Three Sure-Fire Tips to Build Better E-Learning Courses
In last week’s post, I offered some tips for building rapid elearning courses when you’re short on time and resources. In today’s post, I’ll discuss some of the production techniques we used. I especially got a lot of emails about how we used Engage, so I’ll cover that as well as discuss how to do a quick pilot test and rework your objectives list. Here’s a link to the original course, if you haven’t seen it yet. Step Away from the Default Solution Software companies build software with specific features. For example, we chose to build all of the technology pieces in Engage because it’s a form-based elearning tool. Our Solution We were able to use PowerPoint’s hyperlinking for the free navigation. Our solution was to publish Engage outside of the course. After you publish the course, you need to move the engage contents folder over to the same location as the inserted .swf. Regardless of the software you use, the key point is to not limit yourself to the default use of the tool. Tidbits:
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10 Best Articulate Presenter Tricks and Tips
Sharebar I often use Articulate Presenter for rapid course development and every so often, I come across a tip or trick that amazes me. I’ve collected a nice little list of tutorials that can greatly expand your creative options for rapid development and wanted to share them with you. I also included a link to Articulate’s accessibility document at the end, which is important to read. 1. You can add an image to the sidebar by creating a static .swf file. 2. If you create a custom preloader, your video or Flash files download ahead of time so they start up quickly when you get to the appropriate slide. 3. Call me dense but for the longest time I didn’t understand why there was a “Publish to Word” option in Presenter. 4. If you have a game or activity made in Flash, the standard approach is to insert it into the slide as a Flash movie. 5. Install additional Engage interactions. 6. 7. 8. 9. Apparently, QuizMaker has additional functionality when it comes to video. 10.
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Articulate Presenter at the University of Leeds
UoL-specific support If you have decided that you need Articulate Presenter, Quizmaker, Engage and Video Encoder, please complete the Proposal Form (Word document) and send it to the Articulate Coordinator. You will be then sent a license together with installation instructions. Downloading and installing Articulate Studio 09 Pro This website has been created to cater for your training needs. Available courses Video Tutorials
When a Rapid Approach Makes the Most Sense by Patti Shank : Lear
If you’ve ever wondered if rapid e-Learning works, or what kind of content is best approached with rapid e-Learning methods, and if you’ve ever wanted some help in choosing a rapid e- Learning tool, this is the article for you! Patti Shank delivers the highlights of The eLearning Guild’s 2010 research into rapid e-Learning! This article is an excerpt from eLearning Guild Research’s Getting Started in e-Learning Report on Rapid e-Learning published February 10, 2010. In it, Patti Shank highlights four related circumstances that lend themselves to a rapid e-Learning approach. She also provides a high-level overview of the five types of rapid authoring tools, and some basic information on the relative market share of rapid authoring tool providers. Rapid works well for lower learning levels Dr. Figure 1: Information -- instruction continuum. A major factor that impacts whether you can complete a project rapidly is the availability of existing, usable content. Rapid Approach
Articulate Presenter at the University of Leeds
By engaging with this presentation and answering the related questions, the session participants have more realistic expectations related to what Articulate Presenter and Quizmaker can do and also regarding what PowerPoint expertise they need. Furthermore, the trainer also knows much better how to adjust the delivery of the session in order to cater for the participants' differences. We have received significant positive feedback about this presentation. Given that, after watching it, workshop participants were on the same wavelength, a lot more demonstrations and hands-on practice could be delivered on the day. Based on your comments, further online 'in-a-nutshell' resources can be developed for advanced features of Articulate Presenter and Quizmaker. The latest piece of exciting news is that we are now looking into acquiring a number of licenses for Articulate Engage, which will in turn require an intro presentation, too.
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Creating great interactive learning experiences requires a few core building blocks: relevant content, pull versus push, and real-world decisions. With those building blocks you're able to structure effective learning scenarios that are meaningful to the learner and helps meet the objectives of the course. One of those building blocks in creating relevant content or content that is placed in a meaningful context. Read the full article After last week's post on the different drag & drop interaction examples, I had quite a few emails asking for tips on how to create drag and drop interactions for elearning. Sliders are used as a means to make adjustments/selections or as a simple way to navigate content. It helps to look at what others are doing to get ideas and inspiration for your own work. This week I'd like to feature a number of drag and drop interactions that people in the community have created over the past couple of years. But there were two things that I really liked about ...
