Dry Subject Matter ------> Engaging Tutorials

Feb 08, 2022

Hello New Friends, I am a new Instructional Designer.

I have been tasked with creating a series of short engaging tutorials for students (in groupings, Grades 3rd-4th, 7th-8th and 9th-12th) and the subject matter is rather dry. Could anyone suggest some designers who are doing this in an engaging way for kids? 

 

Also, I need to use some screen shots from the platform environment that the kids will be working in and hope to zip it up with some fun additions. After the tutorial they will move into the platform and give what they learned a try.

2 Replies
Amanda Nielsen

Hi ML,

I'm excited to hear you're beginning your Instructional Design career!

The E-Learning Heroes community has some great examples of courses for kids. You can see what other community members created for K12 Education Examples and Examples of E-Learning Games for Kids. To browse even more examples, hop on over to the E-Learning Examples hub. 

You can take lots of different creative approaches to liven up screenshots in your course. For example, you can use the labeled graphic block in Rise 360. And Storyline 360 allows you to record your screen and create software simulations, so that might be a great way to enable your learners to practice using the platform you're training them on! 

I hope that helps! 

Thaddeus Ashcliffe

Try to make it as interactive as possible.

  • Use custom feedback layers for this so you can give more nuanced feedback. 
    • Use conditional triggers that can exploit both variables and triggers to get the specificity needed for this.

    • Feedback should never slow the student down.  Avoid the default click button to proceed.  This slow disruption feels like you got something wrong even when you didn't.

 

Do anything you can to make it faster. 

  • No filler.  If it's not useful content or not fun get rid of it.
  • Only cover what you need to.  I've had to remote content that I'd like to have covered but wasn't necessary.
  • Have more natural seamless transitions.  Every time the user has to click next it adds time and hassle to their experience.  

 

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