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Balancing Quality and Speed in Rapid eLearning Content Development

Thinkdom

Firstly, the most important task while setting out to conceptualize a rapid e-learning program within a company is to plan ahead and strategically create templates, brand guidelines, policies, and objectives so that redundancy can be avoided. While speed is undeniably essential, an exclusive focus on rapidity can have adverse consequences.

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Course Content Authoring Tools – Open Source (Free)

eLearning 24-7

The list is followed by free open source software that mimics and can even beat – IMO some of its more well known competitors – that you might use when building your WBT. Xerte - Open source tools for e-learning developers and designers. Gimp – Similar to Photoshop. All software below is free.

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5 FREE Tools For Instructional Designers

LearnDash

Many elearning developers have similar programs in their “toolbox” You’ll find Articulate Storyline, Adobe Captivate, Lectora Inspire, Adobe Photoshop, Snagit, stock photo memberships, premium templates, and so on. It doesn’t make sense to purchase all of these programs up-front.

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Software Courses Sell Really Well

LearnDash

When I was consulting for Fortune 500 companies on their elearning programs it was always a combination of software and process training. Head on over to Lynda.com (or a similar site) and you will find that the most popular programs are often around software like Microsoft Office Suite or Adobe Photoshop. Need more proof?

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FREE Alternative to Adobe Illustrator

LearnDash

Many people prefer to use Adobe Photoshop , but another favorite in the Adobe suite is Illustrator. This program currently comes as an attachment for CS3 and CS4. Illustrator is a vector graphic editor making it the prefect tool for creating 3D graphics. However, not everyone needs the full version of Adobe Illustrator.

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FREE Alternative to Adobe Illustrator

LearnDash

Many people prefer to use Adobe Photoshop , but another favorite in the Adobe suite is Illustrator. This program currently comes as an attachment for CS3 and CS4. Illustrator is a vector graphic editor making it the prefect tool for creating 3D graphics. However, not everyone needs the full version of Adobe Illustrator.

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The Ultimate Programming Debate: Self-Taught vs Degree

OpenSesame

Photoshop, social media and a knowledge of HTML are becoming staples of the modern workplace in the same way Microsoft Office and email have been for the past two decades. However, it remains to be seen as to whether computer programming skills will join the ranks of Word, Excel and Twitter as required competencies.

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