eFront

JANUARY 16, 2011

News from the e-learning frontier Pages Home About Community Free e-Learning Resources Contribute to the e-Learning Community 1/16/2011 Free and Open Source Text to Speech Tools for e-Learning Open source software can be used as we wish, without long-term commitments and with a community of professionals that extend and support them.

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Rapid eLearning

MARCH 1, 2016

Today I share three free apps that you may find to be time-savers or help be more productive. I used to convert my slides to images and then tweet the images. However, Microsoft has a new app that lets you share your PowerPoint slides and files via Twitter and Facebook. And it’s free. Free E-Learning Resources.

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CLO Magazine

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

In this article, we will share two case studies that illustrate how we created workshops specifically for VILT delivery and converted in-person ILT programs to virtual ones without sacrificing impact and user satisfaction. Case 2: A workshop converted to virtual delivery. We’ll also share some lessons we learned along the way.

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Litmos

DECEMBER 6, 2016

One piece of media content can now be converted into other media as well. For example, a video of a SME explaining an important process can easily be converted into an audio-only file, and a text transcript with very little effort or cost. Stock Photo Subscriptions. This is not the sort of thing you buy a friend for Christmas.

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Limestone Learning

AUGUST 30, 2017

It’s a great time to take stock, assess knowledge gaps, and focus on new learning. Why not try one of the free one-hour webinars being offered this month? You’ll also learn about the best practices to quickly convert drab and boring content to vibrant interactive eLearning. What do we do with them?

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Ed App

DECEMBER 16, 2021

One of its best features is its free authoring tool , which uses a simple drag-and-drop template structure. Feel free to activate EdApp’s custom push notifications to inform your learners of new training content, or nudge those who have yet to unlock or complete their training. Cost : Free. Cost : Free. Key features: .

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Mike Taylor

MAY 1, 2020

New Stock Photos, Icons & Cut Out People — blog-insider.office.com. Microsoft 365 subscribers can now add premium creative content to their documents, files, and presentations. Turn your phone into a scanner that can take a photo of a document and convert it into a PDF, Word, PowerPoint or OneNote. . Tips & Tools.

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Rapid eLearning

MARCH 24, 2009

Budgets are tight and stock photos cost money. Because of this you end up using the same stock photos over and over again. The stock characters are treated like a team of improv performers. One possible solution is to shoot your own photos, which I covered in a previous blog post on creating your own stock images.

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Rapid eLearning

AUGUST 23, 2011

You can do a search online for “CRAP design” and find all sorts of free help. Microsoft Provides Free Resources. If you don’t want to learn to do the illustrations, you’re more than welcome to download them from the community since I’ve made them all available for free. Take Your Own Photos.

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Rapid eLearning

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

So they buy an authoring tool and quickly convert the content. Here are a few resources and ideas to help you with the assets: Microsoft Office Online. If you’re a licensed user of the Microsoft products you have free access to the many templates and media assets they make available. Stock Image Sites. Free Assets.

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Rapid eLearning

MARCH 29, 2022

I’ve written about the Microsoft PowerToys in the past. This comes in handy if you want to convert a folder of images to match a project’s title. I also use Color Cop (another free app). 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

MAY 16, 2017

Occasionally, I get questions on free text-to-speech applications. While there are a number of free text-to-speech applications out there, many have character limits or don’t allow for commercial use. Today we’ll look at a really good solution if you need a free text-to-speech application. Why Use Text-to-Speech?

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Rapid eLearning

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

Also, here’s a link to the 200 free rapid elearning tutorials I posted a while back. Audacity : free open source audio recording and editing software. Creative Commons audio : good sites to get free audio for your courses. CCMixter , The Freesound Project , OpSound , Free Music Archive , and Jamendo. Audio Resources.

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Rapid eLearning

OCTOBER 5, 2010

This happens to me when I’m working with high resolution stock images. It’s free and makes resizing and converting your images super easy. But I don’t do that very often because sometimes it can introduce issues when converted to Flash. So you can unzip it with a free product like 7zip. Move your junk to the trunk.

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Rapid eLearning

DECEMBER 8, 2014

Unfortunately, Microsoft is dumping the Office.com and clip art site. But in the meantime, take advantage of the free resources and create your own graphics. In PowerPoint 2010 files are saved as.wmv and need to be converted to.mp4. What you build in PowerPoint is converted to Flash or HTML5 to meet your elearning needs.

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learnWorlds

MAY 28, 2019

Start free trial. H5P is a free, open-source, elearning authoring tool for smaller cloud-hosted activities. Price: Free, Open-Source. It is important to note that the free version of this tool allows up to 1 minute and 30 seconds of movie creation. LearnWorlds checks off all these points and many more. Authoring Tools.

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Learnnovators

AUGUST 2, 2021

In fact, I’d argue any content can be converted to the comic medium! Yes, I believe any content can be converted into an instructional comic, but as you mentioned in your first question, “just because you can doesn’t mean you should.”. Traditional e-learning has been about command and control, thanks to its tight design.

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WhatFix

APRIL 26, 2023

Storyline’s interface is similar to Microsoft PowerPoint but has a lot more to offer in terms of branching, interactivity, triggers, transitions, screen, and video capture. Key Highlight of iSpring Suite: Easily convert existing PowerPoint into online courses in minutes. TalentLMS is used by companies like Sony, Disney, and Microsoft.

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learnWorlds

MARCH 19, 2021

Start free trial. -->. Start free trial. Register for Free. Register for Free. --> While the skills of these professionals are useful to ebook design, you can write your own ebook without much help from others. To get these effectively on a Word document, I would recommend using Microsoft Word or Google Docs.

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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&#. All software below is free. We all do it.

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Mike Taylor

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

You can subscribe to that one for free and you’ll get 5 new tools every weekday. Crello — Free Graphic Design Software for Creating Images Online. AI Image Upscaler – Enlarge Images & Photos Online for Free Free online smart upscaler software to enlarge images and photos (JPG, PNG) without losing quality.

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Mike Taylor

JANUARY 9, 2019

The Doodle Library – hundreds of unique hand-drawn SVG doodles – free to download, share and adapt under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Pixton Comic Characters – A Free PowerPoint add-in lets you add illustrated, posable comic characters to your #PowerPoint presentations. 60+ Free Fonts for Your Design Collection.

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Mike Taylor

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

It’s totally free! Sizle – Presentation Design, Sharing & Analytics | Start For Free — sizle.io . Boost sales efficiency with high-converting presentations, slide-by-slide analytics and viewer feedback tools. OpenShot Video Editor | Free, Open, and Award-Winning Video Editor for Linux, Mac, and Windows! .

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Mike Taylor

MARCH 30, 2021

These come from my daily “L&D Toolbox” newsletter which you can find and subscribe to here for free. Microsoft Power Automate (previously Microsoft Flow) — us.flow.microsoft.com Easily create automated workflows with Microsoft Power Automate, previously Microsoft Flow, to improve productivity with business process automation.

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BrightCarbon

JANUARY 7, 2019

Is Google Slides free? Advanced: Converting to and from Google Slides. Is Google Slides free? Google Slides is free to use (along with other G Suite offerings such as Docs, Drive, Sheets and more) as long as you have a Google account – which is also free. How Google Slides works. Getting started.

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Mike Taylor

MARCH 2, 2021

These come from my daily “L&D Toolbox” newsletter which you can find and subscribe to here for free. Power Automate – Easily create automated workflows with Microsoft Power Automate, previously Microsoft Flow, to improve productivity with business process automation. Try Piktochart for free!

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