Forum Discussion
Estimating timings on a course
I estimate with Word count. Typically narrated text is 125 - 150 words per minute.
Reading speed is around 200.
If it is a narrated Storyline course, I know someone who has developed a small software program that will give you a timed outline of the entire course based on each slide using the timeline and the layers. But if is just text, the reading estimate works.
That's super cool! Do you have a link?
I don't want to market anything here but here is a video of the tool. See if you find it useful. It has a number of features, one of which is creating a table of contents with timings. I have used it for a lot. Pretty handy tool and he keeps updating it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAxAvh1r2g4
Thx for the link. I don't know this particular program, but I am using another program from the same programmer, and that one works very well for me, and his support is really good. He is a user of Articulate programs himself, who got into programming to add functionality he was missing.
I work in a bigger company, so I have to get all new software vetted before installation, and in that process he was also very helpful. (and no, it's not me 😉)
Estimating the duration of courses is also an issue for us.
Yes, definitely! He has some other great programs that support/supplement Articulate products, and he is constantly updating them. I have them all as well. I chat with him often. We actually meet once a week in VR. (We had a VR YouTube channel but haven't done much with it lately.)
