I work in an injection plastics manufacturing facility that is making big changes, fast. The training department I work with has been told by upper management that they want to put two week deadlines on the courses we are making.
Are there any course designers out there that are working under these same time restraints? If so, what are your tips and tricks for busting out courses so quickly?
Or is upper management just being unrealistic? If so, what sort of statistics can I present them that will make them realize that they are being so?
You may also want to post this query in the Building Better Courses side of the forum as that deals more with design, how tos, and course requirements where as the product forums are mostly users looking for info on technical or support related issues.
the courses are (advanced branching, animations, videos)
the process of designing in your company is (writing the script, creating all the graphics, building by a developer, quality check, signing off for the users)
What could definitely help in the development part to meet the deadline are the templates (e.g. for quiz questions, question banks, content+graphic, content + hotspots, welcome/summary screen) and fully functional layout (home/exit/next/previous buttons, page numbering etc.) which I assume will be repeatable in your courses.
Also a quick access to the graphics assets (photos/illustrations) grouped by a theme (business/sport/manufacturing/home etc.) will make your work more effective.
Organizing it in a smart way can make releasing one course per two weeks realistic :)
No problem Lorrielle, and just an FYI that replying via email includes your signature here but it doesn't seem that yours includes any potentially confidential information. If you'd like to edit the post and remove it you're welcome to - but no need on our account.
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Hi Lorrielle,
You may also want to post this query in the Building Better Courses side of the forum as that deals more with design, how tos, and course requirements where as the product forums are mostly users looking for info on technical or support related issues.
hi Laurie
it depends how complex:
What could definitely help in the development part to meet the deadline are the templates (e.g. for quiz questions, question banks, content+graphic, content + hotspots, welcome/summary screen) and fully functional layout (home/exit/next/previous buttons, page numbering etc.) which I assume will be repeatable in your courses.
Also a quick access to the graphics assets (photos/illustrations) grouped by a theme (business/sport/manufacturing/home etc.) will make your work more effective.
Organizing it in a smart way can make releasing one course per two weeks realistic :)
Thank you!
No problem Lorrielle, and just an FYI that replying via email includes your signature here but it doesn't seem that yours includes any potentially confidential information. If you'd like to edit the post and remove it you're welcome to - but no need on our account.
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