Tips & Tricks to Help You Get Into the Full Swing of E-learning
This blog post is by Articulate Community Manager David Anderson.
In tennis, “no man’s land” is referred to the area between the baseline and service line—the most vulnerable court position for a player. Sometimes e-learning designers get caught between a great idea—scenario, activity, or interaction–and little time to execute. That’s why preparation and practice is so important.
How do you prepare for e-learning? One way is to know your resources. Resources include templates, storyboards, graphics and a supportive community.
How do you practice e-learning? Share a scenario, template or graphics idea and ask the community for feedback. You’ll get helpful and constructive feedback from the industry’s best E-learning Heroes.
If you need to work on some new shots or simply want to practice the basics, the Articulate community is ready to help you ace your next project. Check out the winning shots from last week:
Notable tutorials:
- Adding friends and communicating privately with Articulate community members
- Create a player template with no player controls in Articulate Presenter ’09
- How to remove backgrounds in PowerPoint 2010 and below
- Rename content items in Articulate Online without republishing
- Making a marker audio-only in an Articulate Engage ‘09 Labeled Graphic
- Set a file cabinet drawer to open and close smoothly
Conversations in the community:
- Matching background colors in PowerPoint and Engage ’09
- Users share tips for combining and masking images
- How to create a preloading effect in PowerPoint
- Moving Articulate templates to a new computer
- Providing a “Learn More” option
- Users share tips and strategies for writing e-learning scripts
- Design ideas for a wellness course on annual exams and health screenings
- PowerPoint animation tips for moving an object from one slide to the next
New blog posts:
Seen on Twitter:
- @OpenSesame shares a link to Reporting from the E-Learning Heroes Roadshow in Portland
- @MayraAixaVillar shares a link to 10 Best Practices for Using Storytelling in Training
- @arossett shares a link to how instructional designers fail at their interviews
- @xpconcept shares a link to a great analogy for software estimation variations
- @ArticulateDF shares a link to make an image within an image stand out
