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eLEARNING DEVELOPMENT: Audio, Text, or Both?

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And I’ve seen courses that included voiceover narration but little (or no) text on the screen… just some very dated clipart. Should there be voiceover audio combined with text and images? Simply put, many people don’t like the sound of their own voice. If this sounds familiar, you’re not alone. Sound Shield.

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Writing & Grammar Workshop: Do I Have to Repeat "a" or "the" in a List?

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The grammar is correct, but to me, the sentence now sounds too rushed or clipped. Now it sounds like lumber, nails, concrete and sealant are all one big thing to be ordered as a unit.     Are you an eLearning developer who has been tasked with creating an effective voiceover script? needed for the project.

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Writing & Grammar: Location or Name: Which is Best?

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Or do you mix it up to sound more conversational? As the voiceover or screen text states each part, the learner does each step in turn, first clicking the menu, then pointing to Toolbars, then selecting Formatting. If you used Method A in that context, the student would sit waiting while the voiceover said "Formatting.toolbars."

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Writing & Grammar: Tiny Questions that Drive Writers to Distraction

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You can choose whichever one sounds best to you in your particular sentence. My personal opinion as to why this disparity in usage occurs is that everyone and anyone sound more sophisticated and smooth, whereas everybody and anybody sound more choppy and casual. Everybody versus everyone ? And the question of the s on toward ?

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Grammar Workshop: i.e. versus e.g. and such as versus like

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For a smoother-sounding writing style, use only the full words when interrupting sentences in text. Are you an eLearning developer who has been tasked with creating an effective voiceover script? If so, consider attending my Writing Effective eLearning Voiceover Scripts class. Now, interrupt yourself with confidence!

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Writing & Grammar Workshop: Recasting Sentences for Clarity and Emphasis

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by Jennie Ruby Recasting sounds like something a fly fisherman would do, but in writing and editing it means to restructure a sentence. However, the correct grammar here sounds unfamiliar or wrong to readers used to seeing who with demands , not demand. The correct grammar is this: It is I who demand a change in the rules.

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Writing & Grammar: Should I Put a Comma after But?

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by Jennie Ruby Here are some sample sentences to consider:   "[Switching from video games to electric cars] may not sound like the most obvious career shift, but , given Frohnmayer's location, it might be a smart one." If so, consider attending Jennie's  Writing Effective eLearning Voiceover Scripts class.

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