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DavidAnderson
10 years agoStaff
It's a little like e-learning improv.
One of the things we frequently do at conferences is build working demos for people who ask how something could be achieved in Studio or Storyline. This is more true for Storyline but we still receive similar questions for Studio.
I like to think of it as elearning improv because folks are throwing all these instructions and conditions at us and we respond by adjusting our prototypes.
Typical booth scenario: "How would you build a 3-question scenario where each choice is given a different score. After three questions, I want to show specific feedback based on the learners score."
There's no time to make things look good--you have to move quickly to keep up. That's where simple shapes and specific colors help. Red, yellow, green are helpful colors to indicate choice or feedback quality. You can track the slides from story view based on their colors.
So this week it's not about responding to client questions as much as it is responding to classroom-based material.
I think Tracy's example is a great example of what functional prototypes are about. I also appreciate how she leveraged an existing template to pull her outline together.
One of the things we frequently do at conferences is build working demos for people who ask how something could be achieved in Studio or Storyline. This is more true for Storyline but we still receive similar questions for Studio.
I like to think of it as elearning improv because folks are throwing all these instructions and conditions at us and we respond by adjusting our prototypes.
Typical booth scenario: "How would you build a 3-question scenario where each choice is given a different score. After three questions, I want to show specific feedback based on the learners score."
There's no time to make things look good--you have to move quickly to keep up. That's where simple shapes and specific colors help. Red, yellow, green are helpful colors to indicate choice or feedback quality. You can track the slides from story view based on their colors.
So this week it's not about responding to client questions as much as it is responding to classroom-based material.
I think Tracy's example is a great example of what functional prototypes are about. I also appreciate how she leveraged an existing template to pull her outline together.
- JaneMaduke10 years agoCommunity MemberSo maybe that should be the scenario: You're at a conference. Someone asks how you might build XYZ in Studio or Storyline. To me that's quite different from a client with a 192-slide powerpoint.
Putting myself into the shoes of a new-to-eLearning client, I want to know that the designer a) grasps the material and its seriousness, b) can cram all that info into a reasonable (not-deathly boring) module, c) can test participants' knowledge, d) can design something attractive.
I'm afraid I've focused far too much on "d" (which is the fun stuff). I'm just testing and will likely post my contribution soon.