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E-Learning Makeovers: Designing A Unified Template #65

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10 years ago

E-Learning Template Makeover #65: Challenge | Recap

Happy first-challenge-of-the-year, E-Learning Heroes!

Remember last year’s template makeover challenge? It was a fun one. The challenge was simple: Begin with a generic template and transform it into a real project.

Your examples were some of the most amazing and creative we’ve seen (check out this recap post). It was really cool to see everyone begin with the same starter template and then build something uniquely their own. Since that time, folks have asked when we’re doing another template makeover. Well, here ya go—with a twist.

Challenge of the Week

This week your challenge is to find three different templates and combine them into a single template with a unified design. You don’t need to use real content in your final template design—the current placeholder content will work fine.

This challenge is more about unifying design styles from multiple sources.

You can work from the free templates in our downloads section or use any other templates you have.

Tools

You can use Articulate Storyline, Articulate Studio, Microsoft PowerPoint or another tool to create your final template template.

Resources

Here are some articles that will help you think through your template design. If you get stuck on ideas, just ask in the comments below and we’ll share some more ideas.

Share Your E-Learning Work

  • Comments: Use the comments section below to share a link to your published example and blog post.
  • Forums: Start  your own thread and share a link to your published example..
  • Personal blog:  If you have a blog, please consider writing about your challenges. We’ll link back to your posts so the great work you’re sharing gets even more exposure.
  • Twitter: If you share your demos on Twitter, try using #ELHChallenge so your tweeps can track your e-learning coolness.
  • Facebook: Share your work on our Facebook page by replying to this Facebook post with a link to your example.

Last Year's E-Learning Challenge

Before you jump into this week’s template makeover, take a look at the interactive charts and graphics your fellow community shared in last year’s challenge:

E-Learning Challenge #64: Challenge | Recap

Wishing you a triple-awesome week, E-Learning Heroes!

New To The E-Learning Challenges?

The weekly challenges are ongoing opportunities to learn, share, and build your e-learning portfolios. You can jump into any or all of the previous challenges anytime you want. I’ll update the recap posts to include your demos.

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  • I doubt I could come up with anything that ingenious in return, but if I can be of any help - let me know!
  • Hey gang. Just curious what you felt about this week's challenge. I'm guessing the concept was easy but there were some challenges pulling things together.

    1. How did you handle the colors? Knowing some templates used custom colors while others worked from color themes, I'm curious how you resolved the colors into a single project.
    2. Did you consolidate your slide masters and layout slides? How'd you work around the multiple layouts after importing?
    3. Did anyone use the templates as a reference to build everything from scratch? Curious if anyone took that approach.

    Thanks again for sharing. I'm always amazed (and humbled) by what you can come up with in a few days.
    • CathEllis1's avatar
      CathEllis1
      Community Member
      Hi David, yes I built mine from scratch using elements from other templates. I found it much easier that way.
    • LindaLorenzetti's avatar
      LindaLorenzetti
      Super Hero
      I started with a condensed version of your Around the World template , then I changed the menu (in the slide master) to match Tom's hidden side panel menu and then changed the colour scheme and added a blurred image to match your healthy choices template.
    • DanielBrigham's avatar
      DanielBrigham
      Community Member
      Hi, David: Had I more time, I would've created Master Slides, but I just did mine from scratch.
      I first started with my background, since that I knew would have the biggest impact on my colors. Then I selected a Storyline color theme that sort of went with my background. Then I worked in the next biggest design element, the circles. Then figured out where I was going to place the images and text placeholders. For me, "cementing" the images on the slide (getting them to look like they belonged) was the most difficult part. So often images look like they are placed haphazardly on a slide. It's a difficult part of the design process, I think. Daniel Brigham | 720.884.6837 | www.danielbrigham.com