Summary and Resource Slides in Online Courses #29

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11 years ago

Summary and Resource Slides #29: Challenge | Recap

A few weeks ago Nicole posted some great tips along with a starter template to help course designers design better summary slides. And when community member Eric Isaksson wrote me last week to suggest summary slides as an e-learning challenge, I knew that this would make a great challenge!

Challenge of the week

This week, your challenge is to design an e-learning conclusion or summary slide.

You can focus your entry on instructions for closing the course, job aids to support the course, or even additional resources for learners to continue learning.

This week’s challenge is all about design ideas for presenting summary slides and resources. You don’t need to build out a working interaction—but I know many of you will, and that’s totally cool, too.

Tools

You can use Articulate Storyline, Articulate Studio, or PowerPoint to build your e-learning summary screen.

Resources

Four Ways to Help Learners Exit Your Articulate Storyline Course: Practical suggestions for supporting learners
Course Exit Slide Template: Free Storyline template to help you start thinking about post-course resources.
Using Lightbox Slides as Course Resources in Articulate Storyline: Creative ideas for displaying resources
Job Aids as Spoilers in E-learning Courses: Example of summary slide placed at beginning of the course
E-Learning Challenge: Gate Screens in Online Courses: You can use gate screens throughout the course as well as for summary slides. Lots of good ideas shared in this challenge.
E-Learning Challenge: Using Job Aids in E-Learning: Lots of examples of job aids in e-learning courses.
How to Avoid Building Online Training That Wastes Time: Great tips for packaging content and multimedia job aids.
How to Create a Learning Journal to Go with Your E-Learning Courses: Creative idea that helps learners to create their own notes and course takeaways.

Last week’s challenge

Before you conclude this week’s challenge, check out the summary of last week's Top 10 challenge:

Jackie Van Nice once again kicked off the week with a floral arrangement of top 10 things she tells people about Storyline. As always, Jackie shares more about her project and creative process on her blog.
Alex O’Byrne created a flat designed, flip card interaction to share his 10 great resources from the Articulate community. Great job, Alex!
Melanie Dunmore hit the bullseye with her top 10 tips to get your Storyline learning underway. Really like how this turned out, Melanie!
Allison Nederveld pulled together her top 10 Storyline hacks. We like to think of them as creative workarounds, but whatever you call them, you’ll want to check out her list and details shared in her blog post.
Dan Sweigert started an E-Learning Feud with his hilarious game show-inspired interaction. I’ve watched this one five times now and it still cracks me up. Great job with the voices, feedback, design, and overall presentation. Dan even managed to roped Jackie in to record some voices. Check out Dan’s blog post to learn more about E-Learning Feud.
Ashley Chiasson designed a fun and well-designed interaction to share her top 10 things learners need to know about Storyline. Be sure to read Ashley’s write-up over at her blog.
Charles Hamper shared his top 10 tips for getting started with animation. These are classic tips that every course designer should know. Well done, Charles!
Nick Russell shared some April 1 fun in a creative wishlist for Storyline 2.0. Nicely done, Nick!
Becky Cordeiro pulled together her 10 favorite tips and utilities for working with color in Storyline. You'll want to bookmark this list! Thanks, Becky!
Gem Henderson took things up a notch by curating her favorite JavaScript tutorials in Storyline. Check out her interactive demo and bookmark this JavaScript resource. Great list and demos, Gem!
Rachel Barnum created an engaging interaction to share her top 10 ways to engage learners using Storyline. This is a really nice demo so check it out!

More about 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. We’ll feature your work and provide feedback if you request it.

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JackieVanNice
Super Hero
11 years ago
That sounds great! Maybe you could plop a captain's hat on the logo or something. :)
DavidAnderson
Staff
11 years ago
Dan brings up a good point re: feedback.

What do you want to see in terms of feedback? Do you think constructive feedback would be appropriate?

This is clearly a supportive community, so we're safe in that respect. I think there's opportunity for constructive feedback. Should users request that type of feedback first?

Thoughts?
JackieVanNice
Super Hero
11 years ago
Hmmm. Good question. I think the contributor would have to ask for it, don't you? It's easy to come up with ideas for improvement, but I can't see springing them on someone who's just trying to participate and who might really get discouraged.

Maybe when we post we could specifically say something like "I'd love your feedback, including any ideas you have for improvement"? Specific, constructive feedback could potentially add a great deal of value to the conversation as long as it's welcome.
DanSweigert
Community Member
11 years ago
I like to send people a personal message if I see an issue/correction that needs to be made and post positive feedback in this forum.
PaulAlders
Super Hero
11 years ago
I agree with Dan - I'm in for this kind of feedback, but at the other hand there's a possibility that it can cause a lot of 'discussions'. So, maybe we can give this kind of feedback by PM when contributers specific ask for it?
NancyWoinoski
Super Hero
11 years ago
My 2 cents - I think we should share positive feedback here because other people can benefit from the suggestions and offered solutions. I don't think David will mind, after all, lots of discussion/comments are what make blogs successful.
JoshuaRoberts
Community Member
11 years ago
If a user asks for feedback then I believe they should specify in what form they would like it. Personally if I ask for feedback I'm happy for people to do it in the public domain openly on a thread - I believe other users collaborating with feedback have the potential to inspire new ideas amongst themselves and with the original user.

I've got to be honest I'd be more taken-a-back if someone sent me a PM with the faults in than I would be with a public post. But everyone is different and believe the safest method is through the initiator should specify how feedback should be given.
AshleyChiasson
Community Member
11 years ago
Ouu. Look at the discussion this feedback topic is generation :P

I don't mind constructive criticism; that's how people learn! But I agree with Nancy in that positive feedback shared within the community can benefit community members most.
MirandaVerswijv
Community Member
11 years ago
Finally, finally also got round to sharing some work on this rainy Auckland Friday! Thanks David for encouraging me to do so at iDesignX in Sydney :)

This is a recap slide I created in a course I currently work on (shift organising software for nurses).
https://googledrive.com/host/0B47ynIYFz9T0T3VJRjhxUTBIdTA/

It actually recreates a slide a used in the beginning of the mod, outlining the same steps in a more 'future tense'. As you can guess, the Asian nurse featured is the course guide all the way through.
PaulAlders
Super Hero
11 years ago
Miranda - Thanks for sharing some of your work with us. I like the idea to let the students go through the three steps first before they can close the course. Hope to see more of your work in the future challenges!