What do E-Learning Designers Need to Know About Working with SMEs? #474
Working with E-Learning SMEs#474: Challenge | Recap When it comes to building courses, your Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) hold the keys to your success—you can’t do much without them. They’re the folks who not only bring their expertise to the table but also help you fine-tune those storyboards and quizzes and break down the intricate processes that make your training actually work. But here’s the catch: if they’re not fully on board or are dragging their feet, they can quickly become a major headache. The trick is figuring out how to turn those challenging SMEs into your biggest allies. And that's this week’s challenge is all about! 🏆 Challenge of the Week This week’s challenge is to share a short demo or interaction that helps e-learning designers collaborate more effectively with their SMEs. You can take it in any direction you like—whether it’s creating a slide with your favorite quote about working with SMEs, building a microlearning course, or even a whack-a-mole game (SME Edition). ✨ Share Your E-Learning Work Comments: Use the comments section below to link your published example and blog post. Forums: Start a new thread and share a link to your published example. Personal blog: If you have a blog, please consider writing about your challenges. We'll link to your posts, so your great work gets even more exposure. Social media: If you share your demos on Twitter or LinkedIn, try using #ELHChallenge so your tweeps can follow your e-learning coolness. 🙌 Last Week’s Challenge: Before sharing your favorite tips for working with SMEs, take a look at the final examples from the e-learning game show series: E-Learning Quiz GamesRECAP#473:Challenge|Recap 👋 New to the E-Learning Challenges? Theweekly e-learning challengesare ongoing opportunities to learn, share, and build your e-learning portfolios. You can jump into any or all of theprevious challengesanytime you want. I’ll update the recap posts to include your demos. Learn more about the challenges in thisQ&A postand why and how to participate in thishelpful article.3.3KViews0likes86CommentsE-Learning Games Inspired by Popular TV Quiz Shows #473
Share Your E-Learning Quiz Games#473: Challenge | Recap Welcome to the final round of our four-week e-learning game challenge! You’ve done the heavy lifting—mapped out your design concepts, built your working prototypes, and taken in all that feedback. Now, it’s time to come on down and show off your final game example. 🏆 Challenge of the Week This week, your challenge is to share an e-learning game inspired by popular TV quiz shows. 🙏 If you’ve been following along with this four-part challenge series, please include links to your previous examples for each week. This will help me pull together a great recap of the series. Week 1:Concept & Storyboarding Week 2:Design & Prototyping Week 3: Development & Review Week 4: Final Testing & Project Submission Goal: Complete and share your final project Deliverables: Add the final touches, animations, and advanced interactions Incorporate any feedback you received Test your game for bugs, usability, and accessibility Share a link to your final project 🎁 BONUS: Share a quick write-up about your projects in the community. Talk about what you learned, how you used feedback, or how your project evolved over the four weeks. Anything you think would be helpful or interesting is welcome! 🚨 NOTE: And don’t worry if you didn’t join the earlier challenges—you’re still welcome to participate this week. Ideally, you’d complete all four weeks, but any contribution is appreciated! 📋 FEEDBACK: I really want to hear what you thought about this challenge.You’re welcome to answer as many or as few questions as you’d like, and you can share as much or as little as you feel comfortable with. If you prefer, you can submit your responses anonymously. Share your feedback 🙌 Last Week’s Challenge: Before you submit your final design, take a look at the functional examples your fellow game-show challengers shared over the past week: Game Design: Development & ReviewRECAP#472:Challenge|Recap 👋 New to the E-Learning Challenges? Theweekly e-learning challengesare ongoing opportunities to learn, share, and build your e-learning portfolios. You can jump into any or all of theprevious challengesanytime you want. I’ll update the recap posts to include your demos. Learn more about the challenges in thisQ&A postand why and how to participate in thishelpful article.798Views0likes45Comments15 Examples of Interactive Prototypes for E-Learning Games #471
Interactive Prototypes in E-Learning RECAP #471: Challenge | Recap This week’s challenge asked course designers to share an interactive prototype of their game show designs. This is the second week of our four-part game design series. Phil Mayor Example | Phil Mayor | Website | @philmayor David Davis Example | David Davis Jonathan Hill Prototype | Working Demo | Jonathan Hill | Website | @DevByPowerPoint Ron Katz Prototype | Ron Katz | Website Jesse Wu Prototype | Jesse Wu | Website Jodi M. Sansone Prototype | Jodi M. Sansone | Website | @jodimsansone eLearn Dev Prototype | Learn more | eLearn Dev Samuel Apata Prototype | Samuel Apata | Website | @afrostem Arron Walker Prototype | Learn more | Arron Walker | Website Thierry EMMANUEL Prototype | Thierry EMMANUEL | Website Kate Golomshtok Prototype | Kate Golomshtok | Website Lisa McDonald Prototype | Lisa McDonald Angela Thomas Prototype | Angela Thomas Shelby Breece Prototype | Shelby Breece Mara Buggenthin Prototype | View progress | Mara Buggenthin New to the E-Learning Challenges? The weekly challenges are ongoing opportunities to learn, share, and build your e-learning portfolios. You can jump into any or all of the previous challenges anytime you want. I'll update the recap posts to include your demos. If you have a blog, please write about your challenge example. I'll add links to your blog post so your examples get even more exposure. And for those who share your demos on Twitter or LinkedIn, please include #ELHChallenge so your network (and Articulate!) can track your e-learning coolness. Share Your Working Prototype Examples! The game show prototype challenge is still open! If you have one or more ideas you'd like to share, please jump over to the original challenge and post your links in the comments section. I'll update this recap page to include your examples.499Views0likes0Comments20 Ways to Present E-Learning Game Design Concepts & Storyboards #470
Game Show Design: Storyboards RECAP #470: Challenge | Recap This week’s challenge asked course designers to share a concept or storyboard for an e-learning game show activity. This is the first part of our four-part game design series, which highlights the major milestones in e-learning development. Week 1:Concept & Storyboarding Week 2:Design & Prototyping Week 3: Development & Review Week 4: Final Project Submission Mallory Frazier Example | Mallory Frazier | Website Phil Mayor Example | Phil Mayor | Website | @philmayor Julie LALAMEDIA Example | Julie LALAMEDIA David Davis Example | David Davis Thierry EMMANUEL Example | Thierry EMMANUEL | Website Sean Murray Example | Sean Murray Samuel Apata Example| Samuel Apata | Website | @afrostem Jonathan Hill Example | Jonathan Hill | Website | @DevByPowerPoint Ron Katz Example | Ron Katz | Website Jodi M. Sansone Example | Jodi M. Sansone | Website | @jodimsansone Jesse Wu Example | Jesse Wu | Website Maren West Example | Maren West eLearn Dev Example | eLearn Dev Shelby Breece Example | Shelby Breece Mara Buggenthin Example | Mara Buggenthin Angela Thomas Example | Angela Thomas Kirsten Ossa Example | Kirsten Ossa Arron Walker Example | Learn more | Arron Walker | Website Jayashree Ravi Example | Jayashree Ravi | LinkedIn Kate Golomshtok Example | Kate Golomshtok | Website New to the E-Learning Challenges? The weekly challenges are ongoing opportunities to learn, share, and build your e-learning portfolios. You can jump into any or all of the previous challenges anytime you want. I'll update the recap posts to include your demos. If you have a blog, please write about your challenge example. I'll add links to your blog post, so your examples get even more exposure. And for those who share your demos on Twitter or LinkedIn, please include #ELHChallenge so your network (and Articulate!) can track your e-learning coolness. Share Your Concept & Storyboard Examples! The e-learning game challenge is still open! If you have one or more ideas you'd like to share, please jump over to the original challenge and post your links in the comments section. I'll update this recap page to include your examples.499Views0likes0CommentsE-Learning Game Design: Development & Review #472
Game Design: Development & Review#472: Challenge | Recap Welcome to the third week of our e-learning game design challenge. Last week, you built a working prototype from your storyboard or design concept. This week, you’ll focus on bringing the core elements of the e-learning game together to create a detailed and functional model. Your game should be far enough along to submit for final QA and testing. 🏆 Challenge of the Week This week, your challenge is to share a fully developed version of the game that incorporates all designed elements, interactive features, animations, and multimedia components. Optional: Since this is our last week of development before submitting the final project, let a few friends or fellow challengers play your game and gather feedback in Review 360. It’s the best way to spot any problems and see what people like or don’t like. I know many of you have been gathering feedback all along, but I’d like to highlight the testing and review process this week. Week 1: Concept & Storyboarding Week 2: Design & Prototyping Week 3: Development & Review Goal: Develop a detailed and functional version of your game Deliverables: Apply and refine the visual design elements Integrate the interactive elements, animations, and multimedia components Refine the visual design and user interface to enhance the overall user experience Submit to Review 360 for user testing and feedback (optional but encouraged) Share a link to your project Week 4: Final Testing & Project Submission 🚨 NOTE: Even if you didn’t participate last week, you’re still welcome to join this week’s challenge. Ideally, you’ll complete all four weeks, but any participation is appreciated. Share what you can. 🙌 Last Week’s Challenge: Before you complete your game design, check out the interactive prototypes your fellow challengers shared over the past week: Interactive Prototypes in E-Learning RECAP #471: Challenge | Recap 👋 New to the E-Learning Challenges? Theweekly e-learning challengesare ongoing opportunities to learn, share, and build your e-learning portfolios. You can jump into any or all of theprevious challengesanytime you want. I’ll update the recap posts to include your demos. Learn more about the challenges in thisQ&A postand why and how to participate in thishelpful article. 📆 Upcoming Challenges Challenge #473(08.09): Week 4: Final Testing & Project Submission399Views0likes38CommentsBuilding E-Learning Games: Concept & Storyboard #470
Game Show Design: Storyboards#470: Challenge | Recap How in the world did you build that? A common challenge for new course designers is seeing polished e-learning projects and having no clue how they came together. I hear from folks all the time that they want to do the weekly challenges, but it feels too advanced for beginners. So, for this challenge, we're going to pump the brakes and spread the build over four weeks. We’ll follow a linear development model so we can really dig into and focus on common development steps. I realize experienced designers will prefer a more iterative approach for real-world projects. And that's fair. But using a progressive, step-by-step approach should help new users follow the evolution of an e-learning challenge project from concept to deliverable. Plus, it gives us something tangible to show each week. Week 1: The Concept & Visual Storyboard This first week, we’ll focus on the initial game show theme or concept. Your task will be to create a wireframe, flowchart, or visual storyboard that captures the flow of your game. For new users, this helps you work intentionally through your ideas before jumping into development. And for you pros, this might seem like extra work, but slowing it down will help others visualize how polished interactions come together. Here’s a breakdown of the four-week schedule: Week 1: Concept & Storyboarding Week 2: Prototype Development Week 3: Development & Review Week 4: Final Testing & Project Submission 🏆 Challenge of the Week This week, your challenge is to develop an e-learning game show concept and present a visual, non-interactive storyboard or flowchart of your game’s mechanics and visual elements. You can either create something new or take an old project and break it down with us over the four weeks. This way, everyone can see how it all comes together. Week 1: Concept & Storyboarding Goal: Choose a game show concept and design theme Deliverables: Choose a game show concept, theme and design style Create a visual storyboard, flowchart, or static mock-up of the game Share a link to your static design concept Week 2: Design & Prototyping Week 3: Production & Development Week 4: Final Testing & Project Submission ✨ Share Your E-Learning Work Comments: Use the comments section below to link your published example and blog post. Forums: Start a newthreadand share a link to your published example. Personal blog: If you have a blog, please consider writing about your challenges. We'll link to your posts, so your great work gets even more exposure. Social media: If you share your demos on Twitter or LinkedIn, try using#ELHChallengeso your tweeps can follow your e-learning coolness. 🙌 Last Week’s Challenge: Before you get started on this week’s design concept, check out last week’s examples to see what e-learning designers do and how they got started in the industry. What Instructional Designers DoRECAP#469:Challenge|Recap 👋 New to the E-Learning Challenges? Theweekly e-learning challengesare ongoing opportunities to learn, share, and build your e-learning portfolios. You can jump into any or all of theprevious challengesanytime you want. I’ll update the recap posts to include your demos. Learn more about the challenges in thisQ&A postand why and how to participate in thishelpful article. 📆 Upcoming Challenges Challenge #471 (07.26): Week 2: Prototype Development Challenge #472 (08.02): Week 3: Production & Development Challenge #473 (08.09): Week 4: Final Testing & Project Submission399Views0likes51Comments12 Examples of E-Learning Games Inspired by TV Quiz Shows #473
E-Learning Quiz Games RECAP #473: Challenge | Recap This week’s challenge asked course designers to share an e-learning game inspired by popular TV quiz shows. This marks the fourth and final week of our game design series. Week 1:Concept & Storyboarding Week 2:Design & Prototyping Week 3:Development & Review Week 4:Final Project Submission David Davis Final Project | Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | David Davis Jesse Wu Final Project | Week 1 | Jesse Wu | Website Phil Mayor Final Project | Week 1 | Week 2 | Download | Phil Mayor | Website | @philmayor Ron Katz Final Project | Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | | Ron Katz | Website Jodi M. Sansone Final Project | Week 1 | Jodi M. Sansone | Website | @jodimsansone Thierry EMMANUEL Final Project & download | Week 2 | Thierry EMMANUEL | Website Kerianne O'Donnell Final project | Kerianne O'Donnell Jonathan Hill Final Project | Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Jonathan Hill | Website | @DevByPowerPoint Samuel Apata Final Project | Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Samuel Apata | Website | @afrostem Arron Walker Final Project & Learn More | Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Arron Walker | Website Kate Golomshtok Final Example | Kate Golomshtok | Website Kirsten Ossa Final Project (Weeks 2-4) | Week 1 | Kirsten Ossa New to the E-Learning Challenges? The weekly challenges are ongoing opportunities to learn, share, and build your e-learning portfolios. You can jump into any or all of the previous challenges anytime you want. I'll update the recap posts to include your demos. If you have a blog, please write about your challenge example. I'll add links to your blog post, so your examples get even more exposure. And for those who share your demos on Twitter or LinkedIn, please include #ELHChallenge so your network (and Articulate!) can track your e-learning coolness. Share Your E-Learning Quiz Show Examples! The four-week quiz challenge is still open! If you have one or more ideas you'd like to share, please jump over to the original challenge and post your links in the comments section. I'll update this recap page to include your examples.299Views0likes0CommentsHow are You Using Drag-and-Drop Interactions in E-Learning? #468
Using Drag-and-Drop in E-Learning#468: Challenge | Recap If there’s one e-learning interaction that belongs in every instructional designer’s toolkit, it’s drag-and-drops. Drag-and-drop interactions are a fun way to engage learners and encourage them to interact with the screen. They’re also one of the most flexible interactions you can create. So, whether you’re designing straightforward question slides or custom freeform slides, drag-and-drop interactions are one of the best ways to get learners to stop, think, and interact with the content. And that’s what this week’s challenge is all about. 🏆 Challenge of the Week This week, your challenge is to share a drag-and-drop interaction to show how they can be used in e-learning. You can use any authoring tool you like and make it as simple or custom as you have time for. Note: Since Storyline’s drag-and-drop interactions aren’t currently keyboard accessible, they can create serious barriers for learners who rely on keyboard navigation or use screen readers. Check out the following on-demand training for some ideas on creating accessible drag-and-drops: How to Create an Accessible Drag-and-Drop Interaction in Storyline 360 🧰 Resources User Guide Storyline 360: Drag-and-Drop Questions Related Challenges: Drag-and-Drop Practice Activities#380:Challenge|Recap Drag-and-Drop Sorting Activities#439:Challenge|Recap Webinars: How to Build Drag-and-Drop Interactions in Storyline 360 5 Ways to Customize Drag-and-Drop Interactions 6 Ways to Customize Drag-and-Drop in Storyline 360 Discover six creative techniques every course designer needs to know to customize their drag-and-drop interactions in Articulate Storyline 360 View on YouTube ✨ Share Your E-Learning Work Comments: Use the comments section below to link your published example and blog post. Forums: Start a newthreadand share a link to your published example. Personal blog: If you have a blog, please consider writing about your challenges. We'll link to your posts so your great work gets even more exposure. Social media: If you share your demos on Twitter or LinkedIn, try using#ELHChallengeso your tweeps can follow your e-learning coolness. 🙌 Last Week’s Challenge: While you're dragging through the ideas for this week's challenge, check out the 360° image interactions your fellow challengers shared over the past week: Using 360° Images in E-Learning RECAP #467: Challenge | Recap 👋 New to the E-Learning Challenges? Theweekly e-learning challengesare ongoing opportunities to learn, share, and build your e-learning portfolios. You can jump into any or all of theprevious challengesanytime you want. I’ll update the recap posts to include your demos. Learn more about the challenges in thisQ&A postand why and how to participate in thishelpful article.200Views0likes136Comments40+ Gamification Examples in E-Learning #102
Gamify an E-Learning Course RECAP #102:Challenge|Recap Thanks to everyone who shared demos or feedback in this week's challenge. Remember: The challenges are always open. You can jump into this or any previous challenge anytime and we'll update the recap post to include your work. Alexander Salas Gamified demo| Original| Download| Alexander Salas | Website | @stylelearn Rıdvan Saglam View e-learning game | Ridvan Saglam | Website | @rbsaglam Ashi Tandon View demo | Ashi Tandon | Website | @ashi_tandon Amar Kulshreshtha View the juice store game | Learn more | Amar Kulshreshtha | Website Marcus Ritter View demo | Marcus Ritter | Website Bob Kaart View demo | Bob Kaart | Website Richard Watson View gamified example | View original | Learn more | Richard Watson | @rwatsonID Tracy Carroll View game | Learn more | Tracy Carroll | Website | @1tracycarroll Jeff Kortenbosch Learn more & download | Jeff Kortenbosch | Website | @elearningjeff Ashi Tandon View demo | Ashi Tandon | Website | @ashi_tandon Bob Kaart View maze game | Bob Kaart | Website Bob Kaart View demo | Bob Kaart | Website Tracy Carroll View game | Learn more | Tracy Carroll | Website | @1tracycarroll Amar Kulshreshtha View game| Learn more| Amar Kulshreshtha | Website Zsolt Olah View game| Learn more| Zsolt Olah | Website | @Rabbitoreg Stratbeans C View demo| Stratbeans C | Website | @stratbeans Phil Eagles View demo| Phil Eagles | Website Tim Neill View demo|Download|Tim Neill|Website Nagarjuna Veeramallu View demo| Learn more| Nagarjuna Veeramallu| @pixentia Alphonso Hendricks View demo| Alphonso Hendricks | Website David Tait View demo| David Tait | Website | @4ptLtd View demo|David Tait|Website|@4ptLtd Robbie Chui View demo| Robbie Chui | Website | @RobbieChui Yuna Buhrman View demo| Yuna Buhrman Noelle Dattilo View demo| Noelle Dattilo Meaghan Lister View project| Learn more| Meaghan Lister | Website | @MeaghanLister Matt Aldred View project| Learn more| Matt Aldred New to E-Learning Challenges? The weekly challenges are ongoing opportunities to learn, share, and build your e-learning portfolios. You can jump into any or all of the previous challenges anytime you want. I’ll update the recap posts to include your demos. If you have a blog, please consider writing about your challenges. We’ll link back to your posts so the great work you’re sharing gets even more exposure. If you share your demos on Twitter, try using #ELHChallenge so your tweeps can track your e-learning coolness. Gamify an E-Learning Course #102 The gamificationchallengeis still open! If you have one or more ideas you'd like to share, please jump over to the original challengeand post your links in the comments section. I'll update this recap page to include your examples.200Views0likes0Comments19 E-Learning Storyboard Templates and Examples #251
E-Learning Storyboard Templates RECAP #251: Challenge|Recap Love ‘em or hate ‘em, storyboards are critical to e-learning success. Whether you’re using text-based storyboards or detailed visual storyboards, there’s a storyboard format for every project and course designer. This week's challenge features free storyboard templates, tips and insights, and even video tutorials! Please take some time to read and comment on the uber helpful storyboard articles your fellow community members shared this week. Bryan Jones Learn more | Download | Bryan Jones | Website | @elearningart Kevin Thorn Download| Kevin Thorn | Website | @learnnuggets Teresa Vanderpost View project| Teresa Vanderpost Alex Jinca View project| Alex Jinca | Website Jodi Sansone Download | Jodi Sansone | @jodimsansone Allison Goldthorpe Learn more & download | Allison Goldthorpe | Website | @AGoldthorpeID Karyn Jones View project | Karyn Jones Joe Waddington Download | Joe Waddington Joan Campbell View project | Joan Campbell Paula Rademacher Download | Paula Rademacher | Website Farah Azadeh View project | Farah Azadeh Candice Pitman Download (.pdf) | Download (.pub) | Candice Pitman Nicki Berry Download | Nicki Berry | Website Teo Karageorgakis View storyboard | Learn more | Teo Karageorgakis | Website Samuel Apata View project | Samuel Apata | Website | @afrostem Ernesto Yannini View project | Ernesto Yannini | Website Kelly H Download | Kelly H Andrew Geaghan Download | Andrew Geaghan Anouk Van Dijk Download | Anouk Van Dijk Mykhaylo Zakryzhevskyy Download| Mykhaylo Zakryzhevskyy New to the E-Learning Challenges? The weekly challenges are ongoing opportunities to learn, share, and build your e-learning portfolios. You can jump into any or all of the previous challenges anytime you want. I’ll update the recap posts to include your demos. If you have a blog, please consider writing about your challenges. We’ll link back to your posts so the great work you’re sharing gets even more exposure. If you share your demos on Twitter, please include #ELHChallenge so your tweeps can track your e-learning coolness. Share Your E-Learning Storyboard Templates and Examples! The storyboard challenge is still open! If you have one or more ideas you'd like to share, please jump over to the original challenge and post your links in the comments section. I'll update this recap page to include your examples.200Views0likes0Comments