Make a Splash with These Tips from the Articulate Community

This blog post is by Articulate Community Manager David Anderson.

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Sometimes, e-learning designers are so busy building courses that they forget to take the time to discover techniques that could help them work faster and more creatively. That’s where the Articulate community is so valuable. Whether you’re looking for design inspiration, technical assistance or just want to test the waters with some other e-learning designers, you’ll find helpful experts ready to share their expertise.

Check out all the cool stuff the Articulate community shared last week:

Notable tutorials:

• How to change the “Click next to advance” text on the seekbar in Articulate Presenter ‘09
• A shrinking cinematic effect to conclude e-earning modules (forum thread)
• PowerPoint tips: Modifying Clip Art & Filling Objects with the Slide Background

Conversations in the community:

• Course design inspiration from junk mail
• Split a PowerPoint into multiple SCORM
• Changing and customizing template colors
• Showing effectiveness of training on business performance
• Getting feedback on first Articulate Studio ’09 course
• Users share their favorite PowerPoint tips, tricks and resources
• [E-learning in Healthcare] Monthly Discussion April 2012
• Multiple videos or Flash interactions on a slide
• Fun use of video to jazz up branching quizzes
• Articulate conference May 12 (Leeds, UK)

New blog posts:

• FAQ: How Do You Manage the Graphics in Your E-Learning Course?
• Join us in Denver for ASTD 2012

Seen on Twitter:

• @dmozealous shares a link to why Articulate Storyline is the missing piece in the puzzle
• @trainmagnetwork shares a link to the recording of @tomkuhlmann’s Storyline webinar
• @tmiket shares a link to 40 Free Fonts for Big Bold Headlines
• @elearningcoach shares a link to 15 places to store in the cloud