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? Lots of really good sessions to improve your course design skills and learn some cool tips using Articulate 360. Switch the perspective.

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Rapid eLearning

OCTOBER 25, 2022

When we design e-learning courses, we need to think about the overall objective of the training program and design our courses to meet that objective. All too often, I see courses that are nothing more than glorified and interactive PowerPoint slides. We build a lot of content that we call e-learning.

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Rapid eLearning

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Many stock image sites sell GUIs. Graphic Burger is another site that shares a lot of free stock assets. I like this GUI and use it in one of my workshops where we learn to work with variables. 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. It’s easy to do that because most e-learning is boring and not very engaging. There is not a lot of interactivity on YouTube. Free E-Learning Resources.

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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. Want to learn more? Motivate Learners with a Reward.

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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. Traditional e-learning is basically boring. How to design good interactivity. What can I learn from the time-wasting activity? Getting Started?

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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. Want to learn more? Getting Started?

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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

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

JULY 31, 2018

I get a lot of questions about interactive e-learning. Often people are looking for specific “interactive” features in the software. However, the key isn’t specific features as much as it understanding how the e-learning software works and applying that to a few simple strategies.

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Rapid eLearning

MAY 10, 2022

From what I see, most e-learning courses are simple, explainer-type content. However, many of those courses tend to be overbuilt with superfluous interactivity. One way to build the right type of course is to understand the types of courses typically created and where they fit in your e-learning ecosystem.

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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. Stock Snap.

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Rapid eLearning

MAY 9, 2023

Here’s a favorite from a recent challenge on interactive video. DemoFest Examples : at their conferences, The E-Learning Guild hosts a DemoFest, which is like a science fair for e-learning projects. June 1 (Johannesburg) : 2023 Learning Indaba Conference. Click to view the demo. Come visit the booth.

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Rapid eLearning

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

You don’t need print-quality images for elearning courses. I usually get my images from Fotolio or iStockphoto but there are dozens of good stock image sites. But if you need more, jump into the elearning community and ask what others are doing. How do I get my client to make courses more interactive?

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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. The more examples of different learning experiences you can show, the better. 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 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

JUNE 30, 2020

The goal is to use the e-learning tools in different ways. 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. Details coming soon.

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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. And don’t forget about all of the free stock photo sites we covered earlier.

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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

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. 10 Production Tips from the E-Learning Challenges by David Anderson.

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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

AUGUST 25, 2020

And these variables can create issues which make it a challenge to troubleshoot e-learning courses when problems arise. 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.

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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. As noted above, most e-learning courses are explainer content and not performance-heavy. Getting Started?

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Rapid eLearning

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Identify a few common course types such as interactive scenarios, compliance training, software simulations, etc. Either show screenshots or small chunks of the module (like just the interactive parts). Whether you build a portfolio as an active job seeker or to document your learning, it’s a good practice to develop.

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Rapid eLearning

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

Here’s what I find typical of people who do rapid elearning. The more courses they create, the more they realize they need to craft better learning experiences. So the focus shifts towards creating interactive and engaging courses for the learners. It’s also a great framework for learning to build courses.

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Rapid eLearning

OCTOBER 20, 2020

This is a critical part of building and re-using interactions and templates. Download the fully revised, free 63-page ebook: The Insider's Guide to Becoming a Rapid E-Learning Pro Upcoming E-Learning Events. Here’s a great job board for e-learning, instructional design, and training jobs.

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Rapid eLearning

APRIL 12, 2016

Rapid E-Learning Makes Interactive Video Easy. Here’s one of my favorite examples of how things changed with the advent of rapid elearning. Click here to see an example of an Engage interaction with video. Here are a couple of easy ways to use interactive video for your online training.

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Rapid eLearning

JULY 19, 2022

In the example above you can see how easy it is to add all sorts of presentation content such as text, media, and interactivity. Also, I will convert what should have been bullet points to simple interactions like the the accordion or tabs. Free E-Learning Resources. Want to learn more? If so, what worked well?

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Rapid eLearning

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Where is most of the learning going to happen? In your e-learning course? Or will it happen in their daily interactions with real people, making real decisions? A good e-learning course is just part of the training solution. 10 Production Tips from the E-Learning Challenges by David Anderson.

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Rapid eLearning

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

But once you understand how that feature works, you’ll build all sorts of different courses and interactive experiences. One of the best ways to learn is to build something. Download the fully revised, free 63-page ebook: The Insider's Guide to Becoming a Rapid E-Learning Pro. Want to learn more?

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Rapid eLearning

OCTOBER 6, 2020

One of the top questions about e-learning is how to make boring course content more engaging and interactive. Considering the state of many e-learning courses, it’s a good question. They interact with others and make decisions. How does the course content impact the interactions with other people?

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Rapid eLearning

JUNE 23, 2020

So, I recommend some sort of early decision-making interactions. They don’t need to be big elaborate scenarios: just a few interactions that test their understanding and help them see what they currently know about a given situation. But your interaction gets them set up to do so. Upcoming E-Learning Events.

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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. Make your interactive edits.

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Rapid eLearning

MAY 24, 2022

Download the fully revised, free 63-page ebook: The Insider's Guide to Becoming a Rapid E-Learning Pro. Free E-Learning Resources. Want to learn more? Here’s a great job board for e-learning, instructional design, and training jobs. Getting Started?

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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

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. The process is similar.

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Rapid eLearning

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

When building the course, especially with interactions and assessments that take more time to build, create quick prototypes and get them tested rather than build complete modules. Question for you: when you build e-learning courses, how many people tend to work on the course with you? Free E-Learning Resources.

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