9 Free Tools That Help Me Build Better E-Learning » The Rapid eL

I get a lot of questions from blog readers who are on a limited budget. They want to know about free tools that they can use to build their elearning courses. In this economy, the question probably means more than it did a couple of years ago. I’m a junky for all of the free stuff online. In today’s post, I’ll share with your some of the free tools that I use regularly to help me be more productive. 1. Pixie is a simple color picker. 2. Color Schemer helps you create color schemes. You can also download the software, but that isn’t free. I also like to use other sites such as Kuler and Color Scheme Designer. 3. Paint.net has really developed into a nice application. I find that a lot of people buy a more costly graphics editor and then only use it for basic tasks. Here’s a link to some tutorials to help you get started. 4. Photo Resizer is kind of an interesting tool. 5. Audacity is an open source audio editor. I usually record my audio directly in the rapid elearning tools. 6. 7. 8. 9.

The Rapid eLearning Blog 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. Essentially, you want to recreate the types of scenarios that are similar to the ones the learner has in real life. 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. Keyboard Accessible: try the regular way and then try using the keyboard. ...

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