Rapid eLearning

AUGUST 11, 2020

In the community, there’s usually some conversation about instructional design. One thing that is often missing (but will easily derail an e-learning project) is not understanding the environment in which a person takes the course. Upcoming E-Learning Events. Articulate Roadshow: Learn more and register here.

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Rapid eLearning

JANUARY 8, 2019

It’s easy enough to extract the media (like images and video) from the published output. Use OneNote to Convert Text from Image for Flash to HTML5 Courses. OneNote has a screen capture feature and the option to copy text from the captured image. Right-click on the image to copy text from the picture.

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Rapid eLearning

APRIL 30, 2019

Here’s a free handout to help guide the conversation with subject matter experts and clients so that you get all of the resources you need to build the best courses possible. You also need any images, videos, audio, and whatever other media exists to support the training. Upcoming E-Learning Events. Getting Started?

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Rapid eLearning

DECEMBER 29, 2015

Here’s a rundown of some of this year’s rapid elearning goodness. Before we review the best elearning posts for 2015, here are some important things related to this blog and the community. How to Edit All of Those Free Vector Images. Build Your E-Learning Skills with These Tips. Have a great one!

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Rapid eLearning

DECEMBER 15, 2008

Going to a stock image site and looking for just the right pictures can be very time-consuming and a drain on your limited resources. Why not create your own stock images? If rapid elearning software makes everyone an instructional designer, then surely a digital camera makes us all photographers.

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Rapid eLearning

JULY 13, 2021

I look for two types of writing examples: technical and conversational. On the other hand, some projects are not technical and require a more conversational tone. Download the fully revised, free 63-page ebook: The Insider's Guide to Becoming a Rapid E-Learning Pro. Free E-Learning Resources.

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Rapid eLearning

OCTOBER 1, 2019

What I found interesting was some of the conversation about storyboards. Rapid E-Learning Changed Things. Download the fully revised, free 63-page ebook: The Insider's Guide to Becoming a Rapid E-Learning Pro. Upcoming E-Learning Events. Why There’s No Need for a Storyboard.

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Rapid eLearning

JUNE 29, 2021

Write a script that sounds conversational and how you would talk and explain things in real life. Download the fully revised, free 63-page ebook: The Insider's Guide to Becoming a Rapid E-Learning Pro. Free E-Learning Resources. Want to learn more? Audio narration should sound like a real person.

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Rapid eLearning

MARCH 14, 2017

In an earlier post, we looked at how to convert dingbat and wingding fonts into vector images that you can use in your e-learning courses and presentations. Not that you know how to convert the fonts into vector images, you need some fonts to use. Komika Bubbles chat & conversation bubbles. Modern Pictograms.

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Rapid eLearning

AUGUST 7, 2018

In live training sessions, you can generate meaningful conversation and engaging the attendees is easier. Online learning can be a challenge because a lot of compliance training is equal to a X minute lecture. You may not engage in active conversations but there are things you can do: Create case studies that reframe the content.

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Rapid eLearning

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

Interactive conversation. Let me know if you use the free e-learning interaction template. Download the fully revised, free 63-page ebook: The Insider's Guide to Becoming a Rapid E-Learning Pro Free E-learning Resources. Want to learn more? Flat office templates and office assets.

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Rapid eLearning

JANUARY 3, 2017

The key point was that it didn’t matter what underlying technology drove the content, the next generation course designer could build e-elearning with no programming skills required. Catching the Rapid E-Learning Bug. From that point on, anywhere I went I was touting this rapid e-learning stuff.

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Rapid eLearning

JANUARY 30, 2018

Then I let Storyline do the conversion. Download the fully revised, free 63-page ebook: The Insider's Guide to Becoming a Rapid E-Learning Pro Upcoming E-Learning Events. Learning Technologies. Here’s a great job board for elearning, instructional design, and training jobs. Getting Started?

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Rapid eLearning

JUNE 2, 2009

But since it’s hard to get your boss to fork over $5 for a stock image, you might not convince him to provide the money for a recording studio. In fact, there are some organizations that actually pipe in “white noise” to make it easier to concentrate and be less distracted by surrounding conversations. Unplug office machines.

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Tony Karrer

APRIL 7, 2009

Tools Collaborative Learning Using Web 2.0 Tools Collaborative Learning Using Web 2.0 How To Find The Best Free Image/Photo/Graphics Downloads For Your Blog Posts | Smackdown! Tools - A Summary PR 2.0: Tools - A Summary PR 2.0:

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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.

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Rapid eLearning

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

Interactive Conversation. Interactive Conversation. 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

OCTOBER 10, 2017

It’s a good idea to initiate the conversation about having a budget. What would you add to your e-learning pre-flight checklist? Download the fully revised, free 63-page ebook: The Insider's Guide to Becoming a Rapid E-Learning Pro. Upcoming E-Learning Events. Getting Started?

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Rapid eLearning

OCTOBER 4, 2016

We created a learning journal. It contained all of the core content the new learners required, all of their notes from the conversations, day’s work, and online training was captured in the journal. Download the fully revised, free 63-page ebook: The Insider's Guide to Becoming a Rapid E-Learning Pro.

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Adobe Captivate

APRIL 11, 2017

First, it introduces the automated conversion of previously authored courses by adding a ‘Save as responsive’ option, along with a smart sense about screen layout that will anticipate the layouts that are most likely to rearrange well across devices. An image of Adobe TypeKit running in a browser.

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eFront

OCTOBER 31, 2010

Guys the most of you find these posts a valuable resource for the e-Learning community. As a result, the following post is Free and Open Source Web Conferencing (Online Meetings, Webinars) Tools for e-Learning. I'm going to link this post on my blog, too, and recommend it into the conversation I'm in on Amplify.

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Rapid eLearning

DECEMBER 1, 2015

Hundreds of inspiring elearning examples. For example, here’s a recent conversation about best practices for updating compliance training. Get Started with E-Learning Through Practice. Many elearning courses are relatively simple click-and-read courses where it’s click, click, click, and quiz.

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Rapid eLearning

JULY 21, 2009

One of the characters could be a foil who throws a wrench in the conversation. If you have the time, break out your video camera and use video clips instead of clip art or stock images. So there you have it, three simple design ideas for your next elearning course.

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Learnnovators

AUGUST 2, 2021

There are a lot of great pre-made illustrations and character packs from stock resources, and these are great places to start. Areas where I’ve used (and am using) interactive video is for conversational training such as a retail associate learning how to respond to customer requests.

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Learning Visions

MAY 10, 2007

I think audio is very effective when you want to establish an emotional connection or when the visual is actually important to the content and needs to be described (as opposed to eye candy like stock photos). Cammy at Learning Solutions #ls2010 Audio Interview with Will Thalheimer on Common Des. We got Wii! Getting an Informal M.Ed

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Rapid eLearning

OCTOBER 5, 2010

This is especially true when you have a bunch of large images on your PowerPoint slides. This happens to me when I’m working with high resolution stock images. Here’s a simple solution, you can compress your images in PowerPoint. Another option is to start with placeholder images. Click here to view the screencast.

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Rapid eLearning

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

A comic font may imply the content is lighter or part of a conversation. Look at the image below. Download the fully revised, free 63-page ebook: The Insider's Guide to Becoming a Rapid E-Learning Pro. Free E-Learning Resources. Want to learn more? Keep it simple. What are you displaying?

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Rapid eLearning

AUGUST 13, 2019

And yet, because he started with an existing graphic, it’s relatively easy to build something similar, especially for the person with minimal graphic design skills who has to work with stock imagery. E-Learning Example: Paper Cutout Effect. E-Learning Example: Miscellaneous. Slider conversation.

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Rapid eLearning

DECEMBER 18, 2018

Setting Expectations for PowerPoint Conversion. So it’s not an apples-to-apples conversion. It’ll either be a video or series of images. As you can see in the image below, you have a number of resolution and quality settings. Screen Capture the Storyline Course and Save as Images. This is easy to do.

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Rapid eLearning

JANUARY 22, 2019

Here are some free images for interactive scenarios. They go with the other free images I shared earlier. I use them for practice files in our e-learning workshops where we learn to build interactive, branched scenarios. These images are focused on hallways and such and a bit more generic with the white walls.

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Rapid eLearning

OCTOBER 30, 2018

I usually look for a single image that helps do that. How do you show back and forth conversation? The image below represents some common scenario layouts. It allows you to get rid of character images, buttons and a lot of the other clutter that you have using a single slide. Upcoming E-Learning Events.

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Rapid eLearning

MAY 16, 2017

I created a few different examples so you can hear the quality of the voices and how they sound in the context of an e-learning demo. Here’s a quick video tutorial where I walk through the basics of text-to-speech conversion: Insert text and output audio. Lots of cool elearning examples to check out and find inspiration.

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Rapid eLearning

MARCH 27, 2018

I had three goals with this conversion: How long would it take to move content from PowerPoint to Rise? You can insert images in all sorts of ways. An image doesn’t need to be a picture. The key is to learn to see them in a different way. I used different images, so I had to create those. Image already added.

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Rapid eLearning

MAY 4, 2015

I think a degree serves you two ways: some organizations won’t hire you without one and a degree program often exposes you to information and conversation you may not approach in the daily grind of course development. A lot of schools offer elearning certification programs. Upcoming E-Learning Workshops & Events (2015).

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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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Tony Karrer

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

eLearning Technology Tony Karrers eLearning Blog on e-Learning Trends eLearning 2.0 eLearning Solutions Enterprise 2.0 Graphics will include basic stock images/clip art in the classic “eLearning that looks like a bad PowerPoint presentation” style. In this case, I agree with Karl.

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OpenSesame

AUGUST 4, 2014

The gorillas in the e-learning development room are Articulate Storyline and Adobe Captivate —both are tools that create interactive learning experiences with a variety of content types and media. eLearning templates: Articulate offers tons of great course templates , icons, backgrounds and other images for free.

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