Animation training online

Most Institutes and organizations are still using the board (white/black) techniques to teach their students/learners. Whiteboard animation is the concept of teaching the learners digitally while maintaining engagement. This mode can be altered with some interactivities and voice-overs. Whiteboard animations can play a huge role in eLearning industry when using proper delivery methods. With an effective script and storyboarding it can also be used to create better engagement for eLearning.

I have been using eLearning development authoring tools to create self-paced / interactive eLearning material. Recently, I have learned the new technique to create learning material called whiteboard animation, which may be helpful for Instructional Designers or Content Developers to create more engaging learning material for the learners. When Instructional Designers choose methods for eLearning based on the analysis, this option also can play a great role for training delivery.

What is Whiteboard Animation?

Whiteboard animation is a process where a creative story and a storyboard with pictures are drawn on a whiteboard by artists who record themselves during the process of their artwork. This is a wiki definition, but in simple language it is just a translation of your thoughts; storyboard into animated sequential way to engage the learners. This concept can also be used in Sales and Marketing, Create Branding, Customer Awareness, Product Awareness, Fun Stories etc.

Everything is Online

We used to learn by a whiteboard when we were studying, and we have seen that this is the most common method nowadays as well. When using this concept more digitally, we can create much more engaging learning material. This can become the great pillar of today's education system. This is the MOOCs world, where we can learn everything online and get the course on mobile devices and tablets as well. Many learners benefit by this kind of online based learning. However, there are still interactions with SMEs that are required to get learners engaged with the course and the resolution of the queries. This may be replaced with whiteboard based animation with little effort, while we can also create interactivity within the whiteboard animation.

Whiteboard animations are easy to create

At first glance, whiteboard animation may seem a time-consuming activity, as we need to draw everything, even a single line or word. But this is just a myth. Whiteboard animations are much simpler to create than normal eLearning mode of media like SCORM, WBT, and CBTs. There are various software programs available to create whiteboard animations with ease. Some of the software programs I have used are:

1. VideoScribe
   VideoScribe empowers you to create your own whiteboard-style animated videos without any design or technical know-how.
2. GoAnimate
   GoAnimate allows you to produce your own professional whiteboard animation-style video using your mouse and your favorite internet browser on GoAnimate!
3. PowToon
   PowToon is another great web tool that enables you to create powerful video animations and presentations.