Posts by Stephanie Ivec

Suppose you have a super tall image—a screenshot of a very long menu, a detailed figure of an engineering process, or perhaps the beanstalk from Jack and the Giant Beanstalk. That last one seems unlikely, but you never know what a client is going to ask for, so it’s good to be prepared! In order…

When was the last time you made a storyboard? I love making storyboards because they align perfectly with my level of drawing skills—arrows and stick figures! Our Community Manager and resident instructional design guru, Jennifer Valley, says, “I try to storyboard everything I do.  Sometimes it’s formal (in PowerPoint, scribbled on a piece of paper,…

The Trivantis® designers are back with more great tips for your eLearning course design. Today’s “Design Dos & Don’ts” post is full of helpful advice for getting inspired and making your course look professional. Keep these dos and don’ts in mind as you’re designing eLearning courses: Do: Find inspiration. Art Director Tony Cavalier says, “Nothing…

If you haven’t read the first post in this new graphic design for eLearning series, be sure to catch up. Our Trivantis designers, Tony Cavalier and Anthony LaQuatra shared some great tips in Design Dos & Don’ts: Images and More. This next post focuses more on fonts and typography with some helpful tips for using…

Creating effective eLearning courses requires good design—even if you don’t have a design background. In this new blog series, “Design Dos & Don’ts,” we’re asking designers to share essential graphic design tips and suggestions, along with what not to do in your eLearning courses. For this post, I asked two of our design experts here…

There is a fashion trend sweeping the internet right now. Yes, I said fashion trend. Don’t worry, this is still the Everything eLearning Blog. We have not changed it to the Everything Stephanie and Christie Wear Blog. Yet. Fashion bloggers, business professionals, stay-at-home moms, and more are all embracing the Capsule Wardrobe Movement. I embraced…

I used to love making mix CDs and wanted to share some LUC 2015 inspired songs. Since everything is digital now, I made you a playlist to help you get ready for the 2015 Lectora® User Conference in Nashville, Tennessee this April 29 – 30. Crazy Town – Jason Aldean This popular country song is…

Please clear off your desks and get out a pencil—because it’s time for a pop quiz! Question 1: How do you create unique e-Learning assessments? Okay, you probably need more than a pencil to answer this question because assessments are such a crucial part of the e-Learning experience. They can be used for different purposes,…

Desktop computer. Laptop. Tablet. Smartphone. Phablet. (Yes, I said “phablet.”) There are a lot of devices out there for you to choose from when delivering e-Learning. You could just go “eenie meenie miney mo,” or you could read this awesome blog post and figure out which device is best for your e-Learning. Desktops and laptops—the…

When you’re designing e-Learning for adults, you want to make the whole learning experience fit their needs. The Adult Learning Theory—also known as andragogy—is perfect for this. Malcolm Knowles popularized the concept of andragogy in his book The Modern Practice of Adult Education: From Pedagogy to Andragogy. According to Knowles, andragogy has 4 basic assumptions…