dhall
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LearnDash provides the ability to template your LMS posts and shortcodes. In this post, I’ll only cover how to add a thumbnail image to your LearnDash [ld_profile] Course List, but you can also extrapolate this idea and use it in your Lesson and Topics lists using the same concepts documented […]
LearnDash lets you create tabs in their different post types. Their post types are course, lesson, topic, and quiz and you can add different tabs to any or all these post types. To accomplish this, you can either use a code snippet plugin or you can add a child-theme to […]
We’ve all heard the innovation adage, “think outside the box”. It’s a cliché about breaking the paradigm of your thinking, but it also serves well as a metaphor if the box is your learning management system (LMS). Most organisations I have worked with try only to advance their learning innovation […]
A Learning Management System, when selected and implemented correctly, will provide a lasting positive impact on both your business and your students. There are a great deal of things you want to consider when selecting, configuring, styling and implementing an LMS. Once you select an LMS and dive into creating […]
If you think xAPI is a pain because it needs an LRS, think again. Stop limiting your imagination and think of the bigger picture. Imagine, your a small (even individually owned and operated) company doing what you’re doing today. Now imagine being able to harness the power of large organizations […]
VISION + SKILLS + INCENTIVES + RESOURCES + ACTION PLAN = CHANGE Any good strategic planning process will address each of these, but implementing each one consistently over time is where things can get tricky. This framework shows what it can feel like in an organization when any one of […]
Last month I was asked by the eLearning Guild to contribute to a white paper by Susan Jacobs. I later found out that Adobe and the eLearning Guild were critiquing my input. I’m happy to say they accepted my input along with a few course developers and they published the […]
A competency is the capability to apply or use a set of related knowledge, skills, and abilities required to successfully perform “critical work functions” or tasks in a defined work setting. Competencies often serve as the basis for skill standards that specify the level of knowledge, skills, and abilities required […]
Often, I perceive the end-goal of TIN CAN Learning in the Just-In-Time (JIT) form. The scenario I usually provide is of a person learning to operate a new type of industrial vehicle (a skill based learning) where the learner has already completed a knowledge based training session where they learned the operational theory and maintenance related tasks to be performed.
This is a big topic, so be prepared to fall asleep in the process. This first post, describes everything you ever wanted to know about SCORM. We could discuss AICC (the predecessor to SCORM), but that goes back to the 90’s (as you will later see) and is most likely […]
How often have your tried to report something from your course, only to find it cannot do it "out-of-box"? Chances are you simply can't do it.