{"id":1276,"date":"2016-03-30T13:12:55","date_gmt":"2016-03-30T16:12:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ashleychiasson.com\/blog\/?p=1276"},"modified":"2016-03-30T13:12:55","modified_gmt":"2016-03-30T16:12:55","slug":"e-learning-challenge-123-course-starter-templates-for-e-learning-freebie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ashleychiasson.com\/blog\/e-learning-challenge-123-course-starter-templates-for-e-learning-freebie\/","title":{"rendered":"E-Learning Challenge #123 &#8211; Course Starter Templates for E-Learning #Freebie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I figured it was time to jump back on the E-Learning Challenge bandwagon, so I used some of the free time (or time I procrastinated with) I had this week and came up with a few slides to get folks started when it comes to e-learning development.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>The Concept<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The idea behind <a href=\"https:\/\/community.articulate.com\/articles\/course-starter-templates-for-elearning\" target=\"_blank\">this week&#8217;s e-learning challenge<\/a> was to share a course starter template that consists of at least six slides&#8230;so I had to go back to my project and add another slide (whoops!).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>The Method<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I first went to <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\" target=\"_blank\">Unsplash<\/a>, which is my goto resource when it comes to finding inspiration and\/or background images for use in my projects. Once I found the image I was going to use, I applied it as a background to all of my slides, with a transparency. From this image, I pulled three main colours for use as a palette and went to work!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Note: If you look at the source file, you&#8217;ll see the colour palette I chose off to the left-hand side of the slide.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For the cover slide, I used a trapezoid rotated 90 degrees as the base for my course title. I also added some custom navigation, disabling the Prev and Next buttons on the course player.<\/p>\n<p>The objectives slide was reused <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/144353982\" target=\"_blank\">from a demo I tossed together\u00a0awhile back<\/a>. I modified the slide to reflect the background and colour palette I chose.<\/p>\n<p>The full-text slide was easy &#8211; I added a rectangle, filled with a colour from my palette, and then a text box for the heading and one for the main paragraph.<\/p>\n<p>The container for popups slide was pulled from another project and repurposed with my colour palette, and some shapes and buttons were removed.<\/p>\n<p>The bulleted list slide was a more modern take on a bulleted list, built out using rectangles.<\/p>\n<p>The question slide was a modified convert to freeform pick one that was created for an exercise in the book I&#8217;m currently finishing up, Mastering Articulate Storyline.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, I went to the course player and disabled pretty well everything, and adjusted the colour scheme to match my palette.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>The Result<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1277 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ashleychiasson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Screen-Shot-2016-03-30-at-1.07.52-PM.png?resize=300%2C248&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2016-03-30 at 1.07.52 PM\" width=\"300\" height=\"248\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ashleychiasson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Screen-Shot-2016-03-30-at-1.07.52-PM.png?resize=300%2C248&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ashleychiasson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Screen-Shot-2016-03-30-at-1.07.52-PM.png?resize=768%2C634&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ashleychiasson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Screen-Shot-2016-03-30-at-1.07.52-PM.png?resize=1024%2C846&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ashleychiasson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Screen-Shot-2016-03-30-at-1.07.52-PM.png?w=1286&amp;ssl=1 1286w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ashleychiasson.com\/Samples\/Course_Starter\/story.html\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to view the full demo. <\/a>| <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/v73xq5dmeh6kvsn\/Course_Starter.story?dl=0\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to download the source file.<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I figured it was time to jump back on the E-Learning Challenge bandwagon, so I used some of the free time (or time I procrastinated with) I had this week and came up with a few slides to get folks started when it comes to e-learning development. 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