Designing and Building Interactive Online Training

Module Code: SC3311

Micro-credential Overview

In this Micro-credential, you will (1) practice and develop a range of multimedia digital skills, (2) develop strategies for effective planning, creativity, and visual design, and (3) build your own finished online interactive multimedia Training Module on a live online module-building platform (Flow Learning by Mapal). 

Each week there will be short explainer videos to demonstrate skills and concepts. There are also live sessions with the lecturer every 3 weeks about the individual skills targets assigned to learners to develop skills, storyboard and ideas, and to make steady progress.

A range of topics are explored each week under skills, design and planning, as follows:

Digital Platform and Skills: 
Learning Mgmt System & Components; Module Builder (a no code Platform); New Module, Module Settings; Module Slides & Sections; Intro to Concept of States & Slides; Adding a Text, Element List & Settings; Desktop Casting & Screenshots; Good Practices (Files, Text, etc.); Single Image (Types, Files & Sources); Voice Transcription with AI; Image Types, File Formats, GIFs; Adding an Image; Single Audio Files, File Types; Slide Duplicates, Platform Shortcuts & Tips; Multi-Track Audio Files with Effects; Adding an Audio File; Single Video Footage, Types & Sizes; Video Compressing & Resizing; Video Editing Online | Multiple Audio/Visual Parts; Adding a Video File; Adding a Button, Hotspot & Carousel; Adding Module Exam, Quiz, Certificate.

Planning:
Storyboard and My Training Idea; Online Training Module Outline; Storyboard and Content Flow Chart; Content Depth and Breadth; Storyboard and Mind Map; Learner Persona and Expectations; Storyboard and Brand & Setting; Language and Wording; Communicating Message; Interactivity; Navigation; Usability; Storyboard and Learner Test; Titles and Labels; Naming Conventions; Ways to Reinforce Learning; User Testing, Snagging, Repair.

Design:
Sample Work: Flow Modules & Design Ideas; Design for Training Settings; Universal Design for Learning; Fonts, Format, Layout, Contrast; Transmedia Storytelling; Colours & Schemes; Layout, Grids, Assembly, Shape; Image & Visual Communication; Layered Images Strategies; Arrangement & Contrast; Cinematic Storytelling. 

During the Micro-credential, students follow a project outline with clear objectives and deliverables, and at the end of the module, students submit a finished functioning online training module on an area of his/her own interest. This final submission is a practical opportunity to develop digital skills in a real context and to increase confidence as a visual digital content creator, both on-camera and behind the scenes as a module-builder. The finished training module is graded and returned with detailed individual written feedback. Students also have the option to enter the Module of the Semester competition judged by Mapal, with certificates of achievement issued to winners, and their success celebrated also on social media.‌‌