Better Than Bullet Points

Jane Bozarth is the e-learning coordinator with the North Carolina Office of State Personnel's Human Resources Development Group. She is the author of e-Learning Solutions on a Shoestring, From Analysis to Evaluation, and Social Media for Trainers. She can be contacted through her website www.bozarthzone.com.

• Website Contents viiList of Figures and Tables xiAcknowledgments xxiiiIntroduction xxvSection 1 FoundationsChapter 1 Creating e-Learning with PowerPoint 3Examples 4Let’s Get Started 10Versions 11One More Thing 15Next Step: It’s About Design, Not Software 15Chapter 2 It’s About Design, Not Software 17Who Are Your Learners? 17Objectives and Strategies 18Cognitive Load 23About mLearning 27Choosing a Treatment 30Writer’s Block? 33Can You Find a Story? 34From Classroom to Online: Think “Transform,” Not “Transfer” 37Cut-n-Chunk 37What’s Working? What’s Not? 38Inventory Your Assets 38Why Storyboard? 41Types of Storyboards 42Next Stop: The program Interface and Architecture 46Section 2 Interface and ContentChapter 3 Graphic User Interface and Course Architecture 51Graphic User Interface 52GUI Basics 53Learner Control: Some Decisions 57Navigation Tools and Action Buttons 57Eye Movement and Placement of Items 62Building the GUI 66Architecture 76Next Stop: Designing for Impact 79Chapter 4 Designing for Impact 81Use Graphics with Soul 81Blunders 92Text 98Next Stop: Creating and Editing Art 100Chapter 5 Creating and Editing Art 101Bitmap or Vector? 101Working with Shapes and ClipArt 103Editing Photos in PowerPoint 115MS Paint 119File Size: Compressing Images 124New Horizons 125Next Stop: Animation 126Chapter 6 Animation 127Animation Basics 129Animations That Teach 133Next Stop: Interactivity 153Chapter 7 Interactivity 155It’s All About Hyperlinking 156Quizzes—Some Shaped Like Games 162Linking to External Games and Quizzes 181Simulations 187Case Studies and Stories 195The Skinny on Hyperlinking 200What About “Gamification”? 201Mazes 202Treasure Hunts 205About Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) 206Next Stop: Add-Ons, Blending, Performance Support, and Job Aids 207Chapter 8 Add-Ons, Blending, Performance Support, and Job Aids 209Other Documents 209Site Samplers 210Add-On Software 211“Blending” 214Performance Support, Job Aids, and the Nice to Know 215Next Stop: Adding Narration and Multimedia 224Chapter 9 Adding Narration and Multimedia 225Adding Narration 225Adding Sound Effects and Music 229Adding Video 234Next Stop: Saving, Uploading, and Distributing Your Program 240Section 3 Delivery and SupportChapter 10 Distributing Your e-Learning Program 243Saving and Uploading Your Files 245Tracking 251Test, Test, Test—and Launch! 255Summary 258Appendix: PowerPoint Basics 261References and Other Sources 273Other Resources 277Index 279About the Author 287