Graphic & Visual Design
The indirect instructional aspects of imagery, text, white space, color choices, etc. that impact cognitive load, drive engagement, and influence the learner experience.
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David Kelly’s Curated Content for 5/22/23
This edition of Curated Resources explores tips on selecting an authoring tool, the important role trust plays when interacting with AI, an examination of the value of design critiques, and more.
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Amazing Tools to Create, Collaborate & Inspire
Are you looking for amazing ways to use your desktop or mobile device to create, collaborate and inspire? In this session, you will learn how to use your laptop, phone, or tablet to brainstorm, sketch, collaborate, create audio and video-based media, and animate using several mind-blowing apps. You’ll leave the session feeling inspired and have the practical information to apply to your next project. In this session, you will learn how to use your laptop, phone, and tablet to brainstorm, sketch, collaborate, create audio and video-based media, and animate using several mind-blowing apps. You’ll leave the session feeling inspired and…
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Using Marketers’ Maneuvers: Micro Focus for Major Impact
There’s a reason why you remember commercials, even when you don’t intend to. Marketers have perfected the craft of creating communication that stick. Through focus on a single message, effectively evoking emotions, and carefully choosing concise text, this high-energy session will reveal the practical steps you can take for high-impact microlearning. You’ll leave with memorable examples and relevant application. In this session, you will learn how to:
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Integrating Real People Into Animated Worlds
Creating an eLearning course driven by an animated story has a lot of advantages. Animated videos give us the ability to move learners through space and time, put them in relatable situations that unfold in both familiar and new environments, and control every detail of the story. But in a world where human connection is craved, learners want to see and hear from real people. Join this session to learn how to give your learner the best of both worlds! In this session you will learn tips for scripting narration and sourcing voice talent that allow learners to better connect…
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Fun with Vectors: Level Up your eLearning Design Skills
Using vector graphics and illustrations is one of the prominent ways of creating visuals for eLearning courses. You can download and use these illustrations and vector graphics from various stock picture sources. Join Dr. Pooja Jaisingh as she takes you through the best practices to find the illustrations, icons, SVGs, and infographics that would work right for your project. She will also show you how to use Adobe Illustrator to make some quick changes to these illustrations and export them to be used in your eLearning courses. You will leave this session feeling confident in finding the right illustrations for…
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2022 L&D Gift Guide
Get into the holiday spirit with this guide containing gift ideas for today’s L&D professionals, including books, office & work tools, travel, and more!
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KEYNOTE: The Power of Transformative Design
Design offers so much more than an aesthetically pleasing logo or banner, or a beautification add-on after the heavy lifting. In Reimagining Design, Kevin Bethune shows how design provides a unique angle on problem-solving—how it can be leveraged strategically to cultivate innovation and anchor multidisciplinary teamwork. As he does so, he describes his journey as a Black professional through corporate America, revealing the power of transformative design, multidisciplinary leaps, and diversity. Bethune, who began as an engineer at Westinghouse, moved on to Nike (where he designed Air Jordans), and now works as a sought-after consultant on design and innovation, shows…
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Visual Storytelling: Tell Compelling Stories Without Words
Storytelling has been a natural form of communication for as long as human history has been recorded. From early cave drawings to watching a video on YouTube, visual storytelling is a powerful way to inform, educate, instruct, and communicate shared ideas. As instructional designers, we are always looking for opportunities to tell better stories with our content, so let’s explore ways to tell compelling stories without words. Implementing visual storytelling allows instructional designers to construct narratives that attract and hold attention and increase retention by making topics easier to understand. Visual stories or visual narratives are primarily told using visual…
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New Checklist: Choosing an Authoring Tool
Download this checklist and get a thorough guide on how to choose an authoring tool and what questions you should ask of tool vendors.
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Choosing an Authoring Tool: A Checklist
Download this checklist and get a thorough guide on how to choose an authoring tool and know what questions you should ask of tool vendors.