{"id":325,"date":"2017-11-22T16:04:47","date_gmt":"2017-11-22T21:04:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mohammadhassam.com\/blog\/?p=325"},"modified":"2018-05-29T19:22:21","modified_gmt":"2018-05-29T19:22:21","slug":"how-long-does-it-take-to-design-one-elearning-course","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mohammadhassam.com\/blog\/2017\/11\/22\/how-long-does-it-take-to-design-one-elearning-course\/","title":{"rendered":"HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO DESIGN ONE ELEARNING COURSE?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Planning a course is one of the most controversial topics in a history of eLearning. The project completely depends on Subject Matter Experts, stakeholders, and reviewers. Nothing is finalized if you bypass any of them. Most companies have project managers sitting on top of Instructional Designers to monetize their work or set an ideal deadline about eLearning course development time without knowing the consequences. That makes Instructional Designers unhappy and miserable. Somehow, there is a need to solve this mystery and come up with something that will make not only Instructional Designers happy, but also their life much easier.<\/p>\n

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\u201cHow long does it take to design one eLearning course?\u201d I bet that this question has been asked by your immediate boss lately, and you are like \u201cI am working on it, will be done by, let\u2019s say, next week\u201d.<\/p>\n

That happens with most Instructional Designers; and the only reason for it\u00a0is that, when we are trying to estimate eLearning course development time, we don\u2019t know what turn it will take once it\u2019s reviewed by the Subject Matter Experts or the stakeholders. We need to bring all of them under one umbrella if we want our project to be completed within the timelines. It\u2019s hard to come up with something that works as an alternative, but not impossible. There are some areas we need to look that help us become more efficient:<\/p>\n

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  1. Analysis.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  2. Selecting the best authoring tool.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  3. Being persuasive.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  4. Prototype.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  5. Review cycles.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  6. Tracking.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Let us have an analytical look at each one of them:<\/p>\n

    1. Analysis.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Most of us start storyboarding without doing a proper analysis, and that causes a huge problem with our projects. It is important to be aware of the following questions before we start:<\/p>\n