Better Than Bullet Points – Creating Engaging e–Learning with PowerPoint, Second Edition

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