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Best Practices for Voice-Over

CourseArc

Oftentimes, the subject matter experts record audio themselves. ” Two hundred words typically equals 1 minute of produced audio, so if you are trying to keep the multimedia clip short, you may need to trim the script. Here are some tips for creating great voice-over. We also recommend to compress the file to an.mp3 format.

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Storyline Accessibility and Mayer’s Principles

Scissortail's Learning Nest

Storyline Accessibility for Multimedia Application of these principles has led to the common practice of developing eLearning that uses images synchronized with audio narration. Storyline allows us to add captions to video and audio files or to import caption files. The triggers for a sample slide of that course are shown below.

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The Sound of Silence | Social Learning Blog

Dashe & Thomson

Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS The Sound of Silence by Jim on April 7, 2011 in eLearning At what point does narration really add anything to an eLearning module, and at what point is it simply being added because “it’s what’s expected?” Think about it.

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Sound off, Subtitles on

Technology Enhanced Learning Blog

With the sound off and subtitles on. There are times when it’s really bizarre, for example when it describes the background or moody music that helps to set a scene or to emphasise a plot twist. Here are a few funny and really good examples of poor subtitles and closed captions – here and here. A third (bonus?)

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12 Ways to Get the Most Out of Your Authoring Tool

Knowing what you need from an eLearning authoring tool can be hard, especially when there are so many options on the market. gomo’s new ebook aims to save you time and hassle by identifying 12 must-have authoring tool features.

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Sample branching scenario + cool tool

Making Change

Add images and sound files and otherwise use HTML. Use simple codes to keep track of variables or limit learners’ choices (not shown in the sample scenario). It might also be mobile-friendly — at least, the sample scenario works on my iPhone. You can: Quickly switch between flowchart view and story-editing mode.

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Sample branching scenario + cool tool

Making Change

Add images and sound files and otherwise use HTML. Use simple codes to keep track of variables or limit learners’ choices (not shown in the sample scenario). It might also be mobile-friendly — at least, the sample scenario works on my iPhone. You can: Quickly switch between flowchart view and story-editing mode.

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