eFront

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. Morgue File An easy to use free photo site.

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Scissortail's Learning Nest

AUGUST 29, 2022

For this week’s post, I’m working out loud with a little show-and-tell project that lets you peek into my inclusive design thought processes. If you’ve been keeping up with this blog, you know that inclusive design is very important to me. Fortunately, there are stock image sites that provide diverse images.

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Rapid eLearning

MAY 3, 2016

Examples of Free Stock Video Courses. Great use of stock video throughout. Love the way she tied the colors and yoyo into the design. Find Free Stock Videos. One of the first questions that comes up is where to get free stock videos. And don’t forget about all of the free stock photo sites we covered earlier.

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Web Courseworks

JANUARY 31, 2017

Here are 3 tips to design member engagement into your website: 1. With a mobile-first approach, your content is designed to fit on mobile screens first, and then work up to how it will look on large screens. Implement your mobile-first approach with responsive design, and you’re on track for great SEO in 2017. Take Real Images.

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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.

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Eat Learn Repeat

MARCH 27, 2018

Stock Images? While GoAnimate itself is a cheaper alternative to complex Flash-based character animations, it’s funny that we try to get it a lot cheaper using stock images. So, don’t we use stock images at all? Stock image sites are like Google search engine with even lesser intelligence. Oh, I love them!

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Rapid eLearning

MARCH 22, 2022

These sites tend to have all sorts of media assets that are already vetted to fit the organization’s brand and often work well for e-learning content. Before you spend time scraping your sites for images, connect with the marketing (or web) team. And sometimes the sites are set up to not allow this. Getting Started?

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Experiencing eLearning

SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

What are the latest trends and best practices in regards to gender roles in instructional design materials?” As instructional designers, I think we have a social responsibility to support diversity in the learning experiences we create. This can be a challenge with stock photos. What about gender?

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Rapid eLearning

JULY 27, 2021

If you need to collect images from your company site to use in your training this tip should help. Image Extractor Site. Another option is to use the Image Extractor site. Here are a few considerations: This is not intended to help you steal images and content from sites where you own no rights. There you go.

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Rapid eLearning

NOVEMBER 10, 2015

It seems like every day there’s a new site that offers free stock images. Seriously, how many stock images are you really using? In the past, I’ve save you some time by reviewing free stock images and curating them into contextual downloads. Stock Up is courtesy of Site Builder Report.

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Rapid eLearning

DECEMBER 8, 2020

There are a lot of “free” sites, but to tell you the truth most of them are useless. You can search the Internet for other sites, but for my money, either one of those two above are more than what you’ll need. Here’s a great job board for e-learning, instructional design, and training jobs.

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Rapid eLearning

JULY 28, 2020

Here are a couple of fun activities around visual design. They’re not “e-learning” course design activities but they are relevant because e-learning courses have to be constructed using common design concepts and skills. What Kind of Course Designer Are You? Click here to view the design activity.

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CommLab India

JULY 14, 2016

For an instructional designer, getting the right images is a daunting task. Here, I would like to share a comprehensive list of websites where instructional designers can find relevant images for their courses. Graphicstock : You can download unlimited stock images and use them in all types of projects. FreeImages.

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Rapid eLearning

MARCH 8, 2022

If you have questions or need help with this, the Google Cloud site has lots of handy tutorials to help. Here’s a great job board for e-learning, instructional design, and training jobs. Get your free PowerPoint templates and free graphics & stock images. View the tutorial on YouTube. Getting Started?

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CourseArc

APRIL 6, 2020

Find someone to fill the following roles: Instructional Designer, Resource Curator, Subject Matter Experts (SME), and Content Reviewer. . Several educators have created sites to help you use Google Tools. Take stock of everything you already have and create a plan to prepare your skillset to teach online.

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Rapid eLearning

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Playing with the site reminded me of a few core principles that are often neglected when building interactive e-learning; so here are a few brief thoughts. How to design good interactivity. However, there are things happening on that site that we can glean that do relate to an online learning experience. Getting Started?

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Rapid eLearning

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

The initial goal of the e-learning challenges was to get e-learning course designers to play around with the software and try new things. They aren’t expected to be big (or complete courses) and they’re designed to learn new production techniques. Start a blog or portfolio site. Build your professional brand.

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Rapid eLearning

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

One of my favorite sites for free stock images is Unsplash.com. They provide hundreds of free stock images with a Creative Commons Zero license. Unfortunately, while it’s great to get a boatload of free stock images, many of them are mostly decorative and hard to use for elearning courses. Download Free Stock Images.

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Rapid eLearning

JUNE 25, 2019

Stock image sites are fine for generic illustrated maps but they’re usually too generic. Recently, I was working on a map demo where I needed a specific map, but I didn’t want a real map screen shot because it was too busy and I knew the stock sites couldn’t provide what I needed because it was too specific.

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Rapid eLearning

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

I used one of the free illustrations from Blush which is a great site for illustrations. Here’s a great job board for e-learning, instructional design, and training jobs. Get your free PowerPoint templates and free graphics & stock images. In this post, I’ll show you how. Free Illustrations for E-Learning.

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Rapid eLearning

APRIL 6, 2021

Without getting into all of the technical wonkiness, a published e-learning course isn’t much different than a web site. If you don’t need to track the course, publish for web (as noted above), and upload the course to a web site. This is not possible with those web site services like Wix and Squarespace.

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Rapid eLearning

DECEMBER 17, 2019

They offer a visual design that is cohesive and includes a lot of common objects, such as content holders, progress indicators, badges, and buttons. Many stock image sites sell GUIs. You can also search some of these sites for additional free GUIs. Graphic Burger is another site that shares a lot of free stock assets.

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CourseArc

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Who doesn’t look forward to classes that feel uniquely designed for them? One way to achieve flexibility is by taking stock of the materials you provide. Remember… consider these key traits as a starting point when you design a course for adults. Check out our resource site to see how we can help your team.

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Rapid eLearning

OCTOBER 20, 2020

If you don’t have one, you can use a color theme site to create one. For the two open colors, I may look through my organization’s web site and marketing collateral and see if there are other secondary colors used that I could add to the palette. Get your free PowerPoint templates and free graphics & stock images.

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Axonify

MARCH 24, 2017

Many are also written by subject matter experts with little to no experience in learning design. It may not sound as exciting as creating videos or interactive simulations, but great question design can be an essential tool for growing knowledge on critical workplace topics. Startup Stock Photos. by Cathy Moore. Let’s face it.

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Rapid eLearning

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Or if you want a site that’s more dynamic and continually updating? You’re not a news site where you need to post every day. Here’s a great job board for e-learning, instructional design, and training jobs. Get your free PowerPoint templates and free graphics & stock images. Getting Started?

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Rapid eLearning

MARCH 31, 2020

On the site, you’ll see the option to download the graphics, modify them or even download some compositions. Here’s a great job board for elearning, instructional design, and training jobs. Get your free PowerPoint templates and free graphics & stock images. Modify the Free Illustrations. Getting Started?

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Adobe Captivate

JANUARY 27, 2018

One of the challenges of working as a freelance instructional designer is the high expectation put upon you by your clients to deliver amazing looking eLearning for as little money as possible. Music can be a challenge, but many sites offer free music under a creative commons license. I had to be resourceful.

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The Training by Nelle Blog | Corporate Training and Consulting

DECEMBER 10, 2019

So if you’re filming off-site, you don’t need to worry about how you’ll lug around everything. For trainers who deliver instructional or on-boarding videos, excellent lighting is key to a successful video. It should be a staple in every Instructional Designer or Trainer’s toolkit. Adobe Stock. ?Finding

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Ed App

MAY 5, 2021

This Payment Security course from EdApp was specifically designed for cashiers. The Fire Protection course from EdApp is one that provides detailed instructions and advice in the event there is a fire. Employee Training Videos & Microlearning Course #6 – Stocking – EdApp.

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Rapid eLearning

MAY 4, 2021

Provide some instruction on what content is available, where it can be found, and why it exists. All that information is freely available at the resource site. Here’s a great job board for e-learning, instructional design, and training jobs. Get your free PowerPoint templates and free graphics & stock images.

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Rapid eLearning

AUGUST 18, 2020

In those cases, I recommend referring them to this site: HTML5 Test. What I like about the site is that it’s a great way to SHOW the differences in browsers and devices and use that as a way to discuss what needs they have, what can be be built, and how the courses may respond. Getting Started?

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Rapid eLearning

AUGUST 11, 2020

In the community, there’s usually some conversation about instructional design. Also, some sites had one computer for everyone to share. Here’s a great job board for elearning, instructional design, and training jobs. Get your free PowerPoint templates and free graphics & stock images.

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Rapid eLearning

APRIL 12, 2022

There’s a lot you can do with Task Scheduler and I’m sure you can find a ton of information on the Microsoft site or on YouTube. Here’s a great job board for e-learning, instructional design, and training jobs. Get your free PowerPoint templates and free graphics & stock images. Getting Started?

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Axonify

MARCH 24, 2017

Many are also written by subject matter experts with little to no experience in learning design. It may not sound as exciting as creating videos or interactive simulations, but great question design can be an essential tool for growing knowledge on critical workplace topics. Startup Stock Photos. by Cathy Moore. Let’s face it.

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eLearning Brothers

JANUARY 27, 2017

Working as a designer for eLearning courses and templates at eLearning Brothers means that I need to constantly stay on top of the latest trends in both web development and graphic design. Modern-Retro Design. Hearkening back to the ideals mentioned above, minimalism is a large part of the new modern design trends.

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Adobe Captivate

JUNE 27, 2018

It is a wonderful addition to our Adobe Stock resource. As an instructional designer, I find that I only have so many hours in the day. The entry page on the site describes the mission. I smile when I visit this site always finding inspiration and, usually, an image that works. So, I joined Unsplash.

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