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Rise 360: How To Paint Tabletop Miniatures
In this fun course, you can see labeled graphic blocks in action. You'll also see how Rise 360 can be used to break down complex, multi-step procedures into easily processed chunks via flashcard, tabs, and accordion blocks.
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- Haha that was brilliant and perfect timing, I am doing some DIY at home and some of those tips were great! Lucky I don't have a roomie, but the hubbies toothbrush might not be safe! :)
- Quick Question, how did you animate the numbered list in No, Really Priming? It looks really slick, actually all the mini transitions look great
- That's the new block animations! You can turn them on from the bottom of your theme settings.
- Hmmm I’ll go and take another look in my settings. Thank you!
- Hi, Anthony! That was fantastic! Would you be kind enough to share the example please? Thanks!
- Good job!
- Like the course and especially relevant to my hobby and work;)
- Fantastic. Very informative and engaging. Love the witty commentary.
- Great Job! In the 'One More Thing' lesson... How did you get the red background? thanks!
- Thanks, Scott! You can find background options for individual blocks by mousing over the block in Edit mode and clicking the Edit button that appears. You'll find the Background Color option on the Settings tab in the sidebar.
- I have seen that option often and never clicked on it! thanks!
- Very nice! Not only well presented, but I love the tone, too.
- I can really see how this would be useful in all sorts of step-by-step applications. Thanks for the inspiration!
- Hi Anthony,
Sometimes it feels like there are only 3 approaches to Educational Design:
1. Cottage Industry - Which Rise and Content Library is doing a good job of getting rid of
2. Cookie Cutter Corporate - Which Rise and Content Library encourage a bit too much, and the world ends up with far too many 'think with your click finger, not your mind' types of content.
3. Totally bespoke and unachievable customisation (JavaScript, etc.). Which are normally awesome, but unreachable for the average bear.
However, I think this piece is a great example of the 4th and under-exposed version. i.e. Quality Educational Design, using simple tools, and good practice. It feels like you have good consistency (tone, block-choice etc.), balance (serious, deeper/lighter info), and pace (self-paced skip-through and controlled).
It also feels like your choices of 'blocks' match the learning intention rather than just 'interaction for the sake of interaction'. A simple example is your choice of the accordion block for 'FAQs', which allows the user to skip through if they don't have a burning question, or if they know it already.
It's all a little hard to explain in a blog post ... but bottom line is, 'well done'. Love your work.
And, as a side note, I've never been interested in the subject matter ... but your delivery and style made it very interesting and created a lot of curiosity for me. Again, nice work!- Thank you so much, Tim! Your analysis made my day!
(And if that curiosity gets the best of you, check your local comic book store/game shop - chances are they'll have a beginners miniature painting workshop where you can try it out!)
