Best Way to present Tips and Techniques

Hi, Avril,

Instead of showing the tips as bullet points, show each one on its own, e.g., in a colored shape, or on top of/aligned with an image (if there are appropriate images). Having 4 makes it easy; just divide the slide area into quadrants, and fill each area with a tip. Even though the amount of text remains the same, this makes it more interesting than just seeing bullet points.

I recommend Nancy Duarte's book "Slide:ology" for inspiration. It's also good to look at the eLearning Challenges or other online examples.

There are lots of techniques/methods to perform activities. The one you choose depends on what you want to accomplish. Again, the eLearning Challenges provide great examples.

Hi, Judy thanks for the guidance on bullet points. Much appreciated. I am checking out your references.

One super fast way to get ideas for bullet points is to try the SmartArt feature in PowerPoint. There are a few examples and a free template here: https://mike-taylor.org/2018/06/12/better-than-bullet-points-alternative-text-slide-designs/

I Avril: 

I just did a project like this "four ways to be a great project sponsor".   I did a very short explainer video in Doodly, then I made a game so they could apply to concepts.  This was for  C level learners and they loved it becuase it was short and engaging and they were very concerned with their score. Happy to share with you if you want. 

Hey Avril! This is such a great question! One method that I often use, is to represent each bullet point with a meaningful icon or graphic. Even if you still end up with a list on the screen, they won't feel like bullet points to the learner.

I actually wrote a blog post on this a few years back. You can check it out here: https://timslade.com/blog/bullet-points-in-e-learning/

I hope that helps!

Have the learners perform the activity, and provide the tips in the context of the activity, either as small text boxes that appear over the work environment where learners are performing the activity, or as part of the feedback on how they did when the activity is over.

Cheers!

    -Ray

Thanks Tim

This is helpful.

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Hi Sabine

Thanks for responding. Yes, I would love to see how you made a game out of it.

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