KnowledgeAnywhere

JANUARY 31, 2021

Often, instructors can do a better job of paying attention to all students and judging their interaction than they can if they have students in a traditional classroom environment. For fast learners, that may mean quickly going over the information, taking a test or quiz, and moving on to other content.

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LearnDash

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

In reality, a quick quiz is a great check-in for a learner and is an immediate way to help them feel connected to your course. When incorporating quizzes, make sure they’re short and sweet, and that not every quiz is the same five question, multiple choice format. Also, consider where the quiz is placed.

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Spark Your Interest

MARCH 26, 2020

Insert a multiple-choice quiz. While training usually includes some form of a quiz, multiple-choice questions are used far too often. Instead of forcing someone who understands the topic well to go through the entire course, why not quiz them at the beginning? So, built into the quiz are points assigned for each field.

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LearnDash

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

For many users, I suspect the reality will be that their attention is split in too many directions, such that it is hard for them to give any facet of their business the care it needs to flourish. Create assessments from a range of quiz types, including multiple choice, true/false, fill-in-the-blank, matching, sorting, and essay.

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LearnDash

JANUARY 9, 2020

The best e-learning quiz questions reinforce the important points of each course and ensure that your students retained the information and are able to apply what they know. Writing a good e-learning quiz can make a difference in evaluating the effectiveness of the course as a whole. Plan your quiz in advance.

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Clark Quinn

JULY 28, 2020

Shortened to be appropriate for millennials or the attention span of a goldfish. Quiz show templates for knowledge test questions because they’re more engaging. Mythless learning design may use small amounts of content, but because minimalism keeps cognitive load in check, not because our attention span has changed.

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LearnDash

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

The longer learners wait between taking a quiz and reviewing their results the less likely they are to retain the correct answer. All the wrong vocabulary words blur together, and I finish the quiz feeling more confused than when I began. Immediate feedback helps purge the incorrect answer and focuses attention on correct one.

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LearnDash

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Send a learner a mini quiz to re-engage them with your course. A short mini-quiz can spark their interest again, and give them some confidence when they see how well they remember what they learned previously. You can also include other options for support, so they know where to turn if they need additional help.

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ProProfs

JUNE 5, 2020

But, did you know the “You’ve Been Framed” quiz by optical company Zenni Optical generated over $1 million in revenue and 29,410 lead conversions with a 9,655% ROI in 6 months? Now you won’t completely trust me because you’re reading this on ProProfs, which is a leading quiz maker software company. You obviously need reasons.

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LearnDash

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

In fact, video can be a great learning tool, and certainly is a great way to grab attention. But in order to hold your learners’ attention, you’ll need to do more than just film yourself in front of a whiteboard. None of this is to say that you shouldn’t include video in your courses.

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LearnDash

NOVEMBER 13, 2014

If you want, you can even add a quiz to the content to ensure that students are understanding, which is also a great way to monitor who may need more assistance during class time. Allows for special attention to be spent with struggling students. More student engagement during class time.

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LearnDash

APRIL 11, 2019

The concept is simple: after the course is complete (and the final quiz passed), keep interacting with the learner for a couple of weeks. Your goal is to capture their attention for a minute or two, pulling your course objectives back to the front of their mind. 3 Days After Course Completion – Mini-Quiz. Short and sweet.

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Experiencing eLearning

MAY 4, 2011

Snakes and Ladders–typical board game adaptation with quiz questions Sheesh, the dice rolling animation takes forever. Starts as you are patrolling a street and you have to identify what to pay attention to (graffiti etc.) Most people said “engaging&# in the poll. Active and challenging were 2nd and 3rd choices.

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Knowledge Guru

MARCH 19, 2014

Spaced Retrieval involves providing students with quiz or course content spaced over time and it, too, is among the most robust findings in educational psychology research. [4] Answer quiz questions for two minutes on the material they had just learned (“tested group”).

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LearnDash

JANUARY 15, 2019

And no, it’s not because attention spans are shrinking. According to TED curator Chris Anderson : It [18 minutes] is long enough to be serious and short enough to hold people’s attention. What if you were covering a complex historical topic, and were presented a pop quiz at the end of the video. Almost certainly not.

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KnowledgeAnywhere

MARCH 13, 2023

Decreasing attention span has been widely debated and studied in recent years, and the evidence suggests that social media may be at least partially to blame. One of the primary reasons for decreasing attention span is the way that social media platforms are designed. This can include activities, quizzes, games, and discussions.

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LearnDash

JUNE 24, 2021

Use text formatting options such as bold and italics to draw attention to important ideas or key terminology. This is where a short quiz of 3–5 questions can help. Structure written content. When you present written material, don’t just offer information in a block of text. And break up your paragraphs! Provide short, frequent quizzes.

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LearnDash

NOVEMBER 28, 2013

The turkey is the center of attention at the dinner table during Thanksgiving. Mashed Potatoes – Usually taking the spot right next to the turkey, mashed potatoes are always on the Thanksgiving menu… the same way you will find a quiz associated with almost every elearning course. Mashed potatoes are the quiz.

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Association eLearning

MARCH 15, 2017

A lot of the time the only questions are the knowledge checks or the quiz at the end. If you can get learners to wonder “why,” you’ve got their attention. But it doesn’t usually plant any burning questions in their mind. Basically, self-paced eLearning can often benefit from a dose of intentional curiosity creation.

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LearnDash

AUGUST 12, 2021

The concept of flow, also described as a state of “effortless attention” was nothing new, but Csikszentmihalyi’s research kicked off a surge of interest in the idea. While you want to increase a course’s challenge level, it may not be enough to just make quiz questions harder. Create branching scenarios to stretch a learner’s skills.

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Wizcabin

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

The knowledge that they will be evaluated often encourages students to pay closer attention and participate more actively in the course. It compels students to review and recall the material, reinforcing their knowledge retention. Motivation Assessments can motivate learners to engage actively with the content.

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LearnDash

OCTOBER 16, 2018

Consider a true/false quiz: if a learner misses an answer, they know what the correct answer should have been by default. Instead of merely marking a quiz, include extra details about the answers. Use mistakes as a signal for which areas need more attention. Different students will find different material challenging.

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LearnDash

OCTOBER 7, 2021

This is what LMSs miss when they put all their focus on features like video hosting but don’t offer decent quiz settings , or when they invest in tools to help their users sell courses but have few options to help learners learn. One of the biggest reasons learners burn out and fail to continue a course is lack of support.

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LearnDash

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

After all, Few learners want to start a twenty-minute video while waiting in line at the grocery store, but would happily complete a two-minute quiz. Mobile advertising can draw their attention and generate an entirely new audience. Gamification. And, of course, may users are so comfortable on mobile that they don’t use desktop at all.

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LearnDash

SEPTEMBER 8, 2013

On the blog I always wrote about small business technology, and the posts that received the most attention were the ones around online accounting software. I wanted a way to integrate text, videos, images, and interactions, all in a quiz, and LearnDash lets me do this.

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Infopro Learning

OCTOBER 16, 2024

The Shift from Content to Connection in Training The traditional training model is a one-way content orientation, which is no longer relevant for successfully capturing learners’ attention and fails to meet the needs of a new workforce.

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LearnDash

APRIL 29, 2021

Learners pay attention when content is relevant to their day-to-day experiences. Schedule micro-sessions with your learners that allow them to conduct a mini training scenario, or create a small follow-up quiz for a few months down the road. Employee training courses help organizations develop and grow.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

MARCH 12, 2013

Assuming you are satisfied with the original PowerPoint content, and you don't need to add additional content (beyond possibly a quiz) in the eLearning tool, the production time for converting PowerPoint to eLearning should be no more than 1 hour of production time for every minute of eLearning playtime. Use Templates.

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eLearning Brothers

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

Down the line this means that less and less people are actually paying attention to the content. It is easy to get away with just clicking through slides only to get a mediocre score on the final quiz. The solution? Cutout People.

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Infopro Learning

APRIL 10, 2018

You can add these elements to your infographic design to grab learners’ attention. For instance, add a pop-quiz that online learners must complete after they listen to the podcast, as well as interactive simulations and scenarios to gauge practical application. Convert Presentations Into Bite-Sized Podcasts.

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Clark Quinn

JANUARY 22, 2019

To be fair (I know Will, and we had a comment exchange), he’s saying that there are important metrics we should be paying attention to about what we do and how we do it. The claim isn’t that the business measure is all we need to pay attention to. If we’re lucky, with a quiz. And no argument!

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LearnDash

APRIL 1, 2021

However, some courses may require individual attention, and if so, you will need to know how to handle the higher workload. Maybe that means writing a quiz, or maybe that means asking them to actually create and submit a website for your review. Will your learners require one-on-one tutoring?

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LearnDash

DECEMBER 17, 2020

For a new employee, you might ask them to sign in to the program first thing each morning and take a 5–10 minute quiz that checks their knowledge of office protocols. Instead, you should take time to routinely check that your new team member understands the training material. It’s crammed into one monster session.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

APRIL 17, 2018

If the student is not paying attention, not attending, then learning is impossible. Adobe Connect and GoToTraining allow you to set up a scorable quiz for your participants right in your online classroom. The learners apply effort in trying to answer the quiz questions. But does all this engagement automatically create learning?

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CourseArc

OCTOBER 6, 2016

Movement Over Static: The psychology of learners is such that if they are left staring at static images for too long, their attention tends to “drift,” especially if the presenter is not engaging enough. For example, instructional designers may add quiz questions or gamification elements after each video segment.

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LearnDash

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

There are limits to the amount of personal attention an instructor can devote to any student, and the larger that course becomes, the faster that limit is met. However, while the ability to automatically deliver content to a large number of learners at once has obvious benefits for running an online business, it can leave learners behind.

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LearnDash

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Keeping a learner engaged starts with focusing their attention on the reasons they signed up for your course in the first place. Prompt them to schedule a call with you after a certain number of days go by without them completing a quiz. Offer supplementary materials to help them through areas where they seem to be struggling.

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