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Part of what’s expected of kids in the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts is that they “Be Prepared” and this is important in all aspects of life including instructional design. When giving a presentation or teaching a course/workshop there are a number of things that we can do to be ready for anything. This can…

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One of the ways that instructional designers can make learning experiences more effective and enjoyable is providing learners with pre-workshop materials. A collection of resources that can help bring everyone up to the starting line, something to cover the entry-level skills that are not going to be covered in the workshop. This week I was…

Below is my list of audio sources. Enjoy. 1 – https://ift.tt/1nSPRjI Freesound has an excellent collection of audio artifacts. Easy to search with many recorded by volunteers who contribute to the site. 2 – http://soundbible.com/ Sound Bible is another excellent source of free audio effects with a quality search function. 3 – https://ift.tt/MaRLip Audio Micro…

In this video, I share my personal post-production checklist. Post Production Checklist ✓ Copy and Organize All Assets ✓ Rename all Files (shotlist ID, Storyboard ID, AND description) ✓ Backup All Files ✓ Setup Project in Captivate and Premier for Export Settings ✓ Import Primary Assets ✓ Rough Layout ✓ Visual Effects ✓ Sound Effects…

This is my video production checklist, and it’s important to point out that this is a daily list. So if you’re shooting video every day then you should go through these steps every day. Now there are also some things missing such as ensuring everyone else is ready. This is typically just for the video.…

This is my video pre-production checklist. I’ve used this for a variety of educational video projects and it can be adapted for a variety of eLearning projects. Video Pre-Production Checklist: ✓ Budget Approved ✓ Deposit Made ✓ Script Written ✓ Script Approved ✓ Storyboard Written ✓ Storyboard Approved ✓ Generate Art List (images photography list)…

One of my favorite mediums for instructional design is video. Which I suppose isn’t a huge surprise. And when working on instructional video there are some familiar steps to ensuring there is a quality product. These steps fall into Pre-Production, Production, Post-Production, and Distribution phases. Pre-Production is typically everything that happens between project approval and…

The Checklist Manifesto is more than a quick reminder that we should be using checklists to streamline our work and work on continual improvement. The book includes some practical tips on what makes a good checklist and how they can be incorporated into work. I have become a huge fan of checklists and use them…

In this quick video, I share my thoughts on procrastination and writers’ block and how I deal with them. Specifically, I view procrastination as my impulsiveness or curiosity or ADHD running down a rabbit hole. To combat procrastination I use two tools on my laptop. An app called SelfControl and app called Time Out (I’m…