I’m getting back into completing some of these eLearning Heroes challenges, just to design quick prototypes and have some pieces and ideas. These won’t be finished pieces, as I want to limit myself to 5 hours or less on these (generally, unless I really decide it’s a topic I want to research and develop for some other reason).
This Week’s Challenge: Using Variables to Create Question and Answer Activities
For this challenge, the goal was to use text variables but also potentially use the “Print Screen” feature (not a direct goal, but mentioned in the post). I thought it would be good if you printed something you needed for peer sessions or mentoring, so that’s what led me to the idea of SMART goals pretty quickly. The 5 hour challenge meant not much editing time for graphic assets or even “perfect” asset collection, and the goal was to get a functioning template.
See the “Storyline Review: What Is Your SMART Goal?”
This is technically the challenge for last week, but I was busy and just got around to posting it today as I saw the new challenge was up. I am going to try to tackle these most weeks and also, moving forward, make a “Work Out Loud” video with my idea. I made one at the end this time.
I would probably re-design to smooth it out and edit the assets/build my own tabs (these are pre-designed art worked in together) but with the time limit, I just grabbed assets for a prototype/demo. I like the binder concept, but I’d just make the tabs more neat and build each one individually. I’d also probably add a middle binder ring!
Working out loud is something I’m really passionate about, and these challenges give a great opportunity for that since so much of my actual work is under NDA. I am asked by transitioning teachers and other aspiring instructional designers about my process, and I feel like the “interview answer” doesn’t actually help them grow in their process as much as seeing it. (I have another project coming for that!) So each week, I want to post a new “Work Out Loud” activity of some sort here on the blog with a video where I show my thinking and goals.
Here’s a little bit on my thinking, what I’d change in full development, and my planning process for this challenge:
