eLearning Developer Hobart

What is an eLearning Developer?

An eLearning Developer creates online courses using authoring tools. These might consist of Articulate 360, Adobe Captivate, iSpring Page, and iSpring Suite. (Storyline 360 or Rising 360).

eLearning developers are frequently provided a storyboard prepared by an instructional designer or eLearning designer in Hobart. A storyboard that describes the organisation, pacing, content distribution, and themes to be covered serves as the program’s “blueprint”. After that, eLearning developers use an authoring tool like Adobe Captivate, iSpring Page, iSpring Suite, or Articulate 360 to convert the storyboard into actual eLearning (Rising 360 or Storyline 360). They are in charge of ensuring that the lesson is effectively delivered, collaborative, and visually appealing.

Even though it’s not required, many eLearning developers have degrees. As a result, Australian eLearning programmers have additional training in fields including graphic design, Photoshop, and the development of accessible eLearning courses that follow the WCAG 2.0 requirements for online content accessibility.

What is the difference between an Instructional Designer and an eLearning Developer? 

Compared to an eLearning course creator, an instructional designer has significantly broader responsibilities. Using an instructional design technique, such as the ADDIE model of instructional design, they evaluate the student’s learning needs and offer a learning solution. Instructional designers are responsible for creating the learning objectives, delivery methods, schedule, exercises, and pre- and post-learning experiences. Instructional designers create programmes that support the information, skills, and behaviours required to achieve the desired learning goal.

Thanks to eLearning developers, the storyboard comes to life! They blend the instruction and information into the eLearning using the suitable authoring tool. The eLearning Developer and Instructional Designers collaborate to handle feature changes and make changes to the educational materials or instructional design courses in response to client input.

How long does it take to produce 1 hour of eLearning?

It’s vital to take into account the quantity of content that needs to be generated, the complexity of the interactivity, your abilities, and your understanding of eLearning authoring tools when estimating how long it will take to produce an eLearning solution.

The complexity of the software affects how long it takes to create e-learning content; usually, the more complicated the programme, the longer it takes to build. The following factors influence complexity (and timescales):

• Designing games: branching or linear
• Media formats and simulations
• Evaluation and assessment techniques
• graphic specifics (e.g. 2D or 3D)

Eliminating these obstacles will boost productivity and speed up the eLearning development process. This means you’ll be able to provide a fantastic service at a reasonable cost!

We are always looking for talented eLearning Developers, Instructional Designers, and Learning Designers to join our national team on an independent contractor or casual employee basis to provide eLearning Development support on specific projects.

Our projects typically vary in length from 1 to 12 weeks, so we may be able to offer flexible engagements around your other commitments and availability (including work from home, flexible days and hours).

To learn more visit our Work With Us page.