With the holiday season upon us, I thought it would be interesting to use an advent calendar as a learning experience. Most advent calendars focus on 24 days. Imagine using that concept to create 24 days of learning experiences for your audience! To spark your imagination, I’ve built a short interaction with just 6 days …
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Creating engaging, bite-sized lessons is a common ask of many clients. One way to do that quickly and effectively is by leveraging the microlearning theming inside of Articulate Rise. By streamlining the development approach, we can rapidly create a learning experience that captures learner interest, immerses them in the content and leaves them with a …
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Over the past few years, I’ve been working more on my creative and visual design skills. Knowing how to put together a good course from a content perspective is one thing, but knowing how to illustrate it and what little touches can be added that will immerse the learner into the material and evoke emotion …
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Want to turn up your simulation or demo design a notch or two, try custom callouts! By default, most authoring tools will automatically add callouts to your project when you build it. This can appear to save you time, but it’s inevitable that you’ll need to edit and customize them to make them appear professional. …
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Branching scenarios are a great way to engage learners in online content. Learners are presented with a scenario and then they can select responses that lead to specific outcomes. Good scenarios are based on real-world situations your learners will encounter. The choices presented to them should reflect real choices employees or customers have made in …
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In this video tutorial, you’ll explore a few tips and tricks for using Effects in Adobe Captivate to create motion on screen. Incorporating animation – especially when it’s meaningful to the story or illustrates a point – can increase your learner’s understanding and retention of the material.