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You might go through two or three rounds of rough drafts before you complete and launch your course. The first draft is what you’ve been putting together up to this point; you should have a product that is close to complete. Remember that the development process is iterative. As you continue to add pieces, present

Entire books have been written around how to create effective learning objectives.  We are going to keep this step somewhat simple.  It’s important to create learning objectives that will guide your audience and set expectations for what they will learn by the end of the training.  We will use objectives as a springboard for creating

Now that you have established who you are designing a course for, let’s start thinking about some of the basic building blocks for your course or courses. After you create a title, a purpose for your course, and start thinking about some of the topics that will be included in your course, then it’s time

Introduction to Audience Assessment and Personas One of the first things you will want to do before putting together your online course, presentation, or workshop is discover who your audience is. Okay—I know you think you know who they are, but stick with me. Nothing is more important than designing materials that meet the needs

Consistent Look and Feel All too often, people will dive into creating PowerPoints or online courses without first defining a style guide. As the project matures, you may find you have a jumble of colors, fonts, and graphics. You’ll see colors used in different sections to mean different things. You’ll see clip art combined with

Determine the Training Need Often, people seek training as a solution without careful consideration of the problem. Training may or may not be the best solution—only a thorough analysis of your training needs will uncover the best interventions to pursue. Usually, you will end up with training plus something else. Download the eLearning ID app on