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Five Resources for eLearning Developers: Little Tricks
Every developer builds up an inventory of handy ways tosolve problems that come up now and again, and ideas that might be the basisfor a unique response to a unique challenge. The eLearning Guild archives andthe Learning Exchange are loaded with useful bits that others have shared. Ifyou haven’t taken a little time to explore what’s there, maybe you reallyshould.
To tempt you into taking a look, here are five samples. Youneed to be a member at some level to access these. For the Learning Exchange,simply being an Associate Member is enough (Associate membership is free).Access to other levels requires higher level membership. You can get all thedetails here.
Learning Exchange:Checklist Interaction for Storyline. David Anderson. Video (00:4:28). Checklist interactions are a great solution when you needto list materials, products, ingredients, action items, and more. Includes linkto free download.
OnlineEvents Archive: Author on the Mobile, Author for the Mobile. Pooja Jaisingh.Recording (00:56:50). Learn how to create mobile learning courses using mobiledevices alongside Adobe Captivate 9. Learn how to create storyboards usingAdobe Captivate Draft, share it for review with colleagues and clients,implement feedback, and then open the storyboard in Adobe Captivate to convertit to a full-fledged responsive eLearning course. Also, take a look at an easyworkflow to record iOS devices and add gesture effects over the recording. And there’s more!
Learning Exchange:How to Create an Animated GIF from Video in Photoshop. Tim Slade. Video(00:03:04). Exactly what the title says it is. You never knew it was thissimple to do.
Learning Exchange:Online QA Spreadsheet Template. Diane Elkins. Google Doc. Tracking bugs and typosis nobody’s idea of a good time, especially if you are the project manager,your SMEs are doing the checking, and nobody is located in the same city,state, or country. This spreadsheet will help—and because it’s a Google Doc,the time and distance differences don’t matter.
Online EventsArchive: Be Your Own eLearning Voice-over Artist. Charles Jones. Handout, recording (1:06:35).Adding quality voice-overs to your eLearning programcan greatly enhance knowledge transfer. But hiring professional voice-overtalent can be expensive, and subject-matter experts (SMEs) may not always beavailable. That leaves just one person—you! Learn what to do with an eLearningscript. Discover mark-up techniques, and how to make minor modifications to ascript to make it as natural as possible to read. You’ll learn which words orphrases to emphasize to match the instructional content, and how to clarify anyissues with the SME or content provider. You’ll get four simple audio-editingtechniques for reducing background noise, improving the quality of thenarration, removing unwanted portions of the audio, and optimizing the audiofor playback. You’ll also learn how to set up an inexpensive recording studioto further improve the quality of your voice-overs.
