tops tips on creating an inspiring learner journey
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What are we aiming for
1. Stress free users
2. Obvious navigation
3. No dead ends
4. Returning users
Let’s start at the beginning.
How easy do you make it for new users?
When a first time user logs onto your site
are you confident they know where to go
and what to do?
What others do:
1. Documentation
2. Email
3. Screen capture videos
4. HTML blocks and menu buttons
5. Course progress blocks
TotaraA user’s learning can be informed by
1. The Audience they are in
2. Their place in the organisation
3. When they started
4. The competency framework
5. Their manager.
Beyond the front page
How to help your users get through a course
with as little stress as possible.
Course layout
1. Clarity
2. Consistency
3. Flow
(Logical flow of the contents and the
movement into and out of activities)
Questionnaires
We use them all the time for evaluation
forms but are we making it easy for our
learners?
Quiz feedback
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In summary
1. Have I given the learner enough information to know what to do?
2. Have I given the learner a way to get back to the course (or anywhere else I need them to be)?
For every element you add ask yourself the
following questions:
If in doubt, log in as a student and carefully test
every item in the course.