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Thoughts on instructional design, tech enablement, and building better learning cultures.

Graphic Design for Newbies

One of the best workshops I’ve ever taken was a visual design for educators session with Keri Beasley. Basically, she introduced us to the 4 principles of graphic design.

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Rounds of Review

When developing a learning experience, you need feedback, and a lot of it.

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Accessibility and Drag and Drop Functionality

Drag and drop interactions in eLearning are not accessible.

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Self-Paced AND Social Learning

Can asynchronous learning capture the feel of instructor led training?

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How to Troubleshoot ID Tech

As an instructional designer, sometimes it feels like tech is out to get me.

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Use Consistent Animation Styles in eLearning

If you are using animations or illustrations in your eLearning, keep it visually consistent. Your audience will subconsciously find it more polished if the graphics all appear similar.

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Branding Guidelines

Following branding guidelines is not always easy for former teachers who are used to designing their own classroom materials. In the corporate world, you have to stick with the branding guidelines.

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Coming Around on Captivate

I develop a lot of technical product training for our in-house software, so I’ve been using Adobe Captivate more and more over the last year.

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E-Learning Heroes Challenges: Spring 2022

One of my professional goals for 2022 was to increase my skill level with eLearning authoring tools.

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What Digital Tools Do I Use?

The digital platforms IDs use vary by preference, company, and role.

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