1. Video in eLearning can be great*
*and by great we mean expensive**
**especially if it’s boring
Matt Sullivan
eLearning and Tech Comm
@mattrsullivan
matt@mattrsullivan.com
http://slideshare.net/mattrsullivan

2. eLearning
• Definition for my demonstration:
– Recorded content
– or content delivered live via online connection
• Includes:
– PDF, PPT & YouTube, LMS Content
– Webinars & Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

3. Treat tools as tools
• Learn tools, but study speakers
• Instead, follow inspiring speakers
– Nancy Duarte
http://www.duarte.com/speaking-engagements/
– Steve Jobs
– Martin Luther King

4. Above all, tell stories,
engage your audience

5. WEBINARS AND VILT

6. Webinars/Live Training
• Audience Poll:
– Webinar Hosts
– Online training sessions
– Successful?
– Stressful?
– What were the main trouble spots?

7. Online trainer perks
• It’s cool to train in fuzzy slippers/Ugg boots
• No bad hair days
• Great office fridge
• The Daily Show + DVR = 20 minutes
• Exercise before work easy without commute
– Tougher to duck getting kids ready for school

8. Common downsides
• Students do not read hardware and software
requirements prior to class
• Ensure
– Appropriate hardware
– Appropriate software
– Use 2 screens

9. Overhead costs are near zero
compared to brick and mortar
• Adobe Connect: $45/month
• Overheard at the Sullivan household—
“But sweetheart, that $1,000 monitor will
make webinars so much easier…and it’s tax-
deductible”
Nearly $0.00

10. Example of webinar recording
• Cue 8:30 and 11:00 in webinar recording
“Publishing to Amazon and iOS”

11. Online is still a tough sell for many
regional clients
• Let’s be real: eye contact is a good thing
• They think VILT is 3-6 hours of boring lecture
– (Sometimes they’re right)
• Ways to increase interaction
– Camera
– Screen sharing
– Polls
– Troubleshooting InterAct

12. Nobody fills out evaluations after
online training is over
• Best way to get an inaccurate evaluation:
Force students to fill out eval after
conclusion of presentation
• Fill out eval’s prior to start of last lecture
period

13. Definition of an Expert
• One who has done every
possible thing wrong
• And (hopefully) has learned
from those mistakes

14. Things I’ve done wrong in VILT
• Rely on a wireless internet connection
• Rely on a hotel internet connection
• Rely on a hotel wireless internet connection
• Speak monontonously
(for more than a few minutes)
• Let students hide from you
• Refrain from engagement

15. Concept-based training:
POWERPOINT
& ADOBE PRESENTER

16. Adobe Presenter Defined
• Adobe Presenter publishes PPT as a
recorded, interactive module suited for
eLearning/LMS

17. PowerPoint & Presenter are only tools
• Find inspiring examples of presenters and
PowerPoint content
– Mark Fidleman
• http://www.slideshare.net/fidelman
– Jesse Desjardins
• http://www.slideshare.net/jessedee/
steal-this-presentation-5038209

18. Use the right tool for the job
• PPT/Presenter = Concepts
• Captivate = Software skills
• Overlap
– Quizzing with scoring, random pools
– Publishing
– SCORM

19. Use continuity
• Understand Animation Pane
(don’t go crazy)
• Use video and/or .swf where appropriate
• Record audio to enhance and/or narrate

20. Presenter & Captivate in combination
Find your cut line
Software Concepts
Documentation + S/W Documentation
+ Concepts Presenter w/placed CPT
Captivate with PPT

21. Understand publishing options
• Subtle differences between packages
– Assign personas to Presenter skin/player
– Captivate is faster at creating many quiz
questions at once

22. SOFTWARE DEMOS, SIMULATIONS

23. How do you get to Carnegie Hall?
• Storyboard
• Script
• Practice, Practice, Practice
• Record
• Edit (lather, rinse, repeat)
• Record audio, edit audio
• Publish

24. Recording only 2% of
total time spent on project
• So record with PURPOSE
– Understand your script
– Make precise clicks
– Avoid mistakes

25. Best Practices
• It’s easier to delete than to create
– When in doubt, capture it!
• Text captions
• Transition slides
• One thing at a time
– Recording in audio in real time is tough
– Use computer gen audio to
work out scripts

26. Understand Defaults and Pref’s
• Eliminate
– Repetitive formatting
– Cumbersome content
• Rely on previous assets/styles

27. Recap
• Regardless of method
– Tell a good story, be accessible
– Make your audience the hero
– Define “What is”
– Show “What could be”

28. Thanks for being here!
Questions?
Contact info
Matt Sullivan
714 960-6840
matt@mattrsullivan.com
Twitter: @mattrsullivan
Slideshare:
http://slideshare.net/mattrsullivan