E-learning Tutorials
In this section you’ll find videos and links to videos that can help you hone your e-learning development skills.
What is the easiest way to get started building rapid e-learning content?
The easiest way for those of you who are already using PowerPoint for your presentations is to convert them to Flash. Don’t panic, Flash is explained in plain English in the e-learning tools section – click here. Basically, you don’t really have to know much about Flash, all you have to do is acquire some rapid authoring software which will do it all for you. It gets even better- there are plenty of Flash conversion software programs to choose from on the market and many of them are free so it won’t cost you a cent. To get started using PowerPoint as a base read the next section or skip it and read the section “Building e-learning content from scratch”.
1. Using PowerPoint as a base for building rapid e-learning content.
The link below will take you to a site called E-learning Heros which is offered by Articulate – a company that sells one of my favorite fee-based rapid authoring tools. Click here to find out more about this tool. The E-learning Heros website provides great resources and tutorials for all e-learning practitioners, regardless of the platform that you’re using. However, much of the information on this site is intended for e-learning developers using Articulate Presenter software.
How do I create my first course?
2. Building rapid e-learning content without PowerPoint.
If you are not going to be using PowerPoint or other presentation software to create your e-learning content, click on the link below to find out how to get started. This approach is not to be mistaken with custom development. We simply mean that you can build your content using simple-to-use tools other than PowerPoint.