Converting trainer-led courses to multimedia and e-learning

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Starting Out - CD-ROM DVD or e-Learning - Planning and Scriptwriting - Video and Audio Production - Testing the Course - Will you save Money?

If you convert a conventional trainer-led course to multimedia training CD-ROM, interactive video DVD or e-learning to run on your intranet...

will it be effective?
will it save you money?
will it save people's time?

At Enlightenment Interactive, we have 20 years award-winning experience of doing just that, through instructional design, scriptwriting, training video and audio production, animation, multimedia authoring and programming.

Your existing training course will have value. It is a substantial asset of knowledge and experience. We will normally work very closely with the existing knowledge owners to develop the new interactive material. Our first steps would be to...

agree with you the audience, the objectives and the scope of the content, and whether there will need to be different levels of content for different learners
review all the existing training course material - trainer's manual, Powerpoint and video presentations, workbooks and handouts
attend the existing training course as a course participant to see where your learners find the topic easy, where they ask questions and where they need help

Each platform has its strong points and your choice between multimedia CD-ROM, interactive video DVD and e-Learning on your intranet will depend on the nature of the topic, any existing interactive learning, what equipment your learners have access to and what your IT department will let you do. (See Working with your IT department for more on this.)

Interactive multimedia CD-ROM can be ...

"media rich" ie with graphics, stills, video clips and audio
full of a wide variety of interactive exercises and scored tests
simulating IT software
run independently of your IT network
provided with hyperlinks to your intranet and external websites
linked to a database or Learning Management System (LMS)

Interactive video DVD can offer ...

excellent video quality
a menu-driven structure
multiple-choice quizzes

e-Learning can offer ...

"rich" content (graphics, stills, video clips and audio) within the capability of your IT network
interactive exercises and scored tests
simulation of IT software
links to documents and resources on your intranet
links to a database or Learning Management System

If you want to compare the features of interactive video DVD-i with a media rich interactive multimedia CD-ROM, see our interactive CD-ROM page and our interactive DVD page.

We work on the principle that planning everything first on paper saves time and money.

We start by giving you a scoping document (sometimes called a "treatment" or "script summary") and, if you've got a deadline, a production schedule.

We work together to agree this, then prepare a full script which will set out ...

all the on-screen text
the content of all the quizzes and interactive exercises
the navigation (how the user is guided through the material)
the audio content - voiceover narration
the video clips
the graphics and stills
the links to a database or Learning Management System

Enlightenment Interactive has expertise in lively, engaging and professional content production ...

casting and directing actors and voiceover talent
video production with broadcast crews in the UK and overseas
broadcast front-of-camera presenters
interviews with staff and customers
pieces to camera by senior managers
creating an overall graphic style
2D and 3D animated graphics
shooting and sourcing still photos
props, costumes, stunts, special effects

We will expect you you to attend any video shoot to make sure you are completely happy with the shots.

We will also let you see and approve a rough-cut before we create the final version.

We can provide sample disks for multimedia CD-ROM and interactive DVD courses and an online test site for e-learning courses, so that you can have some of your learners try out the material.

Time and budget are allowed for making adjustments to the training course.

You will save time: learning with interactive multimedia, whether CD-ROM, DVD-i or e-Learning is very intensive. A CD-ROM we made for a major building society as pre-course work for CEMAP training saved 1 to 2 days of trainer-led course time, yet only took the course participants half a day to complete at their normal workplaces.

Will it be as effective? We produce interactive learning material that is engaging, memorable and flexible. There is usually still a need for the human element, so we recommend you take a blended learning approach, combining interactive modules with trainer-led sessions or providing real time interaction with trainers, for example through virtual classroom or interactive television technology.

What will it cost? Here is a menu of ballpark figures for converting a 1-day course, from which you can pick and mix ...