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

MARCH 17, 2020

Excellent use of simple graphics to create an engaging interaction. Download the fully revised, free 63-page ebook: The Insider's Guide to Becoming a Rapid E-Learning Pro. Get your free PowerPoint templates and free graphics & stock images. That’s a great way to learn to use your e-learning software.

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Making Change

NOVEMBER 5, 2013

Here are a few fun stories from the wild world of interactive fiction. Did you suffer from the lack of images in the above two stories? Instead of spending an hour searching for non-awful stock photos of people talking on the phone, we could spend that hour making the story stronger. Put the backstory in links. Probably not.

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Kitaboo

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

eBooks are flexible; they can be accessed easily and read anywhere using an electronic device or an eBook reader. That is what eBooks can provide, especially in terms of education; ebooks are revolutionary. That is what eBooks can provide, especially in terms of education; ebooks are revolutionary.

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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

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Many stock image sites sell GUIs. Craftpix.net has a lot of free game image resources. Graphic Burger is another site that shares a lot of free stock assets. Download the fully revised, free 63-page ebook: The Insider's Guide to Becoming a Rapid E-Learning Pro. Below is a screenshot from Deposit Photos.

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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. What do you think? Want to learn more?

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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

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. Get your free PowerPoint templates and free graphics & stock images. It’s content with context. Getting Started?

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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. How to Create an Interactive Course Using a Single Image. It just requires an image that has clear potential content buckets.

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Rapid eLearning

MAY 3, 2016

It’s a great way to add texture and novelty to screens that are usually plastered with static images and bullet points. 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. Vidsplay : totally free stock videos.

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CourseArc

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

You don’t need to be a designer to use design to your advantage: from the typeface and colors you select to the images that accompany your text, the design elements you choose are all part of communicating effectively with your audience. Think design is only for designers? Think again. . Learn more about the design fundamentals below.

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Rapid eLearning

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Using 360° Images to Give Employees a Realistic Look at Their Work Environment | Paul Njuguna. 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.

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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. We watch television and videos.

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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

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. But whatr about the various background images? 7 Ways to Overlay Text & Customize Free Stock Photos.

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Rapid eLearning

MARCH 8, 2016

Here are some scenario background images that are great for your next interactive branched e-learning scenario course. These backgrounds go really well with the illustrated characters that come with the Articulate applications or those you may find at some of the free vector image sites. Download Storyline file. Getting Started?

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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. How to pull the person into the course?

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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 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. Get your free PowerPoint templates and free graphics & stock images. How do you know?

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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. Get your free PowerPoint templates and free graphics & stock images.

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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

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

This is part two of the series on working with 3D models and interactive video. Today, we’ll discover how to use them to create interactive videos in Storyline. And then of course, once you have an interaction you can also insert it into a Rise course, which is what I did in this Rise lesson. Image already added.

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Rapid eLearning

AUGUST 4, 2020

Storyline is designed for interactive e-learning. PowerPoint has some interactive features and things one can do to hack a certain level of interactivity, but it doesn’t have a lot of sophistication with things such as mouseovers, drag/drops, variables, etc. The Storyline specific content is most likely more interactive.

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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

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. Get your free PowerPoint templates and free graphics & stock images. This is fine in the right context. Free E-Learning Resources.

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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. Get your free PowerPoint templates and free graphics & stock images.

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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. Even if you decide not to participate, we recommend checking out the recap posted every Thursday. Getting Started?

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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. Download the fully revised, free 63-page ebook: The Insider's Guide to Becoming a Rapid E-Learning Pro Upcoming E-Learning Events. Get your free PowerPoint templates and free graphics & stock images.

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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

AUGUST 25, 2020

In a previous post, we looked at the HTML5Test site as a way to check the browser and how it’s current support for HTML5 which is important to know when adding interactivity and multimedia to projects. Download the fully revised, free 63-page ebook: The Insider's Guide to Becoming a Rapid E-Learning Pro. See you in 2023.

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eLearning Brothers

MARCH 17, 2015

There are tons of eLearning Templates and eLearning Stock assets that enrich every member of the eLearning Template Library. Use eLearning Game Templates To Make an eBook with iBooks Author. It’s a free eBook development tool where you can make interactive eBooks fun and engaging. Pretty cool, right?

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Rapid eLearning

APRIL 18, 2017

In most cases, hotspots are used as invisible buttons for interactive e-learning. But today we’ll look at ways to use the hotspot feature in your drag and drop interactions where the hotspot isn’t a button. Generally, there are two main components to drag and drop interactions: an object that is dragged.

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Matthew Guyan

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

The placement of text and images. The use of interactive elements – clicking, dragging and hovering. I’ve started to expand my personal learning network by following some UX groups and people on Twitter: Interaction Design Org @interacting | UX Links @uxlinks | UX Collective @uxdesigncc. The creation of scenarios.

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Rapid eLearning

OCTOBER 2, 2018

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. The free download includes the original images as well as a folder with images cropped to 16:9 so they fit perfectly in 16×9 slides.

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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. Free Interactive Tabs Template. I usually get questions on how to edit the free templates and make them interactive. For the workshop I created a few different templates.

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