Pre-developed Templates! That’s the secret sauce! We have been making and using eLearning templates for years. If you need to quickly develop eLearning courses, using templates is the way to go. I developed this entire course in about an hour! In my example below I used Articulate, a rapid eLearning software that leaverages PowerPoint. I [...]
Are you ready to become an Articulate Ninja? We just launched Articulate Training videos! We are excited to announce our new Articulate Training Videos! Now you can sit at your desk and follow along as we show you how to use this software. Use the videos when you need them and use them for a [...]
Are your courses stinky? Do you have boring PowerPoints? Try some “eLearning Deodorant” to stop the stink! It doesn’t need to take a lot of time and money to create better courses. It just takes a bit of inspiration…not perspiration. Here are some quick and easy tips to make your content pages more interesting. You [...]
Recently I came across Dave Moxon’s post “10 Things To Know If You Don’t Speak English“. He has some great tips that I thought you might enjoy. Here are links to Articulate articles that help you develop using non-western fonts: Non-Western Fonts Localization Guidelines TrueType Fonts Font Styles Want to create awesome games and interactions [...]
Are you an Articulate user? Are you looking for a way to easily create games and interactions to make your courses more engaging? You’re in luck…I’d like to introduce Interaction Builder. This tool is browser-based and has tons of different template interactions and games to choose from. You don’t need to know flash or programming! [...]
Awhile back I had some videos that were loading slowly in Articulate. So after a bit of research I found a post on how to preload media files in Articulate. Basically you create a .swf flash file with a list of files that you want to preload. You then insert the .swf in the logo [...]
As I’ve been creating custom Articulate skins I’ve come across some tips and insights that I thought I’d share. (This isn’t a tutorial on how to create a skin from scratch. Just a few pieces of knowledge.) ——–Warning: This post is for Articulate Development Geeks————- Package xml file: – The <content title> tag seems to [...]
We are excited to offer this free Articulate Player Skin! (IMPORTANT: When you download the .zip file you need to change the extension to .artpkg. That will make Articulate recognize it as an Articulate skin file.) We hope you enjoy it! All we ask in return is that you spread the word. Share the link [...]
James over at eLearningEnhanced.com built a cool Articulate Presenter widget that I thought readers might like. Printable User Slide Notes This widget allows your course user to type notes on any slide within the Articulate course. They can then save the notes, view them, and print if desired. The “notes” tab appears on the left [...]
Do you have a Flash file that you’ve inserted into Articulate Presenter and it is doing “weird” things? Does it skip the first frame? Does it just keep playing and seem to ignore the stop actions? We have many Articulate users that use our Flash Games and Interactions to build courses. I often get questions [...]
(Updated 3/2011: We have launched our next generation of PowerPoint templates and eLearning Flash interactions. Our PowerPoint template set now includes 40+ themes, 80+ backgrounds, and tons of layouts.) Just a quick announcement that we just launched a new eLearning Style: Carbon Fiber. View the Flash eLearning Interactions View the PowerPoint Course Template Now you have [...]
Just want to send out an update that the Articulate Skins now have new capabilities. We’ve updated the skins to support Articulate’s branching and slide locking capabilities. Both of these functions are tied into the Slide Properties panel under the Articulate tab. Bonus update: The skins have also been tweaked to work with the latest [...]
Every once in awhile I get asked, “How do I use Articulate with Moodle?”. Well…now there’s a great answer online. MoodleTuts.com – A bunch of short video tutorials to help you with various Articulate and Moodle questions. Thanks to Dave Mozealous for starting this and also to Joe Deegan for contributing. Here are some additional [...]
