Weekly Recap: Sweet Tricks to Make Your E-Learning a Treat

Course designers can share plenty of e-learning horror stories, from haunted courses, to ghastly graphics, to chilling content. The scary truth is that most e-learning teams have a skeleton staff, so course designers have to wear many masks to get the job done.

But you can stop these e-learning frights with the best e-learning trick around: E-Learning Heroes. The Articulate community will help you ward off e-learning nightmares with full-size tips, freebies, and insights to satisfy your e-learning sweet tooth.

Check out this delicious grab bag of e-learning tricks and treats from the past week:

Community tutorials

• Changing the state of hyperlinked text in Articulate Storyline
• Removing results slide from a quiz in Articulate Quizmaker ‘13

Conversations in the community

• Creative portfolio examples
• Development workflow: scenes vs. slides?
• Seeking ideas for representing organizational structure
• How do I mute slide audio when learners revisit the slide?
• DevLearn 2013 Key Takeaways: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3
• Demos & Freebies: Fireworks | Multiple select
• Jobs: Instructor | Freelance developers

New blog posts

• Build Better Online Training Courses By Taking Up This Challenge
• Button Sets: An Articulate Storyline Hidden Gem
• Make Your E-Learning More Engaging With an Interactive Table
• Globally Updating Fonts in Your Articulate Projects
• Dear Heroes: Studio ‘13 Versus Storyline. Which Tool is Right for Me?
• Weekly E-Learning Challenge: Design an Ethics Course Template with Clip Art

Seen on Twitter

• @eLearningJeff shared a link to Creating a Zoom effect in Articulate Studio ‘13 and PowerPoint
• @MayraAixaVillar shared a link to a mockup for a mobile solution using Articulate Storyline
• @kkapp shared a link to his DevLearn 2013 Resources: Thinking Like a Game Designer
• @tmiket shared a link to 7 Keys To Keeping Your Audience Engaged And Awake
• @juandoming shared a link to 25 Smart social media tips for education leaders
• @TWells shared a link 3 tips to easily introduce yourself

Get more e-learning treats by following us on Twitter and joining our E-Learning Heroes community.