Creating eLearning Scripts for Software Simulations
Creating eLearning Scripts for Software Simulations
eLearning has come a long way from the days when anyone with a YouTube account could just hit “record” and start talking and clicking through a software demonstration. Today we may be creating anything from those same point-and-click demos (now called “video demos” or “microlearning”) to immersive and highly interactive software simulations.
Beyond the planning, budgeting, and instructional design required by all eLearning, software simulations require two critical documents: a step-by-step recording script and a voiceover script. The recording script is used to record the software simulation using any eLearning development tool such as Adobe Captivate, Articulate Storyline, or TechSmith Camtasia. And because adding voiceover narration to eLearning enhances the learner experience, a voiceover script ensures the audio you include is as polished as it is conversational.
During the first part of this high-octane, hands-on class, you’ll learn the process of writing and testing the kind of granular, step-by-step procedures needed to record a software simulation. Then you’ll write a voiceover script to complement the recording script. In the afternoon, you’ll put it all together and record the simulation and your voiceover in your eLearning tool of choice. (Bring Captivate, Storyline, or Camtasia to class… we’ve seen, and have expertise in, all of them!)
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