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The Most Important Thing I’ve Learned From Instructional Design

Association eLearning

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

Working in instructional design, I’ve had the privilege to learn a little bit about a lot of different fields. I think my most important takeaway is that no job is as easy or straightforward as it appears to the casual, outside observer. Even entry level and so-called “menial” jobs have best practices, safety regulations, etc.

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Graphic Design Books for New eLearning Designers

Tim Slade

JULY 2, 2018

A few weeks ago, I posted an article, sharing my top four instructional design books for new eLearning designers. Well, for this week, I thought I would continue the trend and share my favorite graphic design books for new eLearning designers. The Non-Designer’s Design Book by Robin Williams.

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Instructional Design for a New Generation

Rapid eLearning

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

I’m working on a presentation that covers instructional design challenges and wanted to share a few points to consider about course design and how we need to move past the way many of today’s courses are constructed. Technology has changed the landscape for today’s course designers. October 6: Amsterdam.

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Workshop Pricing, Tools, Volunteering: ID Links 7/5/22

Experiencing eLearning

JULY 5, 2022

This post includes workshop pricing, useful tools and resources for L&D professionals, volunteering and internship guidelines, scenarios, games, and diverse stock images. My tips on how to formulate a price for your workshop. Diverse stock images. Workshop pricing. Curated Resources – Learning 4 Learning Professionals.

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Instructional Design Tip: How to Simplify Instruction

Rapid eLearning

OCTOBER 4, 2016

This instructional design tip focuses on how to simplify and chunk content in complex training courses. Essentially, instructional design is about crafting a viable learning experience. Instructional Design Tip: Break Your Content into Chunks. Instructional Design Tip: Identify the Discomfort.

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3 Tips To Keep In Mind When Using Corporate Learning Reinforcement

Roundtable Learning

JULY 28, 2022

At Roundtable Learning, our team of instructional designers has helped organizations design and implement training programs that meet the needs of their learners. This article will define learning reinforcement and provide tips for incorporating learning it into your corporate training programs.

Corporate eLearning

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Five Presentation Tips for Webinars & Tutorials

Rapid eLearning

APRIL 5, 2022

Here are a few simple tips to highlight your mouse when presenting or recording your tutorial. Hope these tips come in handy when you do your next webinar, presentation, or screencast tutorial. Here’s a great job board for e-learning, instructional design, and training jobs. I also record a ton of tutorials.

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7 Tips To Evaluate Your Resources Before Outsourcing eLearning

Infopro Learning

MARCH 16, 2017

In this article, I’ll share 7 tips to evaluate your assets before you outsource eLearning. Here are 7 tips to take inventory of your current eLearning tools and materials before you outsource. Include a good mix of eLearning professionals; from IT experts to Instructional Designers. First things first.

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Production Tip: Access All of the Images from Your Website in One Click

Rapid eLearning

JULY 27, 2021

If you need to collect images from your company site to use in your training this tip should help. It does an excellent job filtering images and removing tracking images. Here’s a great job board for e-learning, instructional design, and training jobs. Usually when I find an image, I right-click to save.

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Simple Tips on Creating Your Own Illustrations with AI

Rapid eLearning

AUGUST 8, 2023

I’m trying to figure out how I can use them in my job and also get really good at using the various AI tools. Here are some tips I’ve picked up and how I make those free illustrated characters that I share on LinkedIn. Bonus Style Tip: Getting Rid of the Background The AI image is just the starting point.

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25 Free Illustrated Characters

Rapid eLearning

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Lots of really good sessions to improve your course design skills and learn some cool tips using Articulate 360. Check out the weekly training webinars to learn more about Rise , Storyline , and instructional design. Learn to Create Your Own Characters I’ve outline what I do to create these characters.

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4 Simple E-Learning Project Management Tips

Rapid eLearning

OCTOBER 5, 2021

There you go, four simple project management tips to that help establish expectations and instigate clear communication to help move your e-learning projects forward. Want to learn more, check out this list of tips, some cheat sheets, and a free e-book in the community. What other tips do you have to share?

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A Super Simple Tip When Testing E-Learning Templates

Rapid eLearning

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Simple tip. Here’s a great job board for e-learning, instructional design, and training jobs. Get your free PowerPoint templates and free graphics & stock images. That makes it easy to fix issues on the slides. Easy to do. And a big timesaver if you use theme colors, which you should.

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3 Production Tips for E-learning Developers

Rapid eLearning

APRIL 7, 2020

Here are three production tips and shortcuts from previous posts to help save time (and sanity) when building e-learning courses and online training. Here are some good production tips on managing the process so that when emailing others, the message is clear, and all action items are identified. But most I know, are a team of one.

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Here’s a Quick Course on Creating & Editing AI Illustrated Characters

Rapid eLearning

AUGUST 22, 2023

Lots of really good sessions to improve your course design skills and learn some cool tips using Articulate 360. Check out the weekly training webinars to learn more about Rise , Storyline , and instructional design. October 25-27 (Las Vegas) : Devlearn. Come visit the booth and see what's new. Getting Started?

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7 Ideas to Help Make an Online Course Less Boring

Rapid eLearning

AUGUST 31, 2023

If they don’t know the answers, they can guess or do some research (which you can provide as helpful tips, call-a-friend, etc.). Hopefully, these tips give you some ideas. Lots of really good sessions to improve your course design skills and learn some cool tips using Articulate 360. They need to make decisions.

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This is Funny Because E-Learning’s Broken

Rapid eLearning

APRIL 18, 2023

Complaints about locked navigation Tips to not click complete until you meet a minimum time requirement Irrelevant information Stupid questions in the middle to get past the locked navigation Here’s the deal. Connect with other users and learn all sorts of tips & tricks. So what’s the solution? Face the facts.

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A Simple Way to Copy Text from Images for E-Learning

Rapid eLearning

JANUARY 17, 2023

So if you run into an issue where you have old courses but not the original source file, keep this tip in mind. Here’s a great job board for e-learning, instructional design, and training jobs. Here’s a great job board for e-learning, instructional design, and training jobs.

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Achieving the Perfect Balance: How to Keep Customers Satisfied and Build the Right Course!

Rapid eLearning

MARCH 28, 2023

Here are three quick tips to move you in the right direction. The three tips above should help. What else would you suggest to that new e-learning designer? This is a common problem in our industry and the reason a lot of e-learning courses (and training programs for that matter) are ineffective.

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Is It Time to Say Goodbye to Mouseover Interactions in E-Learning?

Rapid eLearning

APRIL 5, 2023

Provide quick tool tips : the mouseover interaction may provide information or hints. In the example below, the tool tips provide quick access to hints on where to learn more. In the example below, the mouseover interaction allows the learner to explore human anatomy. Free E-Learning Resources Want to learn more? Getting Started?

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Where to Find the Best E-Learning Courses

Rapid eLearning

MAY 9, 2023

A job seeker expressed their desire to move away from creating basic click-and-read e-learning content and work on courses that have a more significant impact. At the corporate level, many teams possess authoring tools and instructional design expertise. Connect with other users and learn all sorts of tips & tricks.

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Three Ways to Deal with Learners Who Skip the Content & Go to the Quiz

Rapid eLearning

JANUARY 31, 2023

Quiz Tip #1: Provide a Pre-Test Don’t fight skipping to the quiz. Quiz Tip #2: Create Pressure to Review the Content Ask questions in the quiz where you suspect they’re probably skipping. Quiz Tip #3: Make the Quiz the Course Don’t start with slide after slide of content. Instead, put it up front.

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A Quick Tip on Developing Course Content

Rapid eLearning

MARCH 16, 2021

Here’s a quick tip for those building e-learning courses: as a course developer you serve as the intermediary between the organization and the learner. This is a simple tip but one I see neglected often. Here’s a great job board for e-learning, instructional design, and training jobs.

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What I Learned Creating AI Images for E-Learning

Rapid eLearning

AUGUST 1, 2023

Many of us use stock images. This works OK, but the problem with stock images is that they are stock and very generic. Tips Creating AI Images With all that said, over time, as the technology evolves, many of these challenges will be resolved. In my next post, I’ll some tips that even non-AI gurus like us can use.

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How to View Old Flash Courses

Rapid eLearning

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Here’s a great job board for e-learning, instructional design, and training jobs. Get your free PowerPoint templates and free graphics & stock images. Check out these articles and free resources in the community. Participate in the weekly e-learning challenges to sharpen your skills.

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Flash Flash Player Course Tutorial

Is Your Client Happy with Your E-Learning Courses?

Rapid eLearning

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Customers often default to building more training as a solution to issues, but course designers need to step in and provide the best solution. Here are a few tips on managing the relationship with your customer. Here’s a great job board for e-learning, instructional design, and training jobs.

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Here’s an Easy Way to Create Free QR Codes for Your Courses

Rapid eLearning

MAY 3, 2022

Here’s a simple tip on how to create them for your training. Here’s a great job board for e-learning, instructional design, and training jobs. Get your free PowerPoint templates and free graphics & stock images. For a recent conference, we created a QR code to access the handouts and examples.

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3 Reasons You Should Attend the Articulate User Conference

Rapid eLearning

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

They’re all designed to be practical sessions where you will walk away with solid tips & tricks to help build better courses. How I Stumbled Into E-Learning and Became a Successful E-Learning Designer | Kandace Kidd. Troubleshooting Storyline 360 Courses: Tips to Keep You on Track! | Improving Course Design.

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Here’s a Quick Way to Instantly Have Closed Captions

Rapid eLearning

MARCH 24, 2021

This tip requires Google Chrome 89 or above. Here’s a great job board for e-learning, instructional design, and training jobs. Get your free PowerPoint templates and free graphics & stock images. Key Considerations for Google Live Caption. Check out these articles and free resources in the community.

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A Dozen Free Stock Video Sites for E-Learning

Rapid eLearning

MAY 3, 2016

Examples of Free Stock Video Courses. Great use of stock video throughout. Love the way she tied the colors and yoyo into the design. 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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Three Ways to Create Engaging Courses that Aren’t Boring

Rapid eLearning

OCTOBER 13, 2020

There’s a lot to learn about instructional design with all the theories and models. 10 Production Tips from the E-Learning Challenges by David Anderson. 3-Hour Articulate Virtual Event: 10 Production Tips from the E-Learning Challenges, Creating Engaging Software Training in Rise 360, and more. October 6: Amsterdam.

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What’s Wrong with Retrofitting an Accessible E-Learning Course

Rapid eLearning

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

So, they’re not sure what accessibility means and how it impacts course design. In a recent webinar, we discussed general ideas around accessible e-learning, common design challenges, and some ways to overcome them. 10 Production Tips from the E-Learning Challenges by David Anderson. October 6: Amsterdam. Register here.

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Create an Amazon S3 Account to Share Courses for Free

Rapid eLearning

MARCH 1, 2022

Here’s a great job board for e-learning, instructional design, and training jobs. Get your free PowerPoint templates and free graphics & stock images. Check out these articles and free resources in the community. Participate in the weekly e-learning challenges to sharpen your skills.

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How to Customize Free Stock Photos For Your Presentations

Rapid eLearning

AUGUST 11, 2015

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. Here are some tips to help customize free stock photos to work with your courses. Updated agenda.

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3 Tips When Converting PowerPoint to E-Learning

Rapid eLearning

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

Those are three real quick tips when converting PowerPoint to an e-learning course. We’ll look at other things to consider when converting PowerPoint to an e-learning course with a lots of practical tips and tricks. Here’s a great job board for elearning, instructional design, and training jobs.

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How to Pitch Course Design Ideas to Your Customer

Rapid eLearning

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Lots of really good sessions to improve your course design skills and learn some cool tips using Articulate 360. Check out the weekly training webinars to learn more about Rise , Storyline , and instructional design. October 25-27 (Las Vegas) : Devlearn. Come visit the booth and see what's new. Getting Started?

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Course Design Tip: Test the Learner’s Assumptions

Rapid eLearning

JUNE 23, 2020

Here’s a great job board for elearning, instructional design, and training jobs. Get your free PowerPoint templates and free graphics & stock images. Check out these articles and free resources in the community. Participate in the weekly elearning challenges to sharpen your skills. Getting Started?

Course

Course Learning Objects Design Tips

Here’s the Best Way to Make the Worst E-Learning Course

Rapid eLearning

MAY 24, 2022

Those are a few simple tips to help alleviate locked course navigation. What tips do you have for those who want to move past this issue? Here’s a great job board for e-learning, instructional design, and training jobs. Get your free PowerPoint templates and free graphics & stock images.

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Create a Google Cloud Account to Share Courses for Free

Rapid eLearning

MARCH 8, 2022

Here’s a great job board for e-learning, instructional design, and training jobs. Get your free PowerPoint templates and free graphics & stock images. Check out these articles and free resources in the community. Participate in the weekly e-learning challenges to sharpen your skills.

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Three E-Learning Tips to Help Build Better Courses

Rapid eLearning

MARCH 26, 2019

The tutorials offer little bonus tips and focus on some production nuances that aren’t always apparent to new users. E-Learning Tip: Simulate Right-Click Interactions on Mobile Devices. E-Learning Tip: Combine Animations to Create Fast-Slow-Fast Animations. They’re good if you’re just getting started.

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The Power of an E-Learning Portfolio

Rapid eLearning

JULY 13, 2021

If you have a portfolio ready-to-go, when you do hear of a potential job (or other opportunity), you can quickly jump on it. On one hand, a lot of the tips and tricks I share today come from having to work with no money or resources. In fact, what separated many of the candidates that I considered were their visual design skills.

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PowerPoint Tip: Here’s a Simple Way to Build E-Learning Graphics

Rapid eLearning

APRIL 9, 2019

Here’s a PowerPoint tip: build your e-learning course graphics in PowerPoint. PowerPoint is great for simple graphic design projects. In a previous post, I shared visual design tips for graphics I built in Rise 360 for an e-learning scenario. I cover a lot of little PowerPoint tips. 00:00 | Introduction.

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Managing the E-Learning Course Theme Colors

Rapid eLearning

OCTOBER 20, 2020

10 Production Tips from the E-Learning Challenges by David Anderson. 3-Hour Articulate Virtual Event: 10 Production Tips from the E-Learning Challenges, Creating Engaging Software Training in Rise 360, and more. Here’s a great job board for e-learning, instructional design, and training jobs. Register here.

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Course Management Templates Quiz

A Simple Course Production Tip to Use Every Day

Rapid eLearning

JUNE 4, 2019

Here’s a simple tip that I use all the time. Here are three reasons why this is a good tip. Often it’s a PDF, where this tip really make a lot of sense. This is a simple tip, but it is one that I use all the time when building e-learning courses. What simple tips do you have that help in your day-to-day production?

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The Most Important Thing I’ve Learned From Instructional Design

Graphic Design Books for New eLearning Designers

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Instructional Design for a New Generation

Workshop Pricing, Tools, Volunteering: ID Links 7/5/22

Instructional Design Tip: How to Simplify Instruction

3 Tips To Keep In Mind When Using Corporate Learning Reinforcement

Five Presentation Tips for Webinars & Tutorials

7 Tips To Evaluate Your Resources Before Outsourcing eLearning

Production Tip: Access All of the Images from Your Website in One Click

Simple Tips on Creating Your Own Illustrations with AI

25 Free Illustrated Characters

4 Simple E-Learning Project Management Tips

A Super Simple Tip When Testing E-Learning Templates

3 Production Tips for E-learning Developers

Here’s a Quick Course on Creating & Editing AI Illustrated Characters

7 Ideas to Help Make an Online Course Less Boring

This is Funny Because E-Learning’s Broken

A Simple Way to Copy Text from Images for E-Learning

Achieving the Perfect Balance: How to Keep Customers Satisfied and Build the Right Course!

Is It Time to Say Goodbye to Mouseover Interactions in E-Learning?

Where to Find the Best E-Learning Courses

Three Ways to Deal with Learners Who Skip the Content & Go to the Quiz

A Quick Tip on Developing Course Content

What I Learned Creating AI Images for E-Learning

How to View Old Flash Courses

Is Your Client Happy with Your E-Learning Courses?

Here’s an Easy Way to Create Free QR Codes for Your Courses

3 Reasons You Should Attend the Articulate User Conference

Here’s a Quick Way to Instantly Have Closed Captions

A Dozen Free Stock Video Sites for E-Learning

Three Ways to Create Engaging Courses that Aren’t Boring

What’s Wrong with Retrofitting an Accessible E-Learning Course

Create an Amazon S3 Account to Share Courses for Free

How to Customize Free Stock Photos For Your Presentations

3 Tips When Converting PowerPoint to E-Learning

How to Pitch Course Design Ideas to Your Customer

Course Design Tip: Test the Learner’s Assumptions

Here’s the Best Way to Make the Worst E-Learning Course

Create a Google Cloud Account to Share Courses for Free

Three E-Learning Tips to Help Build Better Courses

The Power of an E-Learning Portfolio

PowerPoint Tip: Here’s a Simple Way to Build E-Learning Graphics

Managing the E-Learning Course Theme Colors

A Simple Course Production Tip to Use Every Day

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