This document discusses how to add characters to e-learning courses to help tell a story and engage learners. It recommends starting with a story and creating characters to represent different roles. The document then provides tips for finding graphics to represent characters, including using in-development tools, stock graphics, creating them yourself, or working with an artist. Characters can help informal learning, marketing of courses, and as job aids.

1. Adding More “Character”
To Your e-Learning
Jeff Goldman
eLearning Designer
JOHNS HOPKINS
MEDICINE
JOHNS HOPKINS
HEALTHCARE

2. WHY ADD CHARACTERS?

3. FIRST, WE NEED A STORY

4. CREATING CHARACTERS

5. CHARACTERS
Examples

6. CHARACTERS
Examples

7. CHARACTERS
Examples

8. CHARACTERS
Examples

9. CHARACTERS
Examples

10. CHARACTERS
Examples

11. INFORMAL LEARNING

12. MARKETING

13. JOB AIDS

14. GETTING THE GRAPHICS

15. GETTING THE GRAPHICS
IN DEV TOOLS

16. GETTING THE GRAPHICS
STOCK GRAPHICS

17. CREATE IT YOURSELF
BUT, IF YOU KNOW AN ARTIST…

18. THANK YOU!
Jeffery Goldman
eLearning Designer
Johns Hopkins HealthCare LLC
JefferyGoldman@gmail.com
@eLearninCyclops
eLearningCyclops.com