Rapid eLearning

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

The Internet is rife with free things, especially free stock image sites. However, there are usually three main issues with the free stock image sites: The free stock images aren’t really free. The free stock image sites are only there to point to for-pay stock image sites.

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CommLab India

JULY 14, 2016

For an instructional designer, getting the right images is a daunting task. Here, I would like to share a comprehensive list of websites where instructional designers can find relevant images for their courses. Graphicstock : You can download unlimited stock images and use them in all types of projects. FreeImages.

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Scissortail's Learning Nest

AUGUST 29, 2022

Did you know that if you search for “superhero” photos (whether on Google or stock photos sites), most of the images you’ll find are of white men? Not every learning experience designer is also an artist, so ensuring that your images are inclusive might take a little more resourcefulness.

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Rapid eLearning

NOVEMBER 10, 2015

It seems like every day there’s a new site that offers free stock images. Seriously, how many stock images are you really using? In the past, I’ve save you some time by reviewing free stock images and curating them into contextual downloads. Stock Up is courtesy of Site Builder Report.

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Rapid eLearning

DECEMBER 15, 2008

Going to a stock image site and looking for just the right pictures can be very time-consuming and a drain on your limited resources. Why not create your own stock images? If rapid elearning software makes everyone an instructional designer, then surely a digital camera makes us all photographers. Get down low.

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Adobe Captivate

JANUARY 11, 2019

While you or your organisation might subscribe to one or several online image libraries such as Getty Images, iStock Photo or even Adobe’s own photo library, in this post I’d like to highlight three low-cost (or even free) photo resources that let you search for and access photos instantly. Unsplash ( [link] ).

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Web Courseworks

JANUARY 31, 2017

Implement your mobile-first approach with responsive design, and you’re on track for great SEO in 2017. Get rid of the stock images. We are all guilty of over-use of stock images, and as a web visitor – do they really grab your attention? Use large type to stand out, replace images with bold, emotion enhancing type.

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The Training by Nelle Blog | Corporate Training and Consulting

DECEMBER 10, 2019

So if you’re filming off-site, you don’t need to worry about how you’ll lug around everything. For trainers who deliver instructional or on-boarding videos, excellent lighting is key to a successful video. It should be a staple in every Instructional Designer or Trainer’s toolkit. Adobe Stock. ?Finding

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Making Change

JANUARY 10, 2017

What would happen if we invested less in eye candy and more in designing deep challenges? I created two activities to help instructional designers practice the initial conversation with their client. If you’re reading this in email or a feed reader, you may need to go to the blog site. This is a weak activity.

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Rapid eLearning

DECEMBER 17, 2019

They offer a visual design that is cohesive and includes a lot of common objects, such as content holders, progress indicators, badges, and buttons. Many stock image sites sell GUIs. Below is a screenshot from Deposit Photos. You can also search some of these sites for additional free GUIs. Getting Started?

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Axonify

MARCH 24, 2017

I often share this tongue-in-cheek quiz with instructional design teams to help make my point about poorly-written questions. How to Plan, Design and Write Tests from eLearning Coach Podcast. Instructional designers all have a perspective on what makes for a good question. Startup Stock Photos.

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Adobe Captivate

JANUARY 27, 2018

One of the challenges of working as a freelance instructional designer is the high expectation put upon you by your clients to deliver amazing looking eLearning for as little money as possible. Music can be a challenge, but many sites offer free music under a creative commons license. I had to be resourceful.

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Experiencing eLearning

JANUARY 4, 2022

However, this can be a challenge with stock photos. Trina Rimmer provides excellent suggestions for how to work around the lack of diversity in her recent article The Lack of Diversity in Stock Images Hurts Your eLearning—and What to Do About It. ” I often use stock images for mini-scenarios.

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Axonify

MARCH 24, 2017

I often share this tongue-in-cheek quiz with instructional design teams to help make my point about poorly-written questions. How to Plan, Design and Write Tests from eLearning Coach Podcast. Instructional designers all have a perspective on what makes for a good question. Startup Stock Photos.

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Matrix

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

You could totally avoid this hassle if you go to a stock images website, like iStock, Shutterstock, or Fotolia. This site offers more than 700,000 free images, illustrations, vector graphics, and even videos.You can browse them by category, or use their complex search tool. Death to the Stock Photo. Startup Stock Photos.

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Rapid eLearning

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

I can’t vouch for all of the sites but from what I can tell, they’re all legit. Get inspiration from stock photo sites and try to mimic them. Free Stock Photos. Search most free sites: https://www.sitebuilderreport.com/stock-up. Dozen free video sites. Deal Sites.

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eLearning Brothers

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Our learners typically browse and scan our courses as they would a site. Here are the main results of his study: - Users pay close attention to photos and other images that contain relevant information but ignore fluffy pictures used to “jazz up&# Web pages. I’d consider eLearning to fall into the same category as websites.

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Rapid eLearning

MARCH 15, 2016

How many times have you tried to identify a font, or find the source of an image, or tried to find just the right stock photo? Upload an image with the font you want to identify and the site tries to locate the closest font based on the font’s characteristics. A few other similar sites: FontMatcherator.

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Usable Learning

MAY 2, 2016

In conjunction with the interview, he’s giving away five copies of Design For How People Learn ! Elearningart.com is a nifty resource for creating scenario based learning, and much easier than combing the stock photo sites for multiple pictures of the same model.

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eFront

JUNE 17, 2011

Recently a fellow member of the Instructional Design & E-Learning Professionals' Group (14K+ of members) asked " If anyone know of where to find royalty free background music for training? " Stock Music Boutique library offers high quality royalty-free production music. Since, 2008 it has 1,503,345 downloads.

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eFront

DECEMBER 5, 2010

ISITE Designs e-Learning Glossary e-Learning Glossary The glossary is actually a wiki created by the eLearning Networks members. Free Stock Photos Sites for e-Learning Free and Open Source Authoring Tools for e-Learnin. In my opinion the BEST e-Learning Glossary is the ASTDs. to version 3.6.6 Powered by Blogger.

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eFront

NOVEMBER 28, 2010

@joaomattar (Update 11/30/2010: suggested by Gisele Brugger ) David Anderson e-Learning designer and Community Manager @Articulate.com @elearning Judith Christian Carter Judith specializes mainly in instructional design & e-Learning. sahana2802 AllisuneLearns e-Learning, edtech, instructional designer and Moodler.

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eFront

JANUARY 10, 2011

Hardcover: 560 pages Publisher: Pfeiffer (April 25, 2008) Language: English ISBN-10: 0787978310 Designing Successful e-Learning , Michael Allens Online Learning Library: Forget What You Know About Instructional Design and Do Something Interesting by Michael Allen. January 10, 2011 3:52 PM Christoforos Online said.

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eFront

DECEMBER 12, 2010

These free storyboard templates were donated by the Instructional Designers and e-Learning professionals Group. Free Stock Photos Sites for e-Learning Free and Open Source Authoring Tools for e-Learnin. Your storyboard template format could be either Word or PowerPoint. 28 Storyboard Templates!!! to version 3.6.6

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Litmos

DECEMBER 6, 2016

What training professionals do with the media they have is largely what instructional design/development has become. You'll notice that nowhere on their site do they brag about being SCORM compliant. Stock Photo Subscriptions. Up your image game significantly by applying stock photos to all of your work.

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Tony Karrer

AUGUST 30, 2006

This is fairly wide ranging from traditional courseware kinds of issues to specialized kinds of tools and sites. Pew Survey on Blogging - Training Professionals Far Behind Better Questions for Learning Professionals Future of ISD in a World of Read/Write Web ADDIE Not Relevant? What is Rapid eLearning? Enterprise 2.0

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eFront

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

(Update 11/23/2010: suggested by Ellen ) eLearning Pulse is an independent online community focused on serving learning and technology professionals, from instructional designers to software developers to project managers. This site provides free resources to the eLearning development community, including news, job postings, and more.

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Rapid eLearning

MAY 26, 2015

Here are a couple of free clip art sites: OpenClipArt.org. I settled for Dollar Photo Club because of the simplicity in pricing. Many of the other stock image sites charge quite a bit more for their vector images. Take your own stock photos. However, you may find somethings you need. ClassroomClipArt.com.

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Rapid eLearning

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

They tend to work by themselves and have to be project manager, instructional designer, graphic designer, multimedia developer, and IT technician. I like to keep things simple, so I broke it into three groups: authoring, assets, and instructional design. Stock Image Sites. Beyond Getting Started.

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Rapid eLearning

JULY 25, 2017

The challenge is that graphic design and visual communication are their own fields and it’s hard enough to be a good instructional designer let alone a good graphic artist. So in this post, we’ll review some common visual design mistakes that are easily fixed. Getting Started?

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Rapid eLearning

MAY 10, 2016

Having free clip art is a big deal for those of us on fixed budgets and with limited access to stock images and clip art to use in our elearning courses, presentations, and training programs. How to Use Pickit for Free Clip Art & Stock Images. Here’s a great job board for elearning, instructional design, and training jobs.

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eFront

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

On a class group page you can add links, videos, discussion threads, photos, create events and send group messages. THE FOLLOWING ANSWER WAS POSTED BY GRAHAM BARNES ON THE INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN & E-LEARNING PROFESSIONALS' GROUP ON LINKEDIN [link] How can we use Facebook for e-Learning? to version 3.6.6

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The eLearning Coach

JULY 13, 2011

Another simple approach is to find an interesting silhouette at a stock photo site or even to draw a simple geometric shape. Join me on Facebook for more about eLearning, graphics and instructional design. The speech bubbles are a free download from Media Militia. Alternative 4: Wrap the list around a picture.

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eLearning 24-7

APRIL 25, 2022

I once say a vendor still pitching on-site F2F training, another – a board game. I like the Docebo Learn solution, but I do not like that Discover, Coach and Share – which is heavily promoted on their site is a yearly additional cost to Docebo Learn. Learning Systems – I like this, but that?

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eFront

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

Designing Successful e-Learning by Michael Allen ( Only Chapter 7: Designing Outside The Box) "While its target audience is instructional designers, this book should also be required reading for all training managers seeking guidelines on implementing world-class training. to version 3.6.6 wibiya widget Simple template.

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Rapid eLearning

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

More Free Stock Photos. I just noticed that one of my favorite free stock photo sites, StartUp Stock Photos , released a bunch more photos. I like their photos because they can be used in a lot of elearning contexts. Download the free stock photos here. Getting Started?

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eLearning Brothers

JANUARY 13, 2015

So if you are am elearning developer or instructional designer, these tips are going to awesome. #1. One of my favorite places to look is stock photo/graphic sites. I usually search for “infographics” and find many excellent color palettes and designs. Design With Consistency.

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