In my previous post, I detailed my plan to start screencasting as a way of getting better at presenting. In this post I’ll talk about some of the questions and challenges I’m dealing with. These challenges revolve around setting up my recording equipment and environment. Here is my original set-up. Blue Yeti USB mic/headphones/pop screen … Read more
I’m reading Working out Loud by John Stepper and it is enlightening to say the least. I’ve made my first pass through the book and am now returning to the exercises on how to start working out loud. I’ve done some of this in the past, but I want to be more deliberate about it … Read more
Of late, I’ve been focusing a lot on single slide design. I recently shared a video menu template and then revamped it into another video menu template. For this go-round, I decided to create a single slide template that could be used as a “get to know the company” motif for use in an onboarding … Read more
It seems that everywhere I look I’m seeing multimedia timelines. In fact, the latest Articulate Weekly E-learning Challenge involves building an interactive timeline. While I didn’t tackle the weekly challenge, I’ve been thinking about making a simple timeline template for a while. First off, here is the published Timeline Template for you to check out. … Read more
For this week’s challenge to create an e-learning template using ClipArt I used Style #1270 (see below). I found several medical examples in this theme which is how I came up with the Choosing a Medical Field idea. One thing I like about this ClipArt style is the blocks of smaller images separated by the black … Read more
The Articulate E-Learning Heroes community has been offering weekly e-learning challenges for community members to test their design skills and in then share what they produce with the community. I decided to jump in and design a sample for the challenge to “flatten up your course design skills.” The objective of the exercise was to: … Read more