If you were told you had $5,000 to spend on tools, software, hardware, etc. that would make your eLearning development life easier/better, what would go on your wishlist?
We're hoping to toss some money at the eLearning Brothers toys - do any of you have experience using that? My boss saw a demo recently, and was very excited.
I would actually probably spend much of that $5k on a complex, customized Storyline template for my job. At the end of the day, there are only so many custom interactions I can come up with and I would love for them to be beautifully done and programmed in a way that pretty much everyone agrees on that I can just go in and edit (and I just don't have the time to do that currently).
I feel ya, Rachel!!! If that 5k could just buy me TIME to improve course quality, that's where I'd spend it. Meanwhile, I've set aside two three-hour windows per month on my calendar where I spend time creating highly-interactive content. Then I store it in a Storyline file I call "Reusable Content" and I can grab & go at will. It's working well so far! Another year or so, I'll have incredibly-amazing courses!!! For now, I use what I have (I'm up to about 30 slides so far).
Hi, Cheryl. We purchased a subscription with eLearning Brothers. I've used several of their templates for courses and a handful of character sets. The characters are not as easy as the Storyline photographic characters, but they're a lot cheaper. I've also been pleased to find some graphics and music I could use. Feel free to write me privately if you want more information.
The Elearning Brothers subscription idea is great, but I don't think that it will cost you $5,000. We use their resources where I work and they are great. I've found a large number of resources that are very useful, although when it comes to templates, I use them more as a baseline framework, more as an idea. I never find a template that contains everything I want or everything the way I want.
So I do recommend the Elearning Brothers subscription, but personally, I don't use their templates "as is". I always change something. That may be the case with others who use outside resources.
Oh, it wasn't anywhere near $5,000 - the remainder of the budget was used for individual development. Now that FY17 has begun, we were able to subscribe today (budget stuff). Because nearly everyone where I work is in a uniform or scrubs, most people-related templates will need serious modification, if I am able to use them at all. I am having difficulty with the first template I downloaded, however. I can't select an image to delete or replace it; it's driving me nuts.
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Stock photography subscription would have to be on the list (assuming you don't have one already).
Higher end 360 video equipment! .... and a drone :-)
Full Adobe Creative Suite access would be number one for me!
We're hoping to toss some money at the eLearning Brothers toys - do any of you have experience using that? My boss saw a demo recently, and was very excited.
Full Adobe Suite and Graphics Tablet would be the biggest two for me
I would actually probably spend much of that $5k on a complex, customized Storyline template for my job. At the end of the day, there are only so many custom interactions I can come up with and I would love for them to be beautifully done and programmed in a way that pretty much everyone agrees on that I can just go in and edit (and I just don't have the time to do that currently).
I feel ya, Rachel!!! If that 5k could just buy me TIME to improve course quality, that's where I'd spend it. Meanwhile, I've set aside two three-hour windows per month on my calendar where I spend time creating highly-interactive content. Then I store it in a Storyline file I call "Reusable Content" and I can grab & go at will. It's working well so far! Another year or so, I'll have incredibly-amazing courses!!! For now, I use what I have (I'm up to about 30 slides so far).
Hi, Cheryl. We purchased a subscription with eLearning Brothers. I've used several of their templates for courses and a handful of character sets. The characters are not as easy as the Storyline photographic characters, but they're a lot cheaper. I've also been pleased to find some graphics and music I could use. Feel free to write me privately if you want more information.
We just got our subscription to eLearning Brothers, and I'm so excited to get started! Thanks for the ideas, folks!
The Elearning Brothers subscription idea is great, but I don't think that it will cost you $5,000. We use their resources where I work and they are great. I've found a large number of resources that are very useful, although when it comes to templates, I use them more as a baseline framework, more as an idea. I never find a template that contains everything I want or everything the way I want.
So I do recommend the Elearning Brothers subscription, but personally, I don't use their templates "as is". I always change something. That may be the case with others who use outside resources.
Oh, it wasn't anywhere near $5,000 - the remainder of the budget was used for individual development. Now that FY17 has begun, we were able to subscribe today (budget stuff). Because nearly everyone where I work is in a uniform or scrubs, most people-related templates will need serious modification, if I am able to use them at all. I am having difficulty with the first template I downloaded, however. I can't select an image to delete or replace it; it's driving me nuts.
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