Rapid eLearning

MAY 29, 2012

I also like variations on the slide layouts. It made me think that in some ways we need to be like that when it comes to elearning assets. If you’re a rapid elearning developer with a limited budget, then it’s time to train your eyes to look for the jewels mixed with the junk. June 27: Baltimore, MD (UMBC).

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Rapid eLearning

DECEMBER 27, 2011

If you want additional layouts to accommodate the different colors, just go into the slide master, duplicate the layout and change the color of the bulb. I’m also thinking about doing some workshops in Australia in August. January 11: Training Magazine (free webinar): Learn to Use PowerPoint for More Than Boring Presentations.

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Rapid eLearning

MAY 11, 2015

I’m working on some practice content for an upcoming workshop and decided to share the template that is part of the workshop activities. Each section links to a series of slides with a few different layouts. Feel free to copy and paste them to create your own slides and scenarios. E-Learning Heroes Roadshows.

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Rapid eLearning

MAY 18, 2015

I’m not sure you noticed but we just updated the Insider’s Guide to Becoming a Rapid E-Learning Pro. The first edition of the free e-book was released in 2007, and as you can imagine a lot has changed in our industry. How Has E-Learning Changed? What’s New in the Free E-Book?

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Rapid eLearning

JUNE 28, 2016

In PowerPoint, we can create all sorts of master slide layouts and add a whole host of placeholders. Since the placeholder is designed to hold an image, when you don’t insert an image on the slide, it may end up looking like a big empty spot. Create an image placeholder on the master slide layout. Very clever.

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Rapid eLearning

MAY 31, 2011

Instead of your normal click next navigation, you use icons to link to the slides in the course. The second idea is less about elearning and more about mobile learning. What I’d do is treat each screen the same as a slide and then use clickable icons to reveal the course’s information. Click here to learn more.

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Rapid eLearning

MARCH 13, 2012

It reminded me a lot of what we have to do when building elearning courses and it’s in line with many questions I get about elearning design during my workshops. Here are some things that relate to what we do in the world of elearning. The E-Learning Workshop in Portland is filling up. Details coming.

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Rapid eLearning

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

For example, in our workshops we use this demo of the Hoh Rain Forest. The goal is to place the learner in the rain forest so we walk through the process of converting a simple PowerPoint slide to something more immersive. We actually go into it quite a bit in the workshops I do. Rapid elearning workshop.

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Rapid eLearning

JUNE 5, 2012

Build Engaging & Interactive Elearning Courses. Two sessions: Become a Rapid E-Learning Pro and Create Interactive & Engaging E-Learning with Articulate Storyline. Chapter meeting on building interactive elearning scenarios. Limited seating so sign up as soon as you can. Details coming.

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Rapid eLearning

JUNE 14, 2011

This way if you want to add the pocket to the top of the actual slide you can tuck content under the pocket. I’ll be in North Carolina and hosting a free Articulate jam session. Click here to learn more. June 21 : San Jose, CA—mLearnCon: I’ll Take My Rapid E-Learning to Go and Going from “Immobile” to “I’m Mobile” Learning.

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Rapid eLearning

MARCH 13, 2012

It reminded me a lot of what we have to do when building elearning courses and it’s in line with many questions I get about elearning design during my workshops. Here are some things that relate to what we do in the world of elearning. The E-Learning Workshop in Portland is filling up. Details coming.

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Rapid eLearning

MAY 24, 2011

If you’re just getting started, create a PowerPoint template with a slide for each area. You can add some production notes on each slide to help guide the process. If you want to be more structured, build some core content slides as well. I’ll be in North Carolina and hosting a free Articulate jam session.

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Learning Visions

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

Wednesday, November 10, Kineo hosted a live workshop in New York on rapid eLearning in the Enterprise. Here’s some of what people shared: I’m a one-stop-shop – how do I learn more about tools? Our challenge is creating eLearning for teachers when they can’t install anything on their computers.

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Rapid eLearning

MAY 22, 2012

I’ve gotten a lot of requests for Storyline workshops. This is the annual Articulate users’ conference hosted by the University of Leeds. Two sessions: Become a Rapid E-Learning Pro and Create Interactive & Engaging E-Learning with Articulate Storyline. Learn to Use Articulate Storyline.

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Rapid eLearning

MAY 17, 2011

This is my preferred approach for a course that uses a conventional interface like those that come with the rapid elearning players. I like it because it used a game-like approach to show a less conventional use of rapid elearning tools. I see plenty of courses that don’t teach me how to navigate the course until slide 7.

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Rapid eLearning

NOVEMBER 22, 2011

I’m coming off of back-to-back-to-back conference sessions and elearning workshops. What I like best is that I run across so many different questions and elearning use cases and examples. The most recent jam session was hosted by the Cheesecake Factory at their headquarters location. Tidbits: What’s left for 2011.

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Rapid eLearning

MARCH 31, 2015

You can shoot digital photos or videos and insert them in slides. The elearning software is getting so easy to use that rapid prototyping only take a few minutes. Download your free 46-page ebook: The Insider''s Guide to Becoming a Rapid E-Learning Pro Upcoming Events (2015) April 15 & 16 (Chicago, IL).

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Clive on Learning

FEBRUARY 21, 2008

Take Designing Presentations by Mike de Palma, just one of a host of online publications at issuu.com. No way is this boring, no way is this a limited learning offering. In other cases, the interactivity comes from the elements of the experience that accompany the learning materials, as part of a formal or informal blend.

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Limestone Learning

OCTOBER 29, 2021

PT: PowerPoint Tricks for Rapid Elearning Content Development Creating truly effective elearning can be time-consuming and difficult, but using a combination of PowerPoint and iSpring, you can quickly and easily develop compelling, clear and interactive content that is fully SCORM-compliant. Thursday, November 18, 2021, 8 a.m.–10

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Rapid eLearning

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

I get a lot of questions about number of slides or screen count per hour of instruction. First, to the elearner screen count means nothing. Instead of asking about screen count (which is driven more by dumping information) focus on how to create meaningful elearning that will make the hour more productive for the learner.

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Rapid eLearning

JUNE 19, 2012

Option 1: Create Master Slide Panels & Layouts. Use PowerPoint’s master slides to create the layouts. And then when you’re ready to go, select a layout for the slide and add your content. Two ways to work with the master layouts : Create the entire panel look on the slide master. I’d err on the side of fewer panels.

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Rapid eLearning

APRIL 24, 2012

I’ve been on the road a lot lately doing elearning workshops and Articulate jam sessions. Today, we’ll look at how to manage the images used in elearning courses. You can get more detail in this blog post on organizing your elearning project files. This is the annual Articulate users’ conference hosted by Leeds.

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Rapid eLearning

MAY 1, 2012

There are a number of ways you can get the information to the learner (which addresses the argument for locking slides). The ultimate goal isn’t locking navigation and making sure people look at slides. If you want to learn more about Articulate Storyline check out the upcoming workshops below. Only a few seats left.

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Rapid eLearning

APRIL 10, 2012

Select the image area and then slide the applications in and out without having to worry about resizing the applications. Rapid elearning workshop. The first half we’ll look at some basic course design and in the second half we’ll learn to build interactive content. Learn to Use Articulate Storyline.

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Rapid eLearning

JULY 24, 2012

Learning by Doing and Simulations & Serious Games. He covers content a bit more involved than what most rapid elearning developers do, but it’s good stuff to learn and think about especially if you want to grow. I’ll be in town for business so the Austin ASTD is hosting a free Articulate jam session.

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Rapid eLearning

JUNE 26, 2012

A while back I got an email from a blog reader who was excited about her first elearning project. In fact, her product was less elearning course more Rapid E-Learning Blog museum. And in a similar sense instead of looking like a single course, many elearning courses look like a bunch of courses cobbled together.

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eLearning Learning Posts

APRIL 6, 2010

The Great ADDIE Debate - Learnlets , March 27, 2010 At the eLearning Guild’s Learning Solutions conference this week, Jean Marripodi convinced Steve Acheson and myself to host a debate on the viability of ADDIE in her ID Zone. Social Media Workshop Notes , March 26, 2010. Social Media Workshop Notes , March 26, 2010.

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Rapid eLearning

JULY 3, 2012

This file demonstrated common issues with many PowerPoint slides: Inconsistent use of design elements. The subject matter expert created boxes on the slides. None of this was a factor in the original slides. None of the content was created using the slide master. Step 2: Create a Design Slide.

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Rapid eLearning

APRIL 3, 2012

Learn to create shapes and then embellish them with colors, shadows, and dimension. In PowerPoint, add a shape to the slide. Open the selection pane to see a layered view of the objects on the slide. Or you can treat your entire slide as your image. You can always change the slide size to whatever size you need.

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Rapid eLearning

MARCH 27, 2012

That’s very similar to what we do when our subject matter expert hands us a 300-slide PowerPoint file to be converted to an elearning course. For the person who desires to learn more about visual design and processing lots of information, infographics are a great source of inspiration. What Does it Mean for Elearning?

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Rapid eLearning

OCTOBER 27, 2015

The entire course could be a single tabs interaction or the content can be chunked into slide-specific tabs. As noted earlier, tabs interactions can be the entire course or the tabs interaction can be slide-specific. They can also be what I like to call in-slide interactions. Upcoming E-Learning Workshops & Events (2015).

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Rapid eLearning

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

During the year I conduct dozens of elearning workshops. I dedicate a large part of the workshop to graphic design because based on what I see, it’s an area that challenges many elearning developers. Many rapid elearning developers will use the application’s default background or a pre-built template.

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Rapid eLearning

OCTOBER 26, 2010

This lets you quickly modify your slides by changing templates, color schemes, and fonts. These are handy because with one click you can change multiple colors in your slides. This produces a slide that contains all of the colors assigned to the current themes. And then being able to add a host of additional colors is a plus.

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eLearningArt

DECEMBER 15, 2016

Tom also authors The Rapid eLearning Blog , one of the most followed eLearning blogs, with over 100k+ readers. Patti is also a popular author on the ATD Science of Learning Blog, Learning Solutions Magazine, and her own blog. Learn more about Patti here. You can learn more about Rick here.

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Rapid eLearning

MARCH 6, 2012

They sent some questions and then I made up slides to go with my answers. Today we’ll look at the rapid elearning questions. What is Rapid E-Learning? In a similar sense, many of the complaints of rapid elearning come from vendors who are losing business. This is good. This is a good question.

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Rapid eLearning

MAY 8, 2012

Rapid elearning played a role in the evolution of elearning mostly because it took course creation out of the hands of a few programmers and placed it into the hands of anyone who wanted to create a course. I see this as the democratization of elearning. And you’re always free to create your own controls within the slide.

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