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25Jun/100

What is HTML5?

HTML 5 Image So what's all the fuss about HTML5? Put simply, HTML5 is the new coding standard for the internet which provides far greater support for web applications and interactions than ever before. Translation: simpler development, greater cool factor, greater connectivity, more powerful websites.

HTML5 is still quite new so some of the links you may need to view in Google Chrome in order for them to operate well, but here are some helpful presentations, tutorials, and other stuff related to HTML5.

Dive Into HTML5 - A rather succinct and well-written explanation of HTML5 and why it's so nifty. A good reference for the non-developers out there.

HTML5Rocks.com - Tutorials geared more toward the development and standards of HTML5.

Presentation: HTML5 Web Development to the Next Level - An interactive presentation that lets you play with many of the new features of HTML5. (You'll need to open this in Google Chrome to use all the interactive elements. Other browsers don't support all of the HTML5 features quite yet.)

HTML5Gallery.com - Check out a growing gallery of HTML5 websites.

Hope you find this somewhat enlightening at least. Now, if only I had a little time to delve into some of my own development.

-Dusty.

Filed under: design, tools, tutorial, web2.0, webdev No Comments

16Jun/100

How to Plan an eLearning Project

Before cruising down the road to developing an elearning lesson, it's important to answer some key questions about it. This will help you avoid pitfalls further down the road, and help match what you create with the needs and expectations of your client.

The below link takes you to a template I use to scope new projects. Whether you're a developer or a project manager, answering all the questions within it will give you a very good idea of what and how you need to complete your project. Keep in mind though that this is only an initial list of questions. You'll need to answer more questions as you proceed through your project, but I've found this to be an excellent resource when working on elearning projects. I hope you will too.

Initial Questionnaire for eLearning Development

Please feel free to take this template, redesign it, add to it, and otherwise do what you like with it. Also, if you have any comments, improvements, or additions for it, I'd love to hear about them. Always looking to improve my process.

-Dusty.

Filed under: Building a Successful L&D Business, elearning, free-stuff, howto, L&D, tools No Comments

9Jun/100

How to Make a YouTube Channel Banner

Perhaps you're like me and just spent a few hours designing a new YouTube channel page for a client, and while doing this you saw all these other channels with these clickable banners at the top. "Huh... that's weird," says you. You dig around in the different design settings on your channel page and account page, but you can't seem to find a way to create one of these banners. Well, dear friend, I have bad news. To have one of these banners on your YouTube channel page, you have to become a YouTube Partner.

To become a YouTube Partner, you must meet these minimum requirements:

You create original videos suitable for online streaming.

You own or have express permission to use and monetize all audio and video content that you upload—no exceptions.

You regularly upload videos that are viewed by thousands of YouTube users, or you publish popular or commercially successful videos in other ways (such as DVDs sold online).

"How lame is that!?" you exclaim. And indeed it is. I spent a good while looking for tutorials on creating these banners and found that the vast majority of them are outdated. Finally, I found this video which enlightened me to the sad fact that I'm not among the folks who can create one of these banners... yet.

So, no instructions this time around, but perhaps this will save you the hassle of digging for this info on your own.

Cheers,

-Dusty.

Filed under: howto, socialmedia, tutorial, video No Comments

9Jun/101