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Common Visual Design Mistakes That Ruin the Way Your Course Looks

Rapid eLearning

The fix is to drag it from the corner to scale it and preserve its aspect ratio. Essentially the eye moves across the screen in a pattern. Without a structured design, we tend to scan in a Z pattern. There are some things that disrupt the pattern like colors, size, whitespace, and an object’s relationship to another.

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5 Easy Tips to Whip Your Slides Into Shape

Rapid eLearning

Tools like Articulate Presenter are great for creating elearning courses. However, a lot of what you do depends less on the rapid elearning tool and more on your PowerPoint skills. So far we’ve looked at: How to Be More Productive When Using PowerPoint to Create E-Learning Courses. Filling Shapes.

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3 Ways to Make Your E-Learning Course Look Like a Comic Book

Rapid eLearning

Review the two elearning examples above and notice how the layouts follow a consistent pattern. Create template files where the slides have the same aspect ratio as the various panels. Build Engaging & Interactive Elearning Courses. Chapter meeting on building interactive elearning scenarios. Details coming.

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