How to Develop Online Training
Developing online training involves using authoring software such as Lectora, Adobe Captivate or Articulate to produce elearning components, or using desktop publishing tools to produce presentations that can be delivered via online meeting tools such as Adobe Acrobat Connect, Microsoft Office Live Meeting or Cisco WebEx. Based on your training design specification, develop your materials to meet established learning objectives. Prepare to administer your training via a learning management system such as Moodle or the Open Source Learning Management System.
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Things You'll Need
- Web conferencing hardware and software
- eLearning authoring software
- Desktop publishing software
Instructions
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Establish a consistent convention for color palette, text font size and page setup (including columns, lists and charts).
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Develop the instructional modules for your training course. Modules typically consist of multiple short lessons. Each lesson should start with a topic overview and at least one learning objective. In the topic overview, state how the long the lesson will take to complete and describe any prerequisite skills or knowledge required to complete the lesson. Include instructions for navigating through your course using the lesson software, if necessary, such as how to move to the next screen and return to the menu. Copy and paste text and graphics from your storyboards (produced during the design phase of your online training project) into authoring software. End your lesson with a summary screen.
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Include transition screens between lessons and pop-up windows containing explanatory text and graphics to enhance your instructional text.
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Develop animation or software simulations to provide details on procedures, if required. Develop multimedia components such as audio and video based on your storyboards produced during your design phase.
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Create course exercises such as multiple choice, matching, fill-in-the-blank, short answer, sequencing and true/false questions or games to provide a fun way to allow students to test their learning comprehension.
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Provide links to other resources and create a glossary of terms, if appropriate.
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Create course tests. You should have at least one question for each learning objective.
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Create course feedback forms to solicit opinions on your course materials. Obtain input on course usefulness, content coverage and learner satisfaction.
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Review your course materials with experts in the subject matter to validate technical accuracy.
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Test out your online training components with potential students.
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Incorporate feedback to complete your online training course before you announce that it is available.
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