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How Long Should My Online Lessons Be?

LearnDash

If you’re planning your first online lessons, one of the first decisions you will have to make is how long your lessons should be. But others are torn between the quick, punchy length of YouTube videos and the hour-long lecture format typical of college courses. Follow your course outline and introduce ideas one at a time.

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How to Make Online Courses More Interactive

LearnDash

In a typical online course, learning is straightforward. Course creators pass information through static lessons, and students turn in assignments, and the cycle repeats. However, learners may have trouble sticking with courses or learning the material without interactivity. Consider hosting weekly (or more!)

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How To Create An Online Course – 10 Practical Lessons

eLearning Industry

Want to create professional eLearning courses in a snap? Join us for an expert webinar series and go through the whole process from A to Z. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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Increasing Use of Microlearning Courses for Performance Management

Infopro Learning

Organizations have shifted from page-turning content to interactive videos, bite-sized lessons, mobile apps, and more in today’s digital era. The bite-sized eLearning courses are delivered in multiple formats, such as videos, podcasts, animations, scenarios, flashcards, and others. Improving Workforce Skills. Final Thoughts.

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Revitalizing Dry Content: A Lesson in Engagement

Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

You’ve been given a pile of dry content and asked to create a compelling eLearning course. You’re determined to create something more engaging than the same old course that learners quickly click through, but how do you take this “boring” content and create something relevant and engaging? We’ve all been there.

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Use YouTube to Build a Course in 3 Steps

LearnDash

Course creation should be as easy as a click of a button. With LearnDash’s Course Creation Wizard, it actually is that easy. The Course Creation Wizard takes a YouTube playlist and builds an entire course in seconds by pasting in one URL and clicking load. Step 1: Outline a course with your existing video content.

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How to Add LearnDash Course Materials to a Searchable WordPress Resource Library

LearnDash

If you’re using LearnDash to add courses and lessons to your WordPress site, then you know that organizing and displaying learning resources is essential. Most courses need extra resources to boost students’ learning, such as course handbook or other downloadable materials. Display the resources in a table or grid.

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