Them "Who makes all this (training materials)?" Me "Me. I get graphic design help with images, and layout for printing, but I design every part of our courses." Them "how do you do that?" Me "do what?" Them "make it so clean." Me "Oh, lol. An obsession with detail and a deep care for the people teaching & taking our courses."
The images show a snapshot of the student manual with answers shown, and the corresponding slide with answers shown. Pros
- The slide shows where we are in the student manual.
- The answers are shown in a contrasting colour.
- The answers are NOT shown at the start of the lesson. A HUGE part of the course is based on students thinking, problem solving, interacting and creating/discovering answers rather than just 'see' the answers.
- The slides have consistency to show a cohesive course, yet not (intended to) overshadow the lesson for each slide.
- The title slide from the slidedeck matches the cover of the student manual.
Cons
- The footer on the slide is not vertically centered. There's too little distance between the top of the words and the bottom of the yellow area.
- The branding from the slide to the student manual doesn't match. We're amidst version 3.3 rollout for branding across all materials. The slide is closest to what the new branding will look/feel like.
What might look like a clean/simple product likely took WAY longer than most people would think. Like, embarassingly long. Some example: a. It took about 25-40 hours to determine font style & spacing for our materials. These are hours of dedicated focus. lol.
b. The image used for the Fall Protection Limited course took about 2 hours to find, then get background added... only to realize we need something different now. The courses need to have a visual depiction of the topic + an actual human being. We're trying to get across the idea that human beings are the priority. Equipment on its' own isn't anything.
c. The use of construction scaffolding in the background of the book cover and slide are meant to be sublte, and lend a sense of progress, organization and purpose to the course. But not be so obvious that it takes away or distracts from the material.
d. The animations in slides are non existent. Content just fades IN or fades OUT. The fade is sublte, yet not tacky. Lastly, any feedback is always welcome. We don't see any part of our work as "perfect", or "done". Haland Learning