Using Tools Differently for Different Projects Frequently when I share my screen during Zoom meetings, I get quite a reaction. The reaction isn’t about the amazing desktop background picture of me climbing Everest (Kidding! It’s just a stock image.); it’s from people who catch a glimpse of my email inbox. “Where’s everything?!” coworkers seem to […]
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The Learning Experience Evolution
From Relationship Managers to Business Consultants Many Moons Ago… …we began working with a great team at Amway on transitioning its global sales account managers from administrative/relationship-building roles to strategic, business consultants or trusted advisors. This revolutionary change in position and perspective prompted the global sales learning and development team to also radically evolve its […]
Read MoreThe Nuances of Converting Flash to Storyline 360 Courses
Five Tips for Converting Courses From Flash to HTML5 Using Storyline 360 The plug has finally been pulled — Flash is no more. I spent a lot of time last year converting courses from Flash to HTML5 in Storyline and gathered some tips and tricks along the way. If you still have courses that need […]
Read MoreDon’t Be Judged Poorly When It Comes to Your Learning Portal
Five Features Every Learning Portal Should Have At the beginning of the pandemic, I made the choice to enroll my first grader in our school district’s virtual academy. I thought, “Virtual learning, this is an aspect of my job — how hard could it be?” Ha! My son’s courses are provided through vendors,each with a […]
Read MoreScore an A+ for Your Quality Assurance Testing
Seven Tips for First-Rate E-Learning Quality Assurance Testing Great e-learning requires many things: project management, strong instructional design, excellent programming skills, expertise in graphic design, talented voice actors, and a skilled editor. If the team has done all these things well, a robust quality assurance (QA) process can deliver flawless e-learning that works well under […]
Read MoreDesigning for Our Future
Three UX Design basics to remember After reading Tom Petro’s blog, Are We In This Virtually Forever?, I started thinking further into the future than I had in months. As Tom pointed out, almost everything that could be moved to an online platform has moved. A lot of industries and schools are now remote, movie […]
Read MoreThe Art of Recycling Animation
Five Considerations to Building an Animation Library In case you weren’t already in the know, animation takes a lot of time. A few seconds worth of high quality animation can take days, entire scenes take months, and the films Disney and Dreamworks release take several years and hundreds of artists! With that in mind, the […]
Read MoreAre We In This Virtually Forever?
Five Actions to Take to Advance Your Learning Future Now that we are many months into this pandemic, I think we’ve come to realize that many of our normal routines have changed forever — at home and at work. For learning professionals, those whose work weeks were largely filled with maintaining and delivering live instructor-led […]
Read MoreDon’t Expect the Same Experience, Because It’s Not. And That’s Okay!
Create — Instead of Convert — Virtual Instructor-led training In the past few months, we’ve all found ourselves connecting more in a virtual space than in person. Before this, I wouldn’t have taken an online exercise class or used a telemedicine service. Why would I when I live in an urban area with so many […]
Read MoreThe Four Stages of Animation
3D Animation Can Add Dimension to Your Custom E-Learning Projects Animation is a great way to grab learners’ attention in e-learning, but how do you determine when and how to use 3D to take it to the next level of engagement? It’s helpful to think about 3D options in stages of complexity (and cost). When […]
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