David Anderson and Tom Kuhlmann's Top 10 from the Articulate e-Learning Challenges
Do you have a "signature"-look for your e-Learning?
Do all your e-Learning projects seem to have a similar look & feel,
And do you tend to use the same interactions over and over again?
Time for some inspiration!
Enter Tom and David's top 10 from the Articulate eLearning Challenges from e-Learning Heroes.
Use a Name Variable to address your learner from the start. When the user has entered the name, take a pause and ask the user: "Is this name correct?" or how I would do it: "Do you really want to have this name (let’s say you typed in ‘FunnyBunny’) displayed on your certificate at the end of the e-Learning?"
When having objects fly in on your slide, you might not want it to fly in from the barriers from your slidedeck, but rather somewhere in the middle? Experiment with transparent area's.
When introducing characters, use the hover state for a more dynamic look and feel. When hovering over the character, let that person change position/perspective/pose and when not selected (if you need to pick a character to advance) let the others face their back. What an excellent idea :-)
Have you ever used a drag & drop interaction to trigger another event (for ex. A motion path starting from the moment an object is dropped).
Why always make your eLearning in a landscape mode? Try to experiment with some more quirky slide sizes. For ex. Make your e-Learning default in a Portret mode. Do think about your objects, though, you want to have them big enough to click on. And also, how to handle the player in portret mode?
Download a nice vector image and pull little items from it to build a solid e-Learning template. Use small interactions when jumping from one slide to the next. I was able to find back the example David used in his presentation. I really liked it a lot. I hope you do too! https://s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/storylinec/SLC%23230/story_html5.html
Do you always use 'Submit'-buttons in a quiz? Did you know you can also 'submit' immediately after clicking an object / dropping an object? In this way, you can smoothly advance to the next slide.
The example I loved the most was by far this one: https://community.articulate.com/e-learning-examples/storyline-sugary-drinks It uses 'unlimited' drag and drop items with the help of the motion path with a 0-length. You can find more information via the link.
Use a "magnify glass" look and feel when hovering over/selecting objects.
… Grmbl … what was example 10?! Have a look at the e-Learning challenges yourself for some more inspiration! https://community.articulate.com/hubs/e-learning-challenges
Who is Tom Kuhlmann
Tom is passionate about learning and technology for more then 20 years now. He has developed hundreds of hours of elearning and managed elearning and training projects at Capital One, Washington Mutual, and Weyerhaeuser. Tom has a Master’s in Education Technology from Pepperdine, where he researched how to cultivate communities of practice through the development of personal expertise. Currently, he runs the user community for Articulate with a focus on building a passionate community of rapid elearning developers.
Who is David Anderson?
David Anderson is director of customer training at Articulate. David has 18+ years of elearning experience. David's expertise includes instructional design, elearning course creation, and developing training materials. He has extensive industry knowledge in the areas of blended learning, curriculum design, and multimedia content creation. He is skilled in the use of several learning management systems (LMSs) and in the practice of facilitating both instructor-led training (ILT) and computer-based training (CBT).