Trying to come up with a few solutions for a small medical group with 5 satellite locations.They are in interested in creating a short (20-30 minutes) self-study training course that will be accessible on their share drive (not a LMS) for new employees and as refresher for current employees.This course will cover a new add-on feature to their electronic health record.Preferably, the training will be both role-based and action-driven.Due to budget constraints, the recommendation of an authoring tool (Captivate, Lectora, Articulate) is not an option for this fiscal year.What cost-effective approaches would you suggest?
As Bruce points out, PPT can be used to make some fantastic programmed instruction. Using hyperlinks you can construct some pretty sophisticated stuff. More than slides and bullets, it's a media container and offers some good illustration tools to boot.
Maybe snag-it for annotated screen shots, videos and hotspots - http://www.techsmith.com/snagit.html - Snag it only cost $50 for a single license.
It sounds like it's some training for software and likely integrating into daily work, so you could use a combination of office software (Word/PPT) and visuals to ensure that everyone knows what to do, when and why.
Great suggestion Holly! If you want something a little cheaper and easier to install, you might check out http://screenomatic.com. For $15 / year you can access the pro-tools for capturing screen recordings right from the browser. Similar to Screenr but without the short time limit. Actually uses the same underlying tech.
Hey Steve, thanks for mentioning us! BranchTrack is indeed a very budget-friendly way to develop and deliver training, specifically branching scenarios and dialogues. C M, see if fits your purpose and don't hesitate to get in touch for a demo / tour / trial etc.
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Why not create PowerPoint with explanatory voiceover where required.
You can create perfectly acceptable learning that way if that is all you need/have the budget for.
This was going to be my suggestion, if you can add a nice voiceover it will help to break up the monotony of a Powerpoint based module.
As Bruce points out, PPT can be used to make some fantastic programmed instruction. Using hyperlinks you can construct some pretty sophisticated stuff. More than slides and bullets, it's a media container and offers some good illustration tools to boot.
In addition, you might be able to build some good things using tools like Branch Track (https://www.branchtrack.com/) and PowToon (http://www.powtoon.com/)
Maybe snag-it for annotated screen shots, videos and hotspots - http://www.techsmith.com/snagit.html - Snag it only cost $50 for a single license.
It sounds like it's some training for software and likely integrating into daily work, so you could use a combination of office software (Word/PPT) and visuals to ensure that everyone knows what to do, when and why.
Hope that helps
Holly
Bruce, Joshua, Steve & Holly - thanks for your input!
So excited to get such quick and thoughtful responses, can't wait to start checking out the suggested tools.
The voiceover options would break up the monotony - is this capability an option in Office 2010?
Holly - your observation is spot on!
Great suggestion Holly! If you want something a little cheaper and easier to install, you might check out http://screenomatic.com. For $15 / year you can access the pro-tools for capturing screen recordings right from the browser. Similar to Screenr but without the short time limit. Actually uses the same underlying tech.
Excellent option, Steve!
Appreciate all the advice - keep it coming!
Hey Steve, thanks for mentioning us! BranchTrack is indeed a very budget-friendly way to develop and deliver training, specifically branching scenarios and dialogues. C M, see if fits your purpose and don't hesitate to get in touch for a demo / tour / trial etc.
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