Better Than Bullet Points

Website Contents vii
List of Figures and Tables xi
Acknowledgments xxiii
Introduction xxv
SECTION 1
FOUNDATIONS
Chapter 1
Creating e-Learning with PowerPoint 3
Examples 4
Let's Get Started 10
Versions 11
One More Thing 15
Next Step: It's About Design, Not Software 15
Chapter 2
It's About Design, Not Software 17
Who Are Your Learners? 17
Objectives and Strategies 18
Cognitive Load 23
About mLearning 27
Choosing a Treatment 30
Writer's Block? 33
Can You Find a Story? 34
From Classroom to Online: Think "Transform," Not"Transfer" 37
Cut-n-Chunk 37
What's Working? What's Not? 38
Inventory Your Assets 38
Why Storyboard? 41
Types of Storyboards 42
Next Stop: The program Interface and Architecture 46
SECTION 2
INTERFACE AND CONTENT
Chapter 3
Graphic User Interface and Course Architecture 51
Graphic User Interface 52
GUI Basics 53
Learner Control: Some Decisions 57
Navigation Tools and Action Buttons 57
Eye Movement and Placement of Items 62
Building the GUI 66
Architecture 76
Next Stop: Designing for Impact 79
Chapter 4
Designing for Impact 81
Use Graphics with Soul 81
Blunders 92
Text 98
Next Stop: Creating and Editing Art 100
Chapter 5
Creating and Editing Art 101
Bitmap or Vector? 101
Working with Shapes and ClipArt 103
Editing Photos in PowerPoint 115
MS Paint 119
File Size: Compressing Images 124
New Horizons 125
Next Stop: Animation 126
Chapter 6
Animation 127
Animation Basics 129
Animations That Teach 133
Next Stop: Interactivity 153
Chapter 7
Interactivity 155
It's All About Hyperlinking 156
Quizzes--Some Shaped Like Games 162
Linking to External Games and Quizzes 181
Simulations 187
Case Studies and Stories 195
The Skinny on Hyperlinking 200
What About "Gamification"? 201
Mazes 202
Treasure Hunts 205
About Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) 206
Next Stop: Add-Ons, Blending, Performance
Support, and Job Aids 207
Chapter 8
Add-Ons, Blending, Performance Support, and Job Aids 209
Other Documents 209
Site Samplers 210
Add-On Software 211
"Blending" 214
Performance Support, Job Aids, and the Nice to Know 215
Next Stop: Adding Narration and Multimedia 224
Chapter 9
Adding Narration and Multimedia 225
Adding Narration 225
Adding Sound Effects and Music 229
Adding Video 234
Next Stop: Saving, Uploading, and Distributing
Your Program 240
SECTION 3
DELIVERY AND SUPPORT
Chapter 10
Distributing Your e-Learning Program 243
Saving and Uploading Your Files 245
Tracking 251
Test, Test, Test--and Launch! 255
Summary 258
Appendix: PowerPoint Basics 261
References and Other Sources 273
Other Resources 277
Index 279
About the Author 287