iSpring Suite 11: The Essentials

Learn to create compelling eLearning with Microsoft PowerPoint and iSpring Suite 11 in just one day using IconLogic’s proven step-by-step approach to learning. All you need to learn iSpring Suite is this book and the iSpring Suite software. This book includes hands-on activities, downloadable PowerPoint and iSpring project files, and other learning assets.

Learn How to Use iSpring Suite 11 in One Day!

iSpring Suite is an eLearning development toolkit for creating mobile-friendly courses. Step-by-step instructions guide you through creating new iSpring Suite eLearning projects from PowerPoint presentations.

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You’ll learn to import images and videos and record and edit voiceover audio.

Record video demonstrations of anything you can do on your computer, complete with editable annotations.

Create Role-Plays using supplied iSpring Studio assets, including background images, icons, and characters.

Add Learner Interactions and Quizzes to make your eLearning projects as engaging as possible.

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Learn how to publish finished projects as HTML5 or a video; your courses can be used on web servers or with video services like YouTube or Vimeo.

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Set up your projects so that report scores to SCORM- or AICC-compliant Learning Management Systems.

This book features:

  • All of the iSpring Suite projects, images, videos, audio files, and other assets needed to get started. (Subscribe to the iSpring Suite or download the free iSpring Suite trial software from iSpring's website and jump in!)
  • Dozens of step-by-step, hands-on activities
  • Confidence Checks to challenge your new skills
  • Hundreds of supporting screenshots

Preface

  • iSpring Suite’s Role in eLearning, page 2
  • Designing Slides Within PowerPoint, page 3
  • Fonts and Learning, page 4
  • Planning eLearning Projects, page 7
  • eLearning Budgeting Considerations, page 8
  • Scripts for Software Demonstrations, page 10
  • Storyboarding, page 11
    • Storyboard Confidence Check, page 12
    • Suggested Answers, page 14
    • The Value of Audio, page 16

 Getting Started with iSpring Suite

  • The iSpring Suite Interface, page 18
  • Explore an Existing Project, page 19
  • Publish Output to Your Computer, page 23
  • Characters, page 25
  • Insert and Resize a Character, page 25
    • Characters Confidence Check, page 27
  • Backgrounds and Templates, page 32
  • Insert a Background, page 32
    • Backgrounds Confidence Check, page 34
  • Insert Template Slides, page 35
    • Templates Confidence Check, page 36

Working with Voiceover Audio

  • Voiceover Scripts, page 38
  • Add Notes to Serve as Voiceover Audio, page 38
    • Voiceover Confidence Check, page 40
  • Recording Voiceover Audio, page 41
  • Record Voiceover Audio, page 41
  • Importing Audio, page 45
  • Import and Review an Audio File, page 45
    • Importing Audio Confidence Check, page 47
  • Editing Audio, page 48
  • Trim Audio, page 48
  • Change Slide and Animation Timing, page 51
  • Silence Audio, page 53
  • Adjust Audio Volume, page 55
    • Audio Editing Confidence Check, page 56

Videos, Pictures, and Syncing Animations

  • Videos, page 58
  • Add a Video to the Sidebar, page 58
  • Insert a Video onto a Slide, page 63
  • Pictures, page 65
  • Insert a Picture onto a Slide, page 65
    • Images and Videos Confidence Check, page 66
  • Animating and Syncing, page 67
  • Animate a Slide Object, page 67
  • Synchronize Animations, page 69
    • Syncing Confidence Check, page 72

Interactivity and Screen Recordings

  • Interactions, page 74
  • Insert a Labeled Graphic Interaction, page 74
    • Interaction Confidence Check, page 78
  • Role-Plays, page 80
  • Create a Role-Play, page 80
    • Scenes Confidence Check, page 84
  • Link Scenes, page 85
    • Linking Scenes Confidence Check, page 86
  • Add Images to Scenes, page 87
    • Linking Scenes Confidence Check, page 88
  • Screen Recordings, page 89
  • Review a Recording Script, page 89
  • Rehearse a Script, page 90
  • Create a Screen Recording, page 91
    • Screen Recording Confidence Check, page 93

Quizzing

  • Creating Quizzes, page 96
  • Add a Quiz, page 96
  • Insert a Graded Question, page 99
  • Format a Question Slide, page 101
    • Question Slide Confidence Check, page 103
  • Customize the Quiz Results Slide, page 104
  • Hide a Slide, page 105
  • Create a Branch, page 107
  • Disable Player Navigation, page 109

Publishing

  • The Player, page 112
  • Add a Presenter, page 113
  • Customize the Player, page 114
    • Player Confidence Check, page 117
  • Publish Locally, page 118
  • Publish as HTML5, page 118
  • Reporting Results, page 120
  • Publish a Project for Use in a LMS, page 121
    • Publishing Confidence Check, page 124
  • Accessible Output, page 125
  • Enable Accessibility, page 125
  • Sharing, page 127
  • Create a Backup Copy of an iSpring Project, page 127