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 started off with a PowerPoint Course style template that I then customized to match my branding. I used a People Cutout series to give the course a friendly presenter that walks the learner through the training. Inserting some Flash interactions and a game helped make the course more engaging. The interactions and game were made at eLearning Interaction Builder. Finally, the course was published with a custom Articulate skin (player).

Here is a list of the prices and products used to develop this course:

• Articulate Presenter software
• $149 PowerPoint Course Style
• $40/month eLearning Interactions Builder subscription
• $150 People Cutout series
• $450 Articulate player skin

This client had many of the course components ready to go. They provided audio files for each slide, an organized PowerPoint presentation, printable resources, and a transcript. Our task was to make it “come to life”.

We designed a custom PowerPoint style for each course and then built the course in Articulate. We also added flash interactions and quizzes.

When a client provides a storyboard, audio files, and written transcript this allows us to build the course much faster and keeps the cost down.

EMPSF needed a quick way to turn their PowerPoint-based continuing education course into an eLearning course. We were able to quickly give the course a visual make-over, add interactivity, help with the instructional design, add audio, and build a final quiz. It was also very important that we matched their new website and company look and feel. We used the Gizmo custom Articulate skin.

The company did a total redo of their intranet site and wanted to introduce it to their employees. It’s designed to give a short general overview and then let them choose parts to explore.

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These are examples of Articulate Skins that we’ve created. The skins have various layouts for courses with and without audio. There are also “stream-lined” versions that have less button options.

Visit our site for Articulate Skins. (eLearningSkins.com)

We also do custom Articulate Skins.

This quick course is a guided tour (also a marketing piece) that shows how to order supplies from the customer’s portal. It begins with a brief company introduction and then tours the product portal.

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