How to Get the Most Out of Your Camtasia Library
When you download a template from the eLearning Brothers Camtasia Template Library, it comes to you in one of two ways. If you’re on a Mac, it comes as a project file that is easily merged with your current project (you can watch this be done in an awesome webinar we...
Webinar: Common Articulate Storyline Development Mistakes
Last week we hosted our very own Amber Rodbell in a great webinar outlining 9 great tips for Articulate Storyline users. By using these tips you'll fortify yourself from some of the more common mistakes made by developers. In the recording of the webinar below, you'll...
Summer Fun at eLearning Brothers!
This year we celebrated 8 years since the company was founded in Shawn Scivally's basement with his brother Andrew. And in keeping with our fun, relaxed, family-centered company culture, we joined together as a huge eLearning family (or rock band, whatever you prefer)...
Over 2000 New Cutout People For Your Next Amazing Training
Since the beginning of the year, we have added over 19,000 cutout images to our already massive Cutout People Library. We continue to expand categories such as business, casual, and industrial outfits, as well as add new categories and costumes for you to effectively...
3 Cool Common Craft Instructional Videos
If you ever need an introductory-level instructional video for an eLearning course, make it easy on yourself and take a look in our Common Craft Instructional video library. At the time of publishing this post, we currently have 82 instructional videos in that playful...
Creating Captivate Courses from Multiple Merged Microlearning Modules
E Pluribus Unum, the motto of the United States. We look at it practically every day as it is emblazoned across our currency, but do we actually know what it means? The literal translation of it is “Out of many, one”; or in other words, unifying many smaller parts...
Responsive Design Tips for eLearning Courses
Nowadays the world seems to be all a-clamor over the idea of “responsive design” for eLearning. Yet, there still is a lot of confusion over what it is and how to implement it. Recently, I was privileged to lead a couple of sessions on that very topic at the eLearning...
The Twill Theme Will Make Your Camtasia Content Shine
Sometimes you just need a solid and crisp looking template to lock down your eLearning Video. We have quite a few of those in our Camtasia Template Library, including some like the Clouds theme, and the Stone theme. Another one that we’ve had for quite some time now...
Webinar: eLearning Brothers Soft Skills Training Road Trip
Last week we had our very own Chris Willis join us for a webinar where she led us on a journey through our Soft Skills courses - part of our Customizable Courseware. This is a new addition to our ever-growing eLearning library that is sure to knock your socks off! In...
FocusOn Learning DemoFest Award and Webinar
FocusOn Learning was a total blast for us this year. Between seeing everyone at the booth, the great sessions from Adam Cannon and Rich Vass, and the "cash cab" shuttle we were able to drive around town, we had no shortage of fun with our time in San Diego. We hope...
6 Tips for Creating An Effective PowerPoint Presentation
The saying that all PowerPoint developers should keep in mind is, “Just because you can, doesn’t mean you should.” Almost all software development tools give you amazing features that allow you to create awesome content. But a presentation full of awesome features,...
Put a Cork in It! 3 Cork Board Templates for Captivate
Whether it's in the hallway of a university, hanging in a local coffee shop, or just on the wall of your family's kitchen, cork boards are a tried-and-true method of displaying information in a conspicuous and accessible place. They're public enough that everyone who...
How to Teach Conflict Resolution Skills with Customizable Courseware
Conflict is a natural part of life. We're all human, and we all have our own style of doing things, so there's bound to be some friction when we interact. Accepting that conflict is going to happen to a certain extent allows us to get practical and focus on what...
A ‘Responsive’ Articulate Storyline Solution
The age old Storyline dilemma: Build for desktop or build for mobile. In this post I will show you how to build for both and combine them into one seamless ‘responsive’ course. You've been tasked with developing a responsive project using Articulate Storyline. You...
The 4 Cs to Designing Meaningful Scenarios, Part 1: Choices
At its core, a common scenario isn’t that difficult to craft: tell a story, ask the learner what they want to do about it, and let them know how they did. To craft a meaningful scenario, however, there are four areas—four ‘Cs’ to be specific—that you need to...
eLB Lands on 2017 Content Development Companies Watch List
eLB is proud to announce that for the second time in as many years, we have been named one of TrainingIndustry.com's yearly Content Development Companies Watch List in recognition of the strides we've made this past year based on: Industry visibility, innovation and...
Webinar: How to Hack Storyline’s HTML5 Output
Last week we had our very own James Kingsley join us in a webinar about Storyline and HTML5. Part of the discussion included an overview of some JavaScript principles and an overview of some of the best practices for utilizing these tools in relation to Storyline. Due...
6 Underutilized PowerPoint Features
Because PowerPoint has been around for such a long time (almost 28 years), Microsoft has been able to create features and integrate options that allow presenters and now some eLearning professionals to create content effectively. Whether it be a UI update or a...
What to Do With the Longest Days of the Year? Download Lectora Templates, Of Course!
Yesterday was the Summer Solstice, the astronomical event when the tilt of Earth's axis is most directly pointed towards the sun. In layman's terms, that means if you live in the Northern Hemisphere, yesterday was the day with the most daylight hours of the...
Putting the Emphasis on Articulate Storyline Animations
We all love Articulate Storyline, but one of the few features missing is the ability to create “emphasis” animations. Storyline provides tons of options for Entrance and Exit animations. But what if you need to draw the learner’s attention to an object in between...
Customizing Camtasia Templates to Meet Your Needs
When you download an eLearning Brothers Camtasia template you’ll not only get a template that is ready for use in Camtasia, but you’ll get all of the source files so that you can make it work for you. In a recent webinar, our Senior Graphic Designer Nic Brown showed...
Time is Money: Use a Soft Skills Course to Teach Time Management
It's often said that "time is money" and that's true in few different ways. For one, it can mean that time wasted is that much less money you can earn. But another way time and money intertwine is that they both require budgeting. In order to get the most out of...
Webinar: Get Started in Lectora Templates with eLearning Brothers
In this recording of our recent webinar Jennifer Valley of Trivantis walks through how to get your project looking great using eLearning Brother's Lectora templates. Some of the things she demonstrates include: How to access, download, and use eLearning Brothers...
JavaScript Tricks for Articulate Storyline 3/360
For years I have been playing with JavaScript hacks solutions for Storyline. The biggest drawback to most of them was that they wouldn’t work with the Flash version of the course. But now, one of the cool things about Articulate Storyline 3 and 360 is the option to...
Making the Most of Adobe Captivate 2017’s WHILE Loop
Adobe Captivate 2017 is packed with a ton of new features. One that you may have missed is the new WHILE condition in Advanced Actions. Even if you did notice it, you may be wondering: What is the point? Why would I use that? Or, how would I use that? Well how about...
Webinar Recap: Captivate 2017 Fluid Boxes—Advanced Tips and Tricks
Last Thursday, it was our pleasure to host a webinar featuring Dr Pooja Jaisingh, a renowned eLearning and Captivate expert and the founder of LearninGeeks. She joined us to discuss some advanced tips and tricks for Fluid Boxes, part of the newly released Captivate...
New Cutout People For Your PowerPoint Presentations
If you have been following along with our blog, you will have noticed that we have been updating our Cutout People Library each month. And for all those who haven’t been following along, we have added over 12,800 cutout people this year alone! Our Cutout People...
Preparing A PowerPoint Animation Strategy
In a world full of amazing technology and a land of unlimited possibilities, it is often difficult to know what to do, when to do it, and if you made the right decision. As a PowerPoint developer, I have asked myself these questions many times regarding animations in...
Going Out on a Limb with Branching Scenarios
In real life, the correct answer is often not as simple as a yes or no. More often, it's the series of small decisions we make each day that add up and play off of each other to make the big things happen. For instance, think about the way you behave when you want to...
Supplement Your Camtasia Screencast with Scenarios
Building an eLearning course in Camtasia requires a few knowledge basics, including the use of hotspots, a mastery of the timeline, and judicial implementation of the quizzing feature. If you combine these three you can build a strong and independent video learning...
Webinar: How to Best Use Stock Photos, Videos and Audio in Your eLearning
Last week we hosted our friends Omniplex in a webinar featuring some of the stock assets available in our Stock Assets library. Stock assets are pictures, video, and audio that has been created for your use in any sort of project. Another great thing about stock...
Customizable Courseware for Creating Compassionate Customer Service Courses
Every business has a mission, a purpose that it hopes to serve, or some kind of need it wishes to fulfill. For most businesses, one could argue that their mission is to serve those that patronize their products and services. If that is the case, such businesses ought...
Capture Adobe Captivate Data in Real Time
Don’t have an LMS? Need more detailed reports than an LMS could provide? Want to track your course data in both an LMS and an external reporting service? Perhaps you find the xAPI too complex to implement? And/or maybe you need more data than the xAPI can provide? The...
eLearning Brothers Revamps the Free eLearning Library
We all love free stuff, especially when it can be put to good use! eLearning Brothers has always given and will continue to give out free assets that are beneficial to eLearning developers and presenters alike. Over the past few days, we at eLearning Brothers have...
Articulate 360 or Storyline 3 – How to Decide?
A month or so ago, Articulate quietly released a new version of their beloved Storyline Product—Storyline 3. This came about just a few months after the much-heralded release of Articulate 360, which includes Storyline 360. Given the functional similarities between...
Foster Effective Communication Skills through Customizable Courseware
Effective communication skills are paramount in any kind of business. You communicate with your boss, your employees, colleagues, and clients. This being the case, an important part of the on-boarding process is fostering an environment of open communication in your...
6 Tips For Correcting Video Errors With the Camtasia Timeline
You are probably perfect when it comes to your video production, so you don’t have to make many edits in post production. I, on the other hand, make frequent mistakes when shooting on camera, or when recording a screencast, so I’ve put together a few tips on how to...
Maximize Your Professional Development with Industry Memberships
A few weeks ago eLearning Brothers released the all new Professional Development Package. There are so many amazing features to this package, including either a Plus Membership to The eLearning Guild or a Professional Plus Membership to the Association for Talent and...
Best Practices for Effective Soft Skills Training
Boring soft skills training doesn’t just put employees to sleep. It lowers employee perception of your organization – your internal brand. That’s why the most effective soft skills training typically doesn’t just fly off someone else’s shelf. Savvy organizations take...
In the Business of People: 10 New Storyline Cutout Characters
For business training purposes, professionally dressed characters can go a long way to set a mood and an ambience for your courses. It also pays to know your demographics. If your company tends to attract a certain type of person, or there are other types of people...
Webinar: Infuse Awesomeness Into Your Soft Skills Training With Customizable Courseware
Earlier this week we announced our newest product: Customizable Courseware. Along with our press release, we also held an informational webinar outlining what a great asset this new product is! In the webinar you'll hear Chris Willis, our Senior Product Manager,...
Dem Bones: 6 New Medical Cutout Packages
No bones about it, you need bones to live. Their rigidity supports the overall structure of the body, protect vital organs, store important nutrients, and even manufacture red blood cells in their marrow. Today we're featuring a new collection of medical stock images...
Spring has Sprung: 4 Flourishing Lectora Templates
With spring in full swing, we look outdoors to the welcome renewal of nature. In the springtime bounty we see a beautiful array of colors that refresh the mind and delight the winter-dulled senses. To celebrate the beauty of spring, have a look at our collection of...
Andrew Townsend Responds to #AskMeMonday Discussing Video Framing
Watching videos can bring out emotions in us. This can be because of what is said, what the characters are doing, what is being learned, and many other reasons. What I am going to talk about today, is what emotions can be pulled from framing. Mostly anger. Bad framing...
eLearning Brothers Launches a First in the Training Market – Customizable Courseware
Salt Lake City Utah - eLearning Brothers announced today a first in the training industry - Customizable Courseware. Customizable Courseware is a fully designed and developed training package that includes the eLearning source files, classroom materials and PowerPoint...
Interactive Soft Skills Training with New Customizable Courseware
eLearning Brothers has fostered a reputation for creating and helping to create some of the best eLearning in the world. We’ve done this by creating amazing templates for you to kickstart your projects and custom solutions for some of the biggest companies in the...
Mother Knows Best: 3 eLearning Lessons Your Mother Taught You
May is a magical time of year for many of us, when our minds turn to the women who raised us. On Mother's Day, we honor the sacrifices of our mothers, as well as the nurturing and discipline they exercised to help us grow into decent people. Not surprisingly, our...
New Post-Millennial Cutouts For Your Next eLearning Soft Skills Course
In just under 7 months, eLearning Brothers has added an average of 5,800 cutout people images a month to the library for a total of over 40,000 high quality images! Included in these images are dozens of new models, hundreds of new poses, and many more costumes for...
6 Ways to Accelerate the Learning Process
Learning is a process, and like any process, it sometimes takes a significant time investment to complete. But time is a precious resource, and should be spent wisely. One benefit to shortening the amount of time you spend learning a certain concept is that it...
Taylor Ehlert Talks PowerPoint Zoom for #AskMeMonday
With every new update and feature that comes to PowerPoint, there is always a slew of questions following close behind. And that has been no different with the new PowerPoint Zoom feature. One of the most asked questions accompanying this feature is, “How do I use...