An eLearning project that has been on my wishlist for some time now
has been an asynchronous, on-demand Learning Management System training
module that can be accessed by faculty and staff at Canadian Memorial
Chiropractic College (CMCC) 24/7. Recently, I finally had the
opportunity to focus on this wishlist item, which resulted in the
creation of this Articulate Storyline designed module that is now
available to faculty and staff on CMCC’s Learning Management System
(LMS), “KIRO” (or via clicking the image above). I had a number of objectives when setting out to create this training module: User Experience
- It needs to be as easy-to-use as possible
- The content of the module needs to be accessible in as few clicks as possible, or faculty and staff are much less likely to use it
- It must be quick and easy to jump from one content area to another
Content
- It must answer commonly-asked questions
- It must be divided up logically
- It must be relevant to regulated faculty use of the LMS (Note: at CMCC, we have requirements for LMS course site)
The resulting project meets each of these objectives. In terms of
content, I decided to frame the module in the context of my
institution’s LMS Guidelines – a document sent out to faculty in advance
of every new academic year to ensure their course sites meet certain
criteria – and complement that with how to technically implement those
requirements. Organizationally, I organized the module so that the
training content is immediately accessible upon starting the module and
the rationale-framed introduction to the module is not made a precursor
to the content, but offered as optional viewing. Additionally, the
training content is organized by LMS tool, and switching between
tool-related content can be done with few clicks.
Recording the screencasts for the module took more time than
expected, as the endeavour to achieve perfect voiceover recording,
thoughtful/minimal mouse activity, and logical step-wise technical flow
all at the same time was challenging. Given the timeline I was given to
complete this project, and given that updates are regularly made to our
LMS which may cause frequent revisions, I quickly determined that my
goal for voiceover recording was to achieve 90% in the way of
“perfection”.
Overall, I’m very proud of my first asynchronous, on-demand Learning
Management System training module. I enjoyed applying my Articulate
Storyline skills and I’ve already identified new wishlist topics for
supplementary KIRO training modules, including one that addresses the
top 10-20 questions I am asked as the LMS support person at CMCC.
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