There are few things we love more than trying out a new eLearning tool, and recently we had the opportunity to take Elucidat for a spin. As part of a client project, we took a break from Articulate Storyline and Rise—our go-to eLearning authoring tools—and spent time exploring what course development is like in Elucidat […]
We recently started to use a new authoring tool, Adapt, to produce a series of courses for a client. The concept of Adapt is much like that of Storyline; it’s one of many a rapid development tools to choose from when developing a course. More specifically according to Adapt Learning, Adapt is a “free and easy […]
Map It by Cathy Moore might be just what you need to grow the perspectives and skills of your learning team as you create training to support business outcomes. Let’s consider a scenario. One way or another, it’s been decided: your department needs some training. You do what you’d normally do: boot up Storyline, create […]
Authoring tools, like Rise and Storyline from Articulate, are incredibly useful, but there are times when learning goals, subject matter, or learner needs are best delivered by thinking beyond the authoring tool. That’s the exact thought we had while working with Royal Caribbean on training their fleet of bartenders. Here’s a little background before diving […]
Have a course coming up with seat time requirements? Minimum seat times are a great way to ensure learners don’t skip over important content, and they’re especially important for workplace and general safety topics. But building a course within the constraints of a seat time requirement calls for a different approach than you might take […]
What instructional design tools are currently in your toolbox? At Maestro, we regularly take stock in the available tools for instructional designers and consider what the best ones are, from software to style guides, diagnostics to downloads. Instructional design software tools Collaboration tools Authoring tools Instructional design writing tools Storyboarding Style guides Reference tools Diagnostic […]
When you’re a learning designer, you’re making magic happen all day long. Whether you’re illustrating a set of characters or creating brand cohesive course components, you need the very best learning design tools at your disposal to make great learning happen. What tools are you using most right now? Are you up-to-date on the latest […]
An era has come to an end, and Adobe Flash is permanently ending this year. Why does this matter? Flash is (well, was) the magic behind the most eLearning courses and, in the past, most websites. Flash gave us a good heads up about the discontinuation back in 2017, so most websites have switched over […]
Look around you right now and observe how many people are looking at smartphones. I’m guessing you’re going to see quite a few—but did you know the average adult checks their phones 150 times a day? Craziness. You’d think checking your phone that many times a day would become a serious distraction, but 94% of […]
