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Writing Effective eLearning Narration: Making It Easy to Read, Say, and Comprehend

Association eLearning

Many courses rely upon voiceover to help connect with their learners. Instructional designers and subject matter experts (SMEs) mean well; they want to share and teach all the content needed to understand and master a topic. Also, if the narration is unnecessarily complex and long, it’s harder for the voiceover talent to say.

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Writing Effective eLearning Narration: Making It Easy to Read, Say, and Comprehend

Association eLearning

Many courses rely upon voiceover to help connect with their learners. Instructional designers and subject matter experts (SMEs) mean well; they want to share and teach all the content needed to understand and master a topic. Also, if the narration is unnecessarily complex and long, it’s harder for the voiceover talent to say.

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PowerPoint: Text-to-Speech Voiceover Tools

The Logical Blog by IconLogic

You could, of course, record a voiceover in PowerPoint, but maybe you have a cold and your voice isn't up to par. Several new tools allow you to type the text you would normally say, and have text-to-speech technology (TTS) generate the voiceover for you. PS: Need some crafting that voiceover text? HelloSlide.  

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eLearning & Training: How Long is Too Long?

The Logical Blog by IconLogic

But for the lesson to be effective, one of the most important things to keep in mind is that  more  does not mean  better. If your lesson plays too long, you run the risk of losing the attention span of your learner and lowering the effectiveness of the lesson in general. So how long is too long?

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TEACHING ONLINE: Instructors Take Note!

The Logical Blog by IconLogic

Notes typed on a laptop seem to be just as effective for learning rote facts and details.  For example, if I know one of my learners for eLearning software is going to be creating training videos for active-duty nurses, I might mention a few ways to engage learners without audio voiceover. Jennie has an M.A.

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Discover the Right Way to Choose A Voiceover for Your Digital Learning

eLearningMind

Voiceovers are a lot like design: you only really notice it when it’s bad. That’s because a good voiceover is so seamless that it becomes an integral part of your digital learning, instead of sticking out like a sore thumb. A good voiceover helps learners put themselves in the same scenarios portrayed in the video. Authenticity.

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TEACHING ONLINE: Instructors Take Note!

The Logical Blog by IconLogic

Notes typed on a laptop seem to be just as effective for learning rote facts and details.  For example, if I know one of my learners for eLearning software is going to be creating training videos for active-duty nurses, I might mention a few ways to engage learners without audio voiceover. Jennie has an M.A.

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