What Are the Main Elements of Any E-Learning Course?

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Their use is not mandatory, but it is useful to know what role each one plays in the overall concept of the course.

Introductory Slide

The first slide of your e-learning course not only welcomes learners, but also offers navigation options within the course modules. This slide can be static or interactive. Static slides include the course title and a brief introduction. Interactive introductory slides may include static images combined with video, animation, text, or audio.

Instruction Slide

The purpose of the instructions is to help learners understand the overall functionality of the course, learn how they can navigate it, and what actions they can take. The instruction slide can be either static or interactive.
Static instruction slides can include arrows, callout text, navigation buttons, tabs, help buttons, etc.
Interactive instruction slides may include videos that show the course functionalities, along with synchronized annotations and callout text.
The instruction slide may not be mandatory for learners.

Learning Objectives

The slide with the described learning objectives gives an idea of what the goals of the online training are. They are usually presented as bullets and show what knowledge the learners will have acquired by the end of the course.
Of course, the learning objectives do not have to be listed in a list. You can also choose a more creative way of visualization, such as a scenario, for example.

Content Slides

Content slides represent the main part of your e-learning course. These are the slides with informational purposes and include text, images, diagrams, videos, scenarios, etc.
To make your online training look consistent, you should use slides with a uniform style.

Exercise Slides

Content slides are followed by exercise slides. Their purpose is to help learners better absorb the skills and knowledge presented. Exercise slides should include content that was presented previously.

Knowledge Check

These are slides placed at the end of each topic, module, or course, where learners can test their progress. They can look like standard quizzes or case studies.

Assessment

This slide is the final assessment. It should show what the learners have learned during the training. It contains questions from all modules and forms the final grade.

Closing Slides

Final slides are located at the end of each topic, module, or course. Their purpose is to briefly repeat the most important points from the completed section. Usually the information is presented in list form, with bullets. They may include links to important parts of the training so that learners can recall the most important information.

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