E-Learning Heroes - Advice and ideas from the Articulate Community

While there are some great examples around using emphasis text , white space and reality TV to design engaging e-learning, the reality is even the best-designed courses become predictable at some point. That's why I'm such a big fan of Dr. Oppelbaumer... Read More

by David Anderson Posted 45 days ago

An Articulate user asked us a great question recently. She wanted to build an Articulate Quizmaker ‘09 quiz consisting of three paths, with each path containing a different group of scenario-related questions. Rather than make all of her learners... Read More

by Jeanette Brooks Posted 76 days ago

Recently I saw an interesting question in the forums here at E-Learning Heroes. An Articulate user was looking for a way to emphasize key words, because her slides contained a lot of text to go with her narration. Now, we all know what the right answer... Read More

by Jeanette Brooks Posted 147 days ago

One of the things I love about the Articulate tools is that they’re flexible enough to do some out-of-the-box things. For example, most people think of Quizmaker '09 as just a quizzing & assessment tool. But in a recent forum discussion... Read More

by Jeanette Brooks Posted 194 days ago

As elearning designers, we don’t always have the final say on what goes into the courses we build. That level of decision-making is usually left up to our clients or stakeholders. This can result in information-heavy courses, making it more important... Read More

by David Anderson Posted 215 days ago

In a recent post , we looked at some ways Snapshots can help us design the right look and feel for our courses. Because Snapshots are polls, they also offer some valuable instructional design ideas for building elearning courses. How? For one thing, their... Read More

by David Anderson Posted 222 days ago

Are you looking for some fresh ways to present data and charts in your course? What about designing the right look and feel for custom courses? Well, USA Today's Snapshots might be just the inspiration you're looking for. "What are Snapshots... Read More

by David Anderson Posted 229 days ago

Click here to view the e-learning course. This creative course by Articulate user Heather Steckley makes great use of several Articulate Studio '09 features, including web objects, hidden slides, branching, annotations, and Engage interactions. You... Read More

by Community Team Posted 252 days ago

Matching drag-and-drop questions in Quizmaker ‘09 are an easy way to make your content more interactive. With this question type, you present a fixed list of items on the left, and draggable choices on the right. Learners drag and drop the choices... Read More

by Jeanette Brooks Posted 300 days ago

Click here to view the e-learning course. Here's a course built by Russ Sawchuk of Steppingstones Partnership, Inc . It's a clever simulation of the diagnosis process for nurses, and it won an Honorable Mention in the Articulate Guru Awards. Find... Read More

by Community Team Posted 336 days ago

One of the more frequent questions we hear goes something like this: "I've done all the right things: I did my analysis, designed appropriate learning activities, and developed my course using valid instructional design principles. Yet I'm... Read More

by David Anderson Posted 362 days ago

Click here to view the e-learning course. This course, created by Stephanie Harnett , won an Honorable Mention in the Articulate Guru Awards. It features scenario-based content complemented by nicely sync'd animations and branched learning paths.... Read More

by Community Team Posted 362 days ago

Every so often I talk with a Quizmaker user who wants to create what some folks call a “magazine-style” assessment. You know the kind — it’s the type of quiz that guides people through a series of questions and then, based on their... Read More

by Jeanette Brooks Posted 363 days ago

Click here to view the game. This unique and interactive example of game-based e-learning was built by David Becker of Becker Consulting , using Articulate Studio '09. Dave's creation won an Honorable Mention in the Articulate Guru Awards, and... Read More

by Community Team Posted 371 days ago

Big news stories mean we suddenly see lots of interactive graphics and multimedia objects popping up everywhere — informational tools that help people explore, process, and distill the details about the events. This week’s Osama bin Laden... Read More

by David Anderson Posted 378 days ago