November - 2021

Nov 30, 2021
2 min

Why you should use a Learning Management System

Once you have designed and developed your eLearning course you will need a way for your learners to access your training. One way you can do this is by using an LMS or Learning Management System. Below are some benefits of using a LMS to host your eLearning courses. 1. Provides online access After you have created a storyboard, designed, developed, and published your eLearning course you need to host it somewhere so that your learners are able to access it online. A Learning

Nov 23, 2021
2 min

Designing an Effective User Interface for elearning

Good user interface design is one of those things that are invisible when done properly. When a learner is using an elearning module, a great UI keeps the interaction smooth and makes sure the learner understands what to do at any given time. When done badly, it becomes an obstacle for the learner to struggle around while they’re trying to learn the content, and impedes their experience. Think of the UI as a tool for the learner to interact with the material, the way a mouse

Nov 22, 2021
2 min

Ways you can enhance your eLearning

When developing eLearning you will most likely use authoring tools such as Articulate Storyline, however, there are a number of things you can use in addition to traditional eLearning to make it more engaging and interactive for your learners. 1. VR VR or Virtual Reality is a type of technology that you could utilise as part of your learning strategy. VR allows learners to access and interact with a virtual environment by using a headset. To create a VR course, you need to ca

Nov 18, 2021
1 min

Balancing time and resources

Over the years of creating elearning, we’ve often had the challenge of a client asking for something that’s not quite in the scope of the project. Extra rounds of review, extra voiceover recording, extra graphics; somewhere along the process the client realizes they wanted something that wasn’t accounted for in the work estimate or project plan. Depending on the changes, often we find workarounds that don’t incur extra costs to us or the client. Narration could have pieces ed

Nov 15, 2021
2 min

Things to keep in mind when developing eLearning

When designing and developing there are certain things you should be aware of to ensure your learners have a positive and engaging experience. Below are some of these things: 1. Confusing navigation and flow When developing your eLearning course, you should make sure that your navigation is clear, consistent and intuitive for your learners. When placing navigation on screen make sure the Next and Previous buttons are in the same place every time, and are of the same typ

Nov 11, 2021
2 min

Why you should think about using VR for your next eLearning course

Virtual Reality (VR) is a concept that is not new in the world of eLearning and is something that can provide you and your learners a wide variety of benefits in terms of interactivity, engagement and knowledge retention. Below are some of the benefits that you could be taking advantage of by including VR as part of your learning strategy. 1. Simulate real life tasks One of the biggest benefits of using VR to create your next eLearning course is that it provides a level of im

Nov 11, 2021
2 min

Securely Storing Your Passwords

Nowadays, it is very common to have a decentralized suite of tools that will help us on our daily functions at our jobs. In our eLearning space, we need tools to develop eLearning modules, edit photos, create or edit vectors, and also edit audios and videos. For this reason, we have installed on our computers, a large number of programs that will help us perform all these tasks on a daily basis. But not only that, there are also other platforms where we can access any type of

Nov 10, 2021
2 min

Virtual Reality – Lessons, Tips and Tricks

While filming for the new Pathways & ACCES Virtual Reality health and safety course, a lot of lessons, tips and tricks were learned that you could use when creating your own VR course. Below are some things we learned that you should keep in mind when developing your own VR course. 1. People in view To capture videos and images for a VR course you need to use a 360 degree camera, and unlike a regular camera a 360 camera captures everything around you in a 360 degree view. Thi

Nov 10, 2021
2 min

Special Consideration for Using 360 Footage

As excited as we are about using our GoPro Max camera to film 360 videos, and editing them in Adobe Premiere or Adobe After Effects, there is one special thing we need to consider before getting to the editing stage of a project. As it turns out, the videos recorded in this camera, when set in 360 mode, have a resolution of 5.6K (5376 x 2688 pixels) which is much larger than the resolution used by standard computers in Full HD. To put it into perspective, let’s look at the fo

Nov 9, 2021
2 min

Virtual Reality – Filming on the day

As mentioned in our previous blogs Pathways Training & eLearning have recently worked with ACCES Employment to develop a brand new Virtual Reality health and safety course for students in the trades. Part of creating a VR course is capturing 360 images and video footage, and when you go out to your filming location there are several important things you should consider such as: 1. Breaking the areas into zones If the area you are capturing 360 images and videos is large one t

Nov 9, 2021
2 min

What is “stitching” in Virtual Reality?

One of the key aspects of achieving full immersion in virtual reality, whether it is on a game or an eLearning module (and even just 360 images), is to provide the user with an environment where they can turn around and see different things to interact with. This might sound like something simple to do, but there is a lot of things involved in making this happen. We are just going to focus on the process of generating the images that cover every point of view in the virtual e

Nov 8, 2021
2 min

Pathways & ACCES creates Virtual Reality – Best Practices

Last week Pathways Training & eLearning worked with ACCES Employment to develop a brand new Virtual Reality course that teaches students about workplace health and safety hazards while on a work site. When developing a Virtual Reality course there are a number of things you should consider to ensure your VR filming goes as smoothly as possible: 1. Have a checklist When developing a VR course you will most likely be filming video and taking images in a variety of locations e.g

Nov 8, 2021
2 min

Tips for filming 360 video for elearning

For the past two weeks, we have taken a day to film 360 video and take 360 photos for ACCES on workplace safety in industrial settings. 360 photos and videos are starting to become more commonplace when it comes to showing virtual spaces and giving your learner partial control over exploring those spaces. If you have taken a “virtual tour” of a house or apartment recently, you are already familiar with the concept! You can click and drag the camera view to look at a space fro

Nov 5, 2021
1 min

Pathways: 16 years in elearning!

Pathways Training and eLearning has been in business for over 16 years. See the infographic below for some interesting stats about out company and more information about the great work Pathways has done!

Nov 4, 2021
2 min

Best practices when using knowledge check questions in eLearning

Knowledge checks questions are questions which are asked to a learners periodically throughout an eLearning course and tests the learners on what they have just learned. Using knowledge check questions can bring a number of benefits including increasing learner engagement and knowledge retention, however, there are a number of things you should consider when including knowledge check questions, below are some of these things. 1. Relevant to content When adding knowledge chec

Nov 4, 2021
2 min

Common mistake when programming eLearning modules in different languages

One of the things that I found interesting when I started working in eLearning modules here in Ontario (and I believe this is the case for most companies across Canada that work at national level), is that most of the modules we develop, probably around 70%, need to be developed in both English and French. Being a company based in Toronto, the first language we use to storyboard and develop the first version of the eLearning module, is English, and then once everything is app

Nov 4, 2021
2 min

What to include in a cybersecurity training?

With most of our jobs and functions moving to online settings, it is always daunting for employers to just make all their information on the web, especially if this information is highly confidential. Just as we have witnessed at Pathways, many companies are turning to companies like ours to create training and help them educate their employees on things they should and shouldn’t do to protect their information (not just corporate information, but also personal information).

Nov 2, 2021
2 min

Expanding beyond traditional eLearning

Traditional eLearning typically involves using audio, text, images and videos to teach your learners about a speicifc subject, however there are a number of things you can do to expand your eLearning courses beyond traditional eLearning. Below are some things you could implement in your next eLeanring course. 1. Branching Scenarios Branching scenarios can be one way you can expand your eLearning course. A branching secnario involves presenting the learner with a secenario or

Nov 2, 2021
2 min

Ways to add interactivity to your eLearning

When developing your next eLearning course, you want to make sure its as interactive and engaging as possible for your learners. Below are some things you can do to increase engagement and interactivity in your courses. 1. Using Animations One quick and effective way to make your eLearning courses more engaging is to add animations to the on-screen elements of your slides. When using eLearning authoring tools such as Storyline you can easily apply animations by clicking on an

Nov 1, 2021
2 min

Tailoring your elearning with branching

One of the benefits of elearning is that it can be flexible in accommodating different levels of learners, and these paths can be built into just one elearning course. A fast and easy way of branching content for different learners can be done by building in a quick assessment at the beginning of your elearning. This will establish what your learner may already know by having them demonstrate their current level of knowledge on your content, and gauge the level of knowledge t

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