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Your company induction is one of the first interactions that new employees will have with your company. Is yours projecting an image of a professional, progressive, inclusive organisation that aligns with your company values?  Or, is it a bit of a hodge-podge mess with outdated information, poor visuals and long boring slides of text that sentence

The success of an eLearning program depends not only on the quality of content but also on the design and delivery of the courses. These are the three most important: 1. Keep It Short and Sweet: Maximum 15 Minutes per Course One of the fundamental principles of eLearning design is to keep the courses concise

If you are using animation or videos on social media, there are 3 things you should know. 1. Dimensions – It helps your animation or video display correctly if you have the right dimensions, Check with the channel you are using but Facebook recommends 1200 x 720 p (pixels) while instagram recommends 1920 x 1080p,

Are you thinking of having an animation developed for your website or socials but don’t quite know how it works. It’s actually pretty simple. Here are the steps. Firstly, we sit down with you (usually virtually) and have a chat. You tell us what you are thinking and provide us with anything you might already

Video and animation are great tools to use in training courses, when they are used correctly. But which one should you use? Video can be more personal, especially if you are using a main character that the audience can relate too. There are also some great effects, including drone shots that can really make the

Animation is the art of drawing sketches and then putting in a series of illustrations to make them like moving things. Here are 5 interesting facts about animation. In animation, figures are manipulated to appear as moving images and then converted into film. Most animations are made with computer-generated imagery (CGI). There are several types

We often receive courses from clients to be updated that have been created by people with limited experience of elearning programs. And that’s totally fine. But, if you have limited skills, keep it basic. One of the worst examples we see is when someone with a basic skill level gets hold of a course which

One of the hardest things about elearning is keeping the learner engaged. Some try to solve this problem by giving the learner lots of buttons to click. The problem with this is that clicking is a mindless activity. Often, it becomes a race to see how fast you can click though to get to the

We see so much “training” material come past us that is, to be brutally honest, completely useless. It might tick a compliance box, but the learner gets nothing out of it. The main culprits here are courses that are way too long, courses that contain too much information on different topics, big unnecessary words (especially

Why would you spend more money on an elearning developer when you can put the slides together yourself?  When you use a good professional elearning developer, you are getting much more than someone who can just put your slides together. Professional elearning developers are passionate about learning and have years of experience, not just in

There are 2 main reasons to update your elearning. The first is that your content is out of date. This happens over time. Processes change, locations change, people change. If these things are important for your learners. you should always update your elearning courses. The second are that your course is old and boring. The

A pre-test is a test that is usually given when a person with experience has started in a role. The pre-test determines whether they need to be trained or not. Pre-tests can be delivered in elearning and may also be delivered section by section. If a person gets all the questions right before the content,

If you are using elearning for training in remote areas, or just areas with less than perfect internet, there are some steps you can take to make it work as well as possible. Here are 3 basic steps that can help. 1. Keep the courses short. We recommend courses should be no more than 15

How can you best use power point in training? The answer is sparingly. Power point is often used in a face to face classroom situation for training with a trainer, or instructor, at the front of the class. Always remember that power point should be used as a tool, not as a focus. Power point

There are a number of types of animation that can be used in elearning. Simple 2D animation is the most affordable and most used – think cartoons. By using characters throughout the elearning, the course becomes more of a story and easier for the learner to absorb the information. Stories have a flow that makes

Inductions are used to familiarise people with the new rules and procedures for their workplace. An important thing to remember about inductions is that the learners are often completely new to the material. So, if you overwhelm them with masses of information, they won’t learn any of it. Inductions should be engaging and avoid the