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RealEyes Connect © 2012 Best Practices for eLearning Common problems and their solutions

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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.

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Page 1: Best Practices for Creating eLearning Content

RealEyes Connect © 2012

Best Practices for eLearning

Common problems and their solutions

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RealEyes Connect © 2012

About Us

• RealEyeso Leading Adobe

Technology Partnero Adobe Connect and

FMS Resellero Development

Group with a focus on RIA based in Flash/Flex technology

• Jorma Jenningso ACI – Adobe

Connect, Presenter and Captivate

o Lead Trainer at REo 6 years working

with Captivate/Presenter

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The Two Sides of eLearning

• Content Creatoro SMEo Producero Voice Talent

• Learnero Employeeo Student

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Content Creators

Common Problems

• Cluttered Content

• Verbose Narration

• Non-professional

• Project Length

• Boring Content

Solutions• Remove content

• Add slides/pages

• Only state what is needed

• Always read from a script

• Keep your audience in mind

• Stick with major points

• Add interactive elements

• Have a sense of humor

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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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The Process Demonstration

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The Cluttered SlideThe World as we know it:

• We have Water

• We have Land

• We have Air

Fresh Water Salt Water Bottled Water Tap Water Swimming Pools

Dirt Rock Sand Grass Concrete

Sea Air Mountain Air Forest Air Desert Air City Air

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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 softwareo Adobe Auditiono Audacity

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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 engagedo Ask questionso Use interactive demonstrations

• Have a sense of humoro Just a little

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Questions?

RealEyes Connecthttp://www.realeyes.com

940 Logan St. @realeyesconnectDenver, CO 80203 FaceBook Us303-433-3311

Jorma [email protected]