Horton e-learning templates

This collection of templates is designed to help you get started creating courses of your own. The template browser itself is a course frameset with all the necessary supporting files and navigation links already in place. Simply add your own content and remove the templates you do not need. With a basic knowledge of HTML and some JavaScript, you are well on your way to creating an e-learning course.

Used throughout William Horton's book Designing Web-Based Training, these templates provide a sturdy home for the lessons and other learning materials of a course. Organized as a working model of a standalone course, these templates supply the framework or "shell" into which designers can add their unique content.

There are templates for common kinds of content pages as well as a course announcement, learner registration, technical support, roster, glossary, policies, and many, many more—over 65 different templates. Read more about...

Advantages
How to use the templates
What's included
Skills you need
System requirements
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Advantages

These templates let designers focus their creativity on unique content and interactivity, not on building the structure and handling administrative details. They also:

Reduce the time, effort, and cost required to get a course up and running.
Do not require a learning management system.
Can be edited with any HTML editor such as Dreamweaver or FrontPage.
Work in Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator.
Ensure visual and navigational consistency.
Focus efforts on creative learning solutions.
Ensure a complete structure for a course.

How to use the templates

Along with the templates, you get an Adobe PDF document containing detailed instructions on how to get started using the templates for your own courses.
In addition, within each of the main template categories, you will find an instruction page that provides tips on how to modify the templates for your own use. Most of these templates can be easily modified with programs such as Macromedia's Dreamweaver, Adobe's GoLive!, Microsoft's FrontPage. A number of templates (those that submit data to a server, the technical support cluster, and the Extra templates) require knowledge of HTML and JavaScript in order to modify.

What's included

The package includes over 65 templates.

Special purpose pages for introductions, examples, feedback, and summaries.
Generic pages with complex formatting and embedded media. Each page contains placeholders for content, narration, and navigation.
Guides and policies for collaboration, live events, and sending messages.
Technical support pages, including plug-in tests, setup tests, and connection speed tests.
Special template clusters for a catalog and virtual museum.
Design specifications in PDF format for typography, color, and layout.
Photoshop and GIF files for buttons and other interactive elements.
Flash 5 file for creating customized narration buttons.

Skills you need

To use these templates you need to be able to read and edit HTML code. Detailed instructions accompany the templates. Please read them to ensure you have the necessary skills to modify the templates for your own use.

System requirements

Most of the examples run fine in just a 4.0 browser on Windows or Macintosh operating systems. Many use JavaScript. A few require plug-ins. Exceptions are noted on the page describing the individual examples. Here are the minimal and ideal setups for using these templates.

Minimal setup

Ideal setup

Browser

Internet Explorer 4.02 or later.
Netscape Navigator 4.05 or later.

Latest version of Internet Explorer.

Display

800- by 600-pixel screen, displaying 16-bit color (thousands of colors).

1024- by 768-pixel screen, displaying 24-bit color (millions of colors).

Browser settings

JavaScript and Cookies enabled.

Add ons

You can view almost all the content without any plug-ins. However, you will not be able to view the few examples of dynamic media or hear any of the narration files.

Flash Player
Windows Media Player
Verdana font

Preview the templates

Length: 66 templates, plus empty course shell
File format: HTML Web pages (packaged as a ZIP file for download)
Size: 7 MB
Price: $55.00 (5-seat license $150.00)

All sales are final. Refunds are not available. Before you buy, please preview the templates (The content is identical to the "for sale" version.), read the instructions, and make sure you agree with the End User License Agreement.

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