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This week we’ve added a feature to allow you to make a Graph using information from any questionnaire page in your project. Graphs create richer learning by making it possible for learners to see how their peers feel. To use the ‘Graphs’ feature Open a project with a scored questionnaire, or add a scored questionnaire […]

As soon as someone says ‘yes’ to a job, employers need to be thinking of them as one of their own. So why wait until their first day to get them on their induction or onboarding journey? And why stop there? Let staff access all your great onboarding resources whatever their role and regardless of […]

A great onboarding experience should be efficient and empathetic. Here we look at some elearning courses from agencies in the elearning sector, which either hit or come close to doing this. Great Onboarding Elearning Courses When it gets boiled down, there are only two stakeholders in any onboarding program: The employer, who wants an efficient […]

This week I thought I’d show you how to add funky scoring to your work! This is a great way of giving your learner gamified feedback. Rather than having a boring ‘You have achieved 100%’ you can display ‘You have received 30000 points!’ To begin with I built out my course structure using the Get […]

This week we’re going to take a look at adding a custom bulletpoint using the ‘Images in text’ function. Here’s an example I created. To create this example firstly I chose an icon, I used the website ‘Flaticon’ to find an icon. Next I added a text and image page (this will work with any […]

This month we’ve added a nifty, time-saving tool, the ‘Colour theme picker’. The colour theme picker can be located at the bottom of your screen, just below the ‘In page audio’ box: Looks nice right!? When you select one of the colour options using the toggle it will change the colours throughout the project (don’t […]

One of Elucidat’s greatest assets (and one of the major advantages of Cloud based tools) is the way that it allows you to seamlessly work simultaneously with your colleagues far and wide. This week I wanted to look at a couple of our ‘collaboration’ features. Comments In Elucidat, any element that has an edit button […]

We’re searching for an exciting and passionate, metrics-driven content marketer and growth hacker – to set the world of elearning alight. Here’s the highlights Fast growing Learning Technology startup Based in England, UK Awesome team Full responsibility for New Web visitor through to User Trial funnel Budget for content creation Work directly with Directors and […]

This week our quick tip will teach you how to make a series of animated images and pages. In this post you will learn about the ‘Animation’ button and ‘Timers’. Here’s an example of animation in Elucidat that I made. This technique is helpful: If you have a lot of text that you would like […]

Good day! It’s time to conclude looking at making non-linear courses in Elucidat, this weeks focus is Achievements. Click here if you need a refresher on the course. Achievements At the end of my ‘Kitchen Etiquette’ course, my learner will be given a Badge if they achieve a pass. To set this I opened my […]

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 […]

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 […]

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!)… […]

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, […]

Not often do you get to speak to the owner of the World’s largest eLearning network but this week Elucidat had the pleasure of speaking to E-Learning Superstar Christopher Pappas. In this post Christopher will touch upon finding trustworthy sources for learning news, the essential requirement for HTML5 and the growing importance of responsive design […]

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 […]

A couple of weeks ago I attended a workshop with Designer and entrepreneur Devin Hunt. Devin is a product designer and web designer. Not really my field, I thought. Or is it? Devin has a background in architecture and what he does is Design Thinking. Design thinking: A creative process that helps you design meaningful […]