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Create a free website. Ridge View Media: e-Learning. Portfolio. TeacherTube - Teach the World. About the "Building Better Courses" Tutorials. This series of tutorials will take you through the basics of building a rapid elearning course.

About the "Building Better Courses" Tutorials

We’ll start with a simple PowerPoint file and publish it. Then we’ll look at what it takes to assemble a good course including some visual design ideas and how to add interactivity. The tutorials include demo videos and none of them are over 5 minutes long. We also include all of the practice files you need to follow along and do at your own pace. We've assembled some of the links below, but you can always access any of the tutorials using the menu on the right hand side of the screen. Introduction: What to Expect Part 1: How Do I Create My First Course Downloads for Part 1 Part 2: How Do I Get the Right Look & Feel Downloads for Part 2 Part 3: How Do I Make This Course More Interactive Downloads for Part 3 95% of people found this useful Did you find this useful?

Sign in to rate this tutorial. Thank you for voting! 3 Free Tools That Save Time & Money Plus Get a Cool Job. Time and money are the resources most of us don’t have.

3 Free Tools That Save Time & Money Plus Get a Cool Job

So in today’s post I thought I’d share some free applications that you may find handy as you work on your elearning courses. Find Everything The app is called Everything by VoidTools. David Anderson shared this with me after a recent workshop. It’s a simple application that lets you quickly search your computer. I’m addicted. WaveShop In a previous post I shared some tips on recording narration and ten free audio programs that can be used for elearning. WaveShop is straightforward and has a lot more than basic editing functions. K-Lite Codec Pack. Do You Have the Skills to Succeed? In a recent post, I shared my recent webinar with the E-Learning Guild and some of the conversation we had around rapid elearning.

Do You Have the Skills to Succeed?

In today’s post we’ll look at another part of the conversation where we discussed what skills are needed to succeed and how they can be nurtured. Rapid E-Learning Developers Wear Many Hats When I first started with elearning we’d have a team of people working on projects. Someone did the instructional design, someone else worked on graphics, and then we had a programmer who built the courses in Authorware or some other application. That’s usually not the case today. While today’s software has made the job easier, but it’s also made it more challenging for the person who has to develop and deliver elearning courses.

Success Requires Multiple Skills Since so much of the development of the elearning course sits on the shoulders of just a few, it’s important to have multiple skills. Project consulting. Acquiring Skills. Nonprofit Volunteer LINGOs. Coaching for Results and Consumer Protection & Financial Education in Microfinance Courses Win in 2 nd eLearning Global Giveback Competition March 23 (Orlando, FL) Eric Berg, Executive Director of LINGOs (Learning in NGOs) thanked all volunteer developers and announced the eight finalists and two winners of the second eLearning Global Giveback Competition today at the eLearning Guild’s Learning Solutions Conference and Expo.

Nonprofit Volunteer LINGOs

Through the first two eLearning Global Giveback competitions, instructional designers and eLearning developers have created over 50 online courses as volunteers for international non-profit organizations. These courses will help the global staff of the non-profits, all members of LINGOs, do their good work in the fields of humanitarian relief, development, conservation and social justice even better. View the courses: The winning and finalist courses are available for viewing at Volunteer and Agency Perspective. 7 Reasons Why PowerPoint Doesn’t Suck. It may come as a surprise to you, but there are many people who think that PowerPoint sucks.

7 Reasons Why PowerPoint Doesn’t Suck

I know; I know. I was surprised, as well. The other day Mashable featured some Edward Tufte tweets where he blasted the slides from a secret government surveillance program. Of course, his criticism of the slides is spot on. In fact, many of the issues he raises in the tweets and in his books are similar to the issues we face when building elearning courses. However, as if on cue out came the horde of conformist PowerPoint critics. While it’s true that PowerPoint has been used to create horrific presentations, it’s getting a bad rap. PowerPoint’s a Blank Screen PowerPoint is a blank screen.

One simple tip is to refrain from using the default templates. Use PowerPoint to Create & Edit Your Graphics PowerPoint has a lot of features that when combined allows you to create your own graphics. Once you create your own graphics, right-click on the object and save as an image. Related posts: Related posts: Portfolio Types. Published with Articulate Storyline. Microsoft image search.