Articulate Storyline 2 Giveaway

So hey, if you like the idea of Storyline for elearning development, but maybe you don't have the budget to buy new software, eLearning Art [here's their blog] is sponsoring a licence giveaway for the newly released Storyline 2!
Check it out!
http://blog.elearningart.com/giveaways/articulate-storyline-2-giveaway/?lucky=597

Thanks eLearning Art! :)

Storyboarding

So, I'm working on a project, and I'm supposed to be done with the storyboards today.  I'm having a mental fatigue kind of week, so I'm sort of stuck.

Usually, I just jump into my program of choice (we decided as a team what we would use for this project during project planning) and start blocking out how I want to chunk info, what kinds of interactions/practice activities I will need and do like a wireframe with notes.  For some reason, I'm not making a lot of progress this way, so I think I'm going to get out a pen and actually draw.

I know there are a million different versions of storyboard templates out there in the world, but I've found keeping it simple usually works for me. I whipped this up a couple years ago when I started using Circa notebooks, so I could print out a bunch & punch it for my notebook to have on hand.  I'm happy to share with you here :)

Click image to download from Google Docs

Have a great day! and wish me luck...
~Meg

Action Mapping in Action

Probably about a year ago, someone directed me to have a look at Cathy Moore's "Action Mapping" concept, and it was like a huge lightbulb turned on over my head!

I immediately wanted to re-design everything I'd ever developed as an instructional designer & make sure that I followed this plan - of course, that wasn't feasible - but I was able to implement it in my next project.  That project has been done for a while now, and I'm now working on other things, but I thought I might share our process with you while it's still at least somewhat fresh in my mind (since I'm still trying to do it in all my projects!).

If you're not familiar with the action mapping concept, please go check it out, I'll be here when you get back! 


Cathy Moore's "Action Mapping"