Organizational Clarity: “PowerPoint Add-ins – Develop E-learning Courses Rapidly” article

The CommlabIndia community is another group decided to easy, cheap solutions to meet an organizational needs within the various aspects of Organizational Development whether it is training sessions or meeting presentations.

In this article: “PowerPoint Add-ins – Develop E-learning Courses Rapidly” is an article that discusses E-Learning options using Powerpoint as the base and various add-ons which compliment it. Since online training is becoming even increasing more pivotal to increasing the employees’ professional development,  organizations must come up with viable ways to create training programs linked to software which even novice computer users know how to use..

These are the three Add-ins programs for Microsoft Powerpoint:

1. Articulate Presenter
2. Office Mix
3. iSpring Suite

For your organization's training program there is a brief discussion, about each Add-on and what formats they are best used for when publishing the Powerpoint presentation. Each Add-on leads to a different way to present the training information to the organization's employees and possibly reaching different learning styles at the same time. Using audio narratives or video opens up the ability of the trainer to reach a broader audience and as well as being more effective in presenting one’s message.

If you want to know more just click the link here:
http://blog.commlabindia.com/elearning-development/powerpoint-add-ins-elearning-courses

Organizational Clarity: “Powerpoint: Branched Scenario Template” free download

From the Articulate community dedicated to increasing a professional’s knowledge of E-Learning, giving out free tips and free resources on how to implement E-Learning in the workplace or how to easily find cheap solutions to organizational needs.

In this article: “Powerpoint: Branched Scenario Template” is a free download easily customized template with graphics and fonts already added to the PowerPoint template. Just change around a couple of things such as the text and you can have your own Powerpoint quiz ready for during or after your training session.

Just click on the link here to learn more:
https://community.articulate.com/download/powerpoint-branched-scenario-template

Click here for the font:
https://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/bebas

Organizational Clarity: “PowerPoint '13: 5 Things to Know Template" free download

From the Articulate community dedicated to increasing a professional’s knowledge of E-Learning, giving out free tips and free resources on how to implement E-Learning in the workplace or how to easily find cheap solutions to organizational needs. In this article: “PowerPoint '13: 5 Things to Know Template” is a free download easily customized template with graphics and fonts already added to the PowerPoint template.

It is simply a great way to illustrate your projects and presentations with that extra zip that will garner your learner’s attention and help keep them focused and alert during a lengthy or even short training session.

Just click on the link here to learn more:

https://community.articulate.com/download/powerpoint-13-5-things-to-know-template

Click here for the fonts:

https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Lato
http://www.1001freefonts.com/bebas_neue.font

Organizational Clarity: "Custom E-Learning Graphics Using Free Font Icons #165" article

From the Articulate community dedicated to increasing a professional’s knowledge of E-Learning, giving out free tips and free resources on how to implement E-Learning in the workplace or how to easily find cheap solutions to organizational needs. In this article: "Custom E-Learning Graphics Using Free Font Icons #165” is about using fonts to bring more emphasis to other visuals used in your presentations and documents.

Whether you use PowerPoint, Storyline 360, Illustrator, or Word font usage is very important to give your visuals extra details and clearly discuss the points you are trying to present in the document or presentation. If the font is too “out there” the learner’s attention can be diverted and lessen the impact of your training program or E-learning document.

Knowing what font to use seems to be a textbook thing or even an exercise in common sense, but sometimes when creating a document or presentation for training purposes we can get over anxious. Picking the wrong font, as a result, can cause future issues as I have aforementioned but this article touches on the subject and can help you stay on the right path to creating the best presentation or E-Learning document possible.

Just click on the link here to learn more:
https://community.articulate.com/articles/custom-elearning-graphics-using-free-font-icons
Click here for the fonts:
https://blogs.articulate.com/rapid-elearning/dozens-free-dingbat-fonts-commercial-use/

Organizational Clarity: “5 Free PowerPoint Downloads to Supercharge Your Next Project” free download

From the Articulate community dedicated to increasing a professional’s knowledge of E-Learning, giving out free tips and free resources on how to implement E-Learning in the workplace or how to easily find cheap solutions to organizational needs.

In this article: “5 Free PowerPoint Downloads to Supercharge Your Next Project” is a free download in that if you want to get more visual with your presentation. It can be a great way to illustrate your projects and presentations with that extra zip that will garner your learner’s attention and help keep them focused and alert during a lengthy or even short training session.
These are the listing of the five downloads:

1. Energizing orange-hued template.
2. Vintage cartoon icons.
3. Hospital graphics.
4. Creative designs.
5. Avatar illustrations

Just click on the link here to learn more:
https://community.articulate.com/articles/5-free-powerpoint-downloads-to-supercharge-your-next-project

Organizational Clarity: “PowerPoint: Flashcards Template” free download

From the Articulate community dedicated to increasing a professional’s knowledge of E-Learning, giving out free tips and free resources on how to implement E-Learning in the workplace or how to easily find cheap solutions to organizational needs.

In this article: “Powerpoint: Flashcards Template” is a free download in that if you want to get more visual with your presentation. It can be a great way to illustrate your projects and presentations with that extra zip that will garner your learner’s attention and help keep them focused and alert during a lengthy or even short training session.

Just click on the link here to learn more:

https://community.articulate.com/download/powerpoint-flashcards-template

https://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/bree-serif

Organizational Clarity: “PowerPoint: 4 Customizable People Illustrations” free download

From the Articulate community dedicated to increasing a professional’s knowledge of E-Learning, giving out free tips and free resources on how to implement E-Learning in the workplace or how to easily find cheap solutions to organizational needs.  In this posting upon the site is “PowerPoint: 4 Customizable People Illustrations” by Ashi Tandon.

This is Professional at Articulate has posted a free download for presentation usage in Microsoft PowerPoint, you can change the look of these “people” as you desire but it’s another free tool for those of you on a budget (students, non-profits, etc.) to utilize for own heart’s desire.

Just click on the link here, and download! à https://community.articulate.com/download/powerpoint-customizable-people-illustrations

Organizational Clarity: “PowerPoint '13: Medical Research Tab” free download

From the Articulate community dedicated to increasing a professional’s knowledge of E-Learning, giving out free tips and free resources on how to implement E-Learning in the workplace or how to easily find cheap solutions to organizational needs.  In this posting upon the site is ““PowerPoint '13: Medical Research Tabs” by Trina Rimmer. 

This is Professional has posted on Articulate a free download for presentation usage in Microsoft PowerPoint, now this is more tailored for those in the medical profession, however, I like the use of tabs and it can be customized for anything. This is great in keeping the records for your client’s intervention organized or just for simple personal record keeping, the origin sites for the graphics and pictures that are used listed in the article.

Just click on the link here, have fun, download and get organized! à https://community.articulate.com/download/powerpoint-13-medical-research-tabs

Organizational Clarity: “Project Charter Template” free download

From the Articulate community dedicated to increasing a professional’s knowledge of E-Learning, giving out free tips and free resources on how to implement E-Learning in the workplace or how to easily find cheap solutions to organizational needs.  In this posting upon the site is “Project Charter Template” by Maria Ginsbourg. This is Professional at Articulate has posted a free download for presentation usage in Microsoft Word.

The idea is simple it is a great way to outline for a client or other stakeholders assigned roles for the projects, the goals in which the project is trying to solve, etc., a basic template when an OD Professional is trying to give structure to the implementation while complete the entry and contracting stage to the intervention process.

Just click on the link here, and download! à https://community.articulate.com/download/project-charter-template

Organizational Clarity: “Powerpoint: 4 Title Slides to Inspire Your Next Project” free download

From the Articulate community dedicated to increasing a professional’s knowledge of E-Learning, giving out free tips and free resources on how to implement E-Learning in the workplace or how to easily find cheap solutions to organizational needs.  In this posting upon the site is “Powerpoint: 4 Title Slides to Inspire Your Next Project” by Nicole Legault. This is Professional at Articulate has posted a free download for presentation usage in Microsoft PowerPoint, 4 various backgrounds for you to use in your next meeting or training class.

Just click on the link here, take a look and download away! à https://community.articulate.com/download/powerpoint-title-slides-to-inspire-you

Organizational Clarity: “10+ Examples of Financial Calculators in E-Learning” article/free downloads

From the Articulate community dedicated to increasing a professional’s knowledge of E-Learning, giving out free tips and free resources on how to implement E-Learning in the workplace or how to easily find cheap solutions to organizational needs. In this week’s email I received a link to: “10+ Examples of Financial Calculators in E-Learning” this is article engages ten creators, like other e-learning challenges, that have developed examples of various calculators to illustrate how to make learning more fun.

You can download some of these and thereby use the financial calculators for your projects. Financial calculators are great when you need tools to balance a project’s budget, for performance or even reward assessments. These Interactive Financial Calculators cover various subjects and types of measurement but there is an example for everyone and helpful in training those who want to understand the costs of a training project.

Just click on the link here to learn more: https://community.articulate.com/articles/financial-calculators-in-elearning

Organizational Clarity: “10 Free Mockup Device Templates for E-Learning” article/download

From the Articulate community dedicated to increasing a professional’s knowledge of E-Learning, giving out free tips and free resources on how to implement E-Learning in the workplace or how to easily find cheap solutions to organizational needs. In this week’s email I received a link to: “10 Free Mockup Device Templates for E-Learning” this is article engages ten creators that have developed electronic images to make training sessions and the training program more engaging overall.

These ten designer examples, some you can download other you can just view the project to get a general idea of what to do in your training program. I, of course, love the ones you can download because this means you can use these projects for your usage and thereby have a template for future programs all that is needed is some adjustments. The ones you can download are created in Microsoft PowerPoint format so you can use these templates past training presentations and use them in reports, training manuals, or even for daily Training and Development notices.

Just click on the link here to learn more: https://community.articulate.com/articles/free-mockup-device-templates-elearning

Organizational Clarity: “Powerpoint: Color Blocks Template” free download

From the Articulate community is an article from easy, cheap solutions to meet organizational needs. In an email I received was a link to: “Powerpoint: Color Blocks Template” by Nicole Legault for a free download.

This Microsoft PowerPoint presentation download was made with the 2013 version of PowerPoint made up of five slides: One main slide and four additional slides. This would give any presentation to a sponsor or a group of learners an extra flair and organization that is usually needed to keep the flow going and help with explaining the subject matter properly.

It's a free download that has already had the font, organization, colors, etc., all done for you all you have to do is add text and personality, and viola! You will have a fantastic Microsoft PowerPoint presentation without that much effort expended while looking like an “expert” to everyone around you!

If you want to know more and download this PowerPoint just click the link here:

https://community.articulate.com/download/powerpoint-color-blocks-template

Organizational Clarity: “PowerPoint '13: Whimsical Course Template” free download

From the Articulate community is an article from easy, cheap solutions to meet organizational needs. In an email I received was a link to: “PowerPoint '13: Whimsical Course Template” by Trina Rimmer for a free download.

This Microsoft PowerPoint presentation download was made with the 2013 version of PowerPoint made up of fourteen slides and would give any presentation or training session, a great look and feel to it.

Although it's free, this download contains great characters, icons, layouts and presentations of multiple uses. This is just one of those free downloads that have a lot of thought put behind it, to the point that it looks very professional as if done by the Microsoft Corporation itself

If you want to know more and download this PowerPoint just click the link here:

https://community.articulate.com/download/powerpoint-13-whimsical-course-template?

Organizational Clarity: "A Step by Step Guide to Convert PowerPoint Presentations to E-learning" article

From the CommlabIndia community is an article from easy, cheap solutions to meet organizational needs. In an email I received was a link to: “A Step by Step Guide to Convert PowerPoint Presentations to E-learning” By Darshan Dudhagundi. Need a quick guide to create some E-Learning courses quick and cheap but you only know how to make Microsoft PowerPoint presentations? This article is a step-by-step guide to make that possible, create an E-learning course from a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation before you do so there are six steps to complete before uploading the file to a Learning Management System.

The six steps to complete before uploading:

1.       Gather and Organize the Content in a Logical Flow

2.       Set Measurable Learning Objectives

3.       Fill Gaps in the Content

4.       Formulate Instructional, Visual, and Audio Strategies and Decide the Interaction Level

5.       Choose the Right Rapid Authoring Tool

6.       Convert the Presentation to an E-learning Course Using the Tool and Thoroughly Test the Output

This article mentions Rapid Authoring Tools you can use, along with links to other articles discussing the right Rapid Authoring Tool for you and your organization, that can be used to convert your PowerPoints to an e-learning course for future use.

If you want to know more just click the link here:

http://blog.commlabindia.com/elearning-design/guide-to-convert-ppt-into-elearning

Organizational Clarity: “PowerPoint: Basic Slide Layouts” free download

From the Articulate community is an article from easy, cheap solutions to meet organizational needs. In an email I received was a link to: “PowerPoint: Basic Slide Layouts” by Ashi Tandon for a free download. If you need to add a professional look to your Microsoft PowerPoint presentations or training sessions, I would suggest this download its simple and easy and has great look and feel to it.

Plus, it's free, when there are tons of product that you need to pay for to add on to programs like Microsoft PowerPoint I would recommend surfing this site for more downloads.

If you want to know more just click the link here:

https://community.articulate.com/download/powerpoint-basic-slide-layouts

Organizational Clarity: “PowerPoint: Business Icons” free download

From the Articulate community dedicated to increasing a professional’s knowledge of E-Learning, giving out free tips and free resources on how to implement E-Learning in the workplace or how to easily find cheap solutions to organizational needs. 

In this week’s email I received a link to: “PowerPoint: Business Icons” this is a great download that you can use for free when creating PowerPoint slide deck for training purposes. You can also use these business-themed icons for your own personal use as well, have fun creating!

Just click on the link here: https://community.articulate.com/download/powerpoint-business-icons

 Please note: I suggest trying the software first and then figuring out how you can use the templates listed as downloads in the articles above with PowerPoint, later on, to give you the “look’ for the training purposes that meets your organization’s needs

Organizational Clarity: "PowerPoint: City Silhouettes" free download

You know Microsoft PowerPoint is a staple for training presentation in any organization and again the Articulate community has another great free download to assist in your E-Learning, and organizational needs. This is called: “PowerPoint: City Silhouettes” it is another great visual template that you can use for free when creating PowerPoint slide deck for training purposes.

Just click on the link here: https://community.articulate.com/download/powerpoint-city-silhouettes

Enjoy!

Organizational Clarity: Download.com for your Organization Clarity needs

I mentioned in a post for my Learning Technologies class at Roosevelt University to another student that in response to their wish for more free software to work with when it came to training sessions, video creation, and to enhance presentations they should go to download.com.

Don’t worry this is not a commercial for the site, and I do not like some of the programs on there but it is a site that tests and posts: paid, free to try and free programs to install on your PC or Mac for your own individual usage. From audio recording program to video editing this site literally as it all, plus it has reviews and ratings from the editors of cnet.com and the users of the programs. 

Which such details readily available and online site organization that will make your head spin, you will most likely find what you need when it comes to enhancing that Monday morning presentation that just looks flat. So I recommend giving it a go and check out the download site on Cnet.com, oh, they have apps for mobile too! I have divided the links for your convenience into the various systems they cover:

For PC: http://download.cnet.com/windows/

For Mac: http://download.cnet.com/mac/

For Android:  http://download.cnet.com/android/

For IOS (Apple phone): http://download.cnet.com/ios/

Organizational Clarity: Microsoft PowerPoint Templates

I know using Microsoft PowerPoint is essential to the workplace, so anything free that  help make presentations great is a plus. Now Microsoft has its own site for PowerPoint downloads that you probably have already installed on your PC but in case you do not have these templates you may go here to check:

• https://templates.office.com/

If you already have all the templates for PowerPoint from the Microsoft company site, there are other 3^rd party sites that have templates made for different organizational functions for free. For the Organization or small business working on a budget and wanting a free or cheap alternative to add spice to PowerPoint presentations one can peruse these websites for free downloads:

• http://www.free-powerpoint-templates-design.com/free-powerpoint-templates-design/
• http://www.free-power-point-templates.com/themes/
• http://www.slidegeeks.com/free-downloads
• http://ppttemplate.net/

Hopefully, you can find something for your organization or personal usage on these sites to liven up your PowerPoint presentations either for training sessions or materials, to even meeting or publication purposes.