RapidLearn: Color Certification Bronze

A Look Back&

A Look Forward

Kristin Hershey & Cooper Johnson

Fall 2014

• Provide you with a general overview of the Color Certification Bronze Program.1

• Familiarize you with the state of the previous Color Certification Bronze modules.2

• Share the effort put in place and the current state of the modules with significant improvements.3

Today’s Agenda

• Provide future recommendations for the Color Certification program.4

Color Certification Bronze: General Overview

Owned by Capability - MS&P works with Capability and CFT’s to develop the RapidLearn Modules.

Modules are created by MS&P Specialist in the eLearning program of Lectora & uploaded to RapidLearn.

ALL new NASP employees are required to take and pass the 13 Color Certification Modules within their first year.

Purpose is for new and/or existing employees to gain invaluable information & selling tools/strategies to drive color.

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• Too much text

• Little or no images

• Little or no interaction

• Products/content outdated

• Market research outdated

• Old Version of Lectora

• Annual review not required

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What Has OCCURRED

RapidLearn Updates: MS&P and Capability1. Structural Set-up in Lectora Kristin

2. Strategize & Plan Cooper & Kristin

3. Gather Up-to-Date Content & Conduct Research

Cooper, Kristin & CFTs

4. Collect & modify Images Kristin

5. Design & Create in Lectora Kristin

6. Create & Add WAV Files Cooper & Kristin

7. Knowledge Checks/Final Test Cooper & Kristin

8. Review, Test, & Edit Capability & Kristin

9. Final Edits Kristin

10. Publish and Upload to RapidLearn Kristin

11. Launch Capability

Time consuming

RapidLearn’s Process for Updates

Advanced Skills

Content Collecting

~80 hours per module to update

~100 hrs per module to develop

Lectora Module Update Progress Spreadsheet

Includes Various Cross-Functional Departments: Capability

Education

Brands

MS&P

CMK

MS&P/RapidLearn Administrator

Collaborative Team

So what are the Color Certification courses like now?

eLearning Techniques to motivate, engage, and support various types of learners:

• Structured & Well-designed objectives/content

• Workbook included to aide learner

• Sound effects and music

• Animation and images added

• Interactive with buttons, moving pieces, non-linear: choices of directions to take, etc.

• Wide range of activities to engage learners

• Up-to-date products/content/images

• Current Market Research

• Visually stimulating

• New Version of Lectora

• Competitive to vendor-designed eLearning courses

What They Are Like NOW!

Let’s take a sneak peak!

Where We Want Them

to GO

(Future of Color Certification & RapidLearn)

The Future of Color Certification & RapidLearn

Complete initial Color Certification Bronze updates and deliver ongoing annual updates

Create Gold Level Certification Updates to PKC and BKC RapidLearn Modules for other trainings/ learnings

Bronze Level

Gold Level

Silver Level

What it will take to get THERE…

Closing & Recommendations

Tremendous improvement has been made in Color Certification Bronze Modules

It’s taken a lot of time, effort and creative thinking to update these modules.

Much work still needs to be done. Recommendations Moving Forward:

Continue Content Owner updates & Prioritization is needed Continue LT support Continue to have CC Modules owned by professional with strong

skills in Lectora and RapidLearn programs and eLearning tools. Allocate a F/T resource to this work (outsourcing not an option)

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Questions?

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