Odd Request: Cutting Production Time
Apr 25, 2018
By
Erika T
We are a small shop and most of us have other duties other than course creating. It takes a good 4 weeks to develop an hour-long course in Storyline. This is ok for most of our material. But, for some, it's too long and too daunting. Other than video-based courses what are ways you have cut production that is cost-effective and doable?
Also, have you ever done a webinar type? If so, how did that work? We aren't able to hire more people and our demand is up. What do we do?
Any help would be appreciated.
6 Replies
Hi Erika,
Have you had a chance to test out Rise? It's our web-based authoring tool and it makes creating courses super fast and easy. If you haven't tried it out yet, I recommend doing that! If you don't already have Articulate 360, click here to start your free trial (Rise is included).
Hi Erika!
This is a real passion of mine...I grew up in the world you describe...but if I built at that rate today, I couldn't survive. There are a lot of factors that go into how long it takes to develop an hour-long course in Storyline. Here's some things to consider that may reduce the time required:
Those are just a few top of mind ideas on how to get your design time down, without really understanding your business model, the work you are doing, who is doing it, and who you are doing it for. If you want to chat, give me a shout and I'd be happy to discuss.
John
This is a great reply John.
Wow. I am still pouring over your input and will reach out to you soon.
Thank you so much for taking the time to respond. I truly appreciate your
valuable feedback.
A few more comment from the bleachers :
1. have a requirements document produced especially with expectations, deliverables, terms, reviews, processes, etc known and clearly understood by all. For example - if I say to you, we will design and develop a 10 screen prototype. Do you know what that means? Is is 10 random screens, is it 10 screens that represent all of the types of screens that will be used throughout the course, does it mean one continuous flow of a 10 screen module, etc?
2. Ask the project leader if it is 6 months in the future and your course is being used, what will the course look like? How will you measure success? What are you concerned about?
3. As the designer/developer, how will you protect your reputation and that of your client? What guidelines will be set in place throughout the process and beyond?
It may seem that these few comments aren't about the design and development process from an efficiency/effectiveness or performance pov, but I think if you don't answers these, you are heading for trouble.
Thank you all for your great responses. John, it took me a minute to process all the great information that you provided. And I'm still looking through it and may contact you soon. I think our biggest challenge is that we are such a small team and we all wear many different hats. We have a streamlined process for the development of content including reviewing and editing. Once the content is ready it typically takes 4-6 weeks for development in Storyline. Also, we are different because we are the client. We only create courses in-house for our own platform. So, in that regard RISE is out. We may be so different that we are going to have to rearrange (not recreate) the wheel.
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