I always enjoy a good ELH Challenge and this week’s challenge #97 offers some great creative concepts for interactive buttons. My submission concept can be described as an animated switch. The interaction happens when the user clicks a round button; then, the button switches from one side of the screen to another on a “U” […]
A little over a week ago, I wrote this LinkedIn post about great FREE image resources for e-learning. Trust me, free images are easy to find in comparison to free audio resources. However, it’s still very feasible to find some great quality audio files for your e-learning projects. Music is ubiquitous on everything our learners […]
Animating images in your elearning project can add some screen movement to give your learners context or grasp their attention to focus on certain area of the screen. Adobe After Effects is a motion graphics and motion picture effects software that allows you to bring still images to life. In this AndragoBlog post we’ll take […]
Recently I was helping a colleague with a development issue where she wanted to control user navigation on a Storyline2 elearning module pending on the completion of viewing a video. The problem was the video resides on another site. So, how can you help the user view the desired video content without leaving the elearning […]
Instant Messaging is a very effective way to quickly gain access to key players and coworkers in your organization without clogging your email inbox. Chances are that if your company uses Microsoft Outlook for email communications, you probably use Microsoft Lync for your Instant Messaging (IM) needs. If the latter is true or even if […]
One of Articulate Storyline2’s feature is the slider interaction. The slider is a powerful interaction because you can give the learner real-time outcomes based on the position (step) he or she drags the slider button to. Although you can simulate slider interactions in other authoring tools (usually installing external widgets), nothing compares to the ease-of-use […]
GIFs or Graphic Interchange format images provide you with the ability to animate images or video for use on web sites and even elearning modules. This week’s Elearning Heroes Challenge #83 is about creating 10 GIFs that could be used for a learning course or even to describe the instructional design process. For my sample […]
Instructure is the company responsible for one of the most revolutionizing Learning Management Systems (LMS) in Higher Education: Canvas! Now the company takes on the business world head on with its newest LMS solution aptly named Bridge. StyleLearn had an exclusive view of Bridge at Instructure’s headquarters in Salt Lake City, Utah. The following is […]
Articulate Storyline is perhaps the best solution for elearning authorware and aELearning Heroes Challenge (ELH) is a great way to get you working with it. This week’s challenge #79 is about custom menu navigation. There are many advantages to creating your own navigation menus and SPACE is definitely one of them. Using Storyline’s default player […]
For this week’s Elearning Heroes Challenge #78 the mission was to share some icons that would be used in elearning projects. So, I refreshed some old school PowerPoint tricks to draw vector icons for this challenge. PowerPoint has some cool features that can make designing these icons a fun a creative exercise. On this […]
It has been a week since the eLearning Guild’s 2015 Learning Solutions Conference ended and life is not the same. Or is it? In this NOOB review, I give you my take on the conference as a learning experience and also a first-timer’s overview of the GREAT and MEH moments of the event. There are […]
Learning objectives are a critical piece of any course or learning activity involving adults. They are preliminary statements providing adult learners with clear guidance (when written effectively) about the expected outcome of their involvement in the learning activity. One can then assume that their primary purpose is to inform the learner. However, learning objectives have […]
A couple of days ago I wrote a post on LinkedIn titled “3 Ways to Develop Better Presentations”. Today I offer a follow up with three more “hidden treasure” techniques in PowerPoint for my fellow trainers and presenters who want to sharpen their design skills. Do you find yourself always “building” PowerPoints from scratch? Do […]
Adobe Captivate CS8 and Articulate Storyline2 are considered the leading elearning authoring software tools due to their ability to generate great learning interactions. Captivate has been in the “game” for about 11 years while Storyline’s first version was released in 2012. I get often asked this question at work: “Hey Alex, we are going to […]
Elearning Heroes Challenge #71 was all about teaching math concepts with elearning. My submission was a military-inspired game where learners solve math problems and blow stuff up. Nothing wrong with “safe” mortar training and engaging learners by testing basic math skills. For this sample I used a combination of vector drawings built with Adobe Illustrator […]
One of the great features available in Articulate Storyline2 (SL2) are the Slider Controls. So, for the Elearning Heroes Challenge #70 which involved creating a Valentine’s themed elearning interaction. I wanted to create an interaction where Cupid, the fabled roman god of love lend you his bow and arrow so you can answer questions on a […]
Once again, I had the pleasure of partaking in this week’s ELearning Heroes Challenge which was to create an elearning experience for football training. For my global friends I mean American Football and since the Super Bowl was yesterday, this was an exciting sample to build. The concept I came up with was very simple […]
Instructional Designers are a very misunderstood occupational breed, That’s why I was glad to see that this week’s ELearning Heroes Challenge #67 was to record a podcast to answer a set of questions driven to provide new insight to those not familiar with the skills and responsibilities of an Instructional Designer (ID). Traditionally, IDs have […]
Many of us always dreamed of having our own business and making it BIG. Many of you reading this blog may have done just that and I respectfully bow to you for your awesomeness. A huge part of conducting business is billing. Invoices are the main drivers for getting PAID and blissfully managing your Account […]
If you develop your elearning courses with Articulate Storyline there’s no better way to start the year honing your skills and creativity by completing an ELearning Heroes Challenge (ELH). This week’s challenge was a tough one and it forced me to come up with creative ways to combine three awesome templates into one unified design. To […]
Nowadays, the average learner spends as much as 30% of their day interacting with a mobile device. According to ExactTarget.com’s 2014 Mobile Behavior Report “Smartphone users spent an average 3.3 hrs and tablet users 3.1 hrs per day on their respective devices”. Talent, training and learning development professionals can maximize on the focus and attention […]
Recently I was approached regarding an interactive chart I developed on Articulate StoryLine2. The inquirer was a Lectora user and was interested in achieving the same functionality with Lectora. I downloaded the free trial version of Lectora Inspire12 and immediately got busy on duplicating the SL2 chart with this tool. Lectora Inspire12’s navigation panel looks […]
It has been a couple of weeks since I was able to participate in Articulate’s E-learning Heroes e-learning challenges. This week the challenge is to create an interactive chart to find engaging ways in which to display data using Articulate Storyline2 (SL2). The source of my data was a chart from the Association for Talent […]
Family Feud is a very popular game and TV show. I love the game and it was the inspiration for this elearning version developed in Articulate Storyline2 that can be applied to various learning scenarios. In this version, I chose to make it an individual challenge in which the learner has 10 seconds to answer correctly […]
My fondest memories as a kid had to do with three things: Play, play and more play! Learning games have been around for many years but, now we have the capability of creating games with elearning authoring software such as Articulate Storyline. This post is about the development of a game sample named Cowboy Bomber, an […]
Litmos by CallidusCloud has been around since 2007 and it has become a great and simple Learning Management System (LMS) to use. It’s not only simple, it pretty much uses the current Hyper Transfer Markup Language 5 (HTML5) capabilities to the maximum to provide a learner-centric navigation experience both on desktops and mobile devices. […]
Happy Halloween Feud! Enjoy Halloween with this Articulate SL1 game mimicking the popular “Family Feud” game. You can play it here or download the source files to enhance it at your will. The game has a very simple structure and it’s not a fully developed one. However, if you are eLearning dangerous (like me ; […]
Anyone who knows me knows that I’m passionate about creativity and learning. I’m also fascinated about electronic music and of course, I had to try it out. So I did some research and I found Native Instruments’ Maschine products which are (for lack of a better word) machines known as “groove makers” as well as […]
So, I’ve been toying with the idea of developing an eLearning experience that records only interactions. Imagine training your staff through case scenarios that are presented in game format, no need for boring static content and making your new hires solve situations through simulations of the real world. Is currently just a beta project for […]
Hi everyone! I’m back and with a great product: Camtasia Studio 8. This is the first of a couple posts showing most of the features Camtasia has to offer. I think this product is great for companies that need to put content out to staff quickly and still manage to include multimedia and interactive elements. […]
