Welcome back! This week we’re looking at how to link to different pages in your course. There are a couple of ways of doing this, let’s look at the easy one first! Adding links In Elucidat, any element that has a link button can be used to link to another page. In different themes, different […]

Welcome! Over the coming weeks we’re going to look at how to create non-linear and branched courses quickly with Elucidat’s powerful Gamification tools. Week by week we will show you how to create my ‘Kitchen etiquette’ course from scratch. Click here to see the course. Here’s the order in which we will be covering each […]

This week we’ve added a really rather spectacular new function, you can now add images into text (particularly handy for when you want to explain page controls!) To start adding images into to text: Double click or press the edit button of a text box (it will be the inner edit button on most text […]

This month we’ve added a splendid new function that allows you to send information to an LRS using ‘xAPI’ or as it’s more commonly known ‘Tin Can’. Using an LRS saves your learners from the hassle of logging in to an LMS. They will love it! To find the new ‘Tin Can 1.0’ mode: Open […]

Good day Elucidites! I suspect that some of you may be creating courses for viewing in Internet Explorer 8. This is perfectly acceptable, but you may notice that image sizes that you have set in Elucidat do not apply in this particular browser. This is because Internet Explorer 8 does not support image resizing (boo!)… […]

This month we’ve updated our ‘Achievements’ feature to help you incentivise your learners and further ‘Gamify’ your projects. ‘Achievements’ allow you to load an icon or picture (known as a ‘Badge’) that indicate that your learner has achieved a certain goal by reaching this page. ‘Achievements’ work very nicely with ‘Branching’. Previously, ‘Achievements’ were only […]

Greetings Elucidites! Look’s like you’re making a course to achieve the ‘Graduate’ badge, good for you! To have a course that can be considered as ‘Passed’ by an LMS you must include an assessment or other scored content (drag and drop, sortable screen). Creating a basic Questionnaire Firstly, let’s begin by building our Questionnaire page, […]

Good morning and welcome to a new version of Elucidat! We’ve made some changes to make getting started on your Projects easier and to make your overall experience more fun! Firstly, let’s look at the new ‘Get started’ page which has a new ‘Get Started Wizard’ in place of the ‘Dashboard’, here you can build […]

This week we’ve added convenient new ‘Timers’ feature. With the ‘Timers’ feature you can control the length of time a learner is allowed to spend on any page or section of your project. This means you can now have timed assessments, that really turn up the heat on your learners! Timers are not restricted to […]

This week, we’ve added an important new feature to Elucidat that allows you to use external agencies to translate your project content. Please note that the ‘Translation feature’ is only available to Enterprise customers. The workflow we use with the ‘Translation feature’ is as follows: I create a ‘Template’ that I will base all of […]

This week we’ve added a function to speed up viewing videos on mobile devices and slow internet connections. Our video player now uses ‘Variable rate streaming’. Sounds jazzy, but what does it really do? Well now when you open a project, Elucidat identifies the speed of your connection and adjusts the quality of the video […]

This week we’ve beefed up and beatified our Developer area. All the features that you are familiar with are still here, but we now have options to control your display preferences. Users will be informed by handy code hints (see the small yellow triangle). You can now minimise code by pressing the black arrows to […]

This week we bring you a valuable new feature that allows you to control the access and editability of your projects using ‘User roles’. You can now allow different levels of control throughout your Learning agency and give limited powers to collaborators and freelancers, whilst protecting your work. To Add an ‘Author’ Press ‘Your account’. […]

This week we’ve added a handy new function to allow you to ‘Gift’ projects from your learning agency to your clients. Gifting allows your entire learning agency to seamlessly share projects between Elucidat accounts. Gifts are duplicates of your projects, which means you can hand them over to clients whilst keeping backups and peace of […]

This week we’ve added a super cool new function that allows you to Poll your learners responses. Polling creates richer learning by making it possible for learners to see how their peers feel. Polling gives your learner instant feedback that only Cloud based tools can provide. Polling uses Chart.js and allows you to create engaging […]

This week we’ve added a magnificent new Subtitles feature to Elucidat. Subtitles improve accessibility and add further clarity to your videos and demonstrations. To add subtitles: First we need to create a .srt file, an .srt file is a special sort of subtitle format. Sounds complicated but I’m going to guide you through how to […]

This week we’ve added a new function to Elucidat which allows you to edit edit all your responsive sizes (desktop, mobile, tablet) without the fuss of having to resize your screen. Meet your new friends the ‘View mode drop-down menu’ and the ‘View mode slider’: These live at the top left of your screen: Using […]

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This week we’ve added ‘Branching’ to Elucidat, allowing you to create ‘Non-linear’ projects. With ‘Branching’, you can allow your learner to choose their own adventure. ‘Branching’ allows your user to explore projects and receive immediate and content rich feedback. Maintain engagement with unpredictable assessments that are tailored to your learner’s ability. To start using ‘Branching’: […]

This week we’ve added a new ‘Score Weighting’ option to Elucidat allowing you to weight the importance of each Questionnaire Page. With ‘Score Weighting’ answering more difficult questions can be rewarded. To start using ‘Score Weighting’: ‘Score Weighting’ can be accessed by entering ‘Page Settings’ and opening the ‘Scoring and Completion’ tab. Score weighting scenario […]