Course Development Our world-class Development Team can design custom courseware for your organization that can be administered and tracked through the Microburst Learning Management System or through your own organization’s Learning Management System.  You can choose from our library of existing courses or we can develop a specialty course to meet your specific needs.  We treat each project as unique and follow an EASY four-step course development process to best meet your specific e-Learning needs.

EASY Four-Step Course Development Process

Step One: Conduct an assessment to determine training needs, objectives, budget, and timelines.

Step Two: Gather necessary information (examples: video, digital pictures, procedures, samples, and manuals) and draft a preliminary e-Learning course without narration and media.  Once complete, we will provide the first draft for your review and modification.

Step Three: Microburst Learning is provided with approved revisions for the draft e-Learning course. Microburst Learning will make the necessary changes to the content, add media and narration if applicable, draft the final copy of the e-Learning course, and submit the final draft of the e-Learning course to you for final approval.

Step Four: Once the final copy approval for the e-Learning course is received by Microburst Learning, we can post the final e-Learning course to the Microburst Learning Management System or through your own system.

Your input and feedback is critical throughout the course development process.  Before we completely sign off that a course is complete, we conduct extensive quality testing to ensure the functionality of each course and then we deliver your anticipated product.

Instructional Design Approach

Microburst Learning can provide instructional design services, or you can supply content packages to our Instructional Designer(s) that can be converted into e-Learning courses.  Here is how we approach these two scenarios:

You Provide the Content Packages Ready for e-Learning Conversion
Microburst Learning receives all content needed for course development.  Content could include: storyboards, videos, pictures, manuals, procedures, processes, displays, graphics, logos, diagrams.  We take your content package and build a draft course for your review and feedback.   You provide all of the content and we provide the e-Learning format.

We build the content packages for you from scratch
Microburst Learning works closely with your Subject Matter Expert(s) to design the draft course, documents, storyboards, videos, diagrams, pictures, and steps to create an e-Learning course for you.  We build the content and provide the e-Learning format.

When developing course content, there are four distinct levels of interaction and three levels of instructional design that should be considered.  These various levels impact the pricing of course development.

Interaction Levels

The following interaction levels provide the Instructional Designer with an indicator as to the complexity of the project based on key components of course development.

	COMPLEXITY INDICATOR
COURSE DEVELOPMENT COMPONENTS	Read and Document Interaction	Interaction Basics	Advanced Interaction	Intense Interaction
Course Activity by Learner	Review single pages	Limited amount of interaction with lesson	Moderate amount of course interaction	Heavy amount of course interaction
Graphics	Appropriate graphics on many pages provided by client	Appropriate graphics on many pages provided by client and Microburst Learning	May include custom graphics as well as published graphics	Intense customized graphics
Narration	None	Limited sound and narration	May include heavy narration	May include intense narration
Animation and Video	May contain some animation or video provided by client; video will be a view only	May contain some animation or video provided by client; video will contain limited interaction	May contain animation or video provided by client; interaction built in for many or most of the animations or videos	May contain some animation or video provided by client and/or created by Microburst Learning
Interactivity	None	Limited	Moderate	Intense

Instructional Design Levels

	STAGES OF INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN
RESPONSIBLE PARTY	Off the Shelf	Hybrid	Turn Key
Client	Client supplies storyboards, videos, pictures, and diagrams based on already existing lessons or courses to Microburst Learning	Client supplies the course that exists in some fashion; may even be in a PowerPoint format but some customization is required	There is no course today; client supplies all materials that are needed for development; client provides internal Subject Matter Expert to work with Microburst Learning on the project
Microburst Learning	May include providing interaction feedback and suggestions; or slightly modifying off the shelf lessons	Convert content to a highly interactive e-Learning environment	Develop course from materials supplied by client (i.e., manuals, procedures, etc.); work with Subject Matter Expert to develop course

 

Course Management

As technology, regulatory requirements, and laws change, your organization’s learning needs may change. Our experts can assess and update courses based on organizational, regulatory, and technological changes.  We follow the same EASY four-step course development process outlined above.

Assessments

As the old saying goes, “We measure what we value, and we value what we measure.” When your performance attains a critical threshold of significance—whether to those you serve or to those who fund your service—documentation of results becomes vitally important.

Drawing from our decades of experience in evaluation and psychological research methodologies, we offer a wide variety of quantitative and qualitative analysis services to aid in measuring and improving end results. We can measure the level of learning that has taken place through our assessment services and tools.  For example, we can provide assessments based on your specific needs, including pre and post tests. 

Tracking

We offer a tracking and reporting system that will allow you to see if the course has been completed, obtain scores for the completed course, and know when the renewal of certifications is required.

Portal Application and Management

At Microburst Learning, our design team can create and manage customized branded e-Learning portals for your organization that contain your organization’s logo and company-specific content.  Your employees’ training results will be tracked so that you will be able to see completed courses by employee, course enrollment, and testing results, just to name a few.  These imperative tracking methods are accessible online by logging into your company-specific site.

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