Mon.Aug 13, 2018

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5 Authentic Reasons Why Authentic Learning Is Awesome!

Growth Engineering

Fancy yourself as the next Indiana Jones? Then grab your fedora and let ‘authentic learning’ whip you into shape! The post 5 Authentic Reasons Why Authentic Learning Is Awesome! appeared first on Growth Engineering.

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Why Companies Should Embrace a Mobile Learning Management System

ProProfs

A decade ago who would have thought that m-learning is going to sell like hotcakes? But, the present scenario narrates a completely different story. The advent of digital media and smartphones have contributed towards breaking new grounds for the entire education and training sector. The corporate world stands to benefit more especially when training through the learning management system was introduced.

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5 Guidelines For Developing Good Online Assessments

eLearning Industry

If we want to develop good assessments, we have to do the hard, and often offline work, of. well. developing good assessments! This article, by Mary Burns of the Education Development Center, lays out 5 guidelines for developing good assessments. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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On the List Again!

Learningtogo

When Sam Rogers announced his intention to compile a list of the most popular podcasts for L&D in 2017, I thought I’d have to mount a write-in campaign. Luckily, Sam was aware of us and our program was on the ballot. I felt even luckier to make the list, thanks to our fascinating guests and listeners like you!

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Measuring the ROI of Enterprise Learning for Customers, Partners, and Professionals

Prove the ROI of Learning Struggling to measure the business impact of learning initiatives? Try our three-pillar approach to show the true value of learning, backed by stories from real businesses like yours. Make 2024 the year of ROI!

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4 Ways Your LMS Can Help You Close Sales

LearnDash

The capabilities your LMS offers directly impact your course sales. You may not think of your LMS as a sales tool. But, as the delivery platform for your product, it’s an inherent part of the value you offer your learners. After all, a good course isn’t just about what you teach, but how you deliver it. If you hear of a great new trend in online education, you will want to try it out and incorporate it into your course while it’s popular.

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Well-being, collaboration, and diversity: 3 catalysts for improved performance

CrossKnowledge

With digital transformation, innovative ways of working, and new communication channels, company management has to keep step with staff members’ changing expectations. To boost productivity and performance in the age of digital workplaces, putting people at the heart of your strategy now matters more than ever. How? By focusing on three key ingredients: well-being, collaboration, and diversity.

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How To Improve Your Online Training Webinars In 5 Easy Steps

eLearning Industry

When done right, a webinar can be an extremely effective tool for employee and commercial training. Poorly done, it can bore its audience to tears worse than a late-night infomercial. The 5 tips in this article will help you get your webinars right every time. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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Top 10 Blogs for Learning & Development Professionals 2018

Clarity Consultants

Introducing the Clarity Communications list of the best 10 Learning and Development (L&D) blogs. A great blog provides solid content that makes the important points of a topic easy to grasp. To make our list, a blog must be interesting and entertaining while at the same time providing useful information. Each blog on our list is useful for anyone in the field who wants to further their understanding and sharpen their skills.

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The Effective Use Of Learning Management Systems To Automate The Employee Onboarding Process

eLearning Industry

An effective online onboarding program helps to streamline the workforce through a continuous process which will make them more productive. Many organizations fail to engage and retain the new hires because they lack adopting an effective onboarding strategy. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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The Ultimate LMS Buyer’s Guide: Everything You Need to Know When Purchasing an LMS

Whether you’re shopping for your very first learning management system (LMS) or looking to upgrade, the process can be overwhelming. With so many vendor options, each with its own multitude of features and pricing structures, even the most seasoned educators, trainers, and business leaders can feel lost in a sea of choices! Finding the LMS that’s best suited for your organization requires a planned, strategic approach.

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Adobe Captivate: Introduction to Multi-State objects

Swift eLearning Services

Adobe Captivate 9 has numerous features to create interactive and effective custom eLearning courses. One of them is adding multiple states to an object. In this blog, we are going to look at how to add multi states to an object. First, open a blank project from the File menu.

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Giving Employees What They Want: Continuing Education Opportunities

BenchPrep

It’s becoming crucial for organizations to understand how continuing education programs present a win-win opportunity for both employees and employers. While the pressures of daily business activities can often overshadow learning program initiatives, an investment in employee development can not only differentiate your culture from the next company, but also impact long-term employee engagement and results.

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Why Seamless User Onboarding is Critical to the Success of Your Company

WalkMe Training Station

User onboarding is often seen as a practical matter in the employee training process. However, onboarding is so much more important than practical tasks like setting employees up with IDs and giving them parking passes. Seamlessly getting employees signed up for and using a new software platform is an integral part of onboarding a new employee. Here are a few reasons why seamless onboarding is critical to the success of your employee training and to your overall productivity.

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The Benefits of Onboarding

Cobblestone Learning

For any employee, the first days on the job are crucial and can make a lasting impression for a new starter. There’s a lot of people to meet, things to learn and questions to ask. Employee onboarding should provide a new employee with the what they need to know to get. The post The Benefits of Onboarding appeared first on Cobblestone learning.

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Understanding Scope Creep

Project managers are now spending more time managing strategic projects where the scope is susceptible to changes as the projects progress. Scope change control is now becoming a critical component of project management requiring project teams to become more active in solving problems and making decisions. Scope change control will require collaboration with stakeholders and possibly government agencies.

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10 Ways To Encourage Knowledge Sharing

eLearning Industry

User-generated content can be one of the best ways to engage learners with their training. Here are 10 ways to encourage them to get involved. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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How You Can Use Storytelling In Corporate Training: Featuring 5 Effective Examples

EI Design

In this article, I outline how you can use storytelling in corporate Training. I also share 5 examples that showcase the impact storytelling can create for corporate training. 5 Effective Examples Of How To Use Storytelling In Corporate Training. “Storytelling is the most powerful way to put ideas into the world.” – Robert McKee, Professor.

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JavaScript in button hold question

Adobe Captivate

Would like to make a button that, whenn clicked and keep pressed, wil result in a number going up. Releasing the button would have to stop the action. i guess JS would be the only solution? But how? The post JavaScript in button hold question appeared first on eLearning.

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Using Virtual Reality to Improve Employee Training Programs

Designing Digitally

While you may think of virtual reality as primarily an entertainment and gaming device, as the technology progresses, its many uses are becoming more and more apparent. Virtual reality can be a great way to train employees in many industries. For young workers just entering their fields, virtual training can be a great resource. The use of technology in the daily lives of young people has led to shorter attention spans, necessitating a different approach to education for young workers.

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Can Brain Science Actually Help Make Your Training & Teaching Stick?

Speaker: Andrew Cohen, Founder & CEO of Brainscape

The instructor’s PPT slides are brilliant. You’ve splurged on the expensive interactive courseware. Student engagement is stellar. So… why are half of your students still forgetting everything they learned in just a matter of weeks? It's likely a matter of cognitive science! With so much material to "teach" these days, we often forget to incorporate key proven principles into our curricula — namely active recall, metacognition, spaced repetition, and interleaving practice.

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Captivate 9 and Captive 2017

Adobe Captivate

Hi. I am using Captivate 2017 and a team member is using Captivate 9. Can I share my 2017 course for her to view on Captivate 9? We seem to be having problems doing. Please help! The post Captivate 9 and Captive 2017 appeared first on eLearning.

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Use it or Lose it. A Learning Management System User Experience Perspective

Agylia

Take a look at why a great LMS user experience is key to your chances of engaging learners with your digital learning content.

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How do I activate / make display the video trim button and features in Captivate 2017?

Adobe Captivate

This is what I see: All of the documentation and support videos (thanks Paul Wilson!) say that I should see a trim button and two “guides” or “shapes” indicating start and stop. I don’t see these in my instance of Captivate 2017. I have clicked and right-clicked every possible place but no hope. How do I force Captivate into displaying the trim features so I can use them?

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Use it or Lose it. A Learning Management System User Experience Perspective

Agylia

Take a look at why a great LMS user experience is key to your chances of engaging learners with your digital learning content.

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SME Relationships: Proven Solutions for Seamless Collaboration and Success

Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

💢 Do you find yourself stuck in never-ending review cycles? Are you wondering if your Subject Matter Expert actually got that last review request? Are you having trouble trying to decipher impractical or conflicting feedback? 💢 If any of these scenarios sounds familiar, you may benefit from a crash course on managing SME relationships!

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How to delete the play bar from the videos

Adobe Captivate

When I preview or export the project there is a playbar below the video to control the timing of it? How can i get rid of it? Thanks. The post How to delete the play bar from the videos appeared first on eLearning.

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Leaders in the Limelight: Tracy Donnelly

LearningGuild

Leaders in the Limelight: Tracy Donnelly. susan-jacobs. Mon, 08/13/2018 - 01:00.

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Objects moving after HTML5 publishing

Adobe Captivate

I have a question about how to prevent objects from moving on a project after publishing the file in HTML5. I recently developed a project in Captivate 8 and Captivate 2017. When I publish as a.swf file the objects stay where they are placed. When I publish the file as HTML5, the objects move a couple of pixels to the left. Is there a setting that prevents this from happening?

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Webinar: Time Saving Tips in Lectora Online

eLearning Brothers

eLearning Brothers recently hosted Jennie Valley, Trivantis Community Manager for a great webinar, during which Jennie shared her favorite ways to save time with Lectora Online. When deadlines loom, these are the tricks you want in your back pocket. First, Jennie shared some great tips that could be applied when developing with any tool, such as storyboarding, using themes and characters, and more.

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Why and How to Earn Your PMP® Credential

Gaining your Project Management Professional (PMP) certification can be very beneficial for any project manager. Most successful PMP candidates treat preparing for the PMP exam as a personal project. As such, it requires careful planning and a structured approach. Eligibility criteria must be met, and the exam is known for its difficulty, sometimes requiring multiple attempts.

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Captivate: Position Background Graphic for Demo Simulation

Adobe Captivate

I’m editing a Demo Simulation created with Captivate 9 for a responsive project using breakpoints. I was able to adjust the position of the background graphic (or the position of viewed area of the graphic), but I can’t position it precisely. As a result, the background “jumps” between slides. Is there an option to precisely position the background graphic for a simulation, for example, set the position of the graphic to 100,100 for two successive slides?

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Why Corporates Need to Adopt ePub3

Magic EdTech

Digital transformation and automation are the topmost initiatives in the corporate world, affecting every business function across industries. Management and publishing of content within the corporate world is no exception – given the explosive growth of content and its significance in sales, marketing, technical, research, HR, compliance, and knowledge functions.

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RE: Zoom with Mouse

Adobe Captivate

I’m used to zooming using the scroll wheel on my mouse. However, Captivate uses Ctrl+ and Ctr-. Is there a setting in preferences where I can enable zooming with the scroll wheel? The post RE: Zoom with Mouse appeared first on eLearning.