Online Computer Courses

If you have ever wanted to learn how to create an e-learning course, this is the book for you! This book reveals the blueprint to creating e-learning quickly and effectively, even with no previous experience. By the time you complete this book, you will be able to create e-learning courses for any industry.

Here are some of the secrets you'll learn inside:

• What is e-learning? An overview and history
• Instructional Design Basics. Instructional design means analyzing content and re-arranging it to best teach your learners. I will teach you to do more than just "copy and paste" a company's instruction manual into slides, and this skill will be essential to succeeding as an e-learning developer.
• Adult Learning Secrets. You will mostly be creating courses for adults throughout your development experience. To cater specially to adult learners, you'll need to integrate these secrets into your mindset while developing.
• How to Grab the Learner's Attention. This is absolutely essential to a successful course, and I'll let you in on my secret techniques for getting people's attention fast... and keeping it throughout the course.
• All About Clicks With Meaning. The rule of thumb for course development is interaction. You'll want to keep the learner engaged by having them interact meaningfully with their lessons. 
• How to Create Effective Quizzes. Quizzes can be graded or non-graded... they can be used for evaluation or for engagement... when should you use each type of quiz? I'll show you! 
• How to Create Storyboards For Your Courses. Storyboards are graphic organizers that you'll need to master to keep everything organized and flowing. I'll teach you how to use PowerPoint to do this effectively. 
• How to Use Pictures Effectively... and Where to Get Them. There is a huge--and I mean HUGE--difference between clipart that you found on Google and high-quality, professional images. Clipart makes your course look childish... and so your learners will think the content is not worth their time. You don't want that!
• How to Create Your First Course. Your first course is going to be one you'll use to show potential clients that you know your stuff. And you will know your stuff by the time I'm through with you!
• Putting Your Portfolio Online. I'll teach you how to get yourself out onto the web... and start looking for work!