Download the source files Video transcript Hey this is Bryan Jones from eLearningArt. Today I’m going to show you how to do a zoom and pan effect in PowerPoint and save it out as a video. So let me show you the effect really quickly. This is what the effect would look like and …
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It’s been another great month at eLearningArt. For the first time in 7 years of blogging, I released a post every week in a month. To put it in perspective, in all of 2015 I only published 2 posts. In all of 2014 I released 3 posts…total! Yikes! But 2016 is a different year and …
When I develop eLearning courses, there are many common elements that I use over and over. By identifying patterns, I can create a reusable framework that reduces development time on future courses. Tom Kuhlmann had an interesting analogy of an eLearning course being like a sandwich with the top and bottom slices of bread being the …
I recently had the opportunity to interview the great Jane Bozarth, eLearning author and speaker on such topics as building more engaging training and using social as a learning tool. [highlight]For the next few days, I’m doing a giveaway of 5 copies of her book, Show Your Work. This book is beautiful, with lots of …
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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It’s been an eventful year at eLearningArt, and for me, personally. Mostly, I’m excited about the birth of my son, Rowan Hardin Jones, on Dec 1, 2015. He just cracked his first smile last week, so life is good! Here are some of the other updates I’d like to share. 100+ free eLearning images & …
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One of the ways I become a better eLearning designer is by finding good examples and trying to replicate the elements I like. Recently, my friend Brooke Schepker from Yukon Learning shared a sample course. There are a lot of great ideas that you can apply to your designs. I’ve included some video lessons and …
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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 Often, you have a blank background image in an eLearning course as the basis for a scenario or story. This background image doesn’t create a very realistic scene; it feels like a ghost town. This tutorial shows you how to make the background scene more realistic by using a common technique from architecture visualization …
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Synopsis Easily turn several still images into a video effect in PowerPoint using a stop motion effect. This step-by-step tutorial walks you through creating your first stop motion video in PowerPoint. Source files include the PowerPoint file with pre-built animations, as well as people cut out images. Work along and learn. Download the source files …