This week I’d like to highlight three different accessibility programs that digital learning folks might want to check out. They are all a bit different, in length, content, and cost. Full disclosure: I have not taken the Accessible Documents course or the Designing Accessible Learning Content Program, but I am a member of IAAP and … Read more
How to write text descriptions (alt text) in BBC News articles I saw this article via Susi Miller on LinkedIn. It provides guidance for staff writers at the BBC News on how to write alt text, or as they call it, text descriptions for digital images. The page describes the different types of images (decorative, … Read more
Picks up the mic. Is this thing on? It’s been six years since my last blog post. This place is a little dusty and I’m a little rusty. The last post is from 2018. A lot has happened since then. Here are a few notable events from my life: Of course there were many other … Read more
One of the things I touched on briefly in my workshop session at the Articulate Roadshow was the idea of using lightbox slides to reduce cognitive load in your course. Building lightbox slides for certain items can reduce cognitive load and focus the learner on the meat of the content rather than forcing them to … Read more
On a fall day in October (between two hurricanes), I was a guest presenter at the Articulate Roadshow in Durham, North Carolina. I joined Tom Kuhlmann and David Anderson for a two-day workshop on building courses in Storyline. My topic was Practical Ways to Use Lightbox Slides. Since this was more of a workshop rather … Read more
The latest ELH Challenge asked members to build a circular menu navigation. One of the inspirations for this challenge was Joshua Stoner’s excellent circular menu with animation post. When Joshua first shared his nested menu, I really liked what he built. In fact, I modified his design and built a nested timeline. For this challenge, … Read more