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I really enjoy using Power Point and the Merge Shapes features to create what I need when what I need doesn't already exist. Sometimes I start from scratch, sometimes I use a different vector for inspiration. Please take a look! ElearningChallenge #521: Merge Shapes for Custom GraphicsDesigning Office Exploration Interactions for E-Learning #528
This week’s challenge is to build an interactive office exploration that lets learners click different parts of an office photo or illustration to reveal information. Think of it like a virtual office tour where learners can choose the areas of interest to explore and dig into the details to learn more.Using Microlearning in Rise 360 #407
Microlearning in Rise 360 #407: Challenge | Recap Challenge of the Week This week, your challenge is to create a project using Rise 360’s new microlearning feature. What is microlearning and why is it important? As a learning strategy, microlearning focuses on chunking content into small, easy-to-consume bits. For example, a typical course consists of multiple modules with a seat time of 30-60 minutes or longer. On the other hand, a microlearning course would include only a single chapter or topic and have a seat time of five minutes or less. Presenting lessons in smaller, more manageable chunks of information helps learners better understand and retain the material. With Rise 360, you can now create microlearning courses that scroll continuously or step through content at points you define. This is ideal for course designers looking for efficient ways to deliver bite-sized content focused on a single learning objective. Check out the following examples to see how it works. Human Resources Here's a microlearning course designed to help employees make the best benefit choices during open enrollment. View the microlearning example Team Management Here’s how microlearning can help managers craft an effective performance improvement plan. View the example Resources Here are some user guides and resources to help you get started. If you get stuck or have questions, jump into the forums and let us know. Rise 360: Create New Microlearning Content Rise 360: Use Microlearning Content Templates Microlearning: How To Keep Your E-Learning Courses Short & Sweet 3 Things You’ll Love About the New Microlearning Feature in Rise 360 3 Tips for Creating Effective Microlearning Courses Getting Started With Microlearning—6 Common Questions Answered Share Your E-Learning Work Comments: Use the comments section below to link your published example and blog post. Forums: Start your own 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 back to your posts so your great work gets even more exposure. Social Media: If you share your demos on Twitter or LinkedIn, tag your post with #ELHChallenge so your tweeps can track your e-learning coolness. Last Week’s Challenge: Before you dive into this week’s challenge, take a few moments to check out the circular navigation menus your fellow community members shared over the past week: Circular Menus in E-Learning RECAP #406: 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 & Supporting Webinar Next week's challenge #408 (Mar 10, 2023): Using Timeline Interactions in E-Learning #408 Supporting webinar (Mar 07, 2023): How To Build Interactive Timelines in Storyline 360 Got an idea for a challenge? Are you interested in doing a webinar showcasing how you made one or more challenge demos? Or do you have some comments for your humble challenge host? Use this anonymous form to share your feedback: https://bit.ly/ElearningChallengeForm.Share Your Instructional Design Quizzes and Learning Activities #277
Instructional Design Quizzes and Interactions #277: Challenge | Recap Formative vs. summative? Pedagogy vs. andragogy? Formal vs. informal? Flipped classrooms? Bloom vs. Gagne vs. Werner? Huh?!? When you’re first getting started in e-learning, it’s easy to be confused — and daunted — by the terms floating around the online training industry. It’s hard to sift through the theories, styles, and expert opinions to get to the heart of what you really need to know. It doesn’t matter if you’re new to e-learning or you’ve been building online training for years. One of the best ways to learn something is to teach it. And that’s why this week’s challenge is all about crowdsourcing instructional design interactions! Challenge of the Week This week your challenge is to create a quiz or learning activity on an instructional design principle, model, researcher, or theorist. You can create any type of quiz or practice activity you like. Go with the timeless multiple choice or true-false questions, or create something more playful using a custom quiz. You can make the quiz as simple or challenging as you like… Just keep it fair and practical. Share Your E-Learning Work Comments: Use the comments section below to share a link to your published example and blog post. Forums: Start your own 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 back to your posts so the great work you’re sharing gets even more exposure. Social Media: If you share your demos on Twitter or LinkedIn, try using #ELHChallenge so your tweeps can track your e-learning coolness. Last Week’s Challenge: Before you dive into this week’s learning challenge, check out the screencast walkthroughs of popular challenge examples: Video Walkthroughs of E-Learning Examples RECAP #276: Challenge | Recap Wishing you an educational week, E-Learning Heroes! 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.Using Interactive Dials in E-Learning #453
Using Dials in E-Learning #453: Challenge | Recap Interactive dials are a great way to simulate real-world objects and tasks in your e-learning courses. Dials are similar to sliders, but where sliders move along a straight path, dials move in an arc or a circular path. Dials also use less space than sliders, so learners can quickly scroll through large amounts of data. The best part? Dials are super easy to use and customize. With just one click, you can easily format pre-made dials or convert any object, graphic, or image into a unique dial. Here are a few ways dials are commonly used in e-learning: Reveal or step through a process Choose avatars or e-learning characters Create draggable menus 🏆 Challenge of the Week This week, your challenge is to share an example that demonstrates how you're using interactive dials in e-learning. 🧰 Resources Downloads Storyline: Rotating Objects Template Storyline: Dial H For Help Storyline: Stacked Dial to Create a Gauge Storyline: Monarch Metamorphosis Dial Storyline: Dial Infographic User Guide Storyline 360: Working with Dials Storyline 360: Adding Variable References On-Demand Training Using Dials in Storyline 360 Using Dials to Create Menu Navigation in Storyline 360 ✨ 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 dial into this week’s challenge, check out innovative ways course designers are using AI to help build better e-learning: Using AI in E-Learning Design #452: 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 challengesanytime 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 #454 (03.22): Using variables in e-learning. This variables challenge will be different because you'll be asked to share a demo that uses all three variables. 🚨 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!Share Your E-Learning & Instructional Design Portfolios #527
E-Learning & Instructional Design Portfolios #527: Challenge | Recap 🏆 Challenge of the Week This week, your e-learning challenge is to share your portfolio. If you already have one, great. Show us. And if you don’t, no worries. This week’s the perfect time to start building one. Whether you’ve only got one example or a career’s worth, your portfolio demonstrates how you think, how you design, and how you solve problems. And that’s what this week’s challenge is all about. 🚀 Tips for Getting Started Here are some practical ways to approach this week’s challenge: Start simple: Pull your favorite projects together in a Rise course and publish to Review 360. Level up: Add short project descriptions to each example. What problems did you solve? What tools did you use? What was your primary role on each project? Challenge mode: Record video walkthroughs of your projects. Show before and after examples if you redesigned an existing project. ⚒️ Authoring Tools You’re welcome to use any authoring tool you’d like this week. If you’re short on time, try quickly mocking up your ideas using PowerPoint, Figma, or your favorite graphics app. ✨ Share Your E-Learning Work Comments: Share your examples directly to the recap page. Social media: Please share your examples on LinkedIn and mention both David & Articulate using the #ElearningChallenge tags so we can help promote your work. Support your peers: With the new submission format, you can comment directly on each example. Try leaving helpful feedback on at least three projects this week. Community forums: Feel free to cross-post in the forums to give your work even more visibility. 🙌 Last Week’s Challenge: Before you showcase your work to the e-learning community, take some time to hear what e-learning pros think about AI and where it's going in last week's challenge: 10 Things to Know About AI in E-Learning #526: 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. 📆 Upcoming E-Learning Challenges & Supporting Webinars Challenge #528 (Oct 17): Office Exploration. Tom's hosting a live webinar on building interactive office activities on October 14. Challenge #529 (Oct 24): Annual Halloween themed challenge Challenge #530 (Oct 31): Interactive Video Quizzes and Scenarios Challenge #531 (Nov 07): Navigating airport security
