Final Quiz is the ending step for every e-learning course and is an instructional objective. Developing the final quiz is a time-consuming process for eLearning developers, if the number of questions is very large. Do you think there is an easy way to develop the final quiz with several hundred questionsto save the developer’s time? Well, you can use a new feature of Articulate Storyline to import the questions from an MS-Excel sheet directly. This is very helpful when we get quiz questions from SMEs. In this post, I would like to share how to import questions from an MS-Excel sheet. But before we proceed further, let me explain how to develop a standard MS-Excel sheet. Quiz questions in the standard format should have four components. They are: Question Type (Use standard abbreviations) Score Points Question Text Choices In the above screenshot, TF indicates that the question is of True/False 10 points are scored for the correct response. "Articulate Storyline is the best authoring tool" is the question text. True and False are the two available choices for the question and * indicates that True is the correct answer. Note: Storyline ignores doubles slashes which are treated as comments. Here is the list of Standard Abbreviations for all supported question types (9 Graded and 10 Survey question types). Graded Question types:  TF-True/False MC-Multiple Choice MR-Multiple Response FIB-Fill in the Blank WB-Word Bank MD-Matching Drag and Drop MDN-Matching Drop-down SD-Sequence Drag and Drop SDN-Sequence Drop-down Survey Questions: NUM-Numeric LIK-Likert PO-Pick One PM-Pick Many WW-Which Word SA-Short Answer ESS -Essay RD-Ranking Drag and Drop RDN-Ranking Drop-down HM-How Many Note: Ensure that your questions are in the first tab of your spread sheet. Here are the steps to import questions from an MS-Excel sheet. Step 1: Develop an MS-Excel sheet with your questions and choices as perthe standard format. Step 2:Click theFile menu. Step 3: Click Import and select the Questions from File option. Step 4: From the window opened, browse for your.xls file or you can even paste the file location directly. Select the file and click theOpen button. Step 5: All the questions in the Excel sheet will be created with default settings as shown below.  Step 6: Change the points awarded for answering the questions correctly, if required, and click the Import button. Now, you can see that the quiz with the default layout is created. These are the steps to import quiz questions from an MS-Excel sheet into your eLearning course. Note 1: Any formatting in the MS-Excel sheet will be ignored by Storyline during the import process. Note2: You can also import questions from text files. Hope this helps you reduce the time taken for developing your online course. Do share your views. Related PostsRapid E-learning through Storyline Tool: 5 Infographics Sharing Key FeaturesHow to Combine Your Adobe Captivate Projects Into Single Course?How to Categorize Final Quiz Questions in Articulate Quiz Maker

GoAnimate Video Tutorial: How To Make An Animated Video This GoAnimate Video Tutorial shows how GoAnimate makes it easy for you to make amazing videos. The post GoAnimate Video Tutorial: How To Make An Animated Video appeared first on VivaeLearning: The Best Free Video Tutorials Online.

How can you create a wonderful eLearning course? What does it take to delight your online learners? Well, you need to focus on the design of your course. However, design is often overlooked or misunderstood by eLearning developers. As long as the course looks good, they think that visuals are sufficient. But, design affects the way a learner takes the information. Therefore, it should be engaging and learner-friendly and "match" the objective of the course. Here is an info-graphic which lists the aspects you need to consider to design a good online course.  Hope you find this post interesting. Do share your views. Related Posts5 Ways to Make E-learning Interesting - An Infographic5 Proven Ways of Making a Wonderful E-learning Course - An InfographicMaking E-learning Courses Mobile: 5 Aspects to Consider - An Infographic

One of our clients approached us to develop simulations, to train his staff members on PowerPoint. We chose Articulate Storyline to develop the screen simulations of the application from Microsoft. We started recording based on the client requirements, and once the recording was completed, we used the ESC button to convert the recorded simulation into a story file. We have two options with this window i.e. video on a single slide and step-by-step slides. In this scenario, we selected the step-by-step option, and inside the check box selected the view mode steps, and then clicked the Insert button. Once inserted, our simulation can be watched. I started to watch the simulation and found some issues like overlaps and mouse clicks on wrong places. I followed the steps given by the client. But, the recorded simulation video had some errors. Is there a way to rectify them, or do we need to re-record the video all over again? I was clueless. After searching for a long time, I saw one option below the screen timeline with in that one object is "Screen Recording Action", I thought it may be helpful to me. So, right click on Screen Recording Action, and you can see the some options at the bottom. Have a useful name i.e. "Action Fine Tuning". Once you select the ActionFineTuning option, open the new window as same a video editing tool we can edit our simulation video with frame by frame, there are two frame options: 1. Update start frame: If we edit the previous is called start frame. 2. Update end frame: If we edit the next frame, is called end frame. Then, we can adjust the frame overlaps and mouse clicks in wrong places, and after tuning frames, select one of those options and then click OK. Then, you can see the output that is perfectly in accordance with client requirements. There is no need to record our simulations or video again. I hope you find this this blog useful. Do share your views. Related PostsHow to Combine Your Adobe Captivate Projects Into Single Course?Differences between Articulate Storyline and Articulate Studio 13Create Captivating Screencasts Using Articulate Replay

Prezi Tutorial: Get Started in Two Minutes In this Prezi Tutorial you will learn how to take your presentations to the next level with Prezi. In about two minutes, you’ll learn how you can start creating a prezi, from the first click to present! The post Prezi Tutorial: Get Started in Two Minutes appeared first on VivaeLearning: The Best Free Video Tutorials Online.

As an eLearning professional, you should always be very curious to educate yourself and your customers about the process of eLearning and how things work. You can’t just listen to whatever the customer says and start developing the course. You need to listen to the client requirements, analyze the situation and clarify your queries with the customer. How you say it can keep conversations with your customer open and focused. In this blog I’ll share a few common conversations that usually happens between an eLearning professional and their customers. "We can’t afford so much for customization. Just create a static screen", says the customer. As an expert, you should say that the performance of the learner in their workplace matters a lot rather than just the completion. The learner should apply the knowledge gained from the training in their day-to-day life. Rather than making it a static screen suggest some interactive screen which can be created within/ with slight increase in budget. "I’m the SME and I know what my learners know. Use the content as is and make it visually rich", says the customer. As an expert, you should convince the customer by saying, I can’t create this course without your help. Ask the customer to share his knowledge and experience to pull out the most critical things that the learner must do so that it helps in emphasizing the important points in the course. "It’s a compliance course, we just wanted our learner s to check all the boxes", says the customer. As an expert, you should say compliance training should look at the actual learning but not just the completion. Ask the customer, If any of the employee does not follow the policy? At what level are we really mitigating the risk of non-compliance behavior?At the end, our work is judged by how our learners are performing following the training. "We can’t afford for gaming. We just want these courses to be out with the tools what we have", says the customer. As an eLearning professional , you can educate the customer saying, there are many levels of gaming ranging from simple recall to remember. This helps in motivating the learner and create some kind of competition among themselves. There are many situations hat you might face apart from the above mentioned, answer the customer directly or explain them with some examples and keep the conversation open and focused. Related PostsCreating a Training Program Ensuring Workplace Safety - Free PresentationWhy Scenario-based E-learning?How Training can help deal with Customer Aggression (Part 2)

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How To Choose A Custom eLearning Company In India? In my article How to evaluate a custom eLearning company in India I had shared my insight on top 6 criteria for evaluation. Here is a recap of the key aspects to focus on during your evaluation process: Capability and expertise. Size and capability to scale. People. Development process. Pricing model. Infrastructure and measures to protect your IP Choosing the right custom eLearning company is a tall order. The outcome needs to successfully address the reason(s) that triggered your outsourcing initiative. Just to recap from my earlier article Too Many eLearning Companies in India - How to Find the Best?, your decision to outsource could have been driven by: Scaling (to handle higher volumes). Reducing the time to market. Reduction in cost. Access to talent that you do not have. Addition of more innovative solutions to your portfolio. In this article I will build upon the evaluation process and provide tips on how you can choose a custom eLearning company in India. Choosing the right custom eLearning company in India should be driven by your assessment of qualities they must have and that will ensure that you are laying the foundation of a mutually beneficial and long term relationship. The cost of re-evaluation is high in case your initial choice does not work and often you may not get the required management support to do the exercise all over again. I will provide you a checklist that will help you choose the right custom eLearning company in India. I have mapped each facet to a set of probing questions and how they will have an impact on the success of your outsourcing initiative. The Basics 1. What is their focus? Ask what their focus on custom eLearning development is. Tip: This should map to 50% or more of their revenue. In turn, you get the assurance of the required support in the long run. If custom eLearning is their primary business, they will invest on enhancing skills, portfolio, and continuous improvement. 2. What are their credentials? Ask for their prior record in similar relationships. Tip: Specifically ask the duration of each engagement and assess what percentage of these is long term. You need their longevity record to be more certain of how your relationship will be handled. 3. Talent. Ask for the resumes of the team that will be aligned to you, including Project Managers, Instructional Designers, Visual Designers, Technical Experts, and Quality Auditors. Tip: Check on their talent nurturing and retention plans. This will provide good cues on how likely you are to continue with the team you ran your pilot with! 4. Clear and well-defined process. Ask for the process, supporting assets, and more specifically, how flexible their work-flow is to handle your requirement. Ask for assets being used on some projects to determine how effectively the prescribed processes are followed. Tip: Check for the periodicity of updates to the existing work-flow. Ask about the AGILE practices. Success Factors 5. Approach. Ask what drives their solution architecting. Ascertain if their solutions are driven by tools or learning experience. Tip: Check if their solutions are based on learner performance and how they will create a positive impact on the business. Ascertain if they take a consultative approach to craft the right solution. 6. Meeting deadlines (while sustaining quality). Ask how they manage the schedules. Particularly check on the impact (if any) when concurrent projects happen. Tip: Ask this question during the reference checks. 7. Risk management and mitigation. Ask about their framework and how exactly risks would be communicated to you (including their mitigation plan). Tip: Ask how this learning will be factored in subsequent projects. 8. Collaboration. Ask about their framework for collaboration between distributed teams. Specifically ask about the coverage to handle time zone challenges. Tip: Ascertain the effectiveness of their communication and collaboration during the reference checks. 9. Innovation. Ask if this exists and, if so, how exactly this is driven. Ascertain if this is indeed part of their DNA. Tip: Ascertain the outcomes and some success stories and certainly check this during the reference checks. 10. Pricing model. Ascertain that there are no hidden costs. Tip: I have mentioned this at the end, although it is a very significant factor. This is because you need to weigh all of the aforementioned facets against your basic outsourcing cost to determine if the model will be feasible. I hope this information will help you choose a custom eLearning company in India that will help you succeed in your outsourcing initiative. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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Snappico: Learning On The Go And Having Fun While At It. Snappico hits all the right eLearning buzzwords, as it sits at the intersection of three trends that have seen considerable adoption in the last couple of years or so: micro-learning, gamification and infographics. The micro-learning core consists of the mobile flash card app that displays tiny self-contained pieces of information to its users. To add to the fun factor and keep engagement high this is combined with gamification elements, such as score keeping with social leaderboards, rare and collectible card sets, trying to keep up with your friends, and more. Finally, infographics, in the original sense, because we attempt to visualize the knowledge offered in the cards, favoring graphics and illustrations with as little text as we can get away with. What is Snappico? Think of it as a portable, visually rich, Wikipedia in a mobile application, that you can browse when you're bored or when you want to learn something new without much effort. It's perfect for any kind of commute (unless you're the driver), and the content is varied and great for both kids and adults that want to jolt their brain while on the go. We try to cover as many topics as we can (from DNA's structure and sports to the history of the Roman Empire) and already offer over 130 topical card sets, with 10 new sets landing every week. How Snappico works First you have to get the app (oh, and, have we mentioned it's free?). It's only available for iOS at the moment, but if you're an Android user watch this space, as there's an Android version in the works which we'll hope to launch soon. From within the app, you can subscribe to various topics (card sets) and collect your cards. You get one (two-sided) card per topic for each day, but you can also use credits to unlock additional cards faster. Each completed card set increases your collection's value, so in order to beat other users score-wise you have to complete as many sets as you can. You need to be quick to subscribe to new sets, though, as they come with limited availability. As you complete your sets and increase your score, you also rise to even higher levels, which give you access to sets that are only available at those levels. So, those that worked faster to get a head-start and don't get too complacent and lazy about it tend to stay on top. With its nicely illustrated cards and game elements, Snappico will probably remind you of the collectible cards of old (with baseball or soccer players, formula 1 cars, etc.) and those have indeed been a great inspiration to us. We've also placed special emphasis on having well written micro-lessons on each card, and getting them to be as effective and clear as they are, proved to be a form of art all of its own. Everyone can ramble for 10 paragraphs, but essentializing the same information down to bite size takes a certain talent. Conclusion All in all, we're quite happy with how Snapicco turned out and it's already doing quite well regarding user adoption. And don't forget that we're only beginning with this app, as besides the upcoming Android release, we also have a few more surprises coming to it in the future. If you're an iOS user and haven't already downloaded your free copy, we suggest you check it out and get some micro-learning on. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.