PowerPoint is a powerful tool, but I’m often surprised that some of the most useful features are hidden. In another post, I had 29 experts share their best PowerPoint tips, tricks, or hacks. But here is my personal list of the top 5 tips that would have saved me many, many hours of work over the…
You can incorporate many techniques from film to improve your training You don’t need a blockbuster movie budget to incorporate some cool techniques from movies. In fact, a lot of what I learn from movies and TV is more about storytelling than special effects. Take the example of the “establishing shot” that my good friend,…
One of the most important elements of good scenarios, quizzes, and templates is the background image. It’s easy to spend hours searching for the right background. One way to cut down on the search time is to build your own backgrounds. In this post, I’ll show you four techniques that I use to rapidly build…
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Last week I blogged about creating a rapid eLearning course mockup using a free storyboard to get stakeholder feedback early in the development process. This week, I want to talk about how you can create and use character interaction templates to build out mini-scenarios. Here’s an example of a 2-person character interaction. You can download the…
One of the most painful lessons I’ve learned as an elearning developer is that what I envision and what my boss or client expect are often very different. I think we’re on the same page in an initial meeting. Then I go back to my desk, close myself off to the world and build what…
Hello there! It’s Art again – E-Learning Art – bringing you another lesson to enhance your e-learning scenarios. In my last post, I talked about facial expressions and provided a lesson on how you could add that effect into your own training. One of the greatest advantages of building your scenarios with elearning characters and…
Hello there! Ready for lesson 4? You know, it amazes me how humans can instantly process facial expressions and body language. Take a look at these images below and think about the message each conveys to you: We see surprise, frustration, confusion, and thoughtfulness. That humans can recognize and quickly process facial expressions creates an…
Hi! Art here, ready to give Lesson Three. If you look at the following images, you might wonder how the heck you can use them: The shot of Lisa from behind her chair seems really random, right? And a hand cutout doesn’t seem particularly useful when shown alone, right? Actually, using images like these enable you…
Hey! It’s Art again – E-Learning Art. I’m back with Lesson Two. After going through this lesson, you should be able to create a custom scene in minutes. Do it faster than I did and I’ll send you some additional free images! In Lesson One, I showed you that PNG image files are perfect for…
