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When Postcards Need Glossaries

May 14, 2018 By Jackie Van Nice 2 Comments

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This week’s Articulate ELH Challenge is to create an example of a glossary for e-learning. I’ve been meaning to make one lately, so this was a good chance to play.

The Idea

People have done some wonderfully creative interactions for this challenge that you can check out here. In my case I wanted to create an über-practical glossary that was incredibly quick to build, easy to maintain, and that could handle a lot of entries. Oh, and my example helps decode German idioms used by someone visiting Bali.

The Design

Back of the Postcard

Back of the Postcard

The Postcard

The postcard itself is straightforward: A front-of-postcard screen and a back-of-postcard screen. On the back of the postcard there’s an instruction to hover over/select underlined text to see its meaning. When you do, a lightboxed glossary slide is displayed.

The Glossary

Inserted Table Lightboxed Glossary

Inserted Table Lightboxed Glossary

The glossary itself is built using an inserted Storyline 360 table; a feature I love. In this example I only have a few glossary entries, but for more you could either place a longer table into a scrolling panel, or you could use multiple glossary screens with lightbox navigation to jump between them.

The Result

Ready to see which German idioms cause vacation confusion? See the glossary that straightens it all out in this air mail special delivery interaction!

Filed Under: E-Learning Tagged With: Articulate 360, Articulate Storyline, Community, E-Learning Design, ELHChallenge, German, Glossary, Instructional Design, Languages, Quick Reference, Show Your Work, Storyline 360, Tables, Visual Design

An Interactive Conversational Game

July 19, 2015 By Jackie Van Nice 10 Comments

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This week I took the current two-truths-and-a-lie ELH challenge and combined it with last week’s interactive conversation challenge to make a single conversational icebreaker.

The Idea

Keeping it Conversational

Keeping it Conversational

Keeping it Interactive

Keeping it Interactive

I wanted to use the interactive conversation to introduce the icebreaker guessing game. It helped give it a bit more context and natural flow.

I also wanted to narrow the icebreaker topic so it wasn’t completely random. It made more sense to focus on just one part of my career, and language teaching narrowly won out over a couple of other options.

The Design

Chalkboard Textures & Colors

Chalkboard Textures & Colors

Using a chalkboard background and simple images seemed appropriate. I’d have looooooved to add audio and more elaborate animations and images, but kept it simple in the interest of time.

Play the Game!

Ready to see how well I can (or can’t) lie? It’s your call now – and you can play the game right here!

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Filed Under: E-Learning Tagged With: Articulate Storyline, E-Learning Design, ELHChallenge, Emotional Engagement, Games, German, Instructional Design, Languages, Show Your Work

Getting Emoji-nal: Teaching Vocabulary

April 3, 2015 By Jackie Van Nice 6 Comments

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This week’s Articulate ELH Challenge is to create an interaction using emojis – or basically to use simple graphics in place of text.

Pear The Idea: Vocabulary Practice

Anyone who has learned or taught languages knows pictures are indispensable for vocabulary practice, so I thought I’d create one with emojis.

WatermelonI wanted it to be in Turkish, partly because it would be way cool and partly because I need the practice, but to save time I stuck with English.

The Design: Simple

AppleI kept it emoji-simple. From layout to images to instructions it’s easy to figure out, easy to navigate, and easy to understand the teaching points.

It’s technically a drag-and-drop I made into a free practice activity. The feedback – even for incorrect answers – is designed to help you learn vocabulary, so I didn’t see the point of keeping score. Sometimes it’s just nice to play.

So Much More

There’s a ton more you could do with the concept, including adapting it to work on listening skills or writing skills rather than reading skills. Maybe I’ll get the chance to adapt it in other challenges down the road!

Give It A Try!

Ready to test your vocabulary skills? You can check out this emoji-nal little demo right here.

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Filed Under: E-Learning, Front Slider Tagged With: Articulate Storyline, Drag & Drop, E-Learning Design, ELHChallenge, Instructional Design, Languages, Show Your Work, Visual Design

My Scenic Route to E-Learning Design (+ Free Storyline Template!)

July 27, 2014 By Jackie Van Nice 12 Comments

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This week’s Articulate challenge was to create a virtual tour. Given how varied my journey to e-learning has been, I thought it might make for an interesting tour.

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Design Inspiration

I liked one of David Anderson’s inspiration examples enough to create something similar. It’s a New York Times virtual wine tour of Italy. I appreciated how quick and compact it was while still providing enough information to make for a good tour.

Content

I capped it at 30 jobs, but there were more. At times I worked up to 5 simultaneous part-time jobs in college. Multiply that by a whole lot of quarters and semesters, and we could have been here all day.

Ducks Are Involved

Ducks Are Involved

See the Tour!

If you’d like the tour, take it here.

Get the Free Template!

Grab the Free Template!

Download the Free Storyline Template!

This piece was easier than most to make into a template to give away, so that’s what I did. Grab it on the download page, then have fun making your own tour!

Filed Under: E-Learning Tagged With: Articulate Storyline, Community, E-Learning Design, ELHChallenge, Free Download, Freelancing, German, Languages, Professional Development, Templates

Video: How to Customize This Sobered-Up Drinking Game

June 6, 2014 By Jackie Van Nice 4 Comments

I’ve just taken my original German drinking game created in Articulate Storyline and made it into a free template that I talked about recently.  Now I’ve recorded two videos to help you use the template. You can download the free Storyline template here, and I also made a PowerPoint version you can download here.

Video #1: Original vs. the Template

In this video I walk you through the features of the original game, then compare them to the template. Kind of a nice overview. If you’d prefer to see captures of the screens compared, they’re at the end of this post. I created this for the Storyline version, but PowerPoint users can get some useful information from it, too.

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 Video #2: How to Customize the Storyline Template

In this video I show you the customizable features you can make your own. Again, I created it for the Storyline version, but PowerPoint users can get some useful information from it, too.

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Have Fun!

I hope these walk-throughs help as you go forth to create your own games. Enjoy!

Filed Under: E-Learning Tagged With: Articulate Storyline, Characters, Community, E-Learning Design, ELHChallenge, Free Download, Games, German, Instructional Design, Languages, PowerPoint, Show Your Work, Templates, Video

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