ID Process: Storyboarding
The last time I wrote about storyboarding, I talked about what is it, why it’s necessary, and how I was going about it for a client. I discussed how it helped me as a designer and the limitations it exposed …
Category: Tools
Building in Rise 360: CNA Training
Articulate’s Rise 360 is a quick authoring tool that has just enough interactivity to be useful while keeping customization at a minimum. It’s very much Storyline Extra-Lite, with an emphasis on text-based learning, plug-n-play interactions, and smooth transitions and interfaces. …
Building in Twine: Non-profit Conversation
One of the The Most Talked About training elements among instructional designers is branched scenarios, a type of role playing where your choices result in a particular outcome. You know: “choose your own adventure!” Most of us learned content and …
ID Process: Storyboarding
No shade to OSU’s Instructional Design Certification intended, but I think they missed out by not including how to properly storyboard e-learning. Screenshot of storyboarding slide in Google Slides, containing a table and images of “unhealthy” habits, and special instructions …
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Beauty and the Beast
Thank you for your patience! It’s been four months since my last post. And what a four months it has been! I earned a 3-month contract with a learning experience design company out of Washington state to work with, what, …
PD: Editing Audio in Audacity
Having earned a spot on a training design collective, I thought it would be a good idea to bone up on some other applications that they asked me about. Wouldn’t it be nice if being a freelance ID required knowing …
Building in Articulate Storyline 360: Accessible Drag n Drop
Goal:On LinkedIn, someone was lamenting Storyline’s inaccessible drag and drop, and someone else linked to this post outlining how to create a keyboard-friendly, clickable drag and drop — a click and match? I decided to try it! Click the image …
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Building in Articulate Storyline 360: Drag n Drop Calculator
Grab a bobatea. This is a long one! Goal:Become familiar with the Storyline 360 interface and some simple interactions. Solution:Finally got that 2 month trial of Storyline up and running. My first instinct was to just explore on my own, …
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Building in EdApp: Fitness Microlearning
Goal:Build a simple, engaging course that tests popular features of this mobile and microlearning management system. DesignxHumanity has a special agreement with this small tech firm to publish content, and before my design team starts building on the platform, I …
Building in Captivate: EFL Grammar Lesson
Goal:Explore the basic tools and interactions available in Captivate 2019. Solution:I used an existing grammar lesson PowerPoint as the basis of the lesson, but adapted the format and content to better allow for Captivate interactions. Apologies, but at the moment, …