9 Steps To Create E-Learning In-House

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Flowsparks explains 9 steps on how you can start creating E-Learning in-house. You can see the benefits, tips and how-to's in order to start creating you own online courses.

Ready to start creating your own e-learning training courses? Look at these steps!

1. Choose the right tool

The right tools are half the battle. Therefore, choose the right tool which enables you to meet your organization’s goals. Take stock of what is important for your specific learning & development business case. Consider multilingualism, simple e-Learning templates, branding and layout options, and review features. Once you have a complete list, start looking for the tool that fits your needs and allows you to get started independently and quickly.

2. Involve the right stakeholders

Which team members should take a seat at the table when creating an e-learning course? This might depend on the software you are using. If the tool offers the basics of e-learning development, then you will need an instructional designer, graphic designer, developer, tech expert, project manager, and quality controller. Is the tool more advanced and does it, for example, use didactic e-Learning templates for e-Learning creation? Then the team becomes a lot smaller. In that case, soley the Subject Matter Expert (SME) needs to focus on the tool. The templates are built in such a way that the courses always look good on any device. Also, the integrated didactics ensure that an instructional designer is not needed.

Once you have selected the right stakeholders, the people start being engaged to share their knowledge, and you can move to step 3: planning!

3. Start planning

Plans are nothing without planning. Even a simple Excel sheet can get you going, but if you want to take your planning to the next level, it could be useful to look for a project management platform like Trello or Asana. Define goals, roles, deadlines and get started.

4. Start creating e-Learning: focus on the learning goals

Are you a goal digger? Then this step is right up your street! The first step in developing any digital module is to determine the learning goals. Do you want to inform? Do you want to test knowledge? Or do you want to share new skills? The goals always determine the next steps in e-Learning development.

5. Create a storyboard or choose the right templates

Hooray, you’ve reached the point where you can start developing the actual e-Learning. What this step looks like depends very much on the tool you are using and who is involved in developing the e-Learning. First and foremost, you need the content. Then, if necessary, you can create a storyboard. This step gets a little easier when your tool has didactical templates embedded, then you can start developing the e-learning straight away!

6. Include review cycles

Are stakeholders ready to develop e-Learning? Then make sure that a review takes place. By the way, this does not always have to wait until the last moment; on the contrary, it can be smart to schedule several review moments during the process. Have people with different backgrounds look at the module and collect suggestions to improve the course.

7. Final test

When the course is ready, you need to plan a final test. Do all the interactive elements such as questions or buttons work? And does the course look good on all mobile devices?

The amount of testing that needs to be done and the time it will take depends greatly on the software you are using. If you need to build each template from scratch and create each button yourself, this phase will take a lot of time. Are you using embedded e-Learning templates? This phase will only take a few minutes.

8. Publish and distribute

Congratulations! The course is ready to distribute to the different target groups.

9. Gather employee feedback

When the course is live and employees are now trained in a new skill or topic, it’s always smart to ask for feedback. This can be done via email or through the tool itself if this feature is supported.