Best Practices for Creating Online Courses

Mar 21, 2012 1 Comment by

There are many things to think about when creating eLearning. There’s no way that I can mention all of them in this post but I’d like to mention a few that come to the top of my mind. Course Outline / Storyboarding Know the audience Find good SMEs Always create an outline of the course [...]

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The Secret Sauce to Rapid eLearning Development

Feb 04, 2011 2 Comments by

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 [...]

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eLearning Template Bundle for Articulate Presenter

Aug 05, 2010 No Comments by

8 Flash games, 1 PowerPoint eLearning course style theme , 1 Flash Interactions Pack included in this bundle AND 1 Articulate Presenter Course Skin! These are PowerPoint and Flash based templates that are super easy to update. Each template is fully customizable in Flash and PowerPoint (we give you the source files). Easily integrate into [...]

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New Interactive Flash Templates for eLearning!

Jul 07, 2010 2 Comments

(Updated 3/2011: We have launched our next generation of Flash interactions and quizzes. Our template set now includes 40+ themes, 20+ button styles, and tons of layouts.) We’d like to announce our latest interactive Flash template set: iStyle. Have you ever wanted to have a library of pre-made Flash interactions and activities? Templates that look [...]

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eLearning Activities and Interactions

Jun 03, 2010 2 Comments

Everyone is always looking for ways to make their eLearning more interactive. There are many ways to do this. Here are just a few: 1. Interactions There are many times when you have various concepts or “chunks” of information on a page. You could break it into multiple pages or divide it into sections. For [...]

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Using Wireframes to Design eLearning

Jan 06, 2010 No Comments

Here’s another article that I ran across. I think that this is a good idea to do some wireframe sketches of various course elements before adding fonts, colors, and other visual elements. This might help during early review periods to focus on the content instead of the look/feel. It could also help the graphic designers [...]

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10 Design Standards to Create Better eLearning!

Nov 23, 2009 5 Comments

If you’re thinking about creating eLearning courses you’ve probably started to think about standards. eLearning content needs to follow standards just like classroom manuals and material. When content is standardized it makes it easier for the learner to understand and quickly process the content. They stop noticing inconsistencies and focus on what you’d really like [...]

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eLearning Template Site is Momma Approved!

Jun 16, 2009 No Comments

I know that that entire eLearning World has been waiting on the edge of their chairs for this announcement… Brother Shawn has officially launched the eLearningTemplates.com site! After many rolls of internal red tape and endless hoops to jump through, it has also been certified “Momma Approved“. The site offers games: PowerPoint Course Style Kits [...]

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The $10,000 Pyramid Challenge Template

Feb 20, 2009 No Comments

                        This new rapid elearning flash template features ten easy to update questions. Best used to test participants knowledge of particular topics or definitions. Like all our templates, this is super easy to update in Flash. This template is for sell on eLearningTemplates.com. (A [...]

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Jeopardy Challenge Flash Template

Feb 20, 2009 1 Comment

                        We have recently developed some very sweet new rapid elearning flash templates. They are super easy to update in Flash. Basically open the file in Flash, open the library, and then edit text in a handful of movie clips…very easy. This is the [...]

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