Getting Started

Okay. Here's where I am on the course design. I'm still absorbing tons of information from The Rapid eLearning Blog and Word of Mouth. I had been following The Rapid eLearning Blog for some time. I just started with Word of Mouth since it focuses more on using the Articulate products and I've just gotten my software. I actually got a little overwhelmed this afternoon. So I managed to drop back and go on and create the chapter outline for the course in Desire 2 Learn. Doing this helped me identify a nice starting point, Measures of Central Tendency. Students usually don't have many issues with this section, so it should be easy to do. Before I can do that, I've got to create a stunning template. For a semester long course, I think I'll need several different designs to keep interest. I'll also need different designs based on the course content. For instance, the earlier chapters are less computational than later chapters, so I'll use my space differently. I do think there will be an advantage to keeping some similarity between the designs. I could use one design or color for all of the lessons leading up to one test. Hmmm. . . good idea. Five designs, multiple colors. I think I'll try it.

Content should be easy since I have some publisher provided resources. Using this means that I will have to do it all over if we should change textbooks, but I'm hoping to stick with this one for quite some time.