Let the Community Inspire You With These New Tips & Tricks

This guest blog entry was written by Articulate Community Manager Jeanette Brooks

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One of the things I love about the Articulate Community is that it’s an incubator for e-learning inspiration. Ask a question or share an idea, and other Community members come right alongside with practical advice & food for thought. The result is that we all gain great ideas and insights for building better courses.

This week was no exception! Below are some highlights in case you missed them.

If you haven’t connected with others in the Articulate Community lately, why not do it today? Drop by the Community Forums and start a discussion, answer a question for a fellow user, or just share what you’re working on!

Notable tutorials:

• Quizmaker as a multimedia storytelling tool (watch for a future blog post on how to build a project like this!)

• A creative way to add an Engage Flipbook interaction in Articulate Presenter

• Create a transparent tape effect on your PowerPoint & Articulate Presenter slides

• Build an animated hands effect in Quizmaker ’09

Conversations in the Community:

• What’s in your audio editing toolbox?

• Ideas for creating e-learning to teach technical knowledge

• Intellectual property rights & how to charge for your e-learning development work

• What is e-learning 2.0? What’s it mean for learners?

New blog posts:

• The Rapid E-Learning Blog: A Roadmap For Building an E-Learning Course

• Create a Custom Learning Portal by Leveraging the Articulate Online API

• A Rapid E-Learning Tip That’ll Save You a Ton of Time

Seen on Twitter:

• @michaelkls demonstrates a cool toggle-switch metaphor in Articulate Presenter

• @retrogrrl shares a source for free medical icons

• @jenisecook shares an article on handy tools for choosing the colors of your course

• @onEnterFrame offers a way to automatically collapse levels in Presenter’s sidebar outline