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Cost of developing 1 hour of elearning
I occasionally have clients ask me if there are any industry standards regarding elearning development, particularly around cost.
"Sean," they say, "How much should we be paying for an hour of el...
Based on my experience:
A level 2 course of 1 hr seat time built using Storyline would take a little over a week's ID effort, a week for custom interface design and integration, anywhere between a week to 10 days to integrate the content, audio and 2 rounds of QA and fixes. So anywhere between 4-6 weeks depending on the amount of content complexity etc. Approximately 160-180hrs.
A level 1 course could be much faster using default player features, templates, minimal customization with or without audio. Effort wise more in the 80-110hrs range.
Cost could vary drastically across markets. Like you could get a level 1 course done for less than $2,000 and a level 2 anywhere between $3000-$4000 in the Indian market. This is minus the audio recording cost and stock images purchase. The same dev effort would cost you multiple times in other markets.
Cost and quality could vary from vendor to vendor so finding the right vendor team/freelancer group is very important.
So what is the right approach, I personally feel using the core strengths of each location works the best.
