The cost of developing elearning can be expensive if your agency, company of corporate business does not have in-house designers.

As mentioned in one of my earlier blog posts Canva is my rapid-graphic-editing personal go-to choice.

I recently signed up to Piktochart, an online platform that gives non-designers the ability to create basic infographics without the complexity and learning curve of Adobe design software.

The platform comes with a library of icons, graphics and templates to use in expressing your creativity.

As a tool to create a quick and interesting infographic, Piktochart is an easy-to-use but robust design platform for quick design.

There is a free version with a two-tier commercial option. They are also looking at releasing a collaborative option for design teams in July 2017.

I have added this handy as a paid option to our elearning toolbox.

Piktochart Features 

1. Drag-and-drop, point-and-click
2. Over 600 professionally designed templates from a selection of infographic, banner, report, and presentation formats.
3. Over 4000 beautifully designed icons
4. Import data from a Microsoft Excel file, a Google spreadsheet, or Survey Monkey . (I like this feature !)
5. High-res Downloads (JPEG, PNG or PDF formats).

 Click here to access Piktochart

Let’s see how it works

Have a look at this video.

Happy Designing !

Patrick

This week we have an online video communications tool to place in the spotlight. 

It’s called LOOM, and the platform provides a video recorder, screen and web capture tool to narrate and instantly share videos to communicate with your staff, clients or team.

Marvellous thing is it is  100% free for educators!

The LOOM website provides the following information about how the application can be used.

Use Cases

Loom is incredibly flexible in use cases with Full Desktop Recording, Front Facing Camera, or Tab Only:

• Executives use it for company updates and building culture.

• Designers for giving feedback and design walkthroughs.

• Product Managers use it for new initiative pitches and team stand up.

• Marketers use it for creating new feature assets and collecting testimonials.

• Sales uses it for lead generation and email communication.

• Teachers use it for lesson recaps and student presentations.

• Engineers use it for bug documentation and code comments.

• Customer Care uses it for FAQ videos and real time support.

Product Specs

• High-Quality Video

• Unlimited Storage: No need to worry about re-recording videos, quotas, or running out of space on your computer.

• Embed Anywhere: We instantly generate Embed HTML so you can put it anywhere on the internet you’d like!

• MP4 Format: The video is available for download as an MP4. We handle converting the video for you on our servers so you can simply download and use anywhere.

• Unlimited Recording: With no limitations you can record for hours at a time if you’d like. Pause/Start functionality.

 HERE IS A QUICK VIDEO TUTORIAL/GUIDE TO GET YOU STARTED.

Patrick

We are always looking for ways to keep cost down for our clients and we take a practical approach to design.