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Share Your Favorite E-Learning Challenge Examples for 2023

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DavidAnderson
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11 months ago

Best of 2023 E-Learning Challenges: Challenge | Recap

Undoubtedly, the weekly E-Learning Challenges are one of the best ways to try new skills, find inspiration, and build your portfolio.

But practice takes time. Building examples takes time. Coming up with design concepts takes time.

I’ve heard from hundreds of challengers over the past 10+ years that their average time on a demo is around four hours. Whether that tracks with your experience, creating e-learning examples requires a small investment of time, creativity, and problem-solving.

And to help celebrate your Herculean achievements, I want to showcase your favorite examples from 2023. And that's what this week's (unofficial) challenge is all about!

🏆 Challenge of the Week

This week, your challenge is to share your favorite e-learning challenge example from 2023. You can choose any example from the 2023 challenges.

When you share your examples, please briefly describe your project.  Here are some prompts to help you get started:

  • Why was this your favorite project?
  • What were your specific goals or objectives for this project, and how did you meet them?
  • Tell me about the software features, design elements, or concepts you incorporated into this project.
  • Was your project designed for a specific industry?
  • Looking back, is there anything you would have done differently in this project?
  • How much time did you spend on this project?

💡 Writing Examples

Looking for inspiration? Here are some writing examples from our team that should help give you an idea of what I’m looking for:

And remember, you’re always welcome to include a link to a long-form blog post or discussion in the community.

✨ Share Your E-Learning Work

  • Comments: Use the comments section below to link your published example and blog post.
  • Forums: Start a new thread and share a link to your published example.
  • Personal blog: If you have a blog, please consider writing about your challenges. We'll link to your posts so your great work gets even more exposure.
  • Social media: If you share your demos on Twitter or LinkedIn, try using #ELHChallenge so your tweeps can follow your e-learning coolness.

🙌 Last Week’s Challenge:

While you’re reflecting on your 2023 challenge examples, check out the ways your fellow challengers are using Pantone’s 2024 color of the year in e-learning:

Pantone Color of the Year 2024 RECAP #444: Challenge | Recap

👋 New to the E-Learning Challenges?

The weekly e-learning challenges are ongoing opportunities to learn, share, and build your e-learning portfolios. You can jump into any or all of the previous challenges anytime you want. I’ll update the recap posts to include your demos.

Learn more about the challenges in this Q&A post and why and how to participate in this helpful article.

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  • CherylBlum-4f84's avatar
    CherylBlum-4f84
    Community Member
    10 months ago
    Hello Everyone,

    Here is my first submission to the weekly challenges. It's from Using Timeline Interactions in E-Learning #408.

    https://weeklychallenges1.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/Colorado+Avalanche+History+Timeline1/story.html

    Since hockey season had just started and I'm a big Avs fan, I thought I'd use that for my subject. I created it based on one of the events in the NHL All-Star Skills Competition. I enjoyed working on this project because I love hockey.

    I decided to repost this project because I had wanted to participate in the weekly challenges for a while, so I was glad to finally do it. I look forward to participating more this year!
  • ThierryEMMANUEL's avatar
    ThierryEMMANUEL
    Community Member
    10 months ago
    Bonjour Heroes.
    I'm super late but I still want to take part in this retrospective.
    My favorite challenge isn't one of mine, but several I've admired over the year, created by other challengers. And there have been many.
    But for mine, I let the others choose. Here's the one that received the most comments on the Review, on the Forum and in private messages. #418_Motion Graphics :
    https://360.articulate.com/review/content/8b146640-d7b9-4777-9303-b7956530e2bf/review

    I'm glad, because you know (perhaps) my interest in animation. I presented several small animations, some old, some made for the occasion. Of course, this takes a LOT of time. But that's what keeps my creative juices flowing.
  • ZetaKilbride-11's avatar
    ZetaKilbride-11
    Community Member
    10 months ago
    My favorite eLearning Heroes Challenge last year was #432 escape room. Demo: https://zkelearningchallenges.s3.amazonaws.com/escape+the+music+room/story.html

    This challenge gave me an opportunity to play with the 360 degree picture feature which I had never used before, and to make a "notes" feature using variables that collected answers for the user when they came up with them.

    It probably took me around 6-8 hours to put together, but there were a lot of starts and stops as I worked on this in between other thigs. It was a great learning experience as it challenged me to solve some problems using variables in ways I never had before, so I really enjoyed that.

    One thing I didn't love about the 360 feature is that the green hotspots are visible to the player when they click on them, hopefully that's something that's on Articulate's backlog to fix.

  • Ron_Katz's avatar
    Ron_Katz
    Community Member
    11 months ago
    I didn't participate in as many of the challenges this year as the last few. My favorite for this year was using Isometric Shapes in eLearning.

    Demo: https://360.articulate.com/review/content/5c2ac357-0078-4c33-86bb-2844d18f40b2/review


    Download: Available in the feedback/review section.

    Why was this your favorite project? I liked trying to recreate a Q-Bert type game and the 3D Isometric challenge was perfect for it.

    What were your specific goals or objectives for this project, and how did you meet them? I wanted to create a game with multiple levels and to use the background music feature. I wanted the controls to be key presses. I used triggers and layers to track where the Alien character was and to change the state of visited cube to track level completion.

    Tell me about the software features, design elements, or concepts you incorporated into this project. Movement between the cubes was the biggest challenge as using motion paths did not play well. I settled on giving each cube 3 states (a unvisited state, a visited state, and a visited state with my monster on it.) So instead of "moving" the monster, I had to figure out where he was abd where he was going based on the keypress. Then I would change the state of the cube he was moving to to "monster" and change the state of the cube he was just at to "visited". To do this I had three variables I was constanlty checking. (old cube, current cube, direction)

    Was your project designed for a specific industry? No it was just a game.

    Looking back, is there anything you would have done differently in this project? Sometimes if you move to fast you end up with multiple monsters because there is no way to slow the recognition of the key press feature. If I had to do it again I would figure out how to regulate that. (maybe slow it down with a timer)

    How much time did you spend on this project? I spent at least 6 hours on this project.
  • HillaSchlegel's avatar
    HillaSchlegel
    Community Member
    11 months ago
    Whew... Making this decision was quite a task. I weighed the options between more recent projects and those that have captured my attention for an extended period. In the end, I settled on #401, a bit of a classic :), because I believe it holds potential. I see it embodying qualities crucial for a robust e-learning experience – captivating visuals, an immersive approach, and encouragement for learner participation. I've put in dedicated efforts to enhance accessibility, and the technology used, incorporating videos behind cutout letters and acronyms as tabs, is versatile and adaptable to various projects. To boost its usefulness, a job aid has been integrated into the original #401 project. I truly hope you find it enjoyable. Thank you all for another engaging EL challenge year. Enjoy your holidays and Merry Christmas!

    https://360.articulate.com/review/content/a83521dc-fc53-4c78-9a62-d140e8cf095a/review
  • ValerieThomp440's avatar
    ValerieThomp440
    Community Member
    11 months ago
    I'm sharing my late addition to #441, which is course customization using variables. I built the skeleton of this game a while ago and it's a stretch for me, and I'm pleased that I got it across the finish line and was recently able to update it. I want to give credit for the design of this dice game to Joanna Kurpiewska and Belvista Studios ("How to Use Advanced Triggers") https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2S-q-14gVKE

    Here it is:
    https://360.articulate.com/review/content/dfba136d-2553-400d-a845-07fa0ee288ad/review
  • RussellSweep-75's avatar
    RussellSweep-75
    Community Member
    11 months ago
    Russell Sweep here 👋

    I know I usually showcase the E-Learning Heroes challenges, but I wanted to share a side project I built this year.

    It was a productive 2023 with me learning the Articulate suite, building my portfolio, starting contract work, and eventually landing my first full time job as a content developer. I owe a lot of these achievements to this community and the friends i've made along the way :)

    This is a bartending demo training on how to check IDs before serving alcohol. It utilized branching scenarios, multi-media, and assessments. Sharing it with my community and asking for feedback taught me how helpful everyone is and really assisted me in fine tuning the project. Thanks again for all who gave me their advice and time!

    Demo: https://idbartendertraining.s3.amazonaws.com/Bartender+ID+Project/story.html

  • EkaterinaMar356's avatar
    EkaterinaMar356
    Community Member
    11 months ago
    Hello everyone!

    My favorite challenge this year was challenge 436. I tried to dive deeper into the new opportunities of Rise. https://360.articulate.com/review/content/4011dd62-ca30-49d3-8f27-c34d498ab3a5/review

    My goal was to explore the Rise update in more detail, apply Ai, and experiment with design.

    I tried:

    1. Implementing a solid dark background for all blocks. This allowed me to achieve the following effect: the divider-button has no background and appears as clickable text. For the timeline blocks, I used wave photos with a smooth transition to the main color, so that the separete blocks look like one.

    2. Adding an animated map. This is a gif created in Adobe After Effects.

    3. Using Ai for text and image generation.

    It was a creative experiment, and I understand that I can use some of these ideas in other projects :)

    Now, I would like to try adding more interactivity and incorporating them into the overall canvas to see how I could stylize it in a pirate theme.
  • CourtneyMRobert's avatar
    CourtneyMRobert
    Community Member
    11 months ago
    This was a hard decision, but after some deliberation with friends, I've settled on my submission for challenge #422 Using Isometric Shapes in E-Learning as my favorite of the year. I particularly like this one because I set out to pay special attention to the accessibility for screen readers. I learned a lot about focus order and accessibility text when creating this one. Plus it's like a little digital dollhouse, which is always super fun!
    https://360.articulate.com/review/content/c0c2580d-4241-41ba-a6dc-848369e496da/review