From the course: Elearning Tips

How to create an elearning development timeline

From the course: Elearning Tips

Start my 1-month free trial

How to create an elearning development timeline

“

- The success of an e-learning project relies on you and your stakeholders and subject matter experts coming together to work towards a common goal. And with busy schedules, vacations, and conflicting priorities, you'd be amazed at how quickly your e-learning course can quickly go off the rails. A great way to prevent this is by creating an e-learning development timeline. Let me show you how. Here's a timeline I've been working on for a new project that I'm planning. As you can see, I'm building it in Microsoft Word, but you can use whatever tool you'd like. Now, an e-learning development timeline consists of three main components. First, as you can see here in the Task column is a list of all of the deliverables and tasks that need to be completed during the project. This includes when you'll deliver your course for review and when your subject matter experts will return their feedback. Second, which is represented in this Owner column, is a list of who's responsible for delivering each item. You know, it's common for a subject matter expert to underestimate how much they need to be involved in the project, so when you clearly define it here, it helps keep everyone on the same page. The third and final component, which you can see here in these columns, are the delivery dates for each item. It's this that creates the actual timeline. Now, it's important that you're realistic about what can be accomplished within any given block of time, so make sure you account for any meetings, days off, other projects, and the availability of your stakeholders when assigning dates to each task. And that's just one example of how you can create a timeline for your e-learning project. So, before you start your next project, take a few minutes to create a timeline and share it with your stakeholders and subject matter experts. Trust me, it'll keep your project on track.

Contents