Lectora is a very user-friendly authoring tool, used to develop rapid, highly engaging and interactive eLearning courses. What is good about it is that it is not a plugin but an authoring tool that is self-contained and functions independently. It may appear to be complex for a novice, but once you are familiar with the interface and tools, you will be surprised at the extent to which you can customize your eLearning course.

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Despite having an additional formal degree in instructional design, Instructional Designers (ID) can come from various educational backgrounds. Take my team for example, I have IDs from language, science and even business administration fields. Regardless of their varied educational backgrounds, each of them come up with creative instructional ideas and strategies for presenting content. Of course this couldn’t have happened without thorough training in instructional design models, principles, theories, best practices etc. Every new member of our team is put through extensive training on how to develop effective instruction.

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One of the key challenges in preparing an online course is to get it right from the first draft because when the final course is launched for the learners it must be accurate, readable and without any errors. This can be done by including a review phase. It is an important phase for the success of the eLearning course developed.

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Visually presenting concepts in online courses

It is not uncommon to receive a PowerPoint file that has a bunch of slides with nothing more than a bunch of bullet points. There are no speaker notes and the instructional designer not only has to build a coherent story out of these bullet points, but also has to figure out a way to breathe some life into the screen. But how do we do it in a meaningful way?

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One of the mistakes commonly made when e-learning developers formulate a course is to use excessive background music and content, and irrelevant graphics on-screen.

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