What do E-Learning Designers Need to Know About Working with SMEs? #474
Working with E-Learning SMEs#474: Challenge | Recap When it comes to building courses, your Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) hold the keys to your success—you can’t do much without them. They’re the folks who not only bring their expertise to the table but also help you fine-tune those storyboards and quizzes and break down the intricate processes that make your training actually work. But here’s the catch: if they’re not fully on board or are dragging their feet, they can quickly become a major headache. The trick is figuring out how to turn those challenging SMEs into your biggest allies. And that's this week’s challenge is all about! 🏆 Challenge of the Week This week’s challenge is to share a short demo or interaction that helps e-learning designers collaborate more effectively with their SMEs. You can take it in any direction you like—whether it’s creating a slide with your favorite quote about working with SMEs, building a microlearning course, or even a whack-a-mole game (SME Edition). ✨ 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: Before sharing your favorite tips for working with SMEs, take a look at the final examples from the e-learning game show series: E-Learning Quiz GamesRECAP#473:Challenge|Recap 👋 New to the E-Learning Challenges? Theweekly e-learning challengesare ongoing opportunities to learn, share, and build your e-learning portfolios. You can jump into any or all of theprevious challengesanytime you want. I’ll update the recap posts to include your demos. Learn more about the challenges in thisQ&A postand why and how to participate in thishelpful article.E-Learning Challenges - Complete List!
2024 Challenges E-Learning Game Design: Development & Review #472 Building a Working Prototype for Your E-Learning Game Concept #471 Building E-Learning Games: Concept & Storyboard #470 How I Became an E-Learning Instructional Designer #469 How are You Using Drag-and-Drop Interactions in E-Learning? #468 Creating Immersive Learning Experiences with 360° Images #467 Before-After: Accessibility Makeovers in E-Learning #466 Converting Classroom Activities to Interactive E-Learning #465 How are Course Designers Using Labeled Graphics in E-Learning? #464 How are Designers Using Progressive Disclosure in E-Learning? #463 Moving Beyond E-Learning's Next Button #462 Audio Interviews with E-Learning Challenge Heroes #461 How Are Designers Using Toggle Buttons in E-Learning? #460 Using Photo Mosaics to Design Interactive Stories #459 Creating Roulette & Spinning Wheel Games in E-Learning #458 Mix and Match Your Own E-Learning Challenges #457 How Are Designers Using Phat Fonts in E-Learning? #456 Asking vs. Telling: Creating Interactive E-Learning #455 Using Text, True/False, and Number Variables in E-Learning #454 Using Interactive Dials in E-Learning #453 Show How You're Using AI to Create E-Learning Courses #452 Show Us What's in Your E-Learning Portfolio #451 Using Design Themes to Build Course Starter Templates in E-Learning #450 Using Emphasis Animations to Grab Learners' Attention #449 Using Tabs Interactions in E-Learning #448 Spotlight Masking Effects for Discovery Activities in E-Learning #447 Rotating and Exploring 3D Objects in E-Learning #446 How Can You Use This Motion Path Tip in Your E-Learning Projects? #445 2023 Challenges Using Pantone's 2023 Color of the Year in E-Learning #444 What Are 10 Things You Wish You Knew When Starting Your Career? #443 Using Background Audio & Music in E-Learning #442 Using Variables to Personalize E-Learning Courses #441 From Faux Pas to Fabulous: Fashion Dos and Don'ts #440 Keep It or Trash It: Drag-and-Drop Sorting Activities #439 Share Your E-Learning Portfolios and Interactive Resumes #438 Choose Your Own E-Learning Challenge (2023) #437 Using Graphic Dividers to Add Visual Interest to E-Learning Courses #436 How Do Course Designers Collaborate in E-learning Development? #435 Using Click-to-Reveal Interaction in E-Learning #434 Using Lightbox Slides for Just-In-Time Learning #433 How are Escape Room Games Used in E-Learning #432 Reducing Text and Bullet Points in E-Learning #431 Using Interactive Calculators in E-Learning #430 What Should E-Learning Designers Know About Alt Text? #429 Using Cinemagraphs and Video Backgrounds in E-Learning #428 Making Complex Information Easier to Read with Plain Language #427 Using Learning Journals to Keep Learners Focused & Engaged #425 Transforming Static Content into Interactive E-Learning #424 Creating Interactions with Button Sets in Storyline 360 #423 Using Isometric Shapes to Create Interactions in E-Learning #422 Using True/False Variables in E-Learning #421 Articulate 360: New Features Challenge 2023 #420 Go from Flat to Phat with the Floor, Wall, & Baseboard Technique #419 Using Motion Graphics in E-Learning #418 Share Your E-Learning Accessibility Makeovers #417 How Are E-Learning Designers Using AI to Build Online Training? #416 Chunking Content with Scrolling Panels #415 How Can Designers Use Interactive Videos in E-Learning? #414 Using Lightbox Slides for Performance Support in E-Learning #413 Making Compliance E-Learning Fun and Engaging for Learners #412 How are Course Designers Using Interactive Sliders in E-Learning? #411 Using Webcam Video with Picture-in-Picture to Connect with Learners #410 How Do E-Learning Designers Show Learner Progress? #409 Using Timeline Interactions in E-Learning #408 Using Microlearning in Rise 360 #407 Using Circle Menu Navigation in E-Learning #406 Using Interactive Audio to Enhance Learning & Engagement #405 Using Google Doodles to Inspire E-Learning Activities #404 Using Accordion Interactions in E-Learning (2023) #403 Using Subtle Background Patterns & Textures in E-Learning #402 Using Tabs Interactions in E-Learning (2023) #401 Using TikTok-Style Videos in Online Corporate Training #400 2022 E-Learning Challenges Using Pantone's 2023 Color of the Year in E-Learning #399 Using E-Learning to Show How Things Work #398 Using Monochromatic Color Themes In E-Learning Design #397 Custom Glossary Interactions in E-Learning #396 Share Your E-Learning Certificate of Completion Templates #395 How to Make the Perfect Fruit Smoothie #394 Share Your Tips for Surviving the Zombie Apocalypse this Halloween #393 Using Variables to Create Question-and-Answer Activities #392 How do Course Designers Build Custom Graphics for E-Learning? #391 Custom Bookmarking and Conditional Navigation in E-Learning #390 New Employee Orientation and Onboarding in E-Learning #389 Using Personality and Social Quizzes in E-Learning Design #388 Using Scrolling Panels to Manage Content in E-Learning #387 Using Brutalist Design in E-Learning #386 Showing Interactive Comparisons in E-Learning #385 Using Pictograms to Design Custom E-Learning Characters #384 Project Management Tips for E-Learning Designers #383 Using Pre-Test Activities in E-Learning #382 Mixology and Beverage-Making Classes with E-Learning #381 Simulating Real-World Activities with Drag-and-Drop Interactions #380 Using Virtual Tours and Field Trips in E-Learning #379 Choose Your Own E-Learning Challenge (2022) #378 Quick and Dirty Image Effect for E-Learning Cover Slides #377 Creating E-Learning Templates from Vector Graphics #376 What Should Course Designers Know About xAPI? #375 Zooming and Magnifying Parts of an Image in E-Learning #374 Course Starter Templates Inspired by Restaurant Menus #373 Using Button Sets to Create Interactive Objects in Storyline 360 #372 Using Labeled Graphics to Create Interactive Pictures in E-Learning #371 How Are Course Designers Using Web Objects for Performance Support? #370 Using Interactive Timelines in E-Learning Course Design #369 Using Progress Indicators to Display Learner Status in E-Learning #368 Using Hints to Guide and Challenge Learners #367 Blurred Backgrounds in E-Learning Course Design #366 Using Video in Quizzes and Scenarios #365 E-Learning Podcasts: Audio Interviews with Course Designers #364 Give Your E-Learning Quiz Results Slides a Makeover #363 Using Tabs Interactions in E-Learning (2022) #362 Showing Email, Chat, and Text Messaging Conversations in E-Learning #361 Using Button UI Kits to Jumpstart E-Learning Course Development #360 Design an E-Learning Template or Interaction for Valentine's Day #359 Create a Custom Table of Contents Menu for E-Learning Courses #358 Using Interactive Charts to Present Data, Facts, and Figures in E-Learning #357 Animated Masking and Cutout Effects in E-Learning Design #356 Using Interactive Dials as Draggable Menus in E-Learning #355 2021 E-Learning Challenges How are E-Learning Designer’s Using the Pantone 2022 Color of the Year? #354 Give Your E-Learning Course an Accessibility Makeover #353 Using Timed Activities in E-Learning #352 Using Design Themes to Create Light and Dark E-Learning Templates #351 Using Accordions to Chunk Info and Reduce Cognitive Load in E-Learning #350 Using Click-And-Reveals to Show More Info in E-Learning #349 How to Succeed as an E-Learning Designer or Freelancer #348 Using 3D Models in E-Learning #347 How are Designers Using Anthropomorphic Characters in E-Learning? #346 Using Font Games to Learn About Typography #345 Using Learning Journals in E-Learning #344 Using Interactive Job Aids and Cheat Sheets in E-Learning #343 Interactive Org Charts in E-Learning (2021) #342 Hospitality Training: How to Set a Proper Dinner Table #341 Share Your Go-To E-Learning Interactions #340 Buzzword Bingo Games for E-Learning #339 Design an E-Learning Course Starter Template for the 2020 Olympics #338 Creating Interactive 360° Images in E-Learning #337 Creating Digital Magazines for Online Learning #336 Showing Before and After Comparisons in E-Learning #335 How are Designers Using Random Number Variables in E-Learning? #334 Share Your E-Learning and Instructional Design Portfolios #333 How to Survive Anything: E-Learning Edition #332 Tiny E-Learning: What Can You Design on a 100x100 Slide? #331 Applying Mayer's Principles of Multimedia Learning in E-Learning #330 Using Video Backgrounds in E-Learning #329 Using Drop-Down Menus in E-Learning #328 Using Image Sliders and Galleries in E-Learning #327 Teaching Math Online with E-Learning Activities #326 Choose Your Own Adventure: E-Learning Edition #325 Interactive Listicles: Top 10 E-Learning and Instructional Design Tips #324 Interactive Coloring Book Activities in E-Learning #323 Creating Visual Stories with Interactive Photo Collages #322 Using Drag-and-Drop Interactions in E-Learning #321 Designing Tabs Interactions in E-Learning (2021) #320 Designing Online Fitness Classes and Training Programs #319 Using the Jump-to-Time Trigger in Storyline 360 #318 Using Interactive Audio Soundboards in E-Learning #317 How are Designers Using Lightbox Slides in E-Learning? #316 Using Interactive Timelines to Present Sequenced Information #315 How are Interactive Maps Used in E-Learning Design? #314 E-Learning Icebreakers: Two Truths and a Lie #313 Let the Knuffle Bunny Help You Combine Photos and Illustrations in E-Learning #312 Using Dials and Sliders to Select E-Learning Characters #311 Using Glassmorphism Designs in E-Learning Course Development #310 Creating Interactive Aircraft Passenger Safety Cards #309 2020 E-Learning Challenges Using the Pantone 2021 Color of the Year in E-Learning Design #308 Top 10 Common E-Learning Interactions #307 Customizing Storyline Interactions for Rise 360 Templates #306 Designing Interactive Online Cooking Classes #305 What Do Course Designers Need to Know About Building Accessible E-Learning? #304 Presenting Opposing Lists in E-Learning? #303 Design an Interactive Graphic or E-Learning Template for the Holiday Season #302 How are Course Designers Using Number Variables in E-Learning #301 Creating Interactive Documents with Sliders in E-Learning #300 Converting Static Content Into Interactive E-Learning #299 Using Animation Techniques to Create Countdown Timers in E-Learning #298 Create Interactive Explanations for the 2020 Tour de France #297 Using Hotspots and Invisible Buttons in E-Learning #296 Can You Pass This 1912 Eighth Grade Examination? #295 Showcase Your Family Pets Using Common E-Learning Interactions #294 How to Notify Learners When to Click the Next Button in E-Learning #293 Using Variables to Compare Learner's Answers to an Expert’s Recommendation #292 Using Interactive Checklists and To-Do Lists in E-Learning #291 Using Summary and Conclusion Slides in E-Learning Courses #290 How to Clone Yourself in an Interactive Video Interview #289 Choose Your Own E-Learning Challenge Topic (2020) #288 Using Interactive Tables in E-Learning Design #287 (2020) Using Persuasion in E-Learning: Why Everyone Should Donate Blood #286 Creating Animated Button Styles and Effects in E-Learning #285 What Do Course Designers Need to Know About the ADDIE Model? (2020) #284 Using Labeled Graphics and Interactive Markers in E-Learning #283 Using Slide Numbers and Pagination in E-Learning Courses #282 Give This Government Ethics Training Course a Makeover #281 How are Badges, Awards, and Achievements Used to Gamify E-Learning? #280 How Do Course Designers Gain Learners’ Attention in Online Training? #279 Creating Dynamic E-Learning with Random Number Variables #278 Share Your Instructional Design Quizzes and Learning Activities #277 Screencast and Share Your Favorite E-Learning Challenge Examples #276 Using Educational Animations in E-Learning #275 Rapid Response Training: What You Need to Know About COVID-19 #274 Using Scrolling Panels in E-Learning (2020) #273 Using Tabs Interactions in E-Learning (2020) #272 Using True/False Variables in E-Learning #271 Using Flashcard and Notecard Interactions in E-Learning #270 Using Gate Screens and Modal Boxes in E-Learning #269 Practice Your E-Learning Animation Skills with Help from Rube Goldberg Machines #268 Using Interactive Screenshots to Magnify Important Details in E-Learning #267 E-Learning Podcasts: Audio Interviews with Course Designers #266 Using Tooltips as Microinteractions in E-Learning #265 Designing Camera Simulators to Learn Photography Basics #264 2019 E-Learning Challenges Design an E-Learning Template Using Pantone's 2020 Color of the Year #263 Share Your Force-Filled Star Wars E-Learning Templates and Examples #262 Using Dials to Design Interactive Infographics #261 Using Sliders to Design Interactive Infographics #260 Course Starters: Design an E-Learning Template for the Holiday Season #259 Using Interactive Video Quizzes and Scenarios in E-Learning #258 Mobile-Inspired Course Navigation in E-Learning #257 Using Webcam Video to Create Interactive Lectures #256 Make an E-Learning Game Out of a Mountain #255 Share Your E-Learning Portfolios with Rise 360 #254 Creating Parallax Effects with Interactive Sliders in E-Learning (2019) #253 Using Checklist Interactions in E-Learning (2019) #252 Share Your E-Learning Storyboard Templates #251 How are You Using Text and Images in E-Learning Design? #250 Creating Light and Dark Versions of E-Learning Templates #249 Choose Your Own E-Learning Challenge Extreme Edition #248 Using E-Learning Characters to Engage and Connect with Learners #247 How are Interactive Timelines Used in E-Learning (2019) #246 Designing Custom Quiz Results Slides in E-Learning (2019) #245 Meet the Team and Interactive Org Charts in E-Learning (2019) #244 How Would You Build a Connect Four E-Learning Game? #243 Use Audio, Music, and Sound Effects in E-Learning #242 Soccer Training, Drills, and Examples in E-Learning #241 How are Course Designers Using Crossword Puzzle Games in E-Learning? #240 Online Tennis Training and Instruction with E-Learning #239 Common E-Learning Interactions: Process and Step Graphics #238 Using Interactive Maps in E-Learning #237 Static to Interactive: Transform Infographics into Interactive Graphics #236 Using the Paper Cutout Effect to Design E-Learning Graphics #235 Course Starters: Using Desktop and Office Themed Designs in E-Learning #234 Showing Dialogue and Conversations in E-Learning #233 How are Designers Using 3D Models to Build Interactive E-Learning #232 Interactive Audio: Learn to Play Musical Instruments with E-Learning #231 Course Starters: E-Learning Templates for Leadership Training #230 Reviving the Lost Arts with E-Learning #229 Spot the Difference Games for E-Learning Designers #228 Using Accordion Interactions to Group Related Content in E-Learning #227 Image Zoom and Magnification Techniques in E-Learning #226 E-Learning Games: Snakes and Ladders #225 How are Designers Using Progress Bars in E-Learning? (2019) #224 How are Course Designers Using Text-to-Speech in E-Learning? #223 Using Text Variables to Capture and Display Learner's Name #222 How are Course Designers Using Animated GIFs in E-Learning? #221 Using Web Objects for Performance Support in E-Learning #220 Share An E-Learning Valentine Game, Template, or Interactive Infographic (2019) #219 Quiz: Which E-Learning Character Are You? #218 Share Your E-Learning Game Show Templates and Examples #217 Using Mad Libs to Create E-Learning Word Games #216 Course Starters: E-Learning Templates for Information Technology #215 2018 E-Learning Challenges Using the 2019 Pantone Color of the Year in E-Learning #214 Using Drag-and-Drop for Sequence and Step-by-Step Interactions #213 Course Starters: Academic and Higher Education E-Learning Templates #212 Visual Design Ideas for E-Learning Scenarios #211 Using Interactive Dials and Knobs in E-Learning 2018 #210 Using Jeopardy Games in Online Learning #209 Using Pro-Con Lists in E-Learning to Help Learners Make Better Choices #208 Using FAQ Interactions in E-Learning #207 Using Pre-Test Activities to Tailor Content in E-Learning #206 Using Interactive Sliders in E-Learning 2018 #205 Course Starters: Comic Book Theme E-Learning Templates #204 Can Unboxing Videos Help You Build Better E-Learning? #203 Common E-Learning Interactions: Drag-and-Drop (2018) #202 Using Subtle Animations and Transitions in Your E-Learning Courses #201 How Are You Using Lightbox Slides in E-Learning? #200 Using Tab Navigation to Group Related Content in E-Learning (2018) #199 Designing Escape the Room Puzzle Games in E-Learning #198 Using Badges, Awards, and Achievements in E-Learning Courses #197 Designing Adaptive Learning Paths in E-Learning #196 How Can Learners Choose Their Own Avatars in E-Learning? #195 Designing More Engaging Software Simulations in E-Learning #194 How Are You Using Storyline Blocks in Rise? #193 Using Glossary Interactions in E-Learning #192 Using Interactive Tables to Present Information in E-Learning #191 Designing Interactive Coloring Books for E-Learning #190 Circular Menu Navigation in E-Learning #189 Using Random Number Variables to Create Dynamic E-Learning #188 Top 10 Things You Need Know About E-Learning #187 2017 E-Learning Challenges Design an Interaction to Simulate the Grocery Store Checkout Process #155 Classic Graphic Design Styles and Image Effects in E-Learning #156 Interactive Video Quizzes in E-Learning #157 Storytelling with Animated Text, Images, Sound, and Video in E-Learning #158 Multiple Choice Quiz Makeovers in E-Learning #159 Change Your E-Learning Perspective with Portrait Slide Layouts #160 Creating Device Mockup Templates and Placeholders for E-Learning #161 Share Your Interactive Budgeting Tools, Games, and Financial Calculators #162 Creating Animated Characters in E-Learning #163 Using Drop-Down Navigation Menus in E-Learning Design #164 Custom E-Learning Graphics Using Free Font Icons #165 Record, Edit, and Share Your Own Stock Videos for E-Learning #166 Create a Rotoscoping Animation for Your E-Learning Courses #167 Interactive Office Activities Using Top View Perspective #168 How Are You Using Scrolling Panels in E-Learning? #169 Create and Share Your Own Hand-Crafted Explainer Videos #170 Share Your Course Starter Templates for the Medical and Healthcare Industry #171 E-Learning Noir: Using Only Black and White in Course Design #172 Brain-Training Games, Puzzles, and Exercises in E-Learning #173 Using JavaScript to Create Random Word Generators in E-Learning #174 Record and Share Your Informal Training Videos #175 Using Small Words to Explain How Complex Things Work #176 Tooltips, Hyperlinks, and Explorable Explanations in E-Learning Design #177 Common E-Learning Interactions: Keep It or Toss It Drag-and-Drop #178 Using E-Learning to Teach Foreign Languages #179 Using LEGO Bricks to Design Interactive Lesson Plans in E-Learning #180 Choose Your Own E-Learning Adventure #181 Designing Custom Table of Contents Menus in E-Learning #182 Course Starters: Construction Theme E-Learning Templates #183 Designing Custom Feedback and Results Slides in E-Learning #184 Design an E-Learning Template for the Holiday Season #185 Create an E-Learning Template Using Pantone’s 2018 Color of the Year #186 2016 E-Learning Challenges Add a Little Greenery to Your Next Course with Pantone’s Color of the Year #154 Build and Share Your First Rise Course #153 Combining Text and Images in E-Learning #152 Using Interactive Dials and Knobs in E-Learning #151 Animated Countdown Timers in E-Learning #150 Notecard Interactions in E-Learning #149 Checklist Interactions in E-Learning #148 Accordion Interactions in E-Learning #147 Interactive Timelines in E-Learning #146 How to Secure Your Home Like an E-Learning Pro #145 Slide, Drag, and Hover Past Boring Next Buttons #144 E-Learning Röck Band Challenge #143 What Should E-Learning Designers Know About Gagné’s 9 Events of Instruction? #142 What Should E-Learning Designers Know About Bloom's Taxonomy? #141 What Should E-Learning Designers Know About the ADDIE Model? #140 Give These Top E-Learning Templates a Fresh Makeover #139 Audio Interviews: Share Your Tips for Creating Effective E-Learning Portfolios #138 Share Your Classic E-Learning Board Games #137 Deming's Red Bead Experiment #136 Share Your Go-To PowerPoint Design Elements for Course Development #135 Personalize Your E-Learning Courses with Gamification Techniques #134 Share Your Button Starter Kits for E-Learning Designers #133 Using JavaScript and Articulate Storyline #132 Using Blurred Backgrounds in E-Learning #131 Audio Slideshow Storytelling for E-Learning #130 Choose Your Own E-Learning Challenge Topic #129 Preflight Airline Safety Demonstrations for E-Learning #128 Learning Journals in Online Training #127 Multimedia Learning Principles for Course Designers #126 Gamify Your E-Learning with Scratch-Off Cards #125 Skeuomorphism in E-Learning #124 Course Starter Templates for E-Learning #123 Showing Dos and Don’ts in E-Learning #122 E-Learning Memory Game Makeovers #121 SlideShare Your E-Learning Challenges #120 Dress Your E-Learning to the Nines with a Custom Course Player #119 Creating Labeled Graphic Interactions for E-Learning #118 Design an E-Learning Cover Slide with This Visual Design Tip #117 E-Learning for the Food and Beverage Industry #116 Using Sliders to Create Parallax Effects in E-Learning #115 Zooming and Magnifying Images in E-Learning #114 Anthropomorphic Characters in E-Learning #113 Video and Media Players in E-Learning #112 2015 E-Learning Challenges How Can You Use Pantone's Color of the Year 2016 in E-Learning? #111 Awaken Your E-Learning Force #110 How Are You Using Instructional Design Cheat Sheets? #109 Show Your E-Learning Work with Your New and Improved Member Profiles #108 Give Your Course an App-Style Navigation #107 Make E-Learning the Most Important Meal of the Day #106 How Do You Show Dialogue and Conversations in E-Learning? #105 Build and Promote Your E-Learning Voice Over Portfolios #104 Create an Infographic: What Do You Love and Hate About E-Learning #103 Gamify an E-Learning Course #102 Atsumi: A Look Back at E-Learning’s Most Iconic Character #101 Before and After: Showing Visual Comparisons in E-Learning #100 How Are You Using Branching Scenarios in E-Learning? #99 E-Learning Buzzword Bingo Games #98 Toggle, Switch, and Slide Your Way to More Creative E-Learning Buttons #97 Back to School: Education Templates for E-Learning #96 Using Cinemagraphs in E-Learning #95 Video Interviews: Creating Interactive Experiences in E-Learning #94 Grabbing Attention and Motivating Learners in E-Learning #93 Guided Tours and Course Navigation Instructions in E-Learning #92 Get to Know Your E-Learning Community with Two Truths and a Lie #91 Engage Your Learners with Interactive Conversations #90 Animated Button Styles and Hover Effects in E-Learning #89 Interactive Audio: Using Soundboards in E-Learning Courses #88 Take Your E-Learning on a Summer Fakecation #87 Interactive Maps: Where Do You Live? #86 Wireframes and Functional Prototypes in E-Learning #85 Using Image Sliders and Photo Galleries in Online Courses #84 10 Reaction Gifs For Every E-Learning Challenge #83 Show Us How You Create Online Courses #82 Show Us Your Best Ergonomics Training #81 Can You Pass an Eighth-Grade Science Test? #80 Show Us Your Custom Navigation Menus for E-Learning #79 E-Learning Icons: Show and Share Your Favorite Styles #78 Emoji for E-Learning Designers #77 How Are Course Designers Using Educational Animations? #76 E-Learning Games to Improve Punctuation and Grammar #75 Using Toys for Storytelling in E-Learning #74 Design a Cover Slide for the Oddest E-Learning Course Title of the Year #73 Build and Share Your Own E-Learning Stock Image Library #72 Teaching Math Concepts with E-Learning #71 Sweets for the Sweet: Share An E-Learning Valentine #70 Give Your E-Learning Skills a Checkup With This Medical Template Challenge #69 Champion Tips for Designing Football Training #68 Podcast: How Do Instructional Designers Get Things Done? #67 Creative Invoice Designs for Course Designers #66 E-Learning Makeovers: Designing A Unified Template #65 2014 E-Learning Challenges Present Data Using Interactive Charts and Graphs #64 What Can You Do with Pantone’s Color of the Year? #63 How to Survive the E-Learning Holidays #62 Top Tips for E-Learning Freelancers #61 Using Progress Meters in E-Learning #60 E-Learning Games for Kids #59 Digital Magazines and Interactive E-Learning #58 Preventing Workplace Violence: E-Learning Scenarios #57 10 Things Instructional Designers Don’t Like to Hear #56 Zombie Survival Training #55 Rapid Response Training: Ebola Outbreak #54 Create Your Own E-Learning Characters with Pictograms #53 Using Interactive Sliders in E-Learning #52 Font Games and Interactions for E-Learning Designers #51 Flat Design Graphics for E-Learning #50 Using Webcam Video in E-Learning Courses #49 Storyboard Templates for E-Learning #48 Call Center Training in Online Learning #47 Show Us Your E-Learning Portfolio #46 Audio Recording Tips for E-Learning Designers #45 Virtual Tours in Online Training #44 Interactive Org Charts in Online Training #43 Smartphone Video Training for Course Designers #42 Hand-Drawn E-Learning Courses #41 Instructional Design Quizzes #40 Education Podcasts in Online Training #39 Steal This E-Learning Template #38 Spelling Bees and Interactive Vocabulary Quizzes #37 Interactive Step Graphics in E-Learning #36 What’s In Your Course Design Toolkit? #35 Instructional Design Learning Activities #34 Fix Your E-Learning Mistakes #33 Death, Taxes, and E-Learning Mistakes #32 Creative Resume Templates for E-Learning Portfolios #31 What Do E-Learning Designers Really Do? #30 Summary and Resource Slides in Online Courses #29 Top 10 Things Learners Need to Know About Storyline #28 Visual Storytelling with Photo Collages #27 Interactive Screenshots for Online Training #26 Instructional Design Tips That Really Pop #25 Create a Simple E-Learning Game #24 Decision Map to Branching Scenarios #23 Design an Olympic-Themed E-Learning Template #22 Beyond the Basic Drag-and-Drop Interaction #21 Ask Your Learners to Prove They’re Learning with NEXTCHA #20 Screencasts and Software Simulations in Online Training #19 How Are Course Designers Using Characters in E-Learning? #18 Using Interactive Job Aids in E-Learning #17 Creating Custom Drag-and-Drop E-Learning Interactions #16 Create a Radiant Template with Pantone’s Color of the Year #15 Give Your Quiz Results Slides a Makeover #14 2013 E-Learning Challenges Rebuild This Interactive Timeline #13 Transform Infographics Into Interactive Graphics #12 Design a Comic Book Theme for Your E-Learning Course #11 Shoot Your Own E-Learning Background Graphics #10 Design an Ethics Course Template with Clipart #9 Create an E-Learning Template from Clip Art #8 Converting Static Content to Interactive Knowledge Checks #7 Bring This Medical Training Course Back To Life #6 Desktop and Office Theme Designs in E-Learning #5 Flatten Up Your Course Design Skills #4 Gate Screens in Online Courses #3 Show Us Your Best Folder Tabs Interactions #2 Showing Meaningful Comparisons in E-Learning #1E-Learning Challenges - Complete List
The weekly e-learning challengesare ongoing opportunities to learn, share, and build your e-learning portfolios. You can jump into any or all of theprevious challengesanytime you want. I’ll update the recap posts to include your demos. If you have a blog, please consider writing about your challenges. We’ll link back to your posts so the great work you’re sharing gets even more exposure.If you share your demos on Twitter, try using#ELHChallengeso your tweeps can track your e-learning coolness. View a condensed list of the challenges How Do You Show Conversations in E-Learning? #105 This week your challenge is to show how dialogue can be shown in e-learning courses. You can focus on talking, texting, instant messaging, video chats, or any other form of communication. Build and Promote Your E-Learning Voice Over Portfolios #104 This week your challenge is to pull together a simple voice over portfolio for e-learning. Never mind the fact you’re not interested in becoming a professional narrator. The goal for this week’s challenge is to practice recording different styles of narration for e-learning. If you pick up some additional work along the way, that’s a bonus. E-Learning Voice Over Portfolios #104:Challenge|Recap Create an Infographic: What Do You Love and Hate About E-Learning #103 This week, your challenge is to create an interactive graphic using the data from theWhat People Love & Hate About E-Learninginfographic.You don't need to rebuild the entire infographic. Just find one or two sections you like and redesign those as an interaction. Love and Hate E-Learning Infographic#103:Challenge|Recap Gamify an E-Learning Course #102 Gamify an E-Learning Course #102: Challenge|Recap Before and After: Showing Visual Comparisons in E-Learning #100 This week, your challenge is to create an interaction to visually compare two images.You can use any technique you like to compare images. As much as we’d like to see real-world examples, this week’s challenge is more about the interactive ways course designers can create interactive comparisons. Show us anything you like! Before and After Visual Comparisons #100:Challenge|Recap How Are You Using Branching Scenarios in E-Learning? #99 This week, your challenge is to share one or more branching scenario examples. Your entry can be as simple or complex as you like. Branching Scenarios in E-Learning #99:Challenge|Recap E-Learning Buzzword Bingo Games #98 This week, your challenge is to create an e-learning buzzword bingo card or interaction. Your bingo card doesn’t need to be interactive — static is totally fine if you’d rather work on your graphics skills this week. Just share your bingo card in .pdf format so others can print and play. E-Learning Buzzword Bingo #98:Challenge|Recap Toggle, Switch, and Slide Your Way to More Creative E-Learning Buttons #97 This week, your challenge is to show one or more creative ways to use toggle buttons and switches in e-learning. Toggle, Switch, and Slider Buttons #97:Challenge|Recap Celebrating 2 Years of E-Learning Challenges This week your challenge is to catch up on at least one challenge you’ve missed. I’ll recap your entry in the original challenge recap as well as next week’s recap. Having a random selection of challenge entries should make for an interesting recap. 2 Years of E-Learning Challenges:Challenge|Recap Get Schooled by These Stellar K12 E-Learning Examples #96 This week, your challenge is to design an education-themed template or interaction. You can focus on any type of academic environment you like. Education Templates for E-Learning: Challenge|Recap Using Video Backgrounds to Visually Engage Learners #95 This week, your challenge is to show one or more ways video backgrounds can be used in e-learning courses. Video Backgrounds in E-Learning#95:Challenge|Recap Video Interviews: Creating Interactive Experiences in E-Learning #94 This week, your challenge is to create an interactive video interview. Video Interviews in E-Learning#94:Challenge|Recap Grabbing Attention and Motivating Learners in E-Learning #93 This week your challenge is to show one or more examples of how you grab attention and motivate learners. Gaining Attention in E-Learning #93:Challenge|Recap Guided Tours and Course Navigation Instructions in E-Learning #92 This week your challenge is to design a guided tour for an e-learning course, website, app, or digital product. Course Navigation Instructions #92:Challenge|Recap Get to Know Your E-Learning Community with Two Truths and a Lie #91 This week your challenge is to create a playful interaction using theTwo Truths and a Lieicebreaker game. You can build anything you like this week. Engage Your Learners with Interactive Conversations #90 This week your challenge is to create an example based on the interactive conversation model. Interactive Conversations #90:Challenge|Recap Creative Button Styles and Effects in E-Learning #89 This week, your challenge is to have fun with buttons! Play with different shapes, styles, and effects to show how you can use buttons creatively in e-learning. Be sure to include the Normal, Hover, and Selected states in your work. Creative Button Effects #89:Challenge|Recap Interactive Audio: Using Soundboards in E-Learning Courses #88 This week your challenge is to create an interactive soundboard.This week’s challenge is mostly a technical challenge so you can choose any topic and design style you like. Interactive Audio in E-Learning #88:Challenge|Recap Take Your E-Learning on a Summer Fakecation #87 E-Learning Fakecation #87:Challenge|Recap Interactive Maps in Online Training #86 This week your challenge is to show us where you live by creating an interactive map of your town or city. You can use any combination of photos, audio, and video to create your interactive map. Challenge|Recap Wireframes and Functional Prototypes in E-Learning #85 This week, your challenge is to build a functional prototype using theOSHA Fall PreventionPowerPoint slides. Challenge|Recap Using Image Sliders and Photo Galleries in Online Courses #84 This week your challenge is to show and share an image slider for e-learning. You can focus on any style or layout you like. Just show us what you can do with image sliders! Challenge|Recap E-Learning Reaction GIFs for Visual Storytelling #83 This week your challenge is to share a collection of reaction gifs for any e-learning topic you like. Challenge|Recap Show Us How You Create Online Courses #82 Challenge| Recap Show Us Your Best Ergonomics Training #81 This week, your challenge is to share an e-learning example for ergonomics training. You’re not limited to workplace-related topics so feel free to take on any form of ergonomics training you’d like. Challenge|Recap Can You Pass an Eighth-Grade Science Test? #80 This week your challenge is to design a learning interaction for a science topic. You can design a makeover for theBullitt County science quizor come up with something that interests you. Just keep the focus on science and you can do whatever you want. Challenge|Recap Show Us Your Custom Navigation Menus for E-Learning #79 This week, your challenge is to create a custom menu example for an e-learning course and share your favorite UI design tip for building custom navigation menus. E-Learning Challenge #79:Challenge|Recap E-Learning Icons: Show and Share Your Favorite Styles #78 This week your challenge is to create a set of icons, buttons, or stickers to share with the e-learning community. E-Learning Challenge#78:Challenge|Recap Get Your Emoji On with These E-Learning Examples #77 This week your challenges is to design a quiz or activity using emoji. You can work entirely in emoji or combine words and letters to create your projects. It’s up to you. E-Learning Challenge#77:Challenge|Recap Here's How Course Designers Use Animations in E-Learning #76 This week your challenge is to share one or morepractical examples ofeducational animations. E-Learning ChallengeRecap#76:Challenge|Recap E-Learning Games to Improve Punctuation and Grammar #75 This week your challenge is to design a learning interaction that teaches one or more concepts around punctuation. Challenge|Recap Using Toys for Storytelling in E-Learning #74 This week your challenge is to design a short interaction using toys as your primary characters.You can combine toys with photographs, illustrations, or hand-crafted scenes and backgrounds. Challenge|Recap Design a Cover Slide for the Oddest E-Learning Course Title of the Year #73 Silly book titles not only make for fun awards, they also give course designers an opportunity to practice their design, typography, and layout skills. And that’s what this week’s challenge is all about! Challenge|Recap Build and Share Your Own E-Learning Image Library #72 This week your challenge is tocreate a small set of e-learning imagesto share with fellow course designers. You can share images of people, places, objects, or anything you think will be useful. Challenge|Recap Teaching Math Concepts with E-Learning #71 This week your challenge is to design a short lesson to teach one or more math concepts. Challenge|Recap Sweets for the Sweet: Share An E-Learning Valentine #70 This week your challenge is to design an interactive graphic, demo, or activity that features a Valentine’s Day theme. Challenge|Recap Give Your E-Learning Skills a Checkup With This Medical Template Challenge #69 This week your challenge is to build an e-learninggame, presentation, or interactionfor a medical topic or concept. You can pick any area of healthcare you like but the focus should be around the medical industry. Challenge|Recap Champion Tips for Designing Football Training #68 This week your challenge is to design a learning interaction to teach one or more football concepts. Challenge|Recap Podcast: How Do Instructional Designers Get Things Done? #67 Challenge|Recap Creative Invoice Designs for Course Designers #66 This week your challenge is to create or share a creative invoice example or template. You can share something you’re already using or mock up a creative design for your entry. Challenge|Recap E-Learning Makeovers: Designing A Unified Template #65 This week your challenge is to findthree different templatesand combine them into a single template with a unified design. You don’t need to use real content in your final template design—the current placeholder content will work fine. Challenge|Recap How Can You Present Data Using Interactive Charts and Graphs? #64 This week your challenge is to show how interactive charts and graphs can be used in online training. Challenge|Recap What Can You Do with Pantone’s Color of the Year? #63 This week your challenge is todesign an e-learning template or interaction using Marsalaas the primarycolor. E-Learning Challenge #63:Challenge|Recap How to Survive the Holidays #62 This week your challenge is to help your fellow community members survive the holidays. You can create anything you like this week. Want to keep things simple? Create atypography poster. Want to take things up a notch? The sky’s the limit. E-Learning Challenge #62:Challenge|Recap Freelance Tips for E-Learning Designers #61 This week your challenge is to design a poster around yourfavorite freelancing tipfor coursedesigners. Challenge|Recap Using Progress Meters in E-Learning #60 This week your challenge is to show how progress indicators can be used in e-learning. Challenge|Recap E-Learning Games for Kids #59 This week your challenge is to build a simple e-learning game for kids. Challenge|Recap Digital Magazines and Interactive E-Learning #58 This week your challenge is to design a digital learning magazine. Challenge|Recap Preventing Workplace Violence: E-Learning Scenarios #57 This week your challenge is to show scenario examples designed to prevent or address workplace violence. Challenge|Recap 10 Things Instructional Designers Don’t Like to Hear #56 This week your challenge is to design an infographic, poster, or a simple list of the top 10 things instructional designers don’t like to hear. And then share your ideas for how to best reply to each. Challenge|Recap How to Survive a Zombie Apocalypse #55 This week your challenge is to design a training interaction, job aid, or mini-course to help learners prepare for and survive the Zombie Apocalypse. Challenge|Recap Rapid Response Training: Ebola Outbreak #54 This week your challenge is to design a learning interaction around the Ebola outbreak. You don’t have to create a full course on the Ebola virus. Instead, focus on something short and quick to address one area of the virus. Challenge|Recap DIY E-Learning Characters #53 This week your challenge is to create your own pictogram characters for a specific industry or learning topic. Challenge|Recap Interactive Sliders in E-Learning #52 This week your challenge is to show creative ways to use sliders in online learning. You can focus your slider on functionality or visual design. Challenge|Recap Font Games, Quizzes, and Examples #51 This week your challenge is to create an interaction that teaches one or more basic principles of typography. This is a slightly bigger challenge than usual because it requires some content and interaction design. Challenge|Recap Flat Design Graphics and Examples #50 This week your challenge is to design an office or desktop theme based on your own workplace environment. Design as many objects as you like. For variety, try adding both top and front views of your workspace. Challenge|Recap Webcam Video in E-Learning #49 This week your challenge is to create awebcam videoto introduce yourself and the types of e-learning projects you enjoy most. Challenge |Recap Storyboard Templates for E-Learning #48 This week your challenge is to share an example of your preferred e-learning storyboard, blueprint, or scripting template. We want to seewhatyou use and learnhowyou use it! Challenge| Recap Call Center Training in Online Learning #47 This week your challenge is to design a call center interaction. You can choose any area of call center training you like. Don’t worry about scripting out a detailed or authentic storyboard. Prototypes, unfinished interactions, and even sketches are perfectly acceptable. Challenge|Recap Show Us Your E-Learning Portfolio #46 This week’s challenge is all about youre-learning portfolios. We already know you do awesome work, and we want to help others find your awesome work. Challenge|Recap Recording Audio in Online Training #45 This week, your challenge is toshare your audio recording deetswith the community. We want to know all about your audio recording: your best practices, your gear, your processes, even your quirks and tricks that give your audio that special something. Challenge|Recap Virtual Tours in Online Training #44 This week, your challenge is to design a virtual tour of a real or fictional location. You can use any photos, illustrations, audio, and video you like to create your tour. Challenge|Recap Interactive Org Charts and Meet the Team #43 This week, your challenge is to design an interactive graphic to introduce an organization’s team members or key players.You can focus on corporate teams, sports teams, or something more playful likecomic book characters. Challenge|Recap Smartphone Video Training #42 This week, your challenge is torecord, edit, and publisha training video using your smartphone.Choose a topic that allows you to record multiple videos for your project. The focus on this challenge is as much about editing as it is recording. Challenge|Recap Low-Tech, High-Speed Course Design #41 This week, your challenge is to create an emergency-response course usingpen and paper. Challenge|Recap Instructional Design Quizzes #40 This week your challenge is to create a quiz that tests learners on an instructional design principle, model, researcher, or theorist. Challenge| Recap Podcasts for Learning #39 This week your challenge is torecord your answers to the following 10 interview questions. Challenge|Recap Steal This E-Learning Template#38 This week your challenge is to repurpose theCreate Your Own Quest templateinto something of your own. Challenge|Recap Spelling Bees and Interactive Vocabulary Quizzes#37 This week your challenge is to build an interactive vocabulary quiz. You can focus your interaction on spelling, pronunciation, comprehension, or anything else. Challenge|Recap Interactive Step Graphics in Online Training#36 This week your challenge is to build a step graphic to tell a story or communicate a process. Choose any topic you like and see if you can find creative ways to present the step graphic navigation. Challenge| Recap What’s In Your Course Design Toolkit?#35 This week your challenge is to share your favorite, free tools that make your course design easier. Challenge| Recap Instructional Design Learning Activities#34 This week your challenge is to create aninteraction that introduces an instructional design principle, model, researcher, or theorist.Interactions can be anything from simple Engage interactions that present terms and definitions to custom games created in Storyline. Challenge|Recap Fix Your E-Learning Mistakes#33 This week your challenge is to give your slides a proper makeover. Assume the bad slide designs were given to you by your client and that it’s your job to make them right. Challenge| Recap Death, Taxes, and E-Learning Mistakes#32 This week, your challenge is to design one or more slides featuring common course mistakes. Yes, mistakes. Unleash those pet peeves and visual nightmares. Don’t hold back. Amplify the mistakes. Let us feel the pain of bad e-learning. Challenge| Recap Creative Resume Templates for E-Learning Portfolios#31 This week, your challenge is to design an interactive resume or portfolioshowcasing your e-learning work. You can show all your work or highlight only a couple of your favorite projects. Challenge| Recap What Do E-Learning Designers Really Do?#30 This week, your challenge is todesign a visual chartusing the “What People Think I Do / What I really Do” meme. You can choose any job role you like: instructional designer, course designer, Super Hero, or any other title that interests you. Challenge| Recap Summary and Resource Slides in Online Courses#29 This week, your challenge is to design an e-learning conclusion or summary slide.You can focus your entry on instructions for closing the course, job aids to support the course, or even additional resources for learners to continue learning. This week’s challenge is all about design ideas for presenting summary slides and resources. You don’t need to build out a working interaction—but I know many of you will, and that’s totally cool, too. Challenge| Recap Top 10 Things Learners Need to Know About Storyline#28 This week your challenge is to put together aTop 10list of “getting started” tutorialsfor any area of Storyline development you like. Challenge|Recap Visual Storytelling with Photo Collages#27 This week, your challenge is to create an interactive story around a photo collage. You can use placeholder photos and graphics, or rework an existing project into a photo collage. Challenge| Recap Interactive Screenshots for Online Training#26 This week, your challenge is to create an interactive screenshot for an application’s UI or specific features. Challenge| Recap Instructional Design Tips That Really Pop#25 This week your challenge is todesign a poster around your favorite education or instructional design quote. Your quote can be serious, playful, or even a little snarky. The text is simply the vehicle for your favorite tip designed as a typography poster. Challenge| Recap Create a Simple E-Learning Game#24 This week your challenge is to build a simple e-learning game in either Storyline or Quizmaker. Challenge|Recap Decision Map to Branching Scenarios#23 This week your challenge is to build a branching interaction based on theWhat Kind of Leader Are You?infographic. This challenge is all about interpreting an existing simulation map and bringing it to life. Use whatever design style you like. This can include using characters, boxes and arrows, LOL Cats or anything else you can dream up. We just want to see what you can come up with using the infographic as a starting point. Challenge| Recap Design an Olympic-Themed E-Learning Template#22 This week your challenge is to design an e-learning template for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. You can design a general template for the Winter Olympics, or focus your template around a specific country or event. Challenge| Recap Beyond the Basic Drag-and-Drop Interaction#21 This week your challenge is to build a drag-and-drop interaction based on one of the three examples above.Don’t have time to put an activity together? No problem. Just share some ideas for ways to use drag-and-drop in non-quizzing activities. We’ll pull the ideas together and use them for a future challenge! Challenge| Recap Ask Your Learners to Prove They’re Learning (NEXTCHA)#20 This week your challenge is to build your own NEXTCHA solutions that help reinforce learning content while preventing learners from mindlessly clicking the Next buttons. In the challenge, you don’t have to limit NEXTCHA to text entry fields, but please limit your demos to text-based interactions. Challenge| Recap Screencasts and Software Simulations in Online Training#19 This week your challenge is to record a screencast or software simulation. You can choose any type of topic that interests you. Challenge| Recap Using Characters in E-Learning#18 This week your challenge is to show us how to use characters in e-learning. You can create static slides that show character-based ideas, or build something more dynamic to show the interaction between characters Challenge|Recap Using Job Aids in E-Learning#17 This week your challenge is to show us how to use job aids in e-learning. You can share examples of job aids that were used in place of courses, integrated into courses, or offered as course alternatives. Challenge| Recap Creating Custom Drag-and-Drop E-Learning Interactions#16 This week your challenge is to show some creative ways to use drag-drop interactions. Challenge| Recap Create a Radiant Template with Pantone’s Color of the Year#15 This week your challenge is to useRadiant Orchidas the base color for your e-learning templates.Include at least three different content slides, and more if you’d like. Your slides can be static or built out as working interactions. Your goal is to work from a single color and show how you will carry that color across your design templates. Challenge| Recap Give Your Quiz Results Slides a Makeover#14 This week, your challenge is to show us your best, your most creative quiz results designs. Show us as many makeover designs as you can imagine. Challenge| Recap Interactive Timelines for E-Learning#13 This week, your challenge is to rebuildBig History Project’s interactive timeline. This is our first challenge where everyone is working from the same source project. The tool you use to recreate this project will impact your design considerations. For example, the dynamic menu effect is not possible with most tools. You’ll want to capture the essence of the effect, whichever tool you choose. Challenge| Recap Transform Infographics Into Interactive Graphics#12 This week your challenge will be to take a static infographic and rebuild it as an interactive infographic. Challenge|Recap Design a Comic Book Theme for Your E-Learning Course#11 This week, your challenge is to design your own comic book e-learning template. Try to include multiple slides so you can show how the template will carry through your content. Challenge|Recap Shoot Your Own E-Learning Background Graphics#10 Create a shot list of possible images and shoot your own background graphics using your office or work area as the primary location. When you share your photos, please include your shot list and at least one original photo so we can compare the before and after. Challenge|Recap Design an Ethics Course Template with Clipart#9 Using clipartStyle 1368, design a course template for a corporate ethics e-learning course. Include at leastthree content slidesandtwo quizzing slides. Your slides can be static or built out as working interactions. We just want to see how your template carries across your project. Challenge|Recap Create an E-Learning Template from Clip Art#8 Show and share your clip art-inspired template using one or more clip art objects.Create one or more e-learning template slides using free clip art objects. Challenge| Recap Converting Static Content to Interactive Knowledge Checks#7 Show and share your interactive makeovers using an existing slide from one of your projects.Convert an existing content slide and convert it to an interaction using one of the Storyline’s six free-form questions. Challenge| Recap Bring This Medical Training Course Back To Life!#6 Show and share your re-design ideas for a medical e-learning course template.Using the source files provided, create a clean, flat, medical design theme. Try to work within the provided color requirements (included in the forum thread and the source files) and comp out 2-3 slides for this design. Challenge|Recap Desktop and Office Theme Designs#5 Create an office or desktop course template. Include at least three different content slides, and more if you’d like. Your slides can be static or built out as working interactions. The objective is to show how us how your design will carry across your project. E-Learning Challenge #5:Challenge|Recap Flatten Up Your Course Design Skills#4 Show and share your best flat design template ideas for e-learning.Create a flat design course template. Include at least three different content slides, and more if you’d like. Your slides can be static or built out as working interactions. The objective is to show how your flat design will carry across your project. Challenge|Recap Gate Screens in Online Courses#3 Design a two-slide interaction that includes a content screen and a gate screen. The content screen can be a placeholder screen. The key is to show how your gate screen will load and close in relation to the course. Challenge|Recap What’s Your Best Tabs Interaction?#2 Design a 5-tab interaction. Tabs should be on the left or the right and need to be persistent over slides or layers. Challenge|Recap How Would You Show Meaningful Comparisons? #1 Design an interactive graphic to show relative sizes for a series of airplanes. Check out thisWikipedia entryon giant aircraft for inspiration. Challenge | Recap Post written byDavid AndersonE-Learning Games Inspired by Popular TV Quiz Shows #473
Share Your E-Learning Quiz Games#473: Challenge | Recap Welcome to the final round of our four-week e-learning game challenge! You’ve done the heavy lifting—mapped out your design concepts, built your working prototypes, and taken in all that feedback. Now, it’s time to come on down and show off your final game example. 🏆 Challenge of the Week This week, your challenge is to share an e-learning game inspired by popular TV quiz shows. 🙏 If you’ve been following along with this four-part challenge series, please include links to your previous examples for each week. This will help me pull together a great recap of the series. Week 1:Concept & Storyboarding Week 2:Design & Prototyping Week 3: Development & Review Week 4: Final Testing & Project Submission Goal: Complete and share your final project Deliverables: Add the final touches, animations, and advanced interactions Incorporate any feedback you received Test your game for bugs, usability, and accessibility Share a link to your final project 🎁 BONUS: Share a quick write-up about your projects in the community. Talk about what you learned, how you used feedback, or how your project evolved over the four weeks. Anything you think would be helpful or interesting is welcome! 🚨 NOTE: And don’t worry if you didn’t join the earlier challenges—you’re still welcome to participate this week. Ideally, you’d complete all four weeks, but any contribution is appreciated! 📋 FEEDBACK: I really want to hear what you thought about this challenge.You’re welcome to answer as many or as few questions as you’d like, and you can share as much or as little as you feel comfortable with. If you prefer, you can submit your responses anonymously. Share your feedback 🙌 Last Week’s Challenge: Before you submit your final design, take a look at the functional examples your fellow game-show challengers shared over the past week: Game Design: Development & ReviewRECAP#472:Challenge|Recap 👋 New to the E-Learning Challenges? Theweekly e-learning challengesare ongoing opportunities to learn, share, and build your e-learning portfolios. You can jump into any or all of theprevious challengesanytime you want. I’ll update the recap posts to include your demos. Learn more about the challenges in thisQ&A postand why and how to participate in thishelpful article.E-Learning Game Design: Development & Review #472
Game Design: Development & Review#472: Challenge | Recap Welcome to the third week of our e-learning game design challenge. Last week, you built a working prototype from your storyboard or design concept. This week, you’ll focus on bringing the core elements of the e-learning game together to create a detailed and functional model. Your game should be far enough along to submit for final QA and testing. 🏆 Challenge of the Week This week, your challenge is to share a fully developed version of the game that incorporates all designed elements, interactive features, animations, and multimedia components. Optional: Since this is our last week of development before submitting the final project, let a few friends or fellow challengers play your game and gather feedback in Review 360. It’s the best way to spot any problems and see what people like or don’t like. I know many of you have been gathering feedback all along, but I’d like to highlight the testing and review process this week. Week 1: Concept & Storyboarding Week 2: Design & Prototyping Week 3: Development & Review Goal: Develop a detailed and functional version of your game Deliverables: Apply and refine the visual design elements Integrate the interactive elements, animations, and multimedia components Refine the visual design and user interface to enhance the overall user experience Submit to Review 360 for user testing and feedback (optional but encouraged) Share a link to your project Week 4: Final Testing & Project Submission 🚨 NOTE: Even if you didn’t participate last week, you’re still welcome to join this week’s challenge. Ideally, you’ll complete all four weeks, but any participation is appreciated. Share what you can. 🙌 Last Week’s Challenge: Before you complete your game design, check out the interactive prototypes your fellow challengers shared over the past week: Interactive Prototypes in E-Learning RECAP #471: Challenge | Recap 👋 New to the E-Learning Challenges? Theweekly e-learning challengesare ongoing opportunities to learn, share, and build your e-learning portfolios. You can jump into any or all of theprevious challengesanytime you want. I’ll update the recap posts to include your demos. Learn more about the challenges in thisQ&A postand why and how to participate in thishelpful article. 📆 Upcoming Challenges Challenge #473(08.09): Week 4: Final Testing & Project SubmissionBuilding E-Learning Games: Concept & Storyboard #470
Game Show Design: Storyboards#470: Challenge | Recap How in the world did you build that? A common challenge for new course designers is seeing polished e-learning projects and having no clue how they came together. I hear from folks all the time that they want to do the weekly challenges, but it feels too advanced for beginners. So, for this challenge, we're going to pump the brakes and spread the build over four weeks. We’ll follow a linear development model so we can really dig into and focus on common development steps. I realize experienced designers will prefer a more iterative approach for real-world projects. And that's fair. But using a progressive, step-by-step approach should help new users follow the evolution of an e-learning challenge project from concept to deliverable. Plus, it gives us something tangible to show each week. Week 1: The Concept & Visual Storyboard This first week, we’ll focus on the initial game show theme or concept. Your task will be to create a wireframe, flowchart, or visual storyboard that captures the flow of your game. For new users, this helps you work intentionally through your ideas before jumping into development. And for you pros, this might seem like extra work, but slowing it down will help others visualize how polished interactions come together. Here’s a breakdown of the four-week schedule: Week 1: Concept & Storyboarding Week 2: Prototype Development Week 3: Development & Review Week 4: Final Testing & Project Submission 🏆 Challenge of the Week This week, your challenge is to develop an e-learning game show concept and present a visual, non-interactive storyboard or flowchart of your game’s mechanics and visual elements. You can either create something new or take an old project and break it down with us over the four weeks. This way, everyone can see how it all comes together. Week 1: Concept & Storyboarding Goal: Choose a game show concept and design theme Deliverables: Choose a game show concept, theme and design style Create a visual storyboard, flowchart, or static mock-up of the game Share a link to your static design concept Week 2: Design & Prototyping Week 3: Production & Development Week 4: Final Testing & Project Submission ✨ Share Your E-Learning Work Comments: Use the comments section below to link your published example and blog post. Forums: Start a newthreadand 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#ELHChallengeso your tweeps can follow your e-learning coolness. 🙌 Last Week’s Challenge: Before you get started on this week’s design concept, check out last week’s examples to see what e-learning designers do and how they got started in the industry. What Instructional Designers DoRECAP#469:Challenge|Recap 👋 New to the E-Learning Challenges? Theweekly e-learning challengesare ongoing opportunities to learn, share, and build your e-learning portfolios. You can jump into any or all of theprevious challengesanytime you want. I’ll update the recap posts to include your demos. Learn more about the challenges in thisQ&A postand why and how to participate in thishelpful article. 📆 Upcoming Challenges Challenge #471 (07.26): Week 2: Prototype Development Challenge #472 (08.02): Week 3: Production & Development Challenge #473 (08.09): Week 4: Final Testing & Project Submission40+ Interactive E-Learning Games and Examples #24
E-Learning GamesRECAP#24: Challenge|Recap This week’s challenge was around e-learning games. We shared a quick idea for creating your own e-learning games. Based on the success of this week’s challenge, I expect we’ll do a lot more around this topic. Thanks to everyone who shared demos or feedback in this week's challenge. I know the e-learning community appreciates seeing what you come up with each week. Remember: The challenges are always open. You can jump into this or any previous challenge anytime and we'll update the recap post to include your work. Dan Sweigert View demo | Dan Sweigert | Website | @elearningwdan Przemyslaw Hubisz View demo | Przemyslaw Hubisz | @phubisz Montse Anderson View demo | Montse Anderson | Website | @mLearning Nick Russell View demo | Download | Nick Russell | Benchmark Learning Nancy Woinoski View demo | Nancy Woinoski | Website | @pinchedhead Allison Nederveld View demo | Learn more | Download | Allison Nederveld | @abnederveld Charles Hamper View demo | Charles Hamper | Website | @cfhamper Jackie Van Nice View demo | Learn more | Jackie Van Nice | @jackietrains Till Then View demo | Till Then Stephanie Harnett View demo | Learn more | Stephanie Harnett | Website | @slhice Sol Moh View demo | Sol Moh Gemma Henderson View demo | Learn more | Download | Gem Henderson | @gemdemhen Alex O'Byrne View demo | Alex O'Byrne Jason Renshaw View demo | Jason Renshaw | Website Jason Renshaw View demo | Jason Renshaw | Website Jay Yearley View demo | Jay Yearley | Website Ian McConnell View demo | Learn more | Ian McConnell | Website | @tlslearning Melissa Milloway View demo | Melissa Milloway | Website | @MelMilloway Charles Hamper View demo | Charles Hamper | Website | @cfhamper Richard Watson View demo | Learn more | Richard Watson | Website | @rwatsonID Przemyslaw Hubisz View demo | Download | Przemyslaw Hubisz | @phubisz Jackie Van Nice View demo | Learn more | Jackie Van Nice | @jackietrains Ridvan Saglam View demo | Ridvan Saglam | Website | @rbsaglam John Wagner View demo| John Wagner | Website Alexander Salas View demo| Learn more| Alexander Salas | Website | @stylelearn Chris Lee View demo| Chris Lee | Website Till Then View demo| Till Then Linda Lorenzetti View demo| Linda Lorenzetti | @lindalor Mohammad Hassam View demo|Learn more|Mohammad Hassam|Website Alex Lapthorne View demo| Alex Lapthorne Amar Kulshreshtha View demo | Learn more | Amar Kulshreshtha | Website Darren Heath View demo| Learn more| Darren Heath Nicholette Inman View demo| Nicholette Inman Aman Vohra View demo| Aman Vohra | LinkedIn Chris Hodgson View demo| Learn more & download| Chris Hodgson | Website | @skriss Nicola Fern View demo| Learn more| Nicola Fern|@maddiezahatter Aman Vohra View demo| Aman Vohra | Website Dane Hartman View project| Download| Dane Hartman | Website Amy Lamb View project| Download| Amy Lamb | @aangrimson Katherine Jackson View project| Katherine Jackson More E-Learning Games & Templates 10 Free E-Learning Game Templates for Articulate Storyline 11 Free Tabbed Navigation Templates for Articulate Storyline 12 Free E-Learning Games for Articulate Storyline 10 Fresh and Free E-Learning Templates for Articulate Storyline 5 Free E-Learning Games for Articulate Storyline 30+ Interactive E-Learning Games and Examples New to the E-Learning Challenges? The weekly 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. If you have a blog, please consider writing about your challenges. We’ll link back to your posts so the great work you’re sharing gets even more exposure. If you share your demos on Twitter, try using #ELHChallenge so your tweeps can track your e-learning coolness. Share Your E-Learning Game Examples! The e-learning gameschallengeis still open! If you have one or more game ideas you'd like to share, please jump over to the original challengeand post your links in the comments section. I'll update this recap page to include your examples.19 E-Learning Storyboard Templates and Examples #251
E-Learning Storyboard Templates RECAP #251: Challenge|Recap Love ‘em or hate ‘em, storyboards are critical to e-learning success. Whether you’re using text-based storyboards or detailed visual storyboards, there’s a storyboard format for every project and course designer. This week's challenge features free storyboard templates, tips and insights, and even video tutorials! Please take some time to read and comment on the uber helpful storyboard articles your fellow community members shared this week. Bryan Jones Learn more | Download | Bryan Jones | Website | @elearningart Kevin Thorn Download| Kevin Thorn | Website | @learnnuggets Teresa Vanderpost View project| Teresa Vanderpost Alex Jinca View project| Alex Jinca | Website Jodi Sansone Download | Jodi Sansone | @jodimsansone Allison Goldthorpe Learn more & download | Allison Goldthorpe | Website | @AGoldthorpeID Karyn Jones View project | Karyn Jones Joe Waddington Download | Joe Waddington Joan Campbell View project | Joan Campbell Paula Rademacher Download | Paula Rademacher | Website Farah Azadeh View project | Farah Azadeh Candice Pitman Download (.pdf) | Download (.pub) | Candice Pitman Nicki Berry Download | Nicki Berry | Website Teo Karageorgakis View storyboard | Learn more | Teo Karageorgakis | Website Samuel Apata View project | Samuel Apata | Website | @afrostem Ernesto Yannini View project | Ernesto Yannini | Website Kelly H Download | Kelly H Andrew Geaghan Download | Andrew Geaghan Anouk Van Dijk Download | Anouk Van Dijk Mykhaylo Zakryzhevskyy Download| Mykhaylo Zakryzhevskyy New to the E-Learning Challenges? The weekly 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. If you have a blog, please consider writing about your challenges. We’ll link back to your posts so the great work you’re sharing gets even more exposure. If you share your demos on Twitter, please include #ELHChallenge so your tweeps can track your e-learning coolness. Share Your E-Learning Storyboard Templates and Examples! The storyboard challenge is still open! If you have one or more ideas you'd like to share, please jump over to the original challenge and post your links in the comments section. I'll update this recap page to include your examples.15 Examples of Interactive Prototypes for E-Learning Games #471
Interactive Prototypes in E-Learning RECAP #471: Challenge | Recap This week’s challenge asked course designers to share an interactive prototype of their game show designs. This is the second week of our four-part game design series. Phil Mayor Example | Phil Mayor | Website | @philmayor David Davis Example | David Davis Jonathan Hill Prototype | Working Demo | Jonathan Hill | Website | @DevByPowerPoint Ron Katz Prototype | Ron Katz | Website Jesse Wu Prototype | Jesse Wu | Website Jodi M. Sansone Prototype | Jodi M. Sansone | Website | @jodimsansone eLearn Dev Prototype | Learn more | eLearn Dev Samuel Apata Prototype | Samuel Apata | Website | @afrostem Arron Walker Prototype | Learn more | Arron Walker | Website Thierry EMMANUEL Prototype | Thierry EMMANUEL | Website Kate Golomshtok Prototype | Kate Golomshtok | Website Lisa McDonald Prototype | Lisa McDonald Angela Thomas Prototype | Angela Thomas Shelby Breece Prototype | Shelby Breece Mara Buggenthin Prototype | View progress | Mara Buggenthin New to the E-Learning Challenges? The weekly 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. If you have a blog, please write about your challenge example. I'll add links to your blog post so your examples get even more exposure. And for those who share your demos on Twitter or LinkedIn, please include #ELHChallenge so your network (and Articulate!) can track your e-learning coolness. Share Your Working Prototype Examples! The game show prototype challenge is still open! If you have one or more ideas you'd like to share, please jump over to the original challenge and post your links in the comments section. I'll update this recap page to include your examples.20 Ways to Present E-Learning Game Design Concepts & Storyboards #470
Game Show Design: Storyboards RECAP #470: Challenge | Recap This week’s challenge asked course designers to share a concept or storyboard for an e-learning game show activity. This is the first part of our four-part game design series, which highlights the major milestones in e-learning development. Week 1:Concept & Storyboarding Week 2:Design & Prototyping Week 3: Development & Review Week 4: Final Project Submission Mallory Frazier Example | Mallory Frazier | Website Phil Mayor Example | Phil Mayor | Website | @philmayor Julie LALAMEDIA Example | Julie LALAMEDIA David Davis Example | David Davis Thierry EMMANUEL Example | Thierry EMMANUEL | Website Sean Murray Example | Sean Murray Samuel Apata Example| Samuel Apata | Website | @afrostem Jonathan Hill Example | Jonathan Hill | Website | @DevByPowerPoint Ron Katz Example | Ron Katz | Website Jodi M. Sansone Example | Jodi M. Sansone | Website | @jodimsansone Jesse Wu Example | Jesse Wu | Website Maren West Example | Maren West eLearn Dev Example | eLearn Dev Shelby Breece Example | Shelby Breece Mara Buggenthin Example | Mara Buggenthin Angela Thomas Example | Angela Thomas Kirsten Ossa Example | Kirsten Ossa Arron Walker Example | Learn more | Arron Walker | Website Jayashree Ravi Example | Jayashree Ravi | LinkedIn Kate Golomshtok Example | Kate Golomshtok | Website New to the E-Learning Challenges? The weekly 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. If you have a blog, please write about your challenge example. I'll add links to your blog post, so your examples get even more exposure. And for those who share your demos on Twitter or LinkedIn, please include #ELHChallenge so your network (and Articulate!) can track your e-learning coolness. Share Your Concept & Storyboard Examples! The e-learning game challenge is still open! If you have one or more ideas you'd like to share, please jump over to the original challenge and post your links in the comments section. I'll update this recap page to include your examples.
