Rapid eLearning

APRIL 9, 2019

I created a custom slide size 13 x 4 inches. When I save the PowerPoint slides as images that results in an image that is 1280 x 384 pixels. 03:08 | How to create custom slide size. 07:45 | Save slide as image. PowerPoint Tip: Save Slides as Images. PowerPoint Tip: Create Custom Slide Sizes. Register now.

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Making Change

NOVEMBER 5, 2013

The result of each decision is added to the narrative on the screen rather than bringing you to another “slide.” Instead of spending an hour searching for non-awful stock photos of people talking on the phone, we could spend that hour making the story stronger. Australia workshops! Probably not.

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Rapid eLearning

MARCH 19, 2019

Also, be sure to check out our upcoming e-learning workshops below. Here are some resources from previous workshops where we learn to use variables in a simple gamified context. There’s a published version with practice files and a series of tutorials that go through each slide individually. Slide 3.2: Slide 7.1:

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Making Change

OCTOBER 13, 2009

As I built the slides, I wrote the slide number by each node of the flowchart for future reference. To produce the slides and SWF, I used Keynote 08 ( not Keynote 09! ). Keynote is a slide editor for the Mac. There are no variables involved. Please share your tips in the comments. (To The schedule: Nov. 10: Darwin.

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Rapid eLearning

JULY 2, 2019

I’m asked to review courses all the time and one of the most frustrating things is to go through the course and find the developer has locked every slide. I usually put a button in one of the corners that gives me quick access to slides. Sometimes, the button just skips the slide. Create a slide with menu links.

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Rapid eLearning

OCTOBER 2, 2018

I’ve been working on interactive scenarios for a few upcoming workshops and created some background images that we’ll use to build interactive branched scenarios. The free download includes the original images as well as a folder with images cropped to 16:9 so they fit perfectly in 16×9 slides. Free Downloads.

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Rapid eLearning

JULY 9, 2019

I was digging through some old workshop files and stumbled upon one I built a while back but never ended up sharing it outside of the workshop. In the workshop activity, the objective was to not build completely from scratch. Here’s a breakdown of some ideas from the workshop activity. Upcoming E-Learning Events.

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Rapid eLearning

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

This can be problematic because when you modify the aspect ratio of the slide, it means the existing content may get skewed or require a bunch of tweaking to get it re-aligned. Thus you want to determine the course’s aspect ratio before adding content to the slides. Choose a Template Before Building the Course. Details below.

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Rapid eLearning

DECEMBER 20, 2016

I created a couple of simple quiz templates to use in a workshop and thought I’d share them here as well. It contains two slides. The first slide is a graphic slide that you can customize to meet your needs. The first slide is a graphic slide that you can customize to meet your needs. Getting Started?

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Rapid eLearning

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

In a previous posts, we looked at how to copy text from old Flash courses and how to transcribe them using into new slides. For this demo, I am going to use Screen2Gif because it works well for this demo that has a lot of slides, it’s easy to use, and it’s free. Determine the original course slide resolution.

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Rapid eLearning

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

Free resources always come in handy when building courses or slide presentations. At most of my workshops we take a few minutes to share different free resources people use. Get inspiration from stock photo sites and try to mimic them. Free Stock Photos. Search most free sites: https://www.sitebuilderreport.com/stock-up.

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Rapid eLearning

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

And here are a couple of silly examples where I use the free emojis as a way to offer hints on a slide and as a way to provide right and wrong feedback. My workshop will be in English. Get your free PowerPoint templates and free graphics & stock images. Here’s quick tutorial that shows how to use the free emoji site.

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Rapid eLearning

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

You can import the slides into Storyline or just publish them from inside of PowerPoint with Articulate Studio 360. The same workshop but in five different cities: Sydney , Auckland , and Christchurch in 2019 with Brisbane and Melbourne in early 2020. Get your free PowerPoint templates and free graphics & stock images.

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Rapid eLearning

JULY 21, 2015

Here’s a free PowerPoint template I built for a recent workshop. The template is made of two simple layouts which you can edit in the master slides. The characters have transparent boxes that link to the next slide. Edit these on the master slide. The progress indicator base is on the master slide.

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Rapid eLearning

DECEMBER 22, 2015

At a recent workshop I showed the difference between creating interactive elearning in PowerPoint and Storyline. For the workshop I created a few different templates. Here are a few tips: Leverage the master slides. Try to put as much persistent content on the slide master as you can. One of them was a tabs interaction.

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Rapid eLearning

JULY 28, 2015

The free template is structure to slide up and down as you navigate. I designed the files for a workshop on building some interactive timelines, however it can be used for anything. Essentially they’re just slides with numbered circles. If you need additional slides, just duplicate them. August 4 & 5 (Seattle).

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Rapid eLearning

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

Create Characters by Pulling Them Out of Stock Images. You can find a lot of stock images for free. I tried it myself at the workshop in Denver, which you can see below. In Storyline , insert a character on the slide and then save as an image. Save the modified image and insert on your Storyline slide.

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Rapid eLearning

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

If you do a search online you’ll find all sorts of free assets like free stock images, icons, fonts and other media that work perfectly for your elearning courses. I guess there’s a big demand for free stock images and free fonts for family use. Add Attribution Credits to the Image or Slide. Lightbox slides on player tabs.

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Rapid eLearning

JANUARY 30, 2018

I shared a cool 3D interaction in a recent workshop demo and have had lots of people ask how I built it. How to insert the 3D model in PowerPoint: Create a slide and then select a 3D object. Duplicate the slide (we’ll need this for the video). The first slide is the starting point from which the 3D object rotates.

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Mike Taylor

APRIL 5, 2019

Fonts used to be a challenge in PowerPoint when sending or sharing your slide decks. If the recipient didn’t have the same font installed that you used to create the slides the whole thing could take an ugly and frustrating turn for the worse. Now your slides can look the same, no matter where you open them or who else views them.

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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

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

Clean Up Your Client’s PowerPoint Slides with This Time-Saving Tip. How to Use PowerPoint to Create Custom Stock Images. Connect with your peers in the Pacific Northwest and learn all sorts of tips & tricks in this fun community-based workshop. Learn all sorts of tips & tricks in this fun community-based workshop.

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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. This works fine, but it sure is handy having quicker access to the right images while you’re building the slide. Fun Storyline Workshops.

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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. May 17-20 (Orlando, FL).

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Rapid eLearning

MARCH 7, 2017

Looking at the free icons reminded me of simple trick we show in our PowerPoint workshops. Add a character on the slide. If you'd like to see one of our workshops in your area just let me know. Join David Anderson at his all day workshop on Graphic Design Essentials for Non-Graphic eLearning Designers. Mar 20 (Orlando).

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Rapid eLearning

JULY 25, 2017

Ever take a course where each slide or screen looks different than the other? This usually happens because the developer is building slide to slide. I see this all the time in workshops. What happens is that they make design decisions at the slide level as they work. Upcoming E-Learning Events. Getting Started?

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Rapid eLearning

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

One way I integrate colors into my slides is by adding an image to my screen and then I pick colors from the image to create my buttons, background and accent colors. Learn all sorts of tips & tricks in this fun community-based workshop. Articulate E-Learning Workshop. I use color pickers all the time. Register here.

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E-learning Uncovered

JULY 27, 2016

This week, I have the pleasure to traveling to Philadelphia, PA to teach our two-day workshop on Visual Communications for E-Learning. For example, what good is it to use effective graphic design techniques if you’re simply going to fill the slide with bullet points? Seven Ways to Use Stock Photos in E-Learning.

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Rapid eLearning

AUGUST 4, 2015

I used the free image to create an interactive course prototype for an upcoming workshop activity. Create a separate slide for each distinct area. In the example above I made slides for the computer, picture frame, book shelf, microphone, and calendar. Link from the main image to a slide of the isolated element.

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Mike Taylor

MAY 25, 2018

Animations and slide transitions are something that fall into the “just because you can doesn’t mean you should” category. Findshot – Yet another great looking resource for free stock photos. I enjoy sharing my ideas and experience with corporate professionals via workshops, keynote presentations, podcasts, and webinars.

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Rapid eLearning

AUGUST 16, 2016

There’s something about video that’s much more engaging than reading slides of content. Connect with your peers in the Pacific Northwest and learn all sorts of tips & tricks in this fun community-based workshop. Articulate E-Learning Workshop. It’s a clean design and novel. September 20-21 (Dallas, TX).

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Rapid eLearning

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

As you can see, there are more than enough ways to generate fake text and with the amount you need for your slides. Connect with your peers in the Pacific Northwest and learn all sorts of tips & tricks in this fun community-based workshop. Learn all sorts of tips & tricks in this fun community-based workshop. Dummy text.

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Rapid eLearning

JUNE 26, 2018

This is especially true for the person in the community who’s trying to make heads or tails out of your slides. It really slows things down when every slide is filled with the generic default titles. Once the video is on the slide, just right-click and save the media as.mp4. Save the file you share as a copy.

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Clive on Learning

APRIL 15, 2019

These objects could be videos, web articles, animations, slide shows, quizzes, interactive scenarios – any form of digital content. Once the experience is under way, we need to take stock. Or you may do without technology and facilitate interaction through workshops, staff meetings or peer coaching groups.

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Rapid eLearning

OCTOBER 18, 2016

I happened to be working on a note card interaction for a workshop and submitted it to the challenge above. Here are a few things that I highlight in the workshop activity. At a recent Articulate workshop he showed how to build this drag and drop interaction that gave the appearance of swiping cards left and right.

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Rapid eLearning

DECEMBER 6, 2016

Locking the navigation and forcing people to go through the course slide by slide is one way to guarantee that they’ve seen the slide. If you'd like to see one of our workshops in your area just let me know. Get your free PowerPoint templates and free graphics & stock images. Upcoming E-Learning Events.

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Scissortail's Learning Nest

MAY 23, 2023

For example, Jen Yaros shared a slide that listed learning game elements and the rationale behind each one. Another takeaway from her session is that the escape room was designed as a facilitated workshop, so it’s not a standalone experience. When the why is clear, the how is easy.

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