Apps for e-learning Instructional Designers

Prior to graduate school for a degree in Instructional Systems Learning Technology I had an 18-month contract as an e-learning instructional designer. I was excited to land this job which consisted of converting instructor-led training to e-learning micro modules, or microlearning. My manager and her assistant were traditional trainers with no background in using Adobe Captivate. They hired me to do this. My only experience was a boot camp that I had completed the month prior with Ledet Training. I also had seven years' experience as a technical writer designing training documents. Years earlier I had worked for small trade magazines where I designed page layout. Together, these skills were enough to get me started in the field.

It was a big sacrifice to invest a lot of money on purchasing the Adobe Captivate student version, and the bootcamp training. I felt this was important because the job postings required experience in this app. Now, I think that just as many, if not more companies use Articulate to develop e-learning. I completed a bootcamp in this as well.

Before the contract ended I decided I wanted formal training as an Instructional Designer and later, applied to the program I'm currently completing.

If you're interested in learning more about Ledjet training, here's the link:

Another option is to take a reasonably-priced training course through Udemy or Coursera. Here are examples of Articulate training (both for 360 and Rise apps). You could download the 30-day trial while taking the training to keep your costs down:

Have you attended any of these or related trainings, or, did you learn on your own?

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