Sunday, May 30, 2021

Tips To Consider While Incorporating Gamification In Elearning Courses

 

As far as ‘including fun elements in training’, aka ‘gamification’ is concerned, many eLearning content developers shirk from it. They wrongly presume that gamification doesn’t play a significant role in the ‘serious’ business of eLearning. Moreover, they think that it consumes more time, money, resources to build end-to-end gamification, compared to the regular course content.

As a result, many content developers end up building placid, un-interactive, non-engaging content, especially when eLearning gamification in training would have made their courses so effective. Hence, we wouldn’t find many eLearning training courses resorting to gamification strategies in eLearning. But, of late, the trend looks progressive in terms of incorporating gamification for e-learning.


Tips For Quality Assurance In e-Learning and Its Importance


Quality assurance has a significant role in all industries, be it Pharmaceutical, electronics, mechanical, etc. This is done just to avoid any setbacks in the future. This builds trust among the customers on your product and services, hence provide you an opportunity for customer retention.

But does Quality assurance in e-Learning play an important role? Well…the answer is clearly yes, but how?

In this blog, we will discuss the strategies and tips that can be useful while conducting Quality Assurance and also look at the ways Quality assurance plays an important role in eLearning.

Wednesday, May 26, 2021

Tips To Convert Flash Courses To HTML5 - Captivate 2019


 In the context of Adobe’s decision – along with major web browsers – not to support Flash player from 31st December 2020, the need for ‘legacy content conversion’ of Flash to HTML 5 has come into play. There are other reasons as well – the growing trend for rapid eLearning content and the current need to play eLearning courses on multiple devices. Moreover, the open-source web technology, HTML5 is recognized to have content design flexibility and course deployment feasibility. Flash to HTML5 conversion enables a course to play device-independent and makes learning happen anytime.

So, once you have taken a decision to convert Flash to HTML5, the next best decision is to select the right authoring tool to go ahead with. One prominent rapid authoring tool to consider for this purpose is – Adobe Captivate. The tool began its humble beginning as a screen recording utility but reached its peak in two decades as one of the best authoring tools in the market today, incorporating all the needed features suitable for rapid Flash eLearning to HTML5 conversion.


Nutrition Online Training Courses For Personal Trainers Via Elearning

 

In the modern age where people are building awareness on the importance of staying fit and healthy, the demand for personal training and trainers has been increasing immensely. For personal trainers, it is pretty much their job to deliver services that get the best possible results for their clients. These services could range from providing the right kind of training regimen to guidance during training.

But the most important service that personal trainers should provide to the clients is the information on nutrition intake. Researches state that nutrition plays an important role in fitness than physical training itself. Hence it is critical for a Personal Trainer to understand the various nutritional requirements, diets to be followed, and supplements to be taken (if necessary).


Saturday, May 22, 2021

Quality Assurance in eLearning Development - A Complete Guide

 

In today’s competitive eLearning industry, maintaining quality of the eLearning courses really matters. In fact, the success of an elearning company depends on the quality of its deliverables in the form of elearning courses.

Quality Assurance (QA) is the most important phase and the final step in the eLearning development process that focusses on delivering an error free or bug free elearning course. In this blog we will go through the following topics to walk you through quality assurance process:

- What is Quality Assurance (QA)?
- Why Quality Assurance is so important?
- The Quality Assurance checklist


Friday, May 21, 2021

Flash To HTML5 Conversion - Frequently Asked Questions(FAQ)

 

During its golden era, Adobe Flash reigned in the eLearning industry helping content developers create great training courses with a wide range of interactive and animations. But, the usage of Flash has dwindled due to its inability to support the browsers and also due to the emergence of rapid authoring tools, which proved to be better alternatives for rapid content development. The final blow to Adobe Flash has come in the form of the advent of smartphones. Content developers and clients now want the courses to be played on these little gadgets, expecting to make online learning ‘anywhere, on any device.


Tips to Design AODA Compliance Courses in Articulate Storyline 360

 

AODA (Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act) is an act created by the Ontario government with the objective to remove all barriers for activities and opportunities for disabled individuals by the year 2025.

It is important to ensure that the online training content you develop should be AODA compliant. The compliance eLearning content must be accessible to people with a wide range of disabilities such as blindness and low vision, learning disabilities, hearing impairment, cognitive impairment, mobility impairment, and speech impairment. The primary purpose of AODA compliance is to make the online training content easier for all users to view and listen to the content.


Monday, May 17, 2021

Adobe Captivate 2019 - Stop Or Pause Audio On Slide Revisit

 

Adobe Captivate 2019 authoring tool offers ease to build custom elearning. In this blog we will discuss how to design stop or pause audio on slide revisit.

In this blog, we will demonstrate how to avoid slide audio from replaying on subsequent visits. We will be using a variable and an advanced action to control the audio.


How To Add Custom Page Numbers in Adobe Captivate 2019?

 

Adobe Captivate 2019 authoring tool eases elearning developers in building custom elearning courses. In this blog we will discuss on adding custom page numbers.


How To Create Custom Progress Bar In Adobe Captivate 2019?

 

Adobe Captivate 2019 is the fine tool for customize elearning. Based on a client's need we built a Custom Progress Bar using variables and advanced actions.

In this blog, we are going to demonstrate the steps to develop a progress bar displaying the overall project progress. Although we cannot adjust the progress bar’s actions directly, hence we used variables and states to create a custom progress bar.


Thursday, May 13, 2021

Adobe Captivate 2019 – Types Of Publish Settings


 Adobe Captivate 2019 can create online courses which can be viewed on a variety of devices, including desktops, iPads, and smartphones. Captivate 9’s newest feature allows you to publish your course as an Android/iOS app (App).

The eLearning courses can be published to HTML5, SWF, Video, Executable, App, Adobe Connect, and Captivate Prime, along with other formats.


Key FAQs For Flash To HTML5 Conversion


Though hackneyed of late, the question is quite significant in its own sense – “Are you converting your Flash content to HTML5?”

As a content provider who has been in the eLearning domain for around a decade and used Flash to develop your initial eLearning courses, you might be wondering what would be the effective answer!

The question is rampant in the light of ending Adobe Flash Player on Dec 31, 2020. In fact, the need to convert Flash content to HTML5 comes into the picture in the context of ‘legacy content conversion’, i.e., the need for converting your original Flash content to HTML5.


Articulate Rise 360 - Responsive eLearning Development


 Articulate Rise 360 is an eLearning authoring tool that helps create responsive eLearning courses for any device. The articulate Rise authoring tool is integrated with a web-based course builder which helps us with responsive eLearning development.

In this blog, let us understand more about Articulate Rise 360 to avail its features to the best of our knowledge:

Browser-based Efficiency: Articulate Rise 360 is no longer limited to a PC. You can work on it on a web-based browser, irrespective of the device you are using. You don’t need to download and install the software. Rise 360 is the authoring tool made in sync with the latest trends, to be used on a web-based browser – say Chrome – to create eLearning courses. To put it precisely, you can build courses online.

Effective Responsiveness: As technology progressed, numerous new-gen devices are being invented – in various shapes and formats, and the need for responsiveness took the centre stage. In ‘responsive eLearning design’, the same eLearning course is accessible for multiple devices in a suitable way, fitting to the device’s dimensions.

Using the latest web technologies, Rise 360 automatically adopts an eLearning course, for whatever device you use – personal computer, laptop, tab, smartphone of different sizes and dimensions, supporting multi-device responsive learning. In this way, the users can have an optimal view and learning experience.


Friday, May 7, 2021

Articulate Rise 360: Best Tool For Responsive eLearning Solutions

 

New technologies are transforming the way we create and deliver learning experiences. Selecting the right authoring software for your company can be difficult, as it will be determined by a variety of factors such as:

- Your in-house team skills,

- How advanced you want your learning experience to be,

- The amount of eLearning content you need to create,

- In-house team size,

- Budget, and

- Whether you require translation

In this blog, we’ll be taking a deeper dive into the Articulate Rise authoring tool.


Localization of Workplace Health Post Pandemic – Covid19

 

Spreading every nook and corner, today Covid-19 has become a global problem, causing threats to all countries alike. No wonder, all parts of the world are severely affected and are striving hard to recover in the post-pandemic period.

In the wake of the second wave of the pandemic – as we are not completely out of the danger yet – workplace health and safety are on the center stage. When projects demand employees’ in-house presence, it is pivotal that they should be completely aware of the health and safety measures to be taken at the workplace. Irrespective of the languages and regions, employees across the world have to safeguard themselves and sustain healthy work culture.


Top 7 Impacts of ELearning on Clinical Research Training


 Clinical research is the branch of science that determines the safety and effectiveness of medications, devices, diagnostic products, and treatment regimens intended for human use. Pharmaceutical and life sciences companies always have a requirement to train their employees to be up-to-date with the scientific and technological advancements of the health sector.

Traditional classroom training might be a hassle as it can cost a lot of resources and time, which can be rather used in research and development. Hence eLearning can be a boon to the L&D sector of the Pharmaceutical and life sciences companies as they are the efficient, cost-saving, and time-saving way of training the employees.


Tips To Avoid Mistakes While Elearning Localization of Content

 

As organizations are having their target learners across the globe, the demand to localize the eLearning content into diverse languages is growing tremendously. With the increase of eLearning localization, the need for cross-cultural awareness has also grown extensively.

Apart from translation, eLearning localization services need to take care of cross-cultural variations, language etiquette, and cultural norms. As there are subtle cultural variations involved in the localization of eLearning, one should take care in delivering localized content.


Why eLearning Translation is Important For Training

 

Around the world, eLearning is becoming a common strategy for corporate training. With global accessibility to the internet and with rapid advancements in technology, reaching out to customers, learners, and audiences in other countries is not difficult. Right?

Prioritizing the satisfaction of employees and customers, companies are investing in eLearning translation. However, most of the audience are non-native English speakers. That means a vast majority of people are likely to be more comfortable in speaking and understanding their own language.

That’s when translating e-learning courses comes to play — to increase the effectiveness of online training programs across the globe. However, there are many benefits to streamline the translation process. One such benefit is that well-translated courses enable companies to meet the learning requirements of learners from diverse ethnic backgrounds.