Ok. So if you signed up for the free character image giveaway I announced in last week’s 2015 recap post, you have all of these images…but how do you actually use them? Let me share examples of how I’ve used characters in my own projects and how I’ve seen other designers use them as well. That should […]
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Synopsis When building eLearning scenarios or stories, sometimes you need more than two people in a conversation. This tutorial outlines the best practices for building multi-person conversations and includes the source files so that you can follow along with the lesson yourself. Download the source files Click to [dlink galleries=477,457]download the source files[/dlink] for this
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Synopsis Overview tutorial showing the background and characters angles that I use when building a conversation in an eLearning course. Download Source Files Video Script Hi. This is Bryan Jones from eLearningArt. Today I wanted to show you how you can build conversations in your eLearning courses. This will be the overview video. I’ll
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Synopsis By mixing icons with voiceover, you can create a nice visual story that is a drastic improvement over text on screen. Watch this breakdown of how I used this effect in a sample course. Video Script Hey. This is Bryan Jones from eLearningArt. Today I’m going to show you how I use icons to
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Synopsis Don’t fall into common pitfalls when using icons in eLearning courses. Make sure you consider these 5 tips before getting started. Video Script Hey this is Bryan Jones from eLearningArt.com. I just wanted to talk to you a little bit today about icon sets, and a few of the things that you should be
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Synopsis Learn how to create a template with 3 different views of a chalkboard or other display board. The zoomed out view allows a character to act as a presenter with information on the board behind him. The zoomed-in view focused just on the board with the content. Video Transcript Hey this is Bryan Jones
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I started writing a blog post about how to embed eLearning content into conversations. It was ok. But I didn’t love it. Then I had an idea: why not take that same content and embed it into a conversation? I also included the original article below that. Let me know which style you prefer in
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I had the pleasure of interviewing eLearning guru Tom Kuhlmann, VP of Community at Articulate and the author of the Rapid eLearning Blog, the most popular blog in the eLearning industry with over 100k subscribers. In this interview Tom shares his advice on how to improve as an eLearning developer, and his thoughts on topics
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I recently had the opportunity to interview Cammy Bean, a frequent speaker and popular eLearning blogger. She shared many practical instructional design tips that you can use to improve the training you build. And now, on with interview! How do strangers react when you tell them you’re an instructional designer? I think a lot of
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In a previous post, I talked about using conversations in eLearning and showed some techniques for rapid conversation building. In this post, I’ll take it one step further and show you how a fleshed out conversation can become a mini-scenario. These mini-scenarios put an issue into context and encourage your learners to think about how
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