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Writing Assessments to Validate the Impact of Learning, Part 2
This was a great article. Although I definitely enjoy theory and top down discussions as well as figuring out how I will apply or use theories, it is so helpful to see tactical information and especially tips, tricks and examples. Which this article has a lot of! I do see the need more and more for data in the business world and that includes data on training – both evaluation and assessment. Recently our L&P department went through an effort to make sure every single course has some assessment component. They are also trying very hard to develop strategy based on assessment data so I see in practice what this article is discussing. I will keep this article handy for when I am writing assessment in the future both to remind myself of the importance of assessments but also for the practical advice that can be used when actually developing assessments. As the article says, lack of knowledge on assessments is not an excuse not to do them!
Tips & Tricks for Recording Audio
I enjoyed reading the blog – very straightforward and good visuals and audio to go with it. I have
learned a lot about audio throughout the past year and a half. I still use Audacity to do post-production
editing before importing into Storyline. Also do some compression and normalization steps and it really does turn out better sounding than it started. That said, completely agree with Tom on the tip that you have to start with good audio. I found his recordings illuminating. The difference between the cheap microphone and more expensive ones was significant I thought. I may try two other tips in the future: the recording 30 seconds of no narration and the dampening the sound. So far I haven’t ever done either of those and am curious to see what differences they may make. Good reading!
This was an interesting topic. I had not heard (at least not that I remember) of Tin Can before. I am familiar with APIs. That is a method of exchanging information and data that the company I work for is moving more and more toward for both internal exchange as well as with external parties. It makes a lot of sense for the learning field to use this method and develop a standard to replace SCORM. Sounds like Tin Can allows a lot of flexibility and will provide opportunities for businesses and individuals to be creative while being able to ensure consumability. Good for consumers for sure!
SCORM and Tincan Reflection
Gagne Style -
Desk Crit 1
March 17, 2016
Hi Gagne Style!
Agree with the others who have posted about the look and feel of your module. Looks nice and clean and straightforward. The character chosen looks like he could work in IT. :)
Couple of suggestions (and if you have already thought of these then please feel free to ignore): the assessment questions seem a little too obvious. Feels like someone could answer without taking the training.
You might consider the Try and/or Test features for screen recording. This type of content feels tailor made for that feature.
Also might consider a job aid as something to provide. Assuming users will only want to take the actual training once but may have questions at the point they go to actually use it (or use it again) and a job aid might help in that situation?
Overall feels like a great start and hopefully will help address the need you identified! Good job!
Agree wholeheartedly with the others on the look and feel of the module. So very professional and appealing! Feels like the organization is spot on and the level of content as well. Nice interactions in the instruction pieces and the assessments are great so far.
I am not quite sure at this point how you are incorporating scenarios into the module - feels pretty much like straightforward instruction at this point but I'm sure that is yet to come? If the goal is to really help someone feel like they are ready to start using videos with their students I do think the scenarios could be a great learning tool to get started versus just getting background information on technology, etc.
Fantastic start!!
Mega Powers -
Desk Crit 1
March 17, 2016
Looking good Gagne Style! I agree with a lot of the comments already made. Your choice of narrator is a good choice. Some audio though may benefit from some editing to improve the quality. Same with the graphics and text – overall great job. There are however some graphics and text that do not display as well as they could. And, like the others have said, allowing the user to have some control would be good to have. Overall though, very professional looking and it feels like it will meet the need identified.
Best of luck getting this over the finish line!
Great job! As the others have said, the look and feel of this project is very nice. Fantastic job there. In addition, you have put a lot of thought into the user control and instruction pieces. I would agree with some of the other comments on possibly moving some of the content presentation to audio (not duplicating information on the screen but using audio as a way to present the information instead of text). I know a lot of learners enjoying hearing information while seeing the main points and/or do interactions on the screen. Just food for thought unless there is a reason not to use it. There are a few little things here and there that I ran across but nothing not already noted. Overall this is a module that looks good, has the right level of content and should be enjoyable and useful to those who use it!