Using Pre-Test Activities in E-Learning #382
Using Pre-Test Quizzes in E-Learning #382: Challenge | Recap As course designers, we should always look for ways to design better and more meaningful learning experiences. Unfortunately, using a one-size-fits-all approach in e-learning rarely meets the individual needs of the learners. Even in compliance and regulatory courses, there's an opportunity to sprinkle in personalized content and resources that address the individual needs of learners. That's where pre-tests can help. Using Pre-Test Activities Using pre-test activities at the beginning of the course or module, you can personalize the learning by: Identifying areas where learners need more (or less) support Giving learners customized recommendations Letting learners skip ahead to only those topics where they need the most help Pre-tests are like dress rehearsals for a play. They're designed to help the cast and crew figure out what works and what doesn't before the show actually happens. For course designers, figuring out what learners know and don't know can help improve the learning experience. And that's what this week's challenge is all about. Challenge of the Week This week, your challenge is to share a pre-test example to show how they can be used to personalize the learning experience. Resources 4 Ways to Use the New Quiz Tracking Features in Storyline 360Why and How I Created This Pre-Test in Rise 360 Examples Stitch Up a Tailored E-Learning Experience with These 4 Pre-Test Examples 5 Examples That’ll Put Your Knowledge to the Pre-Test 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 consider testing out of this week's challenge, check out the refreshing beverage-making examples your fellow challengers shared over the past week: Beverage-Making Techniques #381: 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. Quick Note About the Recap Posts on LinkedIn I like to promote the recaps with your examples on LinkedIn. I use the #elhchallenge and #elearningchallenge tags to help others in the community find your examples. And most of the time, I tag you individually in the post. I find it helps boost the posts across your networks. I've recently heard from some folks who felt excluded because I didn't tag them in my LinkedIn recap posts. When that happens, it's because we're not connected or I couldn't find your profile. When that happens, let me know. I'm more than happy to update the post to credit your work. I know these demos take a few hours to make. That's a significant investment, so I like you to get as much mileage as possible from your work.How to Survive Anything: E-Learning Edition #332
How to Survive Anything #332: Challenge | Recap Worst Case Scenarios In a given scenario, ask yourself the following questions: Do I know how to tell if a clown is dangerous? Do I know how to leap from a motorcycle into a car? Do I know how to tell if someone is lying to me? During a recent trip to Sedona, I stumbled upon a survival book covering almost every imaginable situation anyone could find themselves in. The book is titled The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook, and it offers “expert advice for extreme situations.” While I don’t anticipate running into a dangerous clown, the book’s actionable steps, simple illustrations, and pro tips convinced me this would make an excellent resource for this week's challenge. Keep it Simple You don’t have to build something overly complicated. I like how the book combines bullet points with simple illustrations for each scenario. This format is brilliant for a challenge demo. How to Fight a Bear For those of you with extra time or who want to take on something more ambitious, this example from Sarah Hodge is a wonderful example. Sarah packed a lot into this example: motion paths, parallax effects, ambient sounds, quizzing, and more. View the example Challenge of the Week This week, your challenge is to create a short demo or interaction to help learners survive an event or perform some emergency service. Or go with something lighter like surviving a clown attack or designing e-learning in a 100 x 100 slide size. 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: To help you survive this week’s challenge, I’ve prepared a go-bag of examples to show what’s possible using a 100 x 100-pixel slide: Tiny E-Learning Examples RECAP #331: 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.Decision Map to Branching Scenarios #23
Remember last year’s e-learning challenge, where we looked at transforming static infographics into interactive infographics? You guys came up with some amazing examples making that one of our most popular challenges. Last week, an infographic from Inc.com resurfaced. The infographic is really one large simulation map to help managers determine their leadership style. View the infographic There’s even an interactive version of the same infographic. View interactive infographic Since both of these infographics are similar to the branching scenarios we build in e-learning, they make the perfect starting point for a weekly challenge! This week’s challenge This week your challenge is to build a branching interaction based on the What Kind of Leader Are You? infographic. This challenge is all about interpreting an existing simulation map and bringing it to life. Use whatever design style you like. This can include using characters, boxes and arrows, LOL Cats or anything else you can dream up. We just want to see what you can come up with using the infographic as a starting point. Tools You can use Articulate Storyline, Articulate Studio ’09, Articulate Studio ’13, or PowerPoint to create your branching simulation. Resources Here are some scenario resources to help you get started: Blog posts Build Branched E-Learning Scenarios in Three Simple Steps An Easy Way to Build Branched Scenarios for E-Learning A Simple Approach to Interactive E-Learning How to Add Scenarios to Your Rapid E-Learning Courses…Rapidly! How I Built that E-Learning Scenario Forum discussions Conditional endings in a branched simulation Do you have good examples of elearning scenarios? Branching storyboards Branching best practices and tips How we built a customer simulation Tutorials Hands-On: Creating Branching Scenarios Adding branching and custom learner paths to your Quizmaker quizzes Learn how to set up branching in Articulate Quizmaker How to control branching in PowerPoint and Articulate Presenter Sharing your examples: Comments: Use the comments section below to share a link to your published project. The comments section allows links but not attachments. If you have a question or want to share your source files, you should use the forums. Forums: Create your own thread in our E-Learning Heroes forums and share a link to your published source file. You can also attach your project files if you’d like some help or feedback. Personal blog: Post your published example on your own blog and place a link in the comments below. Last week's e-learning challenge To help you find the critical path for this week’s branching challenge, take a look at the highlights from last week’s e-learning games: Alex O'Byrne opened the games with a… game. The snowboarding game requires users to avoid hazards like trees, snowmen, cabins, and more. Neat idea, Alex! Jackie Van Nice “grabbed her design skis and headed for the nearest Black Diamond drawing board” to create this well-designed e-learning template. Be sure to check out Jackie’s blog post to learn more about her design process. George Aston shared a creative demo that features an Olympic ring start menu and flat design. Great job, George! Montse Anderson shared some design comps for the project she’s working on. Looking forward to the final demo, Montse! Gemma Henderson took things in a more organic direction with her hand drawn Olympics template. Be sure to check out Gem’s blog for more info about her project and Skeleton. Awesome demo, Gem! Jeff Kortenbosch shared a creative example that features a custom page background and app-inspired navigation. Great work as always, Jeff! Sam Lincoln jumped into the Olympic challenge with a winning e-learning demo featuring a medal-themed start screen, draggable timeline interaction, and obstacle course. Lots to see in this one! Thanks, Sam! Sean Bengry shared a Seattle Seahawks-inspired template to celebrate the Super Bowl champions. You'll want to see this one. Great job, Sean! Paul Alders shared an Olympic speed skating challenge demo in honor of Sven Kramer. Great job as always, Paul! Note: 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. We’ll feature your work and provide feedback if you request it. It’s your week to branch out, E-Learning Heroes! Even if you’re using a trial version of Studio ’13 or Storyline, you can absolutely publish your challenge files. Just sign up for a fully functional, free trial, and have at it. And remember to post your questions and comments in the forums; we're here to help. For more e-learning tips, examples, and downloads, follow us on Twitter.
