Here’s how I broke up one image so I could animate all the elements in separately, making a more interesting animation that I could time to

The concept of gamification is not new and has been around for some time. When discussing gamification it is important to note that gamification is not the same as a game. In eLearning, gamification involves using game mechanics typically found in games e.g. levels, stories and badges to increase learner engagement and improve the interactivity of your eLearning courses. Learning games however is a game that has elements of learning, it will operate the same way as a video ga

Storyline 360 was a great improvement over Storyline 2 in a lot of respects. Adding a built-in closed caption system that can be timed to the audio, adding tables as a way to organize content for keyboard users, there are many ways Storyline makes elearning accessible to more learners than ever. However, some of these features are not easy to find, and there are still ways to simplify how they could be implemented. 1. Custom text labels in the player frame The player properti

eLearning or electronic learning has a large number of benefits when trying to teach your learners about a specific subject, when compared to other ways of teaching such as traditional classroom training, eLearning can be a cost-effective and efficient way to create and distribute training to your learners. When deciding on if you want to use a pre-built eLearning course or a custom one each has advantages and disadvantages and depending on your organisations size and its nee

With mobile phones becoming more accessible, many companies are considering that mobile learning could be a useful and effective medium for administering training to employees. There are many benefits to using mobile learning, the training modules can be accessed on the go, mobile learning offers extensive flexibility to learner, and mobile learning is supported across many devices. Here are some tips that can be followed in order to create effective mobile learning. 1. Conde

Is your eLearning course compliant with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA)?

Implementing a new training program in your company can be a long, and stressful task, but it doesn’t end there. Implementing the module is only the beginning, once your employees have completed your training, its time to check if your training is yielding the results that you set out for. Three of the most common goals for implementing training are improving retention, reducing cost, and changing behavior. Here is why you should measure each of these, and how to measure each

Gamification is one the most useful and effective methods of training as it is delivers information in a fun, memorable, and interactive way, guaranteeing that the learners retain the information long after completing the training. Although there are immense benefits to gamification it is important to evaluate your training to make sure that you are ready to implement gamification into your companies training. Here’s some things to consider if you are thinking about implement

When designing and developing eLearning one of the main goals is to try and teach your learners about a specific topic or subject area, this can be a variety of things including compliance training, soft-skills training or technical training. Regardless of the type of eLearning it can be very easy to overload learners and miss the point that the course is trying to teach, to avoid this there are some things you can do in the design stage that will make your course far more en

If you are creating a layout design in Illustrator, you may have discovered you need to crop imported images in another program.

When designing eLearning modules, it is important to meet with your client to get some details that will help with the development process. The first meeting is one of the most important meetings as if the meeting goes well and the right information in collected form the client, the development process will go much smoother and the chances of changes being requested by the client is much lower. Here are some tips on how to ensure your meeting goes smoothly and the correct inf

eLearning modules are most effective in communicating information to learners when more than just the blunt text is shown to them. A great way to add life into your eLearning modules is to incorporate animations into the slides. There are many different ways to add animations into your eLearning modules. Here are a few tips wo ensure that your animations are effective. 1. Animate your text Don’t have your text just be present when the learner moves onto the slide. Have the te