Chunking Content with Scrolling Panels #415

Scrolling Panels in E-Learning #415: Challenge | Recap

When working with lengthy text blocks in your course design, you can do a few things to ensure the composition is manageable and easy to read:

1. Break up the text into smaller paragraphs. 
2. Use typographic hierarchy to ensure the most important information stands out.
3. Use whitespace to create visual interest and balance. 

But there may be times when you still may need a little extra help. That's where scrolling panels can help.

Scrolling panels are a great option when you're looking for ways to present large images, lengthy text blocks, or other graphics that don't fit well on a slide.

For example, you can divide a long list or set of instructions into manageable chunks by placing each piece of content in its own text box within the scrolling panel. And managing large blocks of content is what this week's challenge is all about.

Challenge of the Week

This week, your challenge is to share an example to show how scrolling panels can be used to present content that doesn't fit well on the slide.

Resources

• User Guide: Working with Scrolling Panels
• Scrolling Panels in E-Learning #169: Challenge | Recap

Share Your E-Learning Work

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Last Week’s Challenge:

Before you slide into this week’s challenge, check out the creative ways designers use interactive video in e-learning:

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Learn more about the challenges in this Q&A post and why and how to participate in this helpful article. 

Next Week’s Challenge

• Next week's challenge #415 (May 05, 2023): Using AI in E-Learning #415. This includes AI images, characters, graphics, chat, content, and more.

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