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Add Video (#95)

This week we were challenged to incorporate video into our elearning to engage learners. Many of my colleagues used cinemagraphs for this challenge and I’d love…

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2015-08-17 2 Comments Read article
You can't ignore the big red timer.

Grab Attention and Motivate (#93)

David Anderson never generates a challenge without giving us some resources to work with. This week he linked to an interesting article at HBR.org called 7 Ways to…

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2015-08-05 3 Comments Read article
To recolour the oval, click Recolor, More Variations then choose the colour.

Recolouring Artwork

I often recolour photographs in Storyline to achieve a consistent look-and-feel throughout an eLearning module. Yesterday, I was playing with this idea while creating some new…

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2015-07-24 Read article
A simple drag-and-drop interaction based on a common icebreaker game.

Two Truths and a Lie (#91)

I admit the eLearning Challenges are fun; almost too fun. They are distracting. Between contracts, I should be working on my portfolio site, marketing, networking and…

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2015-07-21 Read article
How far is your commute? With two options: more or less than 10 Km.

Conversations (#90)

The idea here was to design a situation in which you appear to be speaking with the learner. Good challenge! Any challenge that involves audio gets my vote!…

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2015-07-15 Read article
Creative Buttons: a screenshot of the slide of weather buttons

Creative Buttons (#89)

This week’s challenge was Creative Button Styles and Effects. We had quite a thunderstorm last night so I thought I’d use weather as my theme for…

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2015-07-01 Read article
My soundboard with several sound effects.

Soundboard (#88)

I have a great little audio-recording studio and Articluate’s eLearning Challenge #88 gave me an opportunity to play with some of the effects in Audacity that…

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2015-06-22 2 Comments Read article
A map showing Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Interactive Maps (#86)

I love living in Calgary, mostly because it’s so close to the mountains! eLearning Challenge #86 had us create an interactive map of where we live.…

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2015-06-13 Read article
A prototype for Articulate's eLearning Challenge #85.

Functional Prototypes (#85)

For this eLearning Challenge, I didn’t really follow the rules. So my end product isn’t so much a functional prototype as a template. David Anderson introduced…

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2015-06-01 Read article
Mt. Tsar is featured in my Image Slider.

Articulate eLearning Challenge #84

This is my first eLearning Challenge for Articulate’s Community. What fun! The challenge was to simulate an image gallery or slider using Storyline 2. I used my own…

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2015-05-23 2 Comments Read article

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