816 B.Y.O.L.: Tips and Tricks for Creating Your eLearning Visuals on the Cheap
9:45 AM - 10:45 AM Friday, October 31
Instructional Design
Gauguin 1 & 2
Visual design is one of the most important elements of effective eLearning. Unfortunately, it is also often the first element to get pushed aside when project deadlines loom and budgets evaporate. Instructional designers need to apply a wide array of resources and techniques in order to maintain visual-design quality in their eLearning programs.
In this hands-on session you will examine a number of creative and practical tips and tricks to give eLearning visuals cohesion and professional panache. You will explore a wide array of free and low-cost resources that you can use even when budgets shrink. You will apply practical tips, tools, and solutions that anyone can use to enhance the look and feel of their eLearning. You will leave this session able to look beyond the limits of what we think we can do and explore more creative alternatives.
In this session, you will learn:
- How visual cohesion impacts learning and enhances communication
- How to creatively leverage the photo tools you have at hand
- Where to get free and/or cheap software and resources for visual design
- How to leverage online tools to create, repurpose, and customize eLearning graphics and clipart
Audience:
Novice designers and developers who are new or moderately
experienced in eLearning design or development.
Technology
discussed in this session:
PowerPoint and other online resources.
Participant
technology requirements:
A laptop with MS Office. A smartphone is beneficial, but not
required.
Tracy Parish
Education Technology Specialist
Parish Creative Solutions
Tracy Parish is an accomplished instructional designer, eLearning developer, and consultant based in the Greater Toronto area. With a unique blend of skills in computer programming, adult education, and eLearning design/development, she has built a successful career in instructional design. With over 18 years of experience in instructional design, development, LMS implementation and administration, Tracy is a respected figure in her field. She is a speaker, active Articulate Community Hero, co-host of the Toronto Storyline User Group and webcast Nerdy Shop Talk, the marketing director for the Canadian eLearning Conference, and moderator of the monthly Twitter event #lrnchat.
Trina Rimmer
Director, Community and Customer Engagement
Articulate
As the director of community and customer engagement with Articulate, Trina uses her many years of eLearning design and development expertise to guide the creation of inspiring content for our community of workplace learning professionals, E-Learning Heroes. Before joining Articulate, Trina worked as an instructional designer, eLearning developer, and writer focused on delivering creative, engaging, and effective learning solutions to various companies, from global aid organizations to Fortune 500s.
