Lately we’ve been mainly doing Articulate projects. I think I’ve written 6 of them in the last 5-6 months. For a writer this brings up an interesting point: what is writing e-learning in Articulate like? I’m curious about people’s thoughts on this and want to publish my own because we get a lot of feedback [...]
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2010
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2010
Writing for E-learning
Writing for e-learning is quite an art form. There’s all kinds of writing for e-learning because there is all types of e-learning. Most of what we see currently is the client’s interest in getting a web-based (WBT) project done as quickly and as economically as possible. That being the case, most projects consist of a [...]
26
2009
Storyboard Development
Storyoboarding is the intermediate step between agreeing on an outline for your course and starting development. As such it is probably the key step in getting everyone thinking about what the course will really be about.
The storyboard defines the structure, tone, level of detail and flow of your course. It’s your course’s blueprint, [...]
24
2009
Online Courseware
MLMultimedia’s services for online courseware start with your need to communicate some content. Either you have existing courseware, a computer-based training (CBT) project, or existing live classroom course material that needs to be converted or updated or you have an idea for a course you would like to create. Once we see the [...]
13
2009
Technical Writing
We specialize in technical e-learning courses such as software tutorial or technician certification training; therefore technical writing is – or can be – a part of what we can help you with. Marc Lee, our president, has been a technical writer and we are happy to consider your technical communication situation from the ground [...]
13
2009
Full-Service Multimedia Resource
We are a full-service multimedia company specializing in e-learning. We’re instructional designers, system developers, programmers, writers, videographers, network engineers, and a lot more. Learn more about our services including:
Online Course Development
Technical writing
Content ‘transformation for e-learning
Storyboard development
Graphics design
Instructional Design
Flash programming
Learning management/server systems
Media consulting, troubleshooting
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20
2009
1. Flash – what it is and how it works for e-learning
‘It’s an animation tool,’ ‘It’s a graphics program,’ ‘It’s a movie player,’ ‘It’s a plug-in to a browser.’ ‘It’s a multimedia tool,’ ‘It’s a timeline program,’ ‘It makes movies for the web,’ ‘It’s an advanced programming language.’ ‘It’s a SWF file,’ ‘It’s an entire eco-system for web development,’ ‘It’s the most popular programming language [...]
17
2009
3. Captivate for E-learning
Captivate is a wonderful tool for demoing software. You actually ‘record’ what you do with the software, showing how it works, pressing the buttons and entering the data….whatever, and Captivate records it. You then publish as a little movie.
The example below shows a simple demo Captivate illustrating a task in MS Word. You [...]
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2009
2. What is the e-Learning transformation?
The transformation is about how the material in book becomes a learning experience.