-Learning As an e-Learning developer I had to invest a lot of time to find images for my e-Learning projects. Turbo Photo Free stock images from 10 categories (3.4

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Rapid eLearning

MARCH 26, 2019

Even before I started working at Articulate, I made it a goal to answer five questions each week in the e-learning community. Here are three recent tutorials that I created to answer some questions in the community. E-Learning Tip: Simulate Right-Click Interactions on Mobile Devices. Download here (3 MB). Set options.

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Rapid eLearning

JANUARY 31, 2023

Quiz Tip #1: Provide a Pre-Test Don’t fight skipping to the quiz. Quiz Tip #2: Create Pressure to Review the Content Ask questions in the quiz where you suspect they’re probably skipping. Quiz Tip #3: Make the Quiz the Course Don’t start with slide after slide of content. Instead, put it up front.

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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. Following is the free PowerPoint template and the corresponding Storyline version. Free PowerPoint Template. Click here to download the free PowerPoint templates. Production Tips. Want to learn more?

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Rapid eLearning

JUNE 4, 2019

Here’s a simple tip that I use all the time. Here are three reasons why this is a good tip. It may be a PowerPoint slide, Word document, or web page. Often it’s a PDF, where this tip really make a lot of sense. This is a simple tip, but it is one that I use all the time when building e-learning courses.

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Rapid eLearning

MAY 9, 2023

Connect with other users and learn all sorts of tips & tricks. Connect with other users and learn all sorts of tips & tricks. Check out these articles and free resources in the community. Register here. June 2 (Johannesburg) : Articulate User Roadshow. Learn more here. June 6 (Cape Town) : Articulate User Roadshow.

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Rapid eLearning

MARCH 7, 2017

In the e-learning community, a number of people shared free icons and shapes. Looking at the free icons reminded me of simple trick we show in our PowerPoint workshops. It’s one I’ve shared in the past when I showed how to create custom shapes in PowerPoint , but today I’m adding a bit more detail.

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Rapid eLearning

JULY 28, 2015

Here’s another free PowerPoint template that you’re free to use in your online training courses. See the Free PowerPoint Template in Action. Below is an example of the free PowerPoint template without any content in it. Click here to view the PowerPoint demo. How to Customize the Free PowerPoint Template.

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Rapid eLearning

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

One of the tips was to plan for accessibility from the start because it’s not a good idea to retrofit 508 or WCAG compliance into existing e-learning courses. 10 Production Tips from the E-Learning Challenges by David Anderson. Check out these articles and free resources in the community. October 6: Amsterdam. Register here.

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Rapid eLearning

MARCH 8, 2022

Check out these articles and free resources in the community. Get your free PowerPoint templates and free graphics & stock images. Want to learn more? Here’s a great job board for e-learning, instructional design, and training jobs. Participate in the weekly e-learning challenges to sharpen your skills.

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Rapid eLearning

DECEMBER 10, 2019

I find the transcription on Google Slides is a lot faster and a bit more accurate than in PowerPoint. Live Transcription & Closed Captions in PowerPoint Presentations. Here’s an example of live transcription and closed captions (or subtitles) in PowerPoint. If so, any extra tips? Upcoming E-Learning Events.

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