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A Dozen Handpicked E-Learning Resources
September 7th, 2010
It’s hard to believe that we’re approaching the last quarter of 2010. This year seems to have flown by. I’ve had fun with travel across the country and getting to meet so many blog readers at various conferences.
This past week I dedicated a little bit of time trying to catch up on some reading. As I looked over my feed reader, I realized just how much good stuff I missed. If you’re like me, you’ve probably been busy, as well.
Odds are that during the summer months elearning wasn’t on the top of your list. So I decided to weed through some rapid elearning information and pull out a few posts that you may have missed. They’re full of practical tips that you can use. And of course, there are some free PowerPoint elearning templates, too.
Handpicked E-Learning Tutorials
- 50 practical how-to tutorials. At the recent ASTD conference we demonstrated a bunch of elearning tips and tricks. For those who couldn’t make the conference, you can view the tutorials here.
Going into the Articulate Guru Awards, I thought it would be a good idea to put together some information that would help those who weren’t sure what to do. I also wanted the tutorials to be somewhat generic so they’d have value outside of the guru awards. Here are the links to those posts framed in a new way.
- Tips on building content for your elearning portfolio. Want to expand your elearning skills or have content to show off in your portfolio? Then follow the 6 tips in this post.
- Build better looking courses. You want your courses to look good and you want the visual design to support the objectives. This post shares 10 visual design tips with a great mindmapping exercise.
- Create interactive courses. You’re not stuck building boring click-and-read courses. You can do more. The following post offers four tips on building interactive, rapid elearning courses.
- Get more out of the tools you use. Step away from that same look and feel. Try some creative things with the authoring tools you have. If you’re an Articulate user, here are some cool ideas for your next project.
Free PowerPoint Templates
Let’s face it: everyone loves free stuff! So here are links to some free PowerPoint templates.
Tabbed PowerPoint Template
- View an example of the template in action. Download the files here.
- Original post: Here’s a Free PowerPoint E-Learning Template
Clipart-based PowerPoint Template
- View an example of the template in action. Download the files here.
- Original post: Create E-Learning Templates with a Consistent Clip Art Style
Flip Card PowerPoint Template
- View an example of the template in action. Download the files here.
- Original post: Here’s Another Free PowerPoint Template
10 Free Audio Applications
Following are the ten audio sites that I profiled. You can get more detail from the original post.
- Audio production: Audacity, Myna, and Levelator
- Free sound effects and music: CCmixter, The Freesound Project, OpSound, Free Music Archive, and Jamendo
- Create your own music: Musicshake and TuneAround
Remember if you want good audio, starts with a good mic like the Samson Go Mic (a deal at less than $50) and then learn to do some basic audio production.
From the Community
If you’re an Articulate user and want some free templates and resources, check out these following discussion threads from the community forums.
Vegas-inspired Flash Cards
- Use this for a quiz template or quick knowledge check. The community discussion includes the download files. As you go through the discussion, it’s cool to see the evolution of the template.
Free Navigation using Icons
- Create a simple navigation panel that lets your learners jump to the information they need. The community discussion includes a series of how-to tutorials and the download files.
Animated Image Assessment
This is one of my favorite Quizmaker demos. I like the way David used the slide view to create an image-based assessment. The technique can be used in a number of ways. Like the two previous examples, the community discussion has all of the tutorials and files you need to replicate this.
It’s been a busy summer. I’m looking forward to helping you and seeing many of you as the conference season starts in September. What’s one thing you’ve learned from the Rapid E-learning Blog these past few months? Share by clicking on the comments link.
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15 responses to “A Dozen Handpicked E-Learning Resources”
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Hi Tom — My question relates to the Build branched e-learning scenarios in 3 easy steps tutorial. Why does the “Next Scenario” slide not look like the “Challenge and Choice” slide since it’s the beginning of the first scenario? What’s an example of what you would put in the “next scenario” slide and then on the “challenge Choice” slide of the next scenario? Thanks! 🙂 Thanks for the recap of 50 practical tutorials. It’s great to have this JIT training! 🙂
Just some feedback on the great work you guys do at Articulate support, including this blog. I started developing courses only 60 days ago. I already delivered four, one of them pretty sophisticated, with videos and what not.
I would never have been able to do it without the prompt responses from the support and forums.
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As an instructional design student, I am excited to find a blog with such well-written ideas, access to new templates and tools, and an easy format to follow. I look forward to learning from you and sharing this site with my fellow classmates.
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