Thinking Outside the Course

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Free Tools to Make E-learning

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Jessica JamesFreelance Instructional Designer

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Mike TaylorExploring the intersection of learning, technology & social media

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Free learning, design & technology newsletter

WEB FORMS

Communication, feedback,

registration, & more

VIDEO

Add interactivity, organize & consolidate

EMAIL

Support, enhance & extend your existing

programs

AUTOMATION

Super easy ways to work smarter

instead of harder

What we’ll see

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OnlineForms

Online Form BuildersForms apps come in all shapes and sizes—

from simple, standalone form apps to form

builders built into spreadsheet apps to

advanced data processing tools that just

happen to be built around a form.

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Super Flexible

Simple & Fast

Work Anywhere

How do you use forms?

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Give them a lifeline to communicatewith you

Use polls to check in with what your learners are thinking

Collect feedback and evaluations

Use a form to see what they know with Quizzes

Get them registered for your events

Connect your form data with other apps via automation

So Many Uses!

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Stay in touch with your audience

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Never publish anything without a way to reach you

•Quick, easy & free*

• Link or embed

•Mobile-friendly

• Single form for every course

Forms

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They Will Use It!

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It will help you!

When you throw fresh rock to cover a substation it lets out a powder or dust from the rock. Is that powder or dust from the rock considered silica? And if so, what are the mitigations required for that.

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According to slide 4 a guard rail is needed when the unprotected distance is 4 feet. The correct answer to the question "A fall arrest system, fall restraint system, or guardrail is required where there is an unprotected difference in elevation of ___ feet or more." was give as 6 feet. Should not the answer be 4 feet?You did a fantastic job with this training. I was really impressed. It is by far the best training course I've seen. Thank you for taking the time to do this right. Impressive!

Data Example

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Sort & filter by course

DIY feedback analytics

Pro Tips

•Pre-populate

•Data validation

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Pre-populate Fields

http://forms.com/yoursurvey?course=[coursename]http://forms.com/yoursurvey

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Link/Embed These Custom URLs

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http://forms.com/yoursurvey ?course=safety

http://forms.com/yoursurvey ?course=leadership

Data Validation

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Interactive Scenarios

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Interactive Scenarios

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Creative use of branching feature.

Form & Survey Apps Worth Checking Out

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Google Forms

SurveyMonkey

Survey Gizmo

JotForm

Typeform

Wufoo

Airtable Forms

Polldaddy

The Ultimate Guide to Forms and Surveys

https://zapier.com/learn/forms-surveys/

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VIDEO

H5P.org

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H5P.orgINTERACTIVE HTML5 CONTENT

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Easy interactivity right in your browser

•MC/MR/TF questions

•Drag & Drop

•Fill-in the blank

•Bookmarks

•Links & more!

•Download/upload into

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Try it out!

http://bit.ly/h5pdemo

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How it worksVIDEO

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Vizia

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vizia.co

Vizia.coAdd interactivity toYouTube & Wistia videos

✓ Gate screens (tracking)

✓ Quiz questions

✓ Polls

✓ Text responses

✓ Stored in spreadsheet

DEMO: http://bit.ly/tryvizia

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Copy & Paste video URL

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Add

interactions

to timeline

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Sharing options

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Collect Name & Email

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View RESPONSES

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RIVYT

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rivyt.com

RIVYTLanding Pages for YouTube

✓ distraction-free viewing

✓ Free up to 20 videos($50/year up to 1000 videos)

✓ “Clean up” individual videos for embedding

rivyt.com

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https://riv.yt/

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Select video

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Pick a Design

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Use It

This is your embed URL

Embedding Options

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VIMSY

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vimsy.co

Custom video portal

✓ Consolidate & share videos privately from YouTube, Vimeo & Wistia

✓ Organize into collections & sub-collections

✓ Add custom pages, chapters, links & resources

✓ Access control

✓ Schedule content

✓ Analytics

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Manage Access

✓ Restrict content to specific members and groups

✓ Import users via CSV

✓ Activity notifications

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Analytics

✓ Collect, view and export data

✓ Who's been watching your videos and when

✓ Auditing and compliance

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https://www.thepmchannel.com/

Lots of great features:

• Unlimited linked videos

• Responsive layout

• Built-in search

• Schedule video availability

• Manage access with members & groups

• Analytics

• Custom design

• Add additional editors

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EmailMarketing

For all of the social networks and chat apps today, there’s only one online messaging system that EVERYONE uses:

EMAIL

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Email Marketing

You’ve already got content

Campaigns for better relationships

Low cost and admin time

Data to help you improve

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Use Cases

Welcome & Onboarding

Email‘Courses’

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Communications & Announcements

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Source: https://blog.upscope.io/29-companies-show-you-their-best-onboarding-emails/

Communication Emails

Source: https://blog.upscope.io/29-companies-show-you-their-best-onboarding-emails/

Welcome & Onboarding

Email Courses

Types of Campaigns

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Batch Campaigns

Automated Drip Campaigns

Batch Campaigns

Like a regular email these are

sent one time – manually or

they can be scheduled.

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+ Personalization

+ Tracking & Analytics

+ Design templates

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subscribepage.com/StealFromMarketing

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Drip Campaigns

Automated sets of emails that

go out based on specific

timelines or user actions.

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+ Automated

+ Dynamic

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Sometimes we like to over complicate

learning...but this is one of the best examples

of learning I’ve seen for a long time.

I’m due a password change soon - so my

business auto send useful info

(#PerformanceSupport). No LMS - No

tracking - just simple, easy learning!

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Dynamic Content

Sending different emails using dynamic content

• content based on time/date

• content based on a learner action

• content based on a learner’s job role

How could you use this?

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Open rate is 80% higher

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Click through rate as much as 300% higher

Email Series vs Single Email

Good options for getting started

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Full access to all featuresUp to 1000 subscribers

Up to 2000 subscribers12,000 emails/mo.

The Ultimate Guide to Email Marketing

https://zapier.com/learn/email-marketing/

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WorkflowAutomation

Codeless Automation

Simplifies the process of using APIs to connect online apps with each other.

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Work Smarter with Automations

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• Most simple

• Single step

• IoT

• Most connections

• Multi-step options

• Google Suite

• Most complex

• Office integration

• Microsoft

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IFTTT Zapier Microsoft Flow

Price FreeFree up to 100 runs/month ($20 multi-step workflows)

Free up to 750 runs/month

Connectors 600 1000 200

Learning Curve Easy Easy Difficult

Workflow Power Low Medium High

Recommended Use Home Professional Professional

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Example

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Submit form including email address

Automatically enrolled in webinar

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Example Use Case

Automation Inspiration

zapier.com/learn/automate-apps-examples/

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Watch for New Apps & Tools

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Finish That Sentence

I learned…

I’m beginning to think that…

I wonder if…

I rediscovered…

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