Scissortail's Learning Nest

APRIL 15, 2024

Cognitive Load, Student Attention, and PowerPoint Presentations Do you ever wonder how much of your slides learners are actually reading? A recent eye-tracking study revealed what learners focus on when viewing PowerPoint slides, and Inner Drive shared the results on their blog. Check out the blog post here.

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Scissortail's Learning Nest

APRIL 15, 2024

Cognitive Load, Student Attention, and PowerPoint Presentations Do you ever wonder how much of your slides learners are actually reading? A recent eye-tracking study revealed what learners focus on when viewing PowerPoint slides, and Inner Drive shared the results on their blog. Check out the blog post here.

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TechSmith Camtasia

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

Screencasts are an effective teaching tool that offer instructors greater versatility in developing lesson plans. Screencasting is increasingly used to record PowerPoint presentations using preeminent software such as Camtasia Studio , which can enable an add-in to run the program from within PowerPoint. Ruffini, Ed.D.

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BrightCarbon

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

So, ensuring your slides are more accessible will improve the effectiveness of your presentation for everyone. Explore PowerPoint’s Accessibility tab. PowerPoint has some native accessibility tools that you can use to make your slides more accessible. When writing alt text keep it simple. Use legible fonts.

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eLearning Brothers

APRIL 30, 2015

Guest blog post by Liz Sheffield. She specializes in writing about everything related to the human side of business. But if you ask your adult learners whether they want to read a manual, sit through a 3-hour PowerPoint presentation or play a game, their response ( games !) is a no-brainer.

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Paradiso

JANUARY 30, 2023

You can convert your PowerPoint presentations into SCORM-compliant courses to increase user engagement. It’s a fantastic option for non-techies searching for a straightforward yet effective approach to build courses because to its intuitive interface and simple-to-use features. Take use of the power of many apps on one platform.

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Experiencing eLearning

DECEMBER 31, 2015

Captivate 8 Custom Motion Effect Example. No, I Won’t “Tweak” Your PowerPoint Slides. I have been blogging now for 9 years, and this year I hit the milestone of 1 million total views. This year I set a schedule for myself and made a concerted effort to write a new non-bookmark post at least every two weeks.

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BrightCarbon

JANUARY 29, 2021

In these four posts we’ll cover a lot of ground, taking you on a journey through the theory behind effective eLearning assessments and practical tips for building assessments it in three different authoring tools: Microsoft PowerPoint, Articulate Rise, and Articulate Storyline. How do you write effective feedback?

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BrightCarbon

JUNE 5, 2023

Here we’ll take a look at how you can use these labels in PowerPoint and how they might affect your design choices throughout your decks. For advice on writing sensitivity labels, check out Microsoft’s guide. If you see it, check to see if it has a non-standard PowerPoint name in the Selection Pane (Alt+F10).

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BrightCarbon

DECEMBER 13, 2023

We’re back with a brand-spanking new blog post all about eLearning assessments. Below you can see questions about our free PowerPoint productivity add-in BrightSlide (*cough* subtle plug *cough*) written at three different learning levels: Remember, Understand, and Apply. Write shorter sentences that only include essential details.

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Fly Plugins

APRIL 2, 2024

Again, Canva is a great option for slide templates and of course you can use Keynote or PowerPoint as well. However, every time he sits down with a creative idea in mind, he wastes precious time fumbling around with Scrivener’s functionality as opposed to writing. After all, the proof is in the pudding, right?

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Mike Taylor

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Try one from BrightCarbon’s big collection of Powerpoint-made greetings. Choose from over 100 options that you can personalize and use to spread some festive cheer PowerPoint style! If you write copy or work in the content creation business, then do not sleep on this episode. 4 Must Reads About PowerPoint and eLearning.

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Challenge to Learn

MARCH 3, 2015

I found that there are three simple things that will make the eLearning courses more effective: Have a clear goal. An eLearning course is very different from a (PowerPoint) presentation. The last thing for a proper start is not to start writing content. Define proper learning objectives. Do things in the right order.

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Integrated Learnings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

Ever been handed a PowerPoint. or to use a different approach, consider taking the actions below to produce a reasonably effective eLearning lesson relatively quickly. or to use a different approach, consider taking the actions below to produce a reasonably effective eLearning lesson relatively quickly. By Shelley A.

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Paradiso

JANUARY 30, 2023

You can convert your PowerPoint presentations into SCORM-compliant courses to increase user engagement. It’s a fantastic option for non-techies searching for a straightforward yet effective approach to build courses because to its intuitive interface and simple-to-use features. Take use of the power of many apps on one platform.

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Hurix Digital

MAY 10, 2020

In this blog post, we’re going to discuss the various advantages of online learning platforms for schools, different kinds of online learning platforms available, and our pick of the top 5 platforms for institutions. Efficient Management. It can be used as a great tool to create and manage content in a simple and intuitive way.

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TechSmith Camtasia

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

Screencasts are an effective teaching tool that offers instructors greater versatility in developing lesson plans. Screencasting is increasingly used to record PowerPoint presentations using preeminent software such as Camtasia Studio, which can enable an add-in to run the program from within PowerPoint. PowerPoint Presentation.

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eLearning 24-7

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Listen to unique ideas (sometimes) or interesting approaches, write it all down, get enthralled about the idea, say to yourself, I am going to implement this, and then return back and do nothing. All those learning experiences, learning academies, cohort-based learning, and so forth, require effective courses and content.

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Mike Taylor

MAY 19, 2023

Gloom has no positive effects on ameliorating doom. Learn more → Effective educational videos This study from Vanderbilt University finds that effective educational videos are strategic, engaging, and cognitively optimized. You can toss in a file like a PowerPoint deck or a PDF or give it a URL—from YouTube or Google Docs, etc.

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Limestone Learning

MARCH 30, 2023

However, effective feedback that’s given to support and encourage improvement becomes fuel for growth. Join Marjorie Mauldin, President of Executive Forum, for a lively conversation to help understand and reframe the role of receiving effective feedback. The goal is to make content writing and delivery easier.

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 15, 2011

Allen Partridge Adobe Captivate Blog For those of you who work with Captivate, you can’t miss Allen Partridge’s blog -- practical know-how with a spark. link] Connie Malamed “The eLearning Coach” Connie writes a lot of posts that use the word “c ognitive”. So where do you send new practitioners for ideas and inspiration?

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Kapp Notes

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

The other day I had a chance to catch up with Cammy Bean, she is passionate about the field of L&D and is founder of the popular Learning Visions blog and a staple among presenters at various elearning and learning conferences. You’re good with PowerPoint, someone assigns you to take on that eLearning authoring tool. Less is more.

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Kapp Notes

MAY 18, 2015

8 Types of Stories to Effect Change. Five Gaming Elements for Effective eLearning. Blog Posts of Interest. Information on how to add notes right within PowerPoint. Take Notes Right on a PowerPoint Slide from Karl Kapp. Purchase Detective PowerPoint Template for $39.95 Storytelling and Instructional Design.

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Kapp Notes

MAY 14, 2015

8 Types of Stories to Effect Change. Five Gaming Elements for Effective eLearning. Blog Posts of Interest. Information on how to add notes right within PowerPoint. Take Notes Right on a PowerPoint Slide from Karl Kapp. Purchase Detective PowerPoint Template for $39.95 Storytelling and Instructional Design.

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BrightCarbon

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Theatre shows create beautiful posters and adverts and write detailed articles to lay the groundwork for what their audience can expect. This could be a simple online quiz, or even a branching interactive quiz made using hyperlinks in PowerPoint! to great effect. The build-up: pre-session materials.

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Kapp Notes

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

I have also included instructions, in a slide deck that show how to write on a PowerPoint Slide as you are presenting. Also, here are step-by-step instructions for adding text right onto a PowerPoint Slide as you are presenting. Take Notes Right on a PowerPoint Slide from Karl Kapp. Blog Posts of Interest.

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Kapp Notes

FEBRUARY 11, 2015

I have also included instructions, in a slide deck that show how to write on a PowerPoint Slide as you are presenting. Also, here are step-by-step instructions for adding text right onto a PowerPoint Slide as you are presenting. Take Notes Right on a PowerPoint Slide from Karl Kapp. Blog Posts of Interest.

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Rapid eLearning

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

That’s also an effective way to get around uploading a real course when it is proprietary and you can’t share it. Show what you built and then write about things you learned. Read an industry book or blog posts and write your thoughts. Get your free PowerPoint templates and free graphics & stock images.

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Kapp Notes

JANUARY 16, 2015

I have also included instructions, in a slide deck that show how to write on a PowerPoint Slide as you are presenting. Also, here are step-by-step instructions for adding text right onto a PowerPoint Slide as you are presenting. Take Notes Right on a PowerPoint Slide from Karl Kapp. Blog Posts of Interest.

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Kitaboo

DECEMBER 15, 2023

This eventually helps students grasp concepts more effectively. Within this innovative framework, students are assigned topics to elucidate using diverse multimedia tools such as PowerPoint presentations, video creation, or podcasts. Write to us at KITABOO@hurix.com today to learn more!

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Trivantis

MARCH 26, 2014

There’s no substitute for writing proper learning objectives. Need help writing learning objectives? Take a look at this blog: 4 Tips for Creating Effective e-Learning Objectives for Yourself. Take a look at this blog: 4 Tips for Creating Effective e-Learning Objectives for Yourself. You won’t regret it.

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Convergence Training

MARCH 20, 2018

Question for you: what’s more effective in aiding employee learning–elearning courses or classroom training? So we encourage you to read this interview with Dr. Thalheimer to learn more about the effectiveness of elearning and classroom training, and to learn more about how to make both more effective. eLearning v.

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Matrix

MAY 3, 2018

When PowerPoint first came out as an alternative to whiteboard and paper presentations it looked fresh, dynamic and really did its job of engaging participants and making learning fun and entertaining. 4 Ways to effectively use visuals in e-learning.

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Mike Taylor

MARCH 5, 2021

Last week’s most clicked item: How to Write Bullet Points People Actually Want to Read. Stowe Boyd writes about how minimizing hours for synchronous communication makes us more productive and shares some research about how bursts of rapid-fire communications, with longer periods of silence in between, are hallmarks of successful teams.

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Ed App

JANUARY 27, 2023

If you have training materials in PowerPoint, you can use EdApp’s converter to transform them into highly engaging micro-lessons. Price: Free Features: Micro-lessons Mobile friendly PowerPoint Converter Reports Join EdApp for free and start using one of the best customer service solutions available today! Price: 1 to 1.97

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Integrated Learnings

JANUARY 2, 2013

The posts from this blog in 2012 offered advice for trying out new eLearning authoring tools and other technologies as well as advice for trying out various instructional approaches. If you're interested in trying something new with your eLearning projects this year, take a look at how the past year of posts from this blog might help.

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BrightCarbon

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Power-user is a Microsoft PowerPoint add-in that provides you with visual elements and tools to help you make better and more impactful business documents. This is the Power-user tab in PowerPoint. Power-user includes features for Microsoft Word and Excel, but its PowerPoint capabilities are the focus of this post. Premium: $8.75/month

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