Instructional design consulting for engaging online courses
Instructional Design Consulting
Curriculum Development
Outline & Content Audit
Storyboarding
Course Design
Engagement
SME Interviews
Instructional Design Consulting
From Boring to Exciting!
There’s nothing worse than watching someone teach in front of a whiteboard or a slow moving PowerPoint for two hours. Yawn!
Engaging Design
The URL dr is an instructional design company that can take your subject matter experts and academics’ jargon-filled technical documents and turn them into an easy-to-understand course with pizzazz. It’s all about telling a story and getting the learner engaged in the content.
A Variety of Elements
We’ll present your course with animation, video, quizzes, interactive elements, games, and downloads. We make learning new material fun and engaging in a mobile environment that can be consumed on-the-go or at the office.
Authoring Tools
Our team of instructional design consultants utilize a number of authoring tools to create the interactive courses that we design for clients. We’ll discuss the options with you, and help you make the best choice based on your overall goals for the course and your organization.
Articulate Rise 360
If we’re using an authoring tool like Articulate Rise 360, your online course can be designed with interactive images, sorting activities, flashcards, matching games, fill-in-the blank questions, and multiple choice quizzes. Rise files are SCORM and TINCAN compliant. We also utilize animation as a cost-effective and engaging way to add moving visuals to your course with the animation tool Vyond.
Authoring Tools: Articulate Storyline
One of the many benefits of using Storyline in corporate instructional design, is the high level of custom programming it allows. Storyline is capable of enhanced engagement, simulations, gamification, and scenario-based learning.
Voice Overs
Storyline features the ability to add voice overs and audio throughout courses. Audio can be set to automatically start playing when a learner advances to the next screen.
Importing Storyline Blocks into Rise 360
To get the best of both worlds, Storyline elements can be imported into Rise 360. This allows the custom programming functionality of Storyline with the clean, scrolling design of Rise.
Corporate Instructional Design Case Studies
McKissock Learning, a division of Colibri Group, had text-based content that needed a little “pizzazz!”
Animation to Enhance Learning
After reviewing and analyzing the learning approach, audience, LMS system, and the instructional materials that existed, The URL dr’s team of instructional design consultants, developed a new online learning course that incorporated animation and storytelling with a real estate theme that truly spoke to the students.
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"Can I lend a hand?"
Developing custom e-learning solutions with Articulate Storyline and Rise 360 allow our creativity to come shining through. Our e-learning course development services have been used by both Fortune 500s and small business. Unlike many custom e-learning development companies, 100% of our work is produced here in the US. Our instructional designers will help bring your course to life. Let’s talk about how we can work together.
We’ll make your course look fabulous!
Have questions about a Project?
E-learning and video projects can be quite involved, with a lot of moving pieces. If you’re new to the world of e-learning, or even if you’ve been in the space for years. We’re happy to provide you with answers. Check out or FAQ’s page, chat with us, or email us at help@theurldr.us.
LMS systems to serve your courses
Learning management systems (LMS) will make or break your online learning experience for your audience. Don’t let a bad LMS system ruin a fabulous course. Our LMS consulting services can help you choose, setup, and manage your system.
In need of other e-learning services?
Off-the-shelf Courses
Our micro learning library has 700 titles that you can purchase for your SCORM compatible LMS.
Articulate Rise
Rise gives your course the professional image and interactive capabilities to make learning fun and memorable.
Explainer Video
When you need how-to videos that walk learners through a series of steps or a software app.
