From the course: Elearning Tips

How to create a visual prototype for your elearning course

From the course: Elearning Tips

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How to create a visual prototype for your elearning course

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- As you're starting to develop your e-learning course, one of the things you'll want to be thinking about is the look and feel of your content, and this is true even if you've yet to finalize what you're including in your course. And one way to do this is by creating a visual prototype which is focused 100% on the look and feel of your e-learning course. Let me show you one I've been working on. I'm in the process of building this e-learning course on customer service, and while I'm still working with my stakeholders and subject matter experts on the content, I wanted to get a head start on designing how the course might look and feel, and how I might lay out the different types of slides I'll include. As you can see, here's a design I've been working on for the title slide of my course, which includes some character images, a title, and of course a start button. I've also created a few different variations using different colors, fonts, and layouts, like this one and this one. Here's another design I've been working on for a content slide, which, as you can see, I'm using placeholder text for the content, which is okay since I'm not really focused on my content at this point. Finally, here's one more layout I've been working on for a simple click to reveal interaction, and as you can see, when I click on these different tabs here, some content is revealed to my learner. All right, so that's just one example of a visual prototype, which I can now send off to my stakeholders and subject matter experts to get their feedback. So the next time you need to focus on the look and feel of your course, even if you're not finished developing your content, I'd suggest creating a visual prototype. By the time you're finished, you'll have a template and all you'll need to do is insert your content.

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