Copying and Pasting Text from PowerPoint to Lectora

Do you use PowerPoint to storyboard your eLearning courses? I do. When I use Storyline, it makes sense because I can import the PowerPoint and retain all of my hard work!

When I use Lectora, I actually have a storyboard template that has my Lectora course background and pre-built pages from the course template I use. This gives me a good idea of the space I have to work with in Lectora and I can just copy and paste my text from PowerPoint!

Writing Learner-Focused Course Goals and Objectives

Below is a course goal written in two different ways. Which one makes you want to take the course described?

a. Understand how to drive a car.
b. Drive a car.

Did you choose Objective B? I did - I want to actually be able to DO what I'm learning about!

And… ACTION!

It's great to understand, know, define, explain and describe things… but how often is that what our learners have to do with the things they learn from us? I'm going to go out on a limb and say almost never. Our learners are DOING - they're consulting, they're brainstorming, they're brainstorming, they're advising, they're creating, they're prospecting - and while they do these things they're using information they've learned, but most likely they aren't giving their customers definitions or memorized statistics.

At least, we hope not, right? Right.

Transferring Video and Photos from your iPhone to your PC

If your company is anything like mine, you were issued a Windows laptop and an iPhone when you started... An iPhone that can take high resolution photos and high quality HD video making it the perfect tool for taking on-the-go photos and videos to add to your elearning.
But how do you get the photos and videos from your phone to your PC? You could email it to yourself, but the downside of taking such high res photos and HD video is the file size.
It can take forever to email something to yourself and what if you took 30 pictures? That could take at least a couple hours. There's a much faster solution! All you need is your computer, your iPhone and your iPhone charging cable.

2012 Wrap Up

At the start of this year, I had high hopes for a 2012 full of innovation and creation. At the end of this year, I’m looking back with a bit of a sigh. Innovation and creation are slow coming, but we haven’t stopped trying.

The Benefit of Good On-Screen Talent

I just wrapped production on a video about selling skills. We didn't have a lot of time for production and I was nervous that we wouldn't get everything done in time… but we did. You know why? Not because my script was incredible or because I’m a brilliant director [even though it totally was and I completely am! :)]. It was because the talent we had on set was amazing. I've worked with all sorts of actors before- good, bad, amazing and terrible. Nothing is better than being on set with a good actor who is interested in the project, prepared and ready to go.