mLearning will be continue to be a red-hot trend in 2011. The number of mobile users is staggering. Analysts predict total Smartphone usage in the billions soon and tablet sales will more than double this year. With that sort of momentum, I thought I would take a look at the template resources available for those with New Year’s resolutions to start creating mobile learning courses with Lectora Inspire.For more tips on creating great courses for mobile devices, read Tanya Seidel’s blog here.Lectora contains many pre-installed templates, you can access more templates online or you can create your own. They will save you an enormous amount of time if you intend to create multiple courses with the same or similar look and feel. I went through and picked out my favorites from the pre-stalled versions.
Below are screenshots of notebook and Smartphone template designs that I liked best from the Lectora Inspire gallery. You access them from the launch pad screen in Lectora Inspire or by selecting File>New Title>Templates.
“Canvas” Notebook Template
“Collard Green” Notebook Template
“Midnight Slate” Notebook Template
“Bulletin Board” Notebook Template
“Blue Impression” and “Modern Red” Mobile Templates
“Parchment” and “Yellow Contrast” Mobile Templates
To get started, find a template you like, double-click it or select the desired template from the window and click Use Template. Enter the name of your new course in the New Title Name field and use the Browse button to select a location to save your course. Your newly created course is displayed in Edit mode and you can begin adding objects to complete its functionality. For more information, see Saving a title as a template or Sharing templates online.
Each page within your course will use the default page size and alignment specified within the Title Properties. The alignment will determine how the content is displayed within the user’s browser window for any Web-based published content. To change the page size, double click the title graphic in the Title Explorer:
The Title Properties window opens. Click the General tab if the Title Properties window is not already opened to this tab. From here you can enter the correct sizes for your intended displays.
It’s quick and easy to get started creating courses for mobile devices with Lectora Inspire. In addition to templates, Lectora Inspire now supports HTML5 for Mobile Devices. You can offer rich training experiences on the widest range of handsets, including PC, Mac, iPhone, iPad or Android 2.2. With single click publishing to virtually any device, you can offer video in MP4 format, audio in MP3 format, or integrate iPhone specific media types like M4V video or M4A audio into your courses. For more information about publishing to the new Apple iPad with Lectora, click here. If you want to try creating an eLearning course yourself, download the free trial of Lectora Inspire here.
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