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Every time you build a branched scenario in Storyline, you probably spend minutes hunting for background images. There's a better way. Two methods turn that setup into a one-time task.
Once you've got the 3C model down for your scenario structure, the next challenge is building the visuals. Most people get stuck here because they don't know where to start. Breaking the design into five elements makes it manageable.
Learners can spot a bad course fast: no relevance, no point, no polish. Here are three habits that guarantee yours misses the mark, and what to do instead.
Most e-learning developers aren't trained graphic designers. But you probably already sense which colors belong in a safety course versus a call center course. That intuition is your visual voice, and it's one of the most practical design tools you have.
You don't need a design degree to build good-looking courses. You need four principles and the discipline to apply them.
Your learners' brains have a built-in limit on how much they can process at once. When you design without that in mind, the course feels hard in the wrong way. Here's what cognitive load is and why it matters for the courses you build.
Good course design isn't about adding more. It's about removing the stuff that gets in the way of learning. Here are a few practical things to keep in mind when cognitive load is working against your learners.
Every visual choice in your course sends a message, whether you planned it or not. This post covers five common design mistakes that quietly undermine the story your course is trying to tell, and how to fix them before learners ever notice.
Every e-learning team eventually debates templates: are they a time-saver or a constraint? The answer is both, depending on where you use them. A smarter approach treats templates as tools for specific parts of the course, not a rigid structure for everything.
Most e-learning developers aren't trained graphic designers, and that's completely fine. But a few recurring visual mistakes make an otherwise solid course look unprofessional. Here are five of the most common ones and what to do about each.
Cluttered slides with competing colors are one of the most common visual design problems in e-learning. Two techniques can fix most of it: strip everything to greyscale and add one accent color, or go the other direction with bold silhouettes. Both are quick to apply and the results show immediately.
People judge things by how they look. That's not shallow, it's just how attention works. If your e-learning course looks thrown together, learners assume the content is too. Here's how to change that without a design degree.
Most e-learning developers aren't graphic designers. But a few core principles can take your courses from visually cluttered to genuinely clear. Here are three that make the biggest difference.
Most e-learning developers came up through training, not design — and it shows. This post covers the visual design principles every course builder needs, why AI tools can't replace that foundation, and one book that puts it all together.
Wasting time hunting for the perfect elearning images? The problem isn't your search — it's letting random images drive your course design instead of planning the look first.
