About the "Building Better Courses" Tutorials

This series of tutorials will take you through the basics of building a rapid elearning course.  We’ll start with a simple PowerPoint file and publish it.  Then we’ll look at what it takes to assemble a good course including some visual design ideas and how to add interactivity.

The tutorials include demo videos and none of them are over 5 minutes long.  We also include all of the practice files you need to follow along and do at your own pace.

We've assembled some of the links below, but you can always access any of the tutorials using the menu on the right hand side of the screen.

Introduction: What to Expect

Part 1: How Do I Create My First Course

• Converting the Basic Presentation
• Customizing Your New Course
• Recording Narration
• Adding & Removing Animations
• Syncing Animations
• Customizing the Player Template
• Quizmaker Basics

Downloads for Part 1

Part 2: How Do I Get the Right Look & Feel

• Visual Analysis for Designing Custom Courses
• Creating the Course Design Comps
• Building the Course Assets
• Creating & Customizing Slide Masters
• Assembling the Slides
• Working with Audio

Downloads for Part 2

Part 3: How Do I Make This Course More Interactive

• Rapid Situational Interaction – Presenter
• Rapid Situational Interaction – Quizmaker
• Creating Interactive Graphics with Engage
• Branching Video Scenarios

Downloads for Part 3