Using Characters in E-Learning #247: Challenge | Recap
E-Learning characters are a great way to personalize your courses and connect more fully with learners. Whether you’re using illustrat...
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I am currently looking at characters and animation and not quite finding what I seek. Has anyone out there found an engaging combination for discussions that are sales related? So say an individual speaks to a customer or two employees talking together. I have an inspiration set of videos that I intend to emulate. But my sticking point is characters and animation.
I don't know if I should invest in animation software like Vyonde (formerly GoAnimate) or Powtoon or something like Crazytalk. We invested in the Adobe Creative Suite but the ramp up time is huge and there are so few templates with working samples.
I want to pull it all together into Storyline. I'm thinking I can do some of the animation that might involve concepts (boxes, text boxes, essentially animated PowerPoint) and then interspersing with conversations and activities using products like Engage 360 and the like.
But what I'd like to know is based on people's experience - if they had it to do again - or if they've found the best secret sauce ever would they be willing to share it?
https://community.articulate.com/articles/showing-conversation-and-messaging-in-elearning
https://community.articulate.com/articles/character-animation-in-elearning/
Would anyone care to share their wisdom? I don't want my learners to literally fall asleep with all the dialog I've got. I am a bit worried about the fact that the animation in some of these tools relative to the characters seems pretty basic. Thoughts? Ideas?
I don't know if I should invest in animation software like Vyonde (formerly GoAnimate) or Powtoon or something like Crazytalk. We invested in the Adobe Creative Suite but the ramp up time is huge and there are so few templates with working samples.
I want to pull it all together into Storyline. I'm thinking I can do some of the animation that might involve concepts (boxes, text boxes, essentially animated PowerPoint) and then interspersing with conversations and activities using products like Engage 360 and the like.
But what I'd like to know is based on people's experience - if they had it to do again - or if they've found the best secret sauce ever would they be willing to share it?
https://community.articulate.com/articles/showing-conversation-and-messaging-in-elearning
https://community.articulate.com/articles/character-animation-in-elearning/
Would anyone care to share their wisdom? I don't want my learners to literally fall asleep with all the dialog I've got. I am a bit worried about the fact that the animation in some of these tools relative to the characters seems pretty basic. Thoughts? Ideas?