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Lectora User Conference Showcase: PepsiCo
Session Information:
PepsiCo: Bringing Learning to a Mobile Workforce
Thursday, May 24 12:45–2:00 p.m.
Join Marvin Mullins Senior Specialist, Frito-Lay Sales Capability & Training as he takes you on a journey detailing how PepsiCo, using Lectora® e-Learning software, successfully instituted a robust mobile learning project to reduce the financial impact that occurs with instructor led reinforcement training. This session will uncover the challenges and successes faced by PepsiCo as they developed a unique mobile learning program for the organization.
Experience and Expertise:
Marvin Mullins is an award-winning Senior Specialist at Frito-Lay Sales Capability and Training, a division of PepsiCo. With extensive experience in the e-Learning field, Marvin has a depth of knowledge that he will apply to...
Intuition Mobile Learning Solutions: LUC Sponsor Showcase
If you’re interested in integrating a mobile learning strategy into your online training curriculum, make sure you attend the 2012 Lectora® User Conference. Mobile learning solution provider Intuition has joined an impressive line-up of exhibitors at the Lectora User Conference, as a Platinum Sponsor Exhibitor. Conference attendees will have an exclusive opportunity to connect with Intuition representatives, and learn more about their award-winning Mobile Learning and Mobile Knowledge Platform.
Intuition provides mobile solutions that help organizations create, deliver and track...
Increase e-Learning Interactivity with New Lectora Online 1.6.2 Features
If you haven’t already heard, the newest version of Lectora® Online e-Learning collaboration software is here! Lectora Online Version 1.6.2 includes brand new features for simple, seamless online e-Learning development – anywhere, anytime.
Today’s blog includes fun ways to use the new Lectora Online Live Model Gallery: a collection of 5,500 unique, high resolution and transparent photographs including 33 models from a variety of backgrounds and professions. These new models are just one way to add an extra special touch to your next e-Learning course.
To access the Live Model Gallery, simply open the Media Library Organizer and click on the Live Model Gallery Folder.
3 Ways to Use the Live Model Gallery:
1. Tell a story...
Free ReviewLink Tips and Video Tutorials – Part 1
If you made the recent upgrade to Lectora® X.6 e-Learning software, you already know that ReviewLink™ makes e-Learning review more convenient and simple than ever. To ensure that you’re getting the most out of ReviewLink, today’s blog includes 3 handy tips to help you complete the review cycle in record time.
Below each tip is a short video tutorial that demonstrates step-by-step how to implement the tip using ReviewLink collaborative e-Learning review tool. These tips and tutorials are full of hints to make sure you stay on-task and work efficiently when collaborating with reviewers. And, most importantly, they guarantee a quick turnaround as you review, edit and prepare courses for publishing.
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Lectora e-Learning #1 Top-Ranked Media Tool by Importance
Thanks to the support of our users, Lectora® e-Learning authoring software was ranked as the number one Top Rated Media Tool by Importance in the eLearning Guild report, “Media for eLearning: Top Tools.” The findings in this recent e-Learning research report are based on popular media tools e-Learning professionals use to design, create and optimize e-Learning content.
In the report, Lectora e-Learning software received the most “essential” responses for the Top Rated Media Tool by Importance in Toolkit category, indicating that the majority of survey participants find Lectora to be an essential e-Learning development tool. Landing the number one spot, Lectora ranks above Articulate® Rapid e-Learning Studio, Adobe® Captivate and other tools.
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Add Professional Title Graphics to Camtasia
When creating and editing videos using Camtasia® screen recording software, there are plenty of easy ways to add pizzazz and visual appeal to your projects: using zoom and pan, inserting transitions, adding images, etc. To make your Camtasia videos within Lectora® Inspire e-Learning software stand out even more, you can also add introductions to projects by inserting title graphics at the beginning of videos.
In this podcast by Diane Elkins of Artisan E-Learning and E-Learning Uncovered, you’ll learn step-by-step how to add professional, aesthetically pleasing title graphics to your Camtasia projects. Using the Camtasia Library tab, Elkins instructs how to combine the following elements to tailor the perfect video introduction:
- Audio, such...
Incorporating Web Resources into a Corporate Learning Curriculum
This is a guest blog written by Maria Rainier. Please see below for her full bio.
There has never been a better time than now to use the Internet for the purpose of e-Learning. This is especially true when educating adults, whose learning needs are different from the needs of younger learners. Adults often require a more concrete idea about how what they are learning may relate to the real world. As such, incorporating a few online training resources, particularly audio and video clips that demonstrate real-world applications of theories and skills they are learning, is especially important. Here are a few resources that I find especially enlightening:
RSA Animate
RSA Animate is a series of cartoon...
What is an LMS? Host, Track and Report on e-Learning
Once you create great e-Learning content, how can you track the results? A learning management system (LMS), a web-based software application platform, is a great way tokeep your data straight. An LMS will publish, manage, track results and generate reports for online courses and training programs. Learning management systems can take your online computer-based training to the next level by providing salient data that can be processed in many ways to help understand your learners.
Considering purchasing an LMS to enhance your online training? Here are several important factors to keep in mind:
- Customizable?
Customizable LMS platforms can be modified to suit...
e-Learning Predictions for 2012 from Bersin & Associates
As one year comes to an end and another begins, it’s important to take some time to reflect on major happenings in 2011 – and look to the future for what is to come. Bersin & Associates recently released the report, “Strategic Human Resources & Talent Management: Predictions for 2012,” which offers insights from the past year, as well as predictions for what the next year will bring.
Before diving into some of the 2012 predictions, the Bersin & Associates article lists two important current developments that are influencing employee interaction in the workplace:
A) Technology: Although this seems an obvious implication, new technologies and social learning platforms are drastically changing how employees operate at work. Constant access to the Internet, iPads and mobile phones allow employees to communicate...
