{"id":1108,"date":"2015-10-03T12:27:31","date_gmt":"2015-10-03T15:27:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ashleychiasson.com\/blog\/?p=1108"},"modified":"2015-10-03T12:27:31","modified_gmt":"2015-10-03T15:27:31","slug":"e-learning-challenge-101-a-look-back-at-e-learnings-most-iconic-character","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ashleychiasson.com\/blog\/e-learning-challenge-101-a-look-back-at-e-learnings-most-iconic-character\/","title":{"rendered":"E-Learning Challenge #101 – A Look Back at E-Learning’s Most Iconic Character"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week I missed DevLearn and was living vicariously through those in attendance via my twitter feed. But, I was finally able to relish in a secret I had been keeping for many months! On March 13, 2015, I suggested the lovely folks at Articulate<\/a> have Atsumi, one of the most iconic e-learning characters, in the flesh, at their DevLearn booth. No one responded to this tweet, which I found a bit odd, but I later received a direct message vowing me to secrecy. I managed to negotiate a FaceTime in with Atsumi (thanks, Kelly!). My day was made!<\/p>\n

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This week’s e-learning challenge<\/a> is an homage to the wonderful lady who made these experiences (throughout many courses and at DevLearn) possible – Atsumi! Thank you, Atsumi<\/a> for being such a wonderful stock photo specimen and for taking time to engage with use E-Learning Heroes!<\/p>\n

The Concept<\/strong><\/p>\n

The challenge this week was to share our favourite Atsumi e-learning moments and explain how we’ve used here in our courses.<\/p>\n

I’ve only used Atsumi a handful of times in courses, mainly because I avoid using the stock character packs unless a client specifies. But when they do specify, Atsumi is my go to character! Because of the glory that are Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs), I can’t show you how I’ve used Atsumi in those courses. Boo!<\/p>\n

The Method<\/strong><\/p>\n

First, I downloaded Jeff’s Atsumoji Freebie<\/a> to use as a background. Then I added a rectangular shape and applied a transparency.<\/p>\n

Atsumi’s poses and facial expressions are near and dear to me, so I chose five of my favourite poses and added them to the slide, applying a fade animation effect.<\/p>\n

I then added two states to each character: grey (greyscale) and selected. I added triggers to each character to change the state to grey when any other character was selected, and then a trigger to each character to change state to selected when the user clicked a particular character. Another trigger was applied to each character to show the corresponding layer when the character was clicked.<\/p>\n

I added layers with textboxes, indicating what Atsumi was thinking (based on the pose).<\/p>\n

Finally, I added a brief instruction so folks knew what they were supposed to do with all of the Atsumis, and adjusted the player (no menu\/resources\/title\/changed player colour).<\/p>\n

The Result<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Click Here<\/a> to view the full interaction!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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