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5 keys for Section 508 Compliance and Web Accessibility

Web Courseworks

For some instructional designers the accessibility standards of Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act can become a source of confusion, frustration, and anxiety during eLearning course design. 3) Provide a Transcript for Voiceover Audio. Take the time to test your color combinations early in the design process. (3)

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Is AI in Learning and Development Fast-Tracking Dull Training, Especially eLearning Narration?

IT Training Department Blog

That is, putting a script into an AI narration tool (that uses synthesized voices), and it spits out audio for eLearning. While it undoubtedly offers the efficiency of standardization, is it inadvertently fast-tracking the production of dull, lifeless training materials that fail to resonate with people?

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Pay Gap, Accessibility, Tools: ID Links 4/11/23

Experiencing eLearning

Who: Descriptive transcripts are needed to provide audio and video content to people who are both Deaf and blind. They are also used by people who process text information better than audio and visual/pictorial information. Explanation of the difference between standard and extended audio description for making videos accessible.

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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. This is known as the Redundancy Principle.

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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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Time Estimates for E-Learning Development

Experiencing eLearning

That’s 50% of the original time, which is a standard estimate backed up by research. Audio Production: 6%. If the client has a standard template and a large library of images for me to use, this might be 20 hours. Audio will be created by someone else, so I won’t include that in my estimate either.

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Time Estimates for eLearning Development

Experiencing eLearning

That’s not including writing a script or recording audio. That’s 50% of the original time, which is a standard estimate backed up by research. If the client has a standard template and a large library of images for me to use, this might be 30 hours. Thinking Through the Numbers. Development.