Rapid eLearning

AUGUST 31, 2023

Most participants design their training for individuals on spotting shoplifters and reducing risks. Lots of really good sessions to improve your course design skills and learn some cool tips using Articulate 360. October 25-27 (Las Vegas) : Devlearn. Follow some classic hero archetypes to create a memorable case study.

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Rapid eLearning

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

It’s on October 25, 2022 and co-located with Devlearn. They’re all designed to be practical sessions where you will walk away with solid tips & tricks to help build better courses. You’ll see some great examples and learn to apply what’s shown to your own course design. Improving Course Design.

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Rapid eLearning

OCTOBER 4, 2022

How to design good interactivity. It’s not too late to sign up and you don’t need to attend the entire Devlearn event, if all you want to do is attend the Articulate User Conference. October 26-27 : Devlearn. Here’s a great job board for e-learning, instructional design, and training jobs. Check out the DemoFest.

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Mike Taylor

OCTOBER 8, 2021

I’m starting to get excited for DevLearn which is coming up in a couple of weeks. Where do you go for design inspiration to break out of your PowerPoint rut? I had a great conversation with Tim Slade about free elearning and instructional design tools this week. Jay Van Bavel. Happy Friday! The Better Deck Deck.

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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. Lots of really good sessions to improve your course design skills and learn some cool tips using Articulate 360. October 25-27 (Las Vegas) : Devlearn. On the surface, it’s all really cool.

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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. August 21 (Athens, GA).

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Rapid eLearning

AUGUST 8, 2023

As you practice and get to know how to write prompts you will be able to design more consistent styles. My default prompt style is “flat vector illustration” because that works well for a lot of e-learning course design. October 25-27 (Las Vegas) : Devlearn. . “Arms crossed” aren’t full body poses.

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Rapid eLearning

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

The Internet is rife with free things, especially free stock image sites. However, there are usually three main issues with the free stock image sites: The free stock images aren’t really free. The free stock image sites are only there to point to for-pay stock image sites. Free Stock Images in the Community.

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NuggetHead

SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

Looking at Instructional Design as it applies to elearning where there are many theories, models and methodologies, it that take years of practice to become proficient. Visual Design and the fundamentals of composition, color and fonts is just scratching the surface of the discipline.

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Ashley Chiasson

OCTOBER 26, 2017

I’m at DevLearn all week long, so I’ll be recapping each day/session I attend. He explains that it is our imagination that allows use to conceptualize, devise, and design any invention that has ever propelled us in our human journey! Session 1: Changing the Face of UI Design for eLearning – Melissa Milloway.

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Rapid eLearning

OCTOBER 2, 2018

October 23 (Las Vegas, NV): Articulate User Conference with Devlearn. Here’s a great job board for elearning, instructional design, and training jobs. Get your free PowerPoint templates and free graphics & stock images. Upcoming E-Learning Events. October 10 & 11 (Durham, NC): Articulate Roadshow. Register here.

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Rapid eLearning

AUGUST 28, 2018

The training industry likes acronyms so today we’ll revisit one I shared a few years ago to help new course designers remain focused on producing real value. There are some lessons in here for us because often the courses we design are made to fit a general need, but not specific enough to provide value to everyone. Objectives.

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eLearning Brothers

JANUARY 10, 2014

As an eLearning professional, whether or not you are a Developer, Trainer, Project Manager, or Instructional Designer, in order to grow it is essential that you take the time to define what you want to achieve. Organize my photo library OR forget the clutter and subscribe to a stock photo library. Take Stock of What You Have!

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Rapid eLearning

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

October 23 (Las Vegas, NV): Articulate User Conference with Devlearn. Here’s a great job board for elearning, instructional design, and training jobs. Get your free PowerPoint templates and free graphics & stock images. Upcoming E-Learning Events. October 10 & 11 (Durham, NC): Articulate Roadshow. Register here.

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Rapid eLearning

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

During the recent Articulate User event at Devlearn, Sarah Hodge from SlideSugar shared a really cool example that she built in Storyline. Here’s a great job board for elearning, instructional design, and training jobs. Get your free PowerPoint templates and free graphics & stock images. Getting Started?

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Learning Visions

OCTOBER 30, 2009

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Friday, October 30, 2009 Finding Good Photos for Your eLearning Scenarios Do you struggle with finding good stock photos to use in your eLearning scenarios? Or will you stick with free online stock photos? But usually not.

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Rapid eLearning

OCTOBER 23, 2018

October 23 (Las Vegas, NV): Articulate User Conference with Devlearn. Here’s a great job board for elearning, instructional design, and training jobs. Get your free PowerPoint templates and free graphics & stock images. Upcoming E-Learning Events. October 10 & 11 (Durham, NC): Articulate Roadshow. Register here.

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eLearning Narrators

OCTOBER 4, 2017

One who had risen through the ranks of her Life Sciences eLearning content creation company from instructional designer and project manager to department manager and partner. Whether I’m teaching day traders about stock options or intelligence analysis to members of the military or welcoming newcomers in an onboarding series.

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Rapid eLearning

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

Create Characters by Pulling Them Out of Stock Images. You can find a lot of stock images for free. Create Characters by Using a Flat Design. E-Learning Jobs: Training, elearning, and instructional design jobs. October : Las Vegas (Devlearn). However, it’s not always easy to find people who are isolated.

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Rapid eLearning

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

I’ve just finished a number of workshops and capped it off with a session at Devlearn. We discussed it in this blog post on finding free stock images. Focus on good graphic design. Many courses would be better served with better graphics and visual design. As always I get a bunch of questions via email when I travel.

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Rapid eLearning

AUGUST 4, 2015

If you had access to a graphics designer you could create anything you want. In this demo I used the free desktop image to create the interactive course design. Join David Anderson and me for a fun and active hands-on workshop prior to Devlearn. Going to Devlearn? PowerPoint (no zoom). September 29 (Las Vegas).

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Rapid eLearning

SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

The types of content you put on the screens is also very similar, as well as how you design their layouts. Think of it this way, whether you’re using a web site, marketing collateral, or something else, the organization’s paid a graphics person to design the look and feel of those resources. Going to Devlearn?

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Rapid eLearning

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

Going to Devlearn? Here’s a great job board for elearning, instructional design, and training jobs. Get your free PowerPoint templates and free graphics & stock images. Join David Anderson and me for a fun and active hands-on workshop. September 30 (Las Vegas). Swing by the Articulate booth and say hello.

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Rapid eLearning

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

I look for interesting interactions, animations, and visual design. Today there are all sorts of free resources to learn about course design and construction. Going to Devlearn? Here’s a great job board for elearning, instructional design, and training jobs. I routinely look for multimedia examples.

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Rapid eLearning

AUGUST 25, 2015

We also looked at ways to practice developing your visual thinking skills so that you can effectively apply them to your course design. In today’s post we’ll look at how to create custom characters that you can use in your visual thinking activities and course design. Going to Devlearn? The Case for Hand Drawn Custom Characters.

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Rapid eLearning

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

Swing by the Articulate booth at Devlearn this week and check out all of the Articulate 360 goodness. Here’s a great job board for elearning, instructional design, and training jobs. Get your free PowerPoint templates and free graphics & stock images. We'll be adding events for 2017 soon. Free E-Learning Resources.

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Rapid eLearning

AUGUST 15, 2023

Lots of really good sessions to improve your course design skills and learn some cool tips using Articulate 360. October 25-27 (Las Vegas) : Devlearn. Check out the weekly training webinars to learn more about Rise , Storyline , and instructional design. Come visit the booth and see what's new. Getting Started?

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Rapid eLearning

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

More Free Stock Photos. I just noticed that one of my favorite free stock photo sites, StartUp Stock Photos , released a bunch more photos. Download the free stock photos here. Going to Devlearn? Here’s a great job board for elearning, instructional design, and training jobs. September 30 (Las Vegas).

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Rapid eLearning

OCTOBER 16, 2018

The free stock images I shared recently are perfect for building interactive scenarios and establishing visual context. October 23 (Las Vegas, NV): Articulate User Conference with Devlearn. Here’s a great job board for elearning, instructional design, and training jobs. Free illustrated scenario backgrounds. Register now.

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Rapid eLearning

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

October 23 (Las Vegas, NV): Articulate User Conference with Devlearn. Here’s a great job board for elearning, instructional design, and training jobs. Get your free PowerPoint templates and free graphics & stock images. September 12 & 13 (Durham, NC): Postponed due to Hurricane Florence. Register here.

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Rapid eLearning

AUGUST 18, 2015

This is a great solution for those who don’t have graphic design skills or access to a graphic designer. IDD@UGA: Conference for Instructional Designers & Learning Professionals. Join David Anderson and me for a fun and active hands-on workshop prior to Devlearn. Going to Devlearn? Updated agenda.

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Rapid eLearning

OCTOBER 30, 2018

In today’s post we’ll look at some key considerations when building scenarios and come up with a simple storyboarding process to help think through the scenario design and layouts. But what exactly is it that we need and how do we design the screen layouts? Branched Scenarios: 3C Model. Upcoming E-Learning Events.

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Rapid eLearning

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

October 23 (Las Vegas, NV): Articulate User Conference with Devlearn. Here’s a great job board for elearning, instructional design, and training jobs. Get your free PowerPoint templates and free graphics & stock images. Upcoming E-Learning Events. September 12 & 13 (Durham, NC): September 12 & 13.

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Rapid eLearning

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

October 23 (Las Vegas, NV): Articulate User Conference with Devlearn. Here’s a great job board for elearning, instructional design, and training jobs. Get your free PowerPoint templates and free graphics & stock images. Upcoming E-Learning Events. October 10 & 11 (Durham, NC): Articulate Roadshow. Register here.

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Rapid eLearning

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

The idea of a digital instruction guide made no sense unless you were Marty McFly. An instructional designer on the training team convinced someone that people will never learn to play the games without clear instructions. Game players don’t expect detailed instructions. Provide just-in-time instructions.

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