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Text based assessments i.e. multiple choice, matching, essay etc.

Limited custom interactive exercises, lessons, and custom assessments

Standard template based navigation

Decision based content delivery

A moderate amount of custom interactive lessons and assessments

Reduced template usage with greater amounts of page navigation variety

Inclusion of a moderate amount of hands on, “try it” type exercises

Scenario based learning with branching content and conditional activities

Liberal use of custom interactive lessons and assessments

Inclusion of a large number of sophisticated hands on, “try it” type exercises

Advanced custom navigation with dynamic pages

Know: Your actual curriculum situation may involve a combinationof a variety of

factors from any of the three time and complexity categories shown below.

Important: Interactivity determines the level or degree of interaction or “control” the

user has with the learning components. More interactivity or user choice results in

higher development times and costs.

Remember: These are just a few examplesof the various multimedia elements that

could be used when developing your custom e-Learning course and determining

the associated costs.

The time needed to develop your course depends on the complexity of the 3 factors shown above and the overall duration of your course. Generally, shorter, less complex courses could take a few weeks to a month to develop and longer, more complex courses could require 6 months of development time or more.

How long will it take?

Instructional Designer Time

Content is already structured for e-Learning with well-defined learning objectivesStoryboards for interactive pieces, lessons, assessments, and multi-media providedSubject matter is not highly complexDetailed topic outline exists and curriculum is finalized

Content is not fully structured for e-Learning and no storyboards are availableContent already exists in another format or medium, i.e. Face-to-face trainingProfessional level or advanced subject matterTopic outline is partially created and curriculum is still being finalized

Subject matter is highly specializedCourse does not exist in any other format or delivery methodContent has no structure and only exists in the SME's head or in rough notes

Factors To the right you will see the various individual factors that affect the amount of instructional design time needed to create your course. Also, the more content you need developed, the greater the required ID time.

Creating a custom e-Learning course requires the collaboration of a number of diverse e-Learning professionals and your project team. A signi�cant amount of back and forth communication between various team members takes place to ensure that your e-Learning course delivers on your educational goals. To the right is an example of a typical e-Learning project team and how they work with your internal project team in creating your course.

Who’s Involved?

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Subject Matter Expert Time

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Linear content delivery

Custom e-Learning courses do not have a single set cost because every course is unique in regards to its requirements, content, and the needs of the learners it serves. So let’s look at some of thefactors that can in�uence the cost of your course:

DETERMINING THECOST OF A CUSTOME-LEARNING COURSE

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