Every elearning project needs a plan, and when you create an elearning storyboard, you’re taking that plan to the next level! Although not a requirement for every situation, storyboarding can be an important step in aligning material, stakeholders, and development before the clock starts running on slide building. In this article, we’ll get you started […]
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As instructional designers, we’re always trying to make our eLearning courses more interesting, effective, and engaging. But with a mountain of content to produce, tight deadlines, and a small budget, where do we even start? That’s why I decided to ask the leading eLearning industry experts to share their single best tip for creating engaging
When your eLearning slides look great, viewer engagement increases, your instructional voice is enhanced, and you hear “I love it!” more often. But for those of us who aren’t trained designers, slides can be a struggle. Early in my eLearning development career, I always felt a little cringe-y about my slide designs… It was just
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Graphic design, from print to web and right onto our eLearning and presentation slides, evolves constantly. With evolution comes the need to keep up — it’s survival of the fittest, and all that, right? To help you make sure that your projects have that “all-new decade” look and feel, we’ve done the work for you
Wow! It’s September already. We’re turning the corner toward year-end, and all the fun that brings! This month, we’ve got a new guy bursting on the scene, a couple of fun design treatments, and a few other good things to share with you. No snow — believe it or not — but soon, I promise!
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When we’re building workplace learning, we want to make sure it delivers on the promise of behavioral change. And to get there, we need to follow evidence-based practices. Problem is, who has time to source, study, and sort out academic research in cognitive science, instructional theory, and education? Luckily, we have Patti Shank! Patti has
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The eLearningArt engine was crankin’ in July and it’s only picking up more steam here in August! We released a ton of new character images, created a bunch of design hacks, and published four awesome blog posts. I even managed to find some s – n – o – w to feature in this post!
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It’s a great feeling when all the needs-assessing, info-gathering, SME-wrangling, script-writing and other just-getting-ready details of a workplace learning program finally fall into place. It’s time to move over to program development, at last! So why does the elearning development step often feel so exasperating?? I think it’s because most of us are stuck working
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Last week I shared my #1 best recommendation for controlling the design conversation: Be proactive, not reactive, in design conversations with stakeholders. You learned how I offer a choice of design treatments to project stakeholders. And, you learned my secret, too. I only show reliable, proven styles that me and my team can get done
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Last week I shared the importance controlling the design conversation by having several styles you feel comfortable in. I let you all vote on which one to release. As promised, here is the step-by-step tutorial on how to create the graphic novel style. This tutorial is broken into 2 main sections (with separate videos)
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