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In this week’s e-learning heroes challenge, the task is to use slide numbers, or progress, in e-learning courses. Showing learners where they are in the course, and how much they have to go, is a good way to help them both orient themselves as well as organise their time and plan how and when…
I went a little 70s this week! Dave Anderson asked challengers to perform a makeover on a government ethics course, which I’m sure we all agree could be a little more engaging. I was a little overwhelmed by the amount of text in that course—though the challenge was clear to say that we could…
This week’s instalment of the Elearning Heroes Challenge is to show how we might grab our learners’ attention. Story Storytelling is such a powerful way to convey your message, and, get someone’s attention. I live in Australia, and the COVID-19 pandemic overtook all other things in the last couple of months. Here in Oz…
This week’s e-learning heroes challenge asked us to create dynamic e-learning using the random number variable–an amazing Storyline 360 feature! I really tried to get something up for the recent COVID-19 challenge, but alas ran out of time. My idea was around a random activity picker, so, this week’s challenge suited me to a…
Animation in e-learning can help get concepts and ideas across to learners as well as add visual interest. Last week’s E-learning Heroes challenge was exactly that—using educational animations. Reduce, recycle, reduce OK, I don’t think this is what the slogan means, but, for this challenge I decided to re-use the first interaction I built…
As the lead developer at Storyline Developer I make bespoke e-learning courses for my clients. Sometimes, though, a client just needs a branded template so they can develop their own courses and still achieve a consistent style throughout their e-learning catalogue. E-learning Heroes Challenge 230 was all about putting together a template for leadership-style…
In this week’s e-learning heroes challenge, brave e-learning developers all over the world must battle it out to… naw, just kidding. This week we go mobile! Our challenge is to design a navigation menu to use on a mobile phone or tablet. Now, I’ll be the first to admit that completing your e-learning on…
This week, e-learning heroes are asked to come up with a a creative way to let learners know how they performed in a quiz or assessment with a custom results slide. You may have seen many e-learning courses where, after completing the assessment, learners are presented with… this: I wanted to do something that…
Drop-down menu challenge E-learning Heroes Challenge 164 is about using drop-down menus for navigation in e-learning. Storyline 360 does not have a built-in drop-down function, but we can easily create a custom drop-down menu. Design I created a short piece recently as a presentation to win a contract. We won the contract (yay) so…
Challenge 169 asked us to use a scrolling panel in an interesting way. Many times, scrolling panels are used just as a way to stuff more text onto the screen. While this is sometimes valid (sometimes you just need more text!), this challenge was more about other, more creative uses, for the Storyline built-in…
