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Instructional Designing Course Syllabus
1. Instructional Designing Concept
2. Instructional System Designing
• ADDIE model
• Rapid Prototype Model
3. Instructional Theories
4. E-learning
• Technology
• Levels of e-learning
• LMS/LCMS
5. ID Standards
• SCORM
• AICC
6. ID Contents Framing
• Organize
• Storyboarding
• Incorporate Text and images
• Audio
• Video
• Animations
• Quiz or Test
7. Story Boards
8. ID Types and Modes
• CBT
• WBT
• Streaming
• Prototyping
• Simulations
• Demonstrations
• Video Tutorials
• Tests and Quiz
9.

“Could you please tell us about yourself?” This is a question that opens almost every interview. Unfortunately, many candidates fall at the first hurdle, stumped by this deceptively simple, yet surprisingly difficult to answer question. It can seem like a very ambiguous question to pose to a candidate at the beginning of an interview, but from the interviewer’s point of view, it is a simple ice breaker that will allow him to get to know the candidate better, refreshing in his mind the unique skills and selling points that he has to offer without having to re-read the resume all over again.

1. Forgetting the connection between quality and credibility.
• Quality in presentation reflects upon the material’s credibility. Examples – formal
report submitted on recycled paper (poor quality), proposals or documents with
misspellings, etc.
2. Treating email casually.
• Sign, proofread, do not use ALL CAPs, etc.
3. Misgauging your audience’s comprehension level.
• Understand your audience, non-engineers and non-scientists may not comprehend
your technical language. Different disciplines use different technical language.
4.

1. Know your audience.
2. Keep it simple.
3 Make it available online.
4. Be consistent.
5. Have somebody else read it to see if it makes sense.
6. Proof everything (at least once).
7. Include an index.
8. Use graphics wisely
9. Get it done on time.
10. Create a schedule.

1. Know your audience.
This is Rule Number One of technical writing.