Designing a microlearning course is easy if you follow a few crucial steps. However, if you are short on time and looking for quick results, we at eNyota Learning can offer you microlearning development services at an affordable cost and within tight timelines.

Training employees is easy. And the best way to do this is by building microlearning modules to support employee training. Microlearning is short and powerful and ensures that students can follow the training quickly. It also facilitates rapid delivery and access to training at your own pace.

And so building microlearning should be as easy as consuming it. We've put together 5 points to consider when building your microlearning courses.

Here are 5 things to consider when building microlearning modules
Convert your VILT recorded sessions to micro formats
If you've completed some VILT training programs in the past and you're stuck with the recordings of those videos and you don't know what to do, don't just keep them in an unused folder on your PC. Those recordings are more valuable than you think. With a little ingenuity and updates, you can turn old VILT clips into brand new microlearning courses.

You can update any outdated parts of the recording, add some additional elements if necessary, and also fill in the missing parts. Then convert these into new microlearning modules and grant access to students. Moreover, you can also add these videos to other eLearning courses. Remember that it is always recommended to recycle old content and breathe new life into it.

Keep the micro videos to a maximum of 8-10 minutes per module
When we talk about microlearning modules, we mean 8 to 10 minute modules that students can easily use and digest. Anything longer than 10 minutes loses its effectiveness in the students as their ability to concentrate begins to hinder. Another factor to consider is segmenting highly complex topics into subtopics and determining the appropriate runtime for each segment.

Very complex topics are a bit sensitive. If you make them too short, you're gambling with leaving out important content. If you make them too long, your course may become too much for your students to consume.

Balance is the word to keep in mind when designing microlearning videos. Maintaining a balance ensures that your content is easy for students to understand and digest.

Includes assessments at each interval
Because microlearning formats work on the modular segmentation of content, it offers training and development experts the amazing opportunity to add assessments at the end of each module if desired. These assessments should reinforce what students are being taught and ensure they are ready to move on to the next topic.

Testing your learning process is important. Additionally, depending on the type of learning management system you use, you can set a completion policy that ensures that students can only progress if they successfully complete the assessments. You can also build learning paths that allow students to test their knowledge during specific training intervals. It's a great way to ensure that students don't skip any modules in their attempt to complete the namesake training.

Add practice files and resources as needed
Some software applications are extensive. Students need regular training and hands-on practice to master such software. Additional practice files help train such extensive software. These additional training files should be similar or along the same lines as the examples shown within the course. Students then replicate what is shown in the modules.

This is a common practice when training employees in software applications, data science, market assessment, and business analyst courses. These are used as practice assessment files and can be downloaded based on the type of learning management system you are using.

Determine what stays and what goes
Microlearning means short information or content snippets. To achieve this, you must make the difficult decision to omit certain pieces of content and leave the rest. We always say that “microlearning is not about what you decide to keep, but about what you decide to leave out.” You see, deleting bits of information isn't as easy as you might think. It's quite difficult. As a content creator, you may feel like everything you put out there is important to students. But that's not how microlearning works.

Microlearning is a very streamlined form of training. Do it right by including only the most important topics. These bits should contain all the information needed to successfully complete the module without confusing students.

Clear, concise, crisp: three words to keep in mind when working on a microlearning project.

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