eLearning

Days out in Yorkshire

This resource was created using Articulate Storyline. This week's Articulate challenge was to combine text and graphics.

Purpose: to combine text and graphics

Software: Articulate Storyline

Skills demonstrated:

• Photography and use of Adobe Lightroom to enhance images
• Combining text and graphics
• Graphic design skills - use of line, colour, space, typography.

UK v US English

This resource was created using Articulate Storyline. This week's Articulate challenge was to create a results slide that fits the rest of the eLearning. I have used one of the templates I created at work for this.

Purpose: to create a custom results slide

Software: Articulate Storyline

Skills demonstrated:

• Consistency of colour and branding across the quiz
• Use of variables to track score
• Review slides and opportunity to retake quiz.

Crossword

This resource was created using Articulate Storyline. This week's Articulate challenge was a real challenge! It was to create a crossword. That means using lots of variables! Well, it still needs some tweaking but it works okay.

Purpose: to create a working crossword using variables

Software: Articulate Storyline

Skills demonstrated:

• Creation of many equal sized boxes and use of pixel position to line them up
• Creation of many variables - one per box
• Checking whether variables are true to mark the crossword correct or incorrect.

Cousins

This resource was created using Articulate Storyline. The main reason I created this was because my cousin had a baby, and the rest of the family were getting confused about all the different cousin relationships. It also happens to fit this week's eLearning challenge, which is to turn an infographic (our family tree) into an interaction.

Purpose: to clear up the confusion around all the different cousin relationships in the family

Software: Articulate Storyline

Skills demonstrated:

• Using an infographic as an interaction
• Quiz with pass mark and review pages
• A range of buttons to navigate, with control to ensure content is viewed first.

Office-themed Template

This resource was created using Articulate Storyline. I created this piece for one of the Articulate Community E-learning Challenges (#234 - Course Starters: Using Desktop and Office Themed Designs in E-Learning). Other than real-life work examples, this is the first theme I have created myself. There's a few things I would change about it, and I may update and improve it over time but this is really just a first draft.

Purpose: to produce a theme and template for an Office design

Software: Articulate Storyline

Skills demonstrated:

• Background colours and images that fit a theme
• Creation of a template file

If you would like a free copy of this template, click here.

Learn to Play the Piano

This resource was created using Articulate Storyline. I created this piece for one of the Articulate Community E-learning Challenges (#231 - Learn to play musical instruments with eLearning). Being generally quite musical, this challenge held some appeal. I'm not sure that I would want to develop a full course but this might be okay for starters.

Purpose: to learn the white notes on a piano keyboard

Software: Articulate Storyline

Skills demonstrated:

• Creation of clear graphics for a purpose
• Audio for piano notes
• Quiz with progress or go back to start options

Lost Arts of Technology

This resource was created using Articulate Storyline. I created this piece for one of the Articulate Community E-learning Challenges (#229 - Reviving the Lost Arts with eLearning). I didn't really have a particular reason for doing this one. It just seemed like a fun thing to participate in.

Purpose: to have a bit of nostalgic fun.

Software: Articulate Storyline

Skills demonstrated:

• Use of images to create titles, footers and buttons
• Embedding video
• Use of glossary

Accordion Template

This resource was created using Articulate Storyline. I created this piece for one of the Articulate Community E-learning Challenges (#227 - Share your eLearning accordion interactions). I took this opportunity to develop an accordion interaction that fits the colour scheme for one of our existing clients. However, several of my current projects is using purple as the main colour, so this will easily be adapted for different pieces of work. The 'menu', 'previous' and 'next' buttons will obviously only work when this slide is part of a complete course.

Purpose: to add to a template bank of interactions.

Software: Articulate Storyline

Skills demonstrated:

• Use of accordion style interaction
• Use of layers
• Use of animations to simulate movement
• Use of states for hover and active tabs

Wheelchair Etiquette

This resource was created using Articulate Storyline. I created this piece for one of the Articulate Community E-learning Challenges (#224 - How designers are using progress bars in e-learning). It was a good way to learn how to use sliders and variables to produce a progress bar that matched the theme of the e-learning.

Purpose: to educate people about how to treat wheelchair users, in a fun and personable way.

Software: Articulate Storyline

Skills demonstrated:

• Progress bar to show progress through the course
• Use of variables
• Tab order for accessible technologies
• Interactive elements - more information via reveal buttons

Canine Partners

This resource was created using Articulate Storyline. This was my first piece using this software and was actually not commissioned by Canine Partners but was initially intended as a learning activity for getting started with the software.

Purpose: to educate and raise awareness about the work that the charity Canine Partners is doing to provide assistance dogs for people with mobility impairments.

Software: Articulate Storyline

Skills demonstrated:

• Storyboarding
• Consistent use of branding - logos, colour schemes, fonts
• Presenting information, using combination of text and graphics
• Interactive elements - drag and drop, sliders, dials, quiz questions

Internet Safety

This resource was created using Articulate Rise. It was created for use by libraries and adult learning centres to mark Safer Internet Day 2019.

Purpose: to make people aware of some of the risks associated with the Internet and social media and inform them about further courses they could take.

Software: Articulate Rise

Skills demonstrated:

• Creating short standalone courses
• Scripting course content
• Checking understanding on the go using quiz questions
• Embedding video

Algebra

This resource was created using Articulate Storyline. I was really just playing with the colour of the year and one of the associated colour palettes but my niece happened to be revising algebra, so I tied that in too.

Purpose: to practise some very basic Y6 algebra for SATs.

Software: Articulate Storyline

Skills demonstrated:

• Menus and variables to show completion
• Use of colour palettes (Living Coral)
• Use of characters, poses and expressions
• Interactive elements - reveals, multiple choice, drag and drop, text entry