Kitaboo

APRIL 29, 2021

The popularity of eBooks has seen a sharp rise in recent years. There are two reasons why eBooks are gaining so much traction; the first is the reduced cost of creating, publishing and distribution of eBooks , the second is sheer convenience, as eBooks offer a handy way of carrying hundreds of your favorite titles in your pocket.

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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

MARCH 17, 2020

Excellent use of simple graphics to create an engaging interaction. I love her How to Fight a Bear and Live demo (which I featured before) and this Mad Libs design , another fun assessment idea with a free download. 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

MAY 3, 2016

Examples of Free Stock Video Courses. Great use of stock video throughout. Clever way to get people to interact with the screen. Find Free Stock Videos. One of the first questions that comes up is where to get free stock videos. Pexels : lots of good stuff and link to free stock photos, too.

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Making Change

NOVEMBER 5, 2013

Here are a few fun stories from the wild world of interactive fiction. This isn’t Dostoevsky, but the bits of backstory add more dimension to what could have been a generic management scenario with shallow, thought-free options. Get your free 23-page ebook: Training Designer''s Guide to Saving the World.

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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

MAY 14, 2019

Originally, the interactive scenario started as a PowerPoint file that was published with Articulate Studio to demonstrate how to create simple branched scenarios in PowerPoint. Interactive Scenario: PowerPoint. Click to view the interactive scenario create with PowerPoint. Interactive Scenario: Storyline.

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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. That means you can do anything with the images, whether free or commercial. I also used one of the free images for this free template that I shared a while back.

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Rapid eLearning

AUGUST 10, 2021

Storyline 360 includes a 360° image feature where one can insert interactive markers and labels. Last week, the e-learning challenge was to create some 360° image interactions. Each image represents one point of content versus a series of interactive markers and labels. Free E-Learning Resources. This is just a sampling.

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Rapid eLearning

OCTOBER 18, 2016

A great way to learn to use the elearning software you have is to create small interactions. A recent challenge was to create a note card interaction. I happened to be working on a note card interaction for a workshop and submitted it to the challenge above. Here’s the interaction: View the notecard interaction in action.

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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 18, 2022

They should be interactive and engaging, not just a glorified brochure. Download the fully revised, free 63-page ebook: The Insider's Guide to Becoming a Rapid E-Learning Pro Upcoming Events. Free E-Learning Resources. Check out these articles and free resources in the community. It’s content with context.

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Rapid eLearning

DECEMBER 22, 2015

At a recent workshop I showed the difference between creating interactive elearning in PowerPoint and Storyline. One of them was a tabs interaction. Following is the free PowerPoint template and the corresponding Storyline version. Free Interactive Tabs Template. Click here to download the free template.

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Rapid eLearning

APRIL 26, 2022

Maybe there’s some simple interactivity like a tabs interaction or one of those fancy images with labels and markers, but that’s just a different way to expose content. Download the fully revised, free 63-page ebook: The Insider's Guide to Becoming a Rapid E-Learning Pro. Free E-Learning Resources.

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Rapid eLearning

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

In that case a simple interaction that allows them to explore content is a great way for them to collect information. To help you out, I created an office exploration activity template that’s free for you to use. Free E-Learning Interaction Example. Below is a published demo of the elearning interaction.

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Rapid eLearning

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

Here’s a free elearning template I created for a recent workshop. The free template includes three interactions: two timelines and one process interaction. Free E-Learning Template Example. Click here to view an example of the free template. Download the free elearning template here.

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Rapid eLearning

DECEMBER 15, 2015

In the spirit of the holiday season, here’s a free elearning template. It can be used as a progress meter, a main slide menu, or simple process interaction. There are two versions of the free elearning template: Storyline 2 and PowerPoint. Free E-Learning Template: Storyline 2. Download the free elearning template.

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Rapid eLearning

JULY 21, 2015

Here’s a free PowerPoint template I built for a recent workshop. I used it to show how to create interactive conversations in PowerPoint using hyperlinks. This free template could be used as a way to share manager/employee information or perhaps as an FAQ interaction. I mocked up a FAQ interaction on copyright laws.

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Rapid eLearning

JULY 31, 2018

I get a lot of questions about interactive e-learning. Often people are looking for specific “interactive” features in the software. Part 1: Interactive E-Learning Strategies. Here’s a simple strategy I use when building interactive e-learning courses. Part 2: Interactive E-Learning Features.

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Rapid eLearning

AUGUST 31, 2023

We have this shoplifting prevention document that we often use during our workshops on creating interactive e-learning. Ready for an interactive learning experience? 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.

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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. I always see interactive e-learning as two considerations: touch the screen and apply the content. Free E-Learning Resources.

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Rapid eLearning

DECEMBER 27, 2016

Here’s a list of all of the free resources shared in this blog and a few bonuses. Free Bonus. Here are a few bonus items not included in previous posts: Free e-book: The Definitive Guide to Multi-Device E-Learning. Free image editor: Pixlr. Free Style Guide template: this offers double bonus content.

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Rapid eLearning

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

A lot of people ask about building interactive e-learning and usually are dismissive of “click and read” e-learning. Most of this is linear content with little interactivity other than buttons to continue the progress or start the media. There is not a lot of interactivity on YouTube. Free E-Learning Resources.

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Rapid eLearning

OCTOBER 25, 2022

All too often, I see courses that are nothing more than glorified and interactive PowerPoint slides. Download the fully revised, free 63-page ebook: The Insider's Guide to Becoming a Rapid E-Learning Pro Upcoming Events. Free E-Learning Resources. Check out these articles and free resources in the community.

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Rapid eLearning

JUNE 20, 2017

At a recent workshop, we reviewed some of the essentials of interactive e-learning. This last point is where we consider how the user interacts in the course. The first thing is to understand the performance expectations and then from there build the interactions and activities that teach how to meet those expectations.

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Rapid eLearning

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Bravehearts Interactive Map | Samuel Apata. Storyline Showcase: Adaptive Interactions | Alex Ryan & James Oakley. Download the fully revised, free 63-page ebook: The Insider's Guide to Becoming a Rapid E-Learning Pro. Free E-Learning Resources. Check out these articles and free resources in the community.

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Rapid eLearning

OCTOBER 10, 2023

The three options I recommend are: simple linear course linear plus some simple learning-based interactivity decision-based interactivity. The customers generally choose the second option because it’s a type of course they understand, includes some focus on performance and interactivity, and is a lot quicker to build.

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Rapid eLearning

JUNE 8, 2021

Friction comes from things like lack of clear direction, unmeasurable objectives, poor instructions, novel interactions that don’t add value, and poor course design like mediocre-looking content or overbuilt animations and transitions. Free E-Learning Resources. Check out these articles and free resources in the community.

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Rapid eLearning

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

This is especially true when you consider the interactive nature of e-learning and how different users access the content. Want to learn more: Download this free e-book: 6 Best Practices for Designing Accessible E-Learning. Free E-Learning Resources. Check out these articles and free resources in the community.

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CourseArc

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

From the signs we pass walking down the street to the websites we visit every day, we are interacting with design all the time. Along with organization, arrangement is a key principle that will help you establish how the different elements of your design interact with one another. Learn more about the design fundamentals below.

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Rapid eLearning

AUGUST 8, 2017

There are three main ways to interact with the course: click, mouseover, and drag. While click-based interactions are the most prominent, a good drag and drop interaction is usually more engaging. In fact, anytime I feature a drag-based interaction in a blog post, I’m always asked how it was created.

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Rapid eLearning

MAY 9, 2023

Here’s a favorite from a recent challenge on interactive video. Download the fully revised, free 63-page ebook: The Insider's Guide to Becoming a Rapid E-Learning Pro Events May 3-4 (London) : Learning Technologies. Free E-Learning Resources Want to learn more? Click to view the demo. Do you have any ideas to share?

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Rapid eLearning

MAY 10, 2022

However, many of those courses tend to be overbuilt with superfluous interactivity. Download the fully revised, free 63-page ebook: The Insider's Guide to Becoming a Rapid E-Learning Pro. Free E-Learning Resources. Check out these articles and free resources in the community. This is fine in the right context.

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Rapid eLearning

JUNE 30, 2020

This helps us gain mastery over the e-learning tools , play around with various interactive prototypes, and get inspiration from seeing what others can do. Many of the challenges feature facts and various levels of interactivity. 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

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Create a demo course with different treatments that vary from typical content-heavy to a bit more interactive and focused on decision-making experiences. Download the fully revised, free 63-page ebook: The Insider's Guide to Becoming a Rapid E-Learning Pro. Free E-Learning Resources. This lets them see beyond the content.

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Rapid eLearning

JUNE 1, 2021

Why spend extra time and resources on custom interactivity in Storyline 360 ? There are times where custom interactivity is warranted. In that case, use Rise 360 and add custom interactions from Storyline 360. 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

JUNE 13, 2017

Previously we looked at how to create free text-to-speech narration using a free application. Today we’ll look at a free (or inexpensive) way to create your text-to-speech narration that’s just as easy and hardly costs anything, if at all. The first 5 GB is free and after that, it’s very inexpensive.

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