Rapid eLearning

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

It’s on October 25, 2022 and co-located with Devlearn. Using 360° Images to Give Employees a Realistic Look at Their Work Environment | Paul Njuguna. Simulation & Gamification as Part of a Blended Learning Strategy | Alex Ryan & Tristia Hennessey. USD — When combined with DevLearn registration. Tom Kuhlmann.

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Rapid eLearning

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Download the fully revised, free 63-page ebook: The Insider's Guide to Becoming a Rapid E-Learning Pro Upcoming Events. 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.

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Rapid eLearning

OCTOBER 2, 2018

A while back I shared some free illustrated backgrounds that you can use for your branched scenario courses in e-learning. I’ve been working on interactive scenarios for a few upcoming workshops and created some background images that we’ll use to build interactive branched scenarios. Free Downloads.

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Rapid eLearning

AUGUST 31, 2023

Download the fully revised, free 63-page ebook: The Insider's Guide to Becoming a Rapid E-Learning Pro Events October 24 (Las Vegas): 2023 Articulate User Conference. Lots of really good sessions to improve your course design skills and learn some cool tips using Articulate 360. What would you add to the list?

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Rapid eLearning

AUGUST 8, 2023

Here are some tips I’ve picked up and how I make those free illustrated characters that I share on LinkedIn. It Starts with Prompts The secret to getting the right images is based on the prompting. I also look at what images people share in the AI community and when I find something I like, I try their prompts to see what I get.

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Rapid eLearning

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Download the fully revised, free 63-page ebook: The Insider's Guide to Becoming a Rapid E-Learning Pro Upcoming Events. 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.

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Rapid eLearning

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Download the fully revised, free 63-page ebook: The Insider's Guide to Becoming a Rapid E-Learning Pro Events October 24 (Las Vegas): 2023 Articulate User Conference. Lots of really good sessions to improve your course design skills and learn some cool tips using Articulate 360. Getting Started?

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Rapid eLearning

AUGUST 23, 2011

Two things always stand out during these trips: There is no one way to do elearning. Some people build courses, some create marketing material, and some use the rapid elearning software to create multimedia information. One of the sessions I did in Atlanta was on how to get the graphics you need for your rapid elearning courses.

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Rapid eLearning

AUGUST 2, 2011

General Thoughts on Rapid E-Learning. 3 Things You Can Only Learn from a Real E-Learning Expert : Learn to work with subject matter experts and the tech-savvy millennials; and get a definitive explanation of how to finally spell e-learning eLearning elearning leearning.

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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. For example, free is confined to “free for personal use.” Jay Mantri.

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Rapid eLearning

OCTOBER 11, 2011

In a previous post, I share 15 free display graphics that are commonly seen in elearning courses. The cool thing is that all of these are created in PowerPoint; so you can learn to build your own. Then right-click on the graphic and save as an image. Free Chalkboard and Whiteboards. 32 free chalkboard graphics.

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Rapid eLearning

OCTOBER 25, 2011

I took some images I had on hand and wrote the script on the fly. So don’t pay attention to the content, just look at how I used the tool to build a mini elearning scenario. In the next example I extended my rapid elearning tools in two ways. And because I built the images in PowerPoint, I can modify them in minutes.

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Rapid eLearning

AUGUST 4, 2015

I found a free desktop image made available by Anastasia Kolisnichenko. I used the free image to create an interactive course prototype for an upcoming workshop activity. The template is free for you to download and use as you wish. How to Create an Interactive Course Using a Single Image.

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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. She incorporated the 3D models from PowerPoint to create videos that she added to her e-learning course. Click here to view the e-learning example. Upcoming E-Learning Events.

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Rapid eLearning

SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

And they’re great for holding the images and multimedia we use. Plus, it’s a great way to learn more of PowerPoint’s illustration features. In today’s post, I’ll show you how to build a laptop monitor inspired by the free laptop image file you can get from the psdGraphics site. I saved it as a PNG.

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Rapid eLearning

AUGUST 11, 2015

Most of us are scrambling to find free assets to use in our presentations and elearning courses. 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.

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Rapid eLearning

OCTOBER 19, 2010

Free PowerPoint Template. It’s got a clean interface that could easily be adapted to an elearning course. So I used the site to inspire a new free PowerPoint template. In this case, I built all of the objects in PowerPoint and then saved them as images. Then I imported the images into the slides.

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Rapid eLearning

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

Start by selecting the clip art image, ungrouping it, and making the customizations you need. I also like to save the new image as a.png. I try to stick with the same image style and remove all of the background items that make clip art look like clip art. Create Characters by Pulling Them Out of Stock Images.

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Rapid eLearning

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Download the fully revised, free 63-page ebook: The Insider's Guide to Becoming a Rapid E-Learning Pro. Upcoming E-Learning Events. October 23 (Las Vegas, NV): Articulate User Conference with Devlearn. November 5 & 6 (London): E-Learning Roadshow. Free E-Learning Resources.

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Rapid eLearning

OCTOBER 23, 2018

A lot has changed with e-learning over the past decade or so. However, as the rapid e-learning market emerged, the need for programming skills virtually disappeared. Here are some good resources to learn JavaScript for free: Introduction to JavaScript. Free Code Camp. Free E-Learning Resources.

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Rapid eLearning

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

To help you out, I compiled an assortment of free templates that you may have missed the past few weeks. There are 16 free PowerPoint templates and 15 free Storyline templates. And if you’re on that side of the planet where summer’s long gone, you can still take advantage of the free templates. Circle Lift.

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Rapid eLearning

AUGUST 28, 2018

Download the fully revised, free 63-page ebook: The Insider's Guide to Becoming a Rapid E-Learning Pro. Upcoming E-Learning Events. October 23 (Las Vegas, NV): Articulate User Conference with Devlearn. November 5 & 6 (London): E-Learning Roadshow. Free E-Learning Resources.

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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. It was a great time of meeting many of you and learning more about what you do. We discussed it in this blog post on finding free stock images. Just type in your search and you’ll see the older image search.

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Rapid eLearning

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

Odds are that during the summer months elearning wasn’t on the top of your list. So I decided to weed through some rapid elearning information and pull out a few posts that you may have missed. And of course, there are some free PowerPoint elearning templates, too. Handpicked E-Learning Tutorials.

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Rapid eLearning

JULY 26, 2011

Creating the avatar is simply a matter of uploading an image and then applying the settings so that the mouth and eyes are detected. Considering how fast it converts the images to speaking avatars, I’m pretty impressed with the overall quality. Instead of a static image, you have a talking head. Create an Animated Avatar.

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Rapid eLearning

AUGUST 25, 2015

As far as the expressions, I’d probably build the expressions as images that I can copy and paste into faces. Here are some free stick figure downloads in various poses: Original Stick Figures. I quickly drew the images for this presentation on how rapid elearning is so simple that even a monkey can do it.

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Rapid eLearning

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Some of the sub folders I have are: Quizmaker, Engage, Flags, audio, images, notes, fonts, templates, etc. Feel free to add your thoughts via the comments link. November 1: Las Vegas, NV (Elearning Guild)— Devlearn. November 14: Minneapolis, MN (ASTD)—Articulate Workshop: Build Interactive E-Learning…Rapidly.

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Rapid eLearning

SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

In today’s post I’ll show three easy ways to create templates for your elearning courses. 30 Second E-Learning Templates. Essentially, you want to find a viable sliver from an image or screen grab. Find a contextual image. Fill the header with a color picked from the top of the image.

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Rapid eLearning

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

I do like to use headset microphones for recording tutorials and doing webinars because it allows me to operate hands free and not worry about moving around and away from the microphone. Should You Add Background Audio to Your E-Learning Courses? 10 Free Audio Programs to Use for E-Learning. Getting Started?

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Rapid eLearning

OCTOBER 6, 2009

If you’re like many of us, you don’t have a lot of money to buy stock images or hire a graphics designer. So that means you’re stuck using the free resources that come with PowerPoint. It only takes a few clicks to get from one image to the next. For example, the clip art images in “Style 13” turned out to be lucky.

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Rapid eLearning

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

As the learners advance, the silhouettes change to real images. In the example below from Helmsmanship , you can see that the start of the section has the image and shares a core idea or theme. The following slides contain a silhouette of the core section image. For example, in the first image I introduce a group.

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Tony Karrer

NOVEMBER 26, 2007

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Rapid eLearning

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

Build Your E-Learning Skills with an Informal Learning Plan. Develop a personal informal learning process. Today there are all sorts of free resources to learn about course design and construction. Download the fully revised, free 63-page ebook: The Insider's Guide to Becoming a Rapid E-Learning Pro.

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Rapid eLearning

OCTOBER 13, 2009

A few weeks ago we launched Screenr, a free screencasting application that is easy to use and great for quick tutorials and elearning courses. In fact, on the Word of Mouth blog, we compiled over 100 rapid elearning tutorials that have been created with Screenr since its launch. And it’s not just me doing the sharing.

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eLearning Learning Posts

DECEMBER 1, 2010

And I feel honored that social signals came in granting my post on eLearning Strategy top spot. And interestingly several of the posts are around John Seely Brown’s keynote at DevLearn. Probably my favorite sessions today revolved around games in learning. I’ve really been striking out. Here’s some of what I found.

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Rapid eLearning

OCTOBER 27, 2009

Thus, better email communication ultimately leads to better project management, which most likely means better elearning courses. Mike gave me a free copy which I skimmed through on the plane flight home. Look at the image below. The following week, I’ll be at DevLearn 2009 in San Jose.

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Rapid eLearning

OCTOBER 16, 2012

Tips on Creating Rapid E-Learning Courses in PowerPoint. Building an elearning course with PowerPoint is not the same as building a presentation. This list of posts offers some good tips on building your rapid elearning courses in PowerPoint. How I Built that E-Learning Scenario.

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