Since 2015 I work as a trainer of a company that sells machines all over the world. It's customers are trained through classroom sessions with the help of interpreters.
I would like to integrate e-learning but due to costs, it's not possible to translate e-learning courses to all those different languages.
So I wonder if anyone in this community has any ideas or maybe examples of courses without text /audio.
Hi, Marnix -- Thanks so much for your question! I am sure lots of members in the community will chime in here with some creative ideas you can try, but I also wanted to let you know you are welcome to post this question over in our design-related forum! :)
This makes me think of the instructions from IKEA products. I'm not sure what your learning content is, but it would be very important to clearly understand and be able to articulate how each steps happens, and then use associated graphics to present the information.
Have you tried getting quotes from translation services? If you have a lot of content, you could try translating most of it yourself using an online tool, and then just have the service proof it for you. That might turn out to be cheaper, but I'm not sure.
Hi, Marnix -- To follow up on Mike B.'s suggestion of getting quotes from translation services, I wanted to share the following threads that may be of some interest to you on the topic:
The learning content is technical. It's about the interface (application) of the machine, setting up production, cleaning procedures and safety regulations.
Translation is not really an option because of regular updates in the software and changes in the workings of the machine. Translation would need to be to many different languages (english, german, french, italian, spanisch, russian, polisch, arabic, ...)
I've been very busy at my employer (doing lots of classroom training and learning about the machines) and only recently we have been talking about publishing the procedures as videos on (for instance) YouTube.
When we were to record screens in the machine software or a video at the machine physically, we would like to be able to add text and/or symbols afterwards. Magnifying certain areas of the screen is also something we think about.
Now, we don't have a tool for this and I would like to know if you might have any experience with this with Articulate 360 and if there are any examples available to watch.
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Hi, Marnix -- Thanks so much for your question! I am sure lots of members in the community will chime in here with some creative ideas you can try, but I also wanted to let you know you are welcome to post this question over in our design-related forum! :)
This makes me think of the instructions from IKEA products. I'm not sure what your learning content is, but it would be very important to clearly understand and be able to articulate how each steps happens, and then use associated graphics to present the information.
Have you tried getting quotes from translation services? If you have a lot of content, you could try translating most of it yourself using an online tool, and then just have the service proof it for you. That might turn out to be cheaper, but I'm not sure.
Hi, Marnix -- To follow up on Mike B.'s suggestion of getting quotes from translation services, I wanted to share the following threads that may be of some interest to you on the topic:
Translation and Voiceover Costs
What Translation Solutions Do You Use for Training Projects?
Hope that helps! :)
Thank you Christie. I've changed the location of my post to 'Building better courses'.
The learning content is technical. It's about the interface (application) of the machine, setting up production, cleaning procedures and safety regulations.
Translation is not really an option because of regular updates in the software and changes in the workings of the machine. Translation would need to be to many different languages (english, german, french, italian, spanisch, russian, polisch, arabic, ...)
My first thought was like Bills, the ikea product instructions.
Could you use video to record the procedures?
Hello Nancy,
I've been very busy at my employer (doing lots of classroom training and learning about the machines) and only recently we have been talking about publishing the procedures as videos on (for instance) YouTube.
When we were to record screens in the machine software or a video at the machine physically, we would like to be able to add text and/or symbols afterwards. Magnifying certain areas of the screen is also something we think about.
Now, we don't have a tool for this and I would like to know if you might have any experience with this with Articulate 360 and if there are any examples available to watch.
I hope to hear from you.
Thank you in advance.
Marnix
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