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3 TopicsUsing Design Themes to Build Course Starter Templates in E-Learning #450
Using Design Themes in E-Learning #450: Challenge | Recap Learning new features requires time and effort, even in familiar apps like PowerPoint or Storyline 360. This holds true for new users as well as seasoned e-learning pros. Now, I totally get it. If you're out there grinding as a course designer, you're always racing against the clock. Finish one course, jump to the next - it's a never-ending cycle. This type of crunch can push beginners to sidestep foundational techniques, opting for just getting things done. For the more experienced users, they've developed a set of skills and routines that work for them. There's an aspect of familiarity and comfort. They know their way around the apps so well that stepping out to explore new workflows feels tedious or unnecessary. And if there's one area that new and experienced users frequently avoid, it's design themes. What are Design Themes? Storylines like PowerPoint uses design themes to manage your course's text styles, theme colors, theme fonts, slide masters, and feedback masters. These features aren't the flashy ones making waves in marketing ads or headlining e-learning conferences. But trust me, once you get the hang of using elements like slide masters and theme fonts, you'll hit a new level of efficiency and customization. And working smartly and efficiently is what this week's challenge is all about. 🏆 Challenge of the Week This week, your challenge is to show how design themes can be used in e-learning. NOTE: This is more of a technical than a visual design challenge. I’m less concerned about your visual makeover than seeing how you leverage design theme elements to create an efficient and editable template. You can create your theme colors, fonts, and slide placeholders from scratch or modify an existing slide or template. The goal of this challenge is to show how design themes can be used to ensure consistent designs that are quickly and efficiently updated. How do I show design themes? That's a great question. Since everything is below the slide, it can be challenging to appreciate how the design themes work. Here are a few ideas for sharing examples to help others appreciate how your design theme elements were used: Share your source files. Create a before and after demo. This can be simple, like using two slides to show the default and custom theme. Include screenshots of your theme colors, theme fonts, and layouts. Create a screencast and walk through the changes you applied. Create a simple course starter template to show how your design themes carry across multiple slide types. 🧰 Resources Storyline 360: Using Design Themes Storyline 360: Using Custom Templates Storyline 360: Using Slide Masters E-Learning Challenges: Course Starters Challenges ✨ 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 you customize what's under the hood of your e-learning slides, have a peek at how designers add emphasis animations to give life to the objects on top of the slide: Emphasis Animation Examples RECAP #449: Challenge | Recap 👋 New to the E-Learning Challenges? The weekly e-learning 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. Learn more about the challenges in this Q&A post and why and how to participate in this helpful article. 📅 Next Week’s Challenge Challenge #451(02.23): Self-promotion week! Share your e-learning portfolio to highlight your e-learning work. You can build a portfolio in Rise 360 or Storyline 360 or use your own website to showcase your work. Challenge #452 (03.01): Using AI in e-learning. I last hosted a similar challenge nine months ago, but things are evolving quickly in this area. 🚨 Contact Information Just a quick heads up – if you want your blog, website, or LinkedIn included in our recap posts, could you do me a favor and add or update those links onto your ELH profile sometime this week? I found some broken links last week when I pulled the recap together. You spend a lot of time building creative examples, and your work deserves all the attention it can get. If you make changes, please let me know in the comments below. Thanks!283Views0likes39Comments23 E-Learning Examples Created from Stock Vector Graphics #376
E-Learning Templates from Illustrations RECAP #376: Challenge | Recap This week’s challenge asked course designers to extract vector assets from stock illustrations and use those assets to create e-learning templates. Jodi M. Sansone Example | Download | Jodi M. Sansone | Website | @jodimsansone Yvonne Urra-Bazain Example | Yvonne Urra-Bazain | Website Zeinab Khalifa Example | Download | Zeinab Khalifa | Website Chris Hodgson Example | Learn more | Chris Hodgson | Website | @skriss Samuel Apata Example | Download | Samuel Apata | Website | @afrostem Farah Azadeh Example | Farah Azadeh Ron Katz Example | Ron Katz | Website Kyle Batten Example | Kyle Batten Daniel Cañaveral Example | Daniel Cañaveral Kacper Lyszkiewicz Example | Kacper Lyszkiewicz Tracy Carroll Learn more & download | Tracy Carroll | Website | @1tracycarroll Kandice Kidd Example | Kandice Kidd Yvonne Urra-Bazain Example | Yvonne Urra-Bazain | Website Teo Karageorgakis Example | Learn more | Teo Karageorgakis | Website Maren West Example | Maren West Elizabeth Pawlicki Example | Elizabeth Pawlicki Ange CM Example | Ang CM Valerie Thompson Example | Valerie Thompson Sarah Scott Example | Sarah Scott Daniel Cañaveral Example | Daniel Cañaveral Ron Katz Example | Ron Katz | Website Ajay Kumar Example | Ajay Kumar Suchitra Pujari Example | Learn more | Suchitra Pujari 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 Illustration to E-Learning Template Examples! The vector art 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.32Views0likes0Comments25 E-Learning and Instructional Design Quick Tips and Listicles #324
E-Learning & Instructional Design Tips RECAP #324: Challenge | Recap This week’s challenge asked course designers to share their favorite e-learning and instructional design tips and best practices. Amy Palian Example | Amy Palian Jeniffer Brubaker Example | Jeniffer Brubaker Mery Lopez - van der Biest Example | Mery Lopez - van der Biest Jodi Sansone Example | Download | Jodi Sansone | @jodimsansone Philippe Mekal Example | Philippe Mekal | Website Vishal Mewada Example | Vishal Mewada Nele Segers Example | Nele Segers Brenda Barley-Kay Examples | Brenda Barley-Kay Amaly Gillig Example | Amaly Gillig Ron Katz Example | Download | Ron Katz | Website Rustam Keshtkar Example | Download | Rustam Keshtkar | Website Joel Colley Example | Joel Colley Kimberly Eng Example | Kimberly Eng | Website Eric Chamberlin Example | Eric Chamberlin Carrie Gauthier Example | Carrie Gauthier Laura Coulter Example | Download | Laura Coulter Angela McGuigan Example | Angela McGuigan Elizabeth Budko Example | Elizabeth Budko Larry Turner Example | Larry Turner Marianick Pichon Example | Marianick Pichon Dyan Zuber Example | Dyan Zuber Katie Gibbs Example | Katie Gibbs Gray Addison Example | Gray Addison Stephanie Astrop Example | Stephanie Astrop 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 Top E-Learning Tips Examples! The e-learning listicle 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.83Views0likes0Comments