Interactive DVD has taken now training video production into the area of multimedia programming, where any video studio can now look as good as Hollywood.
Interactive DVD has taken now training video production into the area of multimedia programming, where any video studio can now look as good as Hollywood.
As before, this isn't an interactive DVD programming tutorial, but there are useful pointers on how interactivity helps training videos meet training objectives.
Let's start by restating: Interactive DVD software will allow you to make training DVDs that look and feel as professional as anything from Hollywood.
This means that with a little practice, and some design assistance, you can produce top notch DVDs.
The first option is menu-driven modules.
Many training video productions benefit from being produced as a series of short modules, perhaps with an additional Play All option.
Even if you're new to it, learning to programme in a menu isn't too difficult with software like Adobe Encore.
If you're short on graphics ability in-house, find a local web designer who can quickly develop a tidy design for you, without you having to spend too much money outsourcing.
Before long you could be mastering great looking menus that elevate your training productions, and make them more useful to your clients and their workforce audiences.
Another option is using interactive quizzes to validate the training, the learning received.
The simplest way to do this is to have a menu option The Quiz, or similar.
The viewer can navigate through a series of multiple choice questions that cover the key training messages. Correct answers take you forward, while Incorrect answers can either:
> Display the correct answer/choice
> Take you back to the specific training module where that information was first learned.
What interactive training DVD can't do is remember scores, or write results to a database.
DVD players don't have the brain for it, though I've heard of (but not used) software that is supposed to extend functionality by making use of the RAM in the DVD player.
Generally interactive quizzes are suited to one-on-one training, or groups of trainees in remote locations (shops & stores, other plants) using a paper based workbook, with manual entry follow up.
While this doesn't have the bells and whistles of a professional e-learning system, it does look impressive in the classroom, and ensures the learning is delivered as a complete all in one package.
One client I know even has three different versions of his quizzes so trainees don't all get to learn the answers in advance.
The point is that interactive training DVD will maximise the value of any training video production. So use it.
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