This presentation covers some best practices for creating eLearning content. Tips & tricks to make the content creation easier as well as improve the view-ability from your audience's perspective.

1. Best Practices for
eLearning
Common problems and their solutions
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2. About Us
• RealEyes • Jorma Jennings
o Leading Adobe o ACI – Adobe Connect,
Technology Partner Presenter and
o Adobe Connect and Captivate
FMS Reseller o Lead Trainer at RE
o Development Group o 6 years working with
with a focus on RIA Captivate/Presenter
based in Flash/Flex
technology
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3. The Two Sides of eLearning
• Content Creator
o SME
o Producer
o Voice Talent
• Learner
o Employee
o Student
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4. Content Creators
Common Problems Solutions
• Cluttered Content •
•
Remove content
• Verbose Narration •
Add slides/pages
Only state what is needed
• Non-professional • Always read from a script
• Project Length
• Keep your audience in mind
• Stick with major points
• Boring Content • Add interactive elements
• Have a sense of humor
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5. Examples
• Let's examine some projects that have
issues.
• These have some obvious issues, but they
are commonly seen, and can easily be
overlooked when dealing with complicated
or converted eLearning presentations.
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6. The Process Demonstration
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7. The Cluttered Slide
The World as we know it: Sea
Dirt Air
Fresh Water
Mountain Air
Rock
Salt Water
Forest
Sand Water
BottledAir
• We have Water
Desert
Grass Air
Tap Water
City Air
Concrete
Swimming Pools
•We have Land
•We have Air
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8. Audio
• Do one thing at a time!
• Read the audio from a scrip
• Sync your audio after it is recorded
• Consider recording audio in audio recording
software
o Adobe Audition
o Audacity
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9. Keeping your Audience in Mind
• How long will a learner sit and watch?
o 15 min?
o 30 min?
o 45 min?
• Keep the learner engaged
o Ask questions
o Use interactive demonstrations
• Have a sense of humor
o Just a little
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10. Questions?
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