Articulate 360 Resources: June 2021

Tuesday, June 29, 2021

Adding Custom Font to Theme - Adapt Learning Tool | Swift

Adapt is a free and easy to use e-learning authoring tool. With this tool we can create eLearning courses which are fully responsive, multi-device, HTML5 compatible. Adapt tool gives the freedom to eLearning developers to customize the courses using the award-winning Adapt developer framework. In this blog we are going to demonstrate the steps to add custom fonts to the theme.

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Create an Online Training Using Adult Learning Principles?

Getting productive online training during #covid-19 lockdown is a great opportunity to boost career, learning skills, and understand the value of e-learning. As learning and development (L&D) professionals, you want to create courses that inspire learners, change their mindsets and drive performance. In short, you want to create courses that are effective and hit the mark every time.

Now here’s the challenge. Your learners are adults with previous knowledge and fixed ideas and, they want learning experiences that help them to meet their needs and achieve their goals. To deliver such learning, either through a dedicated eLearning course or a more general organizational training program, adult learning principles (Andragogy) should be utilized to enhance their learning needs.

Basically, learning is a process that has its own distinct philosophies. But, when we talk about e-learning, the words “Andragogy” and “Pedagogy” are often used to create engaging and motivational learning as per their needs. Both of Greek origin, Andragogy literally translates to “Andras” (man) and “ago” (guide). On the other hand, “Pedagogy” means “Paidi” (child) and “ago” (guide). In simple terms, Andragogy is adult-focused learning, while pedagogy is child-focused learning.

Designing e-learning courses for adults requires a sound understanding of why and how adults learn. By understanding and applying Adult Learning Principles, Instructional Designers can create the right engagement quotient in e-learning courses.

Quality Assurance & Checklist for Courses with Accessibility

More than ever in these two decades – since e-Learning has been introduced, there is a growing demand for it as an effective learning mode. More and more Internet users are resorting to online learning who find it as an easy and practical way of learning about any topic or any course.

It is no surprise that in the coming years, online learning will certainly surpass any other mode of learning and will amass more learners throughout the world.

In this context of e-Learning spreading at such a rapid pace, e-Learning accessibility standards has its significance. The concept of e-Learning accessibility indicates that eLearning content should be accessible to all types of learners – regardless of their ability to access the content.

E-Learning accessibility is, in fact, a responsibility of the content developers and is also a challenge for them as it has to address various kinds of disabilities such as visual impairment, hearing impairment, mobility and cognition.

Numerous countries across the world have already made it clear and mandatory that all e-Learning content (as it is part of web content) should be accessible to all users – whatever be the disability or challenge.

Thursday, June 24, 2021

Tips to Localize eLearning content with Adobe Captivate 2019

To explain it in a simple way, eLearning localization is the process of translating the eLearning content into another language. In eLearning translation and localization process, we may modify various elements of the eLearning course to suit the subtle cultural and regional aspects of the target learners such as interface colors, fonts, images, graphics, symbols as well as the learning methods.

As there are millions of non-English Internet learners worldwide, who would like to be trained in their native language, eLearning localization has gained its prominence. By localizing eLearning courses, you can augment the scope of customer-reach. There are quite a few rapid eLearning tools in the market which have inbuilt capacity to localize eLearning content. Adobe Captivate 2019 is one among the prominent rapid authoring tools. Adobe Captivate can save a lot of time in doing effective localization.

To localize an eLearning course into another language, you need to localize different elements of the course such as text, images, audio, closed captions, video captions, etc. In this blog, we will focus on how eLearning localization can be done using Adobe Captivate 2019.

Wednesday, June 23, 2021

How to Accelerate eLearning Solutions Through Partnerships

On keenly observing the lifecycle of eLearning content development, one would be surprised to the extent of end-to-end work involved from conceptualizing the course objectives to launching the course is hugely massive. In exhaustion, if you say, it is almost like making a movie ‘indoors’, you are, in fact, not exaggerating the point.

The gigantic end-to-end process involved is driven by the complexity of strategy coupled with deployment of diverse competencies and amount of communication exchanged, both internal and external, and numerous other tasks involved to deliver a qualitative solution on a timely and cost-effective manner.

In this ever-evolving global uncertainties’ rapidly changing technology landscape, It is imperative for organizations to deliver one-stop shop solutions, both efficiently and in a manner that enhances the net promoter score with the clients.

One wiser idea around is to forge eLearning partnership alliances to deliver eLearning solutions more rapidly, thus enabling win-win situation for all stakeholders.

In this article, we will look at how we can accelerate eLearning design and delivery through partnerships.

Tuesday, June 22, 2021

Coronavirus — Health Information and Guidelines

Covid-19, spread by the virus SARS-CoV-2 has caused chaos across the globe. Awareness towards this disease has become very important as this disease can be prevented from spreading by following few precautionary measures.

We at Swift have developed an elearning course to raise awareness on the Covid-19 and the virus causing it.

This elearning course contains information on:

The corona virus infection

Measures to slow down the transmission of the infection

Measures to prevent the infection

Symptoms corresponding to the infection

Remove Play Button at Beginning of the Course | Storyline

In an eLearning course, the play icon appears when there is an audio and video in the course. Until the user click the play button, it doesn’t starts which is sometimes annoying. To get rid of this play button, follow these steps.

In this blog, you will be able to learn how to remove a play button at the beginning of the course in browser view using Articulate Storyline 360.

How to Use Custom CSS in Adapt eLearning Authoring Tool

Adapt learning is a free and simple to use e-learning authoring tool. With this tool users can design eLearning courses which are fully responsive, multi-device, HTML5 friendly. Adapt authoring tool allows the flexibility to eLearning creators to create the courses using the award-winning Adapt developer framework. In this blog we are going to show the techniques to use custom CSS.

Adding Custom Image Into The Text – Articulate Rise

Articulate Rise 360 is an excellent eLearning authoring tool when it comes to developing fully responsive online courses. This blog will demonstrate how to add an image beside the textbox by doing custom changes in the Articulate Rise files.

Setting Up Assessment Results Page in Adapt Authoring Tool

Adapt is a free and easy to use e-learning authoring tool. With this tool we can create eLearning courses which are fully responsive, multi-device, HTML5 compatible. Adapt tool gives the freedom to the eLearning developers to customize the courses using the award-winning Adapt developer framework.

In the Adapt tool there is a feature call quiz components which consists of multiple choice and matching questions. There is also an assessment results component which will display the quiz results. In this blog we will see how to create the assessment results page.

Wednesday, June 16, 2021

Tips to Convert PowerPoint into an eLearning Course

Before the emergence of current eLearning rapid authoring tools, eLearning training modules were made in Adobe Flash. Much before that – for considerably a longer time – PPT was widely used for training programs.

There was a time when presentations and training programs on PPT were a well-known scenario. As new rapid authoring tools have evolved in the eLearning domain, content developers have almost stopped using PPT for training purposes.

But, some important and useful training programs are left stored in those PPTs. So, PowerPoint training into eLearning conversion is required as part of the legacy content conversion. In fact, converting the content you already have in PPTs to Articulate Storyline 360 is a big advantage as you don’t need to re-create the whole presentation from scratch.

This article will discuss how we can convert PPT to eLearning, using the rapid authoring tool – Articulate Storyline 360.

Tuesday, June 15, 2021

Benefits of eLearning Templates for eLearning Development

eLearning development is a time-consuming process. Numerous organizations rely on eLearning templates to expedite the online training process and cut costs. Therefore, using eLearning templates greatly improves your productivity and enhances the overall quality of your eLearning courses in lesser time.

Also, eLearning templates allow to create professional-looking, visually appealing, and highly interactive courses to grab learner’s attention.

Here are some of the notable benefits of using rapid eLearning templates for your online training course.

Saturday, June 12, 2021

Tips To Design User Interface (GUI) For Elearning Courseware Development

In this blog, we are going to discuss about the use of visual elements for designing eLearning courses, that is, Graphic User Interface (GUI)/ User Interface (UI) for an eLearning courseware development.

Human beings are visual in nature, we respond to visual data more than any other form of data. The human brain processes visual/images 60,000 times quicker than text, and 90 percent of information transferred to the brain is visual.

Did you know, experts trust that the information is 6 times more likely to be stored in brain when presented visually.

So, we can utilize this natural skill in eLearning development process to enhance eLearning design. It makes learning/collaboration easier, that impact organizational performance. Visually rich design keeps the learner’s eyes occupied, and the brain will be alert and active to consume information.

Importance Of eLearning Quality Assurance To Deliver Bug-Free Courses

Just like any other product that is going to be released into the market, an e-learning course also needs quality assurance (QA) before it is launched to the learners. However, quality assurance is much more significant to e-learning because, the overall development happens in multiple categories, which are completely divergent to one another, yet all congregate to form a wonderful course to engage and delight the learners. These divergent categories involve multiple tasks such as – instructional design, storyboarding, video editing, screen recording, animations, audio and video recording, graphic designing, translating text, providing sub titles and publishing the course. For all these individual categories, the quality assurance should happen separately and when the final course is published, efficient testing should be done for the probable bugs.

Hence, the production of an e-learning course – end to end – is a gigantic task which needs quality assurance at each level to enhance the user experience. Quality assurance is like a current flowing underneath at every level of the development, without which the outcome would be shabby and unimpressive. Quality assurance in e-learning development, in fact, addresses various business aspects in a disguised way. It assures e-learning course quality, enhances product improvement, gains learner satisfaction, improves business standards, and eventually wins more and more customers.

Tips to Build Accessibility Compliance eLearning Courses With Formal Design Methods – WCAG 2.0

According to the world health and disability statistics, around 15% of the world’s population live with a disability. In the current world of improved awareness, each country is keen on those eLearning development programs which are accessible to all kinds of learners – including learners with disability. Here, accessibility means developing the eLearning content which are usable by learners with disabilities – relating to vision, hearing, mobility and cognition.

So, if it is about developing an eLearning course, accessibility is one mandatory factor to consider by following standards like Section 508 and Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.0).

In this changed context, it is mandatory for all the eLearning content developers to think of eLearning accessibility checklist or guidelines. With increasing demand for accessibility compliance eLearning courses at workplace, it is time to pay attention to it. If you are developing a course which supports the disability learners, you are in a way reducing their learning challenges and supporting their learning ability. Fortunately, accessibility compliance eLearning courses can be built with formal design methods.

Overall, all the accessibility standards across the countries would work with the same goal – To make learning available to every learner despite their different needs and abilities and health status.

Tips For Creating Engaging Micro-learning Courses To Enhance Learning Experience

When the training is too hard to digest and gives your learners a heartburn, a bite-sized approach is an adept solution to make learning engaging and fun-based. This is where micro-learning comes into the picture.

Micro-learning is one of the most efficient content delivery methods that many organizations include in employee training programs. It can be incorporated into any type of training, traditional or otherwise, and have the power of engaging e-learners and keeping them focused on the subject.

Micro-learning holds a great deal of effective elearning solutions in today’s fast paced corporate training world to provide learner-centric information in a short span of time.

To create effective, small, relevant, and digestible courses, information must be provided in an engaging package that closes immediate knowledge gaps.

Here are some effective tips for creating engaging micro-learning courses that will enhance learning experience and boost productivity.

Thursday, June 10, 2021

Importance Of Anti-Bribery And Anti-Corruption Awareness During Induction Training

In this blog we will look at what bribery and corruption means and the importance of bribery and corruption during induction training.

What does bribery include?

Bribery is not limited but includes anything of value. It could be in the form of:

- Cash, equivalents of cash (gifts/ vouchers), stock, personal property, and assumption or absolution of a debt.

Political contributions.

- Charitable gifts – if a charity is made at the direct request of a government official or private business partner, it is an indirect bribe paid to acquire or maintain a business or to obtain or retain to secure the inappropriate business benefit.

- Internship awards or Job offers – offers to government officials (or their relatives) can present a risk of violating anti-bribery or anti-corruption laws regulations.

- Before making such offers, compliance must be consulted.

Why is anti-bribery and anti-corruption training important?

Best practices are designed to avoid bribery and corruption in organizations, so a company needs to apply them. Bribery and corruption are not only against the corporate principles, they are also illegal and can result in fines and penalties, including imprisonment and reputational damage, for both the employee and the company.

Tips To Create Engaging Content For Disability Learners - Section 508, AODA

Unlike earlier, now it is mandatory for eLearning content to be accessible to all learners – including learners with disability. There are around 15% of disabled learners in the world’s population. The elearning content developers must think of innovative eLearning strategies to make eLearning accessible to all disability learners.

Learners with disability are of varied kinds. Here are some examples:

A learner who has cerebral palsy may find it difficult to understand or process information. They use voice-recognition software.

- A learner who is blind, depends on the screen reading software.
- A learner who has Dyslexia struggles to read, spell, write, and speak.
- A learner is partially blind.
- A learner has hearing impairment.
- A learner has problem with his fingers and is not able to handle the mouse

Providing effective eLearning solutions to suit the needs of the disabled learners is a challenge for content developers across the globe. Fortunately, there are eLearning solutions which are targeting the needs of the disabled learners. Technology is playing a significant role in providing perfect learning solutions for disabled learners.

In this article, we will look at some significant tips to create engaging and accessible content for disability learners.

Wednesday, June 9, 2021

Best Practices for Converting Flash Courses To HTML5 To Run On Latest Browsers

Adobe declared that it would discontinue its support to Flash player from Dec, 2020. In connection to this, no prominent browsers such as Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox and Safari would support Adobe Flash player. In fact, much earlier to this, content developers have almost stopped using Flash for two primary reasons: the browsers were not fully compatible with the Flash courses; and the eLearning content developers wanted to run their training courses in multi devices – especially in smart phones.

Tuesday, June 8, 2021

How Important Is Elearning localization For Sales And Marketing Teams?

In a broader way, eLearning localization is understood as translating eLearning content into the language of the new target audience. However, the overall eLearning localization process, in fact, goes beyond translation as it includes handling different subtle aspects such as:

written content,
colors,
graphics,
fonts,
interface controls,
symbols,
currencies,
units of measurements,
audio,
video,
narrative tone,
learning approaches,
idioms and phrases,
abbreviations,
cultural references and
region-specific nuances

To put it precisely, eLearning localization includes translating and adapting training content to the targeted culture and language. The real challenge in localizing your eLearning course would be to make it understandable to the learner while maintaining it culturally suitable. On the other hand, learning in one’s mother tongue helps a learner understand the content comparatively in a better way. As a result, with eLearning localization, there is scope for learners to gain more access to multiple eLearning courses.

The ADDIE Model – The Best Way To Develop Engaging eLearning

The ADDIE model methodology is used for the creation of e-learning courses effectively and conveniently. This ADDIE methodology was developed in the Florida State University in 1970. Although there are many different models and methodologies for the creation of training courses in the e-learning industry, undoubtedly ADDIE is the most convenient and popular of all.

Therefore, many of the e-learning professionals are following ADDIE model because it is efficient, versatile and fulfils the requirements of online training or web based training (WBT). Another benefit of ADDIE is that it enables you to correct the errors made in previous iterations, thus improving the quality of the end product.

Tuesday, June 1, 2021

Time For Re-Skilling Retail Workforce - Post-Pandemic Challenges

Such a situation was neither imagined nor experienced earlier! In fact, markets have seen fluctuations – time and again – for different reasons, but none is closer to this sort at the level of crippling the market and affecting the morale of the resources – causing a disturbance at every level possible. To put it precisely, in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, the whole world simply got a jolt.

Now, post-pandemic, after a year is passed, we are still in the recovery mode, garnering resources and infrastructure, and streamlining the workforce to get the best results. For various reasons such as forced recession, obstacles in project acquisition, employees in numerous organizations of different sizes, have either faced salary reduction or got removed from jobs. Some resources moved to other jobs anticipating lay off. Organizations had to recruit new resources strategically considering various factors.

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Tips To Consider While Migrating Adobe Flash Course To HTML5

Much before the most popular browsers officially announced that Flash player would no longer be supported, content development teams had already been on their way to find alternatives to Flash. One reason for this transition was that Flash was lacking browser compatibility, and the other prominent reason was the increasing popularity for multi-device learning – especially ‘mobile learning’.

As a result, Flash has lost its relevance as an eLearning authoring tool, and Flash eLearning to HTML5 conversion has come into the picture, with the need for legacy eLearning courses to be converted into HTML5. HTML5 is the best alternative potential web technology for eLearning courses to run across multiple devices. For HTML5, there is no need to install any additional browser plugin.

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