In a previous post, I shared some free handwritten fonts. Today, we’ll explore how you might use them in your elearning courses. We already looked at how fonts are more than the text you read. As a graphic element, they convey meaning and play a role in the message ...
E-learning is hot. And for good reason. If done right, it can produce great results by decreasing costs and improving performance. Also, unlike a one time classroom session, the elearning course is available for others. This includes the static elearning course as well as any ongoing conversations in networked communities. Recently, I had a conversation ...
There’s a lot of conversation about social media. And for good reason. The tools let you connect with peers who share common interests. It’s also a great way to build a personal learning network. For example, if you build rapid elearning courses with Articulate products there are all sorts of resources available to you: ...
In a previous post, I showed you how to design your own PowerPoint templates. In other posts, I’ve talked about how to use PowerPoint’s drawing features to build the envelope icon and television monitor. These are all intended to help you become more proficient with PowerPoint and your graphic design skills. In today’s post, we’ll pull some of these ideas together to create a folder graphic that you can use in your elearning courses. I have a published example below, as well as a step-by-step tutorial. You can also download the ...
The video below shows how graphic designer, Brian Hoff, selected the right font for one of his projects. There are many points in the video where he probably could have stopped, but didn’t. No one would have known the difference. But something kept him going until he found ...
I find that most rapid elearning developers are working by themselves or with very small teams. In those situations, their organizations don’t offer a lot of support to learn more about elearning. Typically, there’s no access to more experienced developers or others who can help them grow as an elearning developers. On top of that, because of time constraints, many organizations aren’t always looking for the best elearning courses. They usually just want something done quickly. That was always my frustration. I wanted to do more, but most of my clients didn’t. So I had to ...
It’s hard to believe that it’s almost 2010. I think the emergency supplies in my Y2K kit have finally gone bad. 2009 zipped by so fast, that I’m still writing 2008 on my checks. Do people still write checks? It was a busy year. Most of my highlights were from meeting blog readers at conferences. It’s both a humbling and ...
I love the holidays and this time of year. It’s a season focused on hope; and with the New Year, a time for change. Now, here’s an opportunity that is appropriate for this time of year. 
LINGOs is looking for volunteers to help some of its member agencies build elearning courses. Now you can share your instructional design and elearning skills to benefit those organizations that are working to make ...
If you’ve been reading this blog for a while you’ll know that I recommend looking at web design sites and at other media-related industries for inspiration. This is a good way to learn about different screen layouts and color schemes. And then consider how they might work in your elearning courses. 
It’s also a great way to learn to use PowerPoint’s graphic features; because a lot of your rapid elearning success depends on how well you can get around PowerPoint. ...
A manager I know works for a multibillion dollar company that has its own elearning group. However, when she needs to train her staff of about 200, she has no access to the elearning group’s resources. Without rapid elearning tools, she’d be hard pressed to offer her team the benefits of ...
I get a lot of questions about whether or not to add background music to elearning courses. That’s like answering whether or not you should put a blue square in your course. If the blue square makes it a better course, “Yes.” If not, then get rid of the square. The same is true for background audio. It all depends on the context. Instructional Design 101 
The tendency when working with PowerPoint is to start with the template structure. This works fine if you want to create quick presentations. The problem with that approach is you tend to get slides full of bullet points. To get the most out of PowerPoint and build the best elearning courses requires thinking of PowerPoint in a different way. You have to think outside of the template and bullet point box. In a previous post, I showed how to expand your PowerPoint skills by creating custom illustrations. In today’s post we’ll build ...
The Rapid E-Learning Blog shares practical tips and tricks to help you become a rapid elearning pro.
It is hosted by Tom Kuhlmann who has over 15 years of hands-on experience in the training industry and currently runs the community at Articulate.
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