Perform Amazing E-Learning Feats with Help from the Community

This guest blog post is by Articulate Community Manager Jeanette Brooks.

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I don’t know too many folks in the rapid e-learning world who fill just one role in the e-learning development process. Despite the title on your business cards, most of you aren’t just instructional designers or just multimedia experts, or just technical writers, or just training managers — you probably juggle all those roles (and quite a few more) on any given day. Especially if you work in a small team or you’re a one-person shop.

Which means it probably feels like a three-ring circus sometimes. That’s where the power of the Articulate community can really help. The advice and insights you pick up from your fellow Articulate users can help you to not only keep all the balls in the air, but even become an e-learning star.

Below are some of the cool things shared in the community during the past week — check them out and see what you can learn! For even more opportunities to learn from your virtual peers, stay tuned to the Word of Mouth blog. We’ll be announcing the winners of the 2010 Articulate Guru Awards this week!

Notable tutorials:

• How to compress images in PowerPoint when things get sluggish

• How to auto-hide (or not) the controls on YouTube videos you add to Articulate Presenter

• An easy & free tool for receiving files from your e-learning clients

• 3 tips for working with and sharing multiple PowerPoint files

Conversations in the Community:

• The community helps an Articulate user brainstorm e-learning scenario ideas

• Is there value in listen-and-repeat exercises in e-learning?

• How intentional silence can make an e-learning course more effective

• Team-building ideas for instructional design teams

• An Articulate user shares a PC monitor theme you can use in your e-learning courses

• Recommendations for simplifying your client’s review of an e-learning course

New blog posts:

• PowerPoint Animations Made Easy with This Free Tool

• Come See Us at These 9 Fall 2010 E-Learning Events

Seen on Twitter:

• @eLearningBros offer a free Articulate Presenter skin

• @jeanettebrooks shows how Articulate content looks on a Flash-enabled Droid X