eLearning Content Development ELearning Content Process 3 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which phase of ADDIE involves selecting media, writing scripts, and creating the actual course assets?
- Analysis
- Design
- Development (Correct answer)
- Evaluation
Correct answer: Development
Development is where storyboards and designs are turned into built assets.
Question 2: A pilot test with a small learner group reveals confusing navigation. When should this ideally be addressed?
- After full rollout
- During the implementation/pilot phase before broad release (Correct answer)
- Never, since it's minor
- Only if learners complain post-launch
Correct answer: During the implementation/pilot phase before broad release
Pilot testing exists to catch issues like navigation before wide deployment.
Question 3: What does formative evaluation focus on during content development?
- Measuring ROI after launch
- Improving the course while it is still being developed (Correct answer)
- Calculating final exam pass rates
- Archiving the course
Correct answer: Improving the course while it is still being developed
Formative evaluation gathers feedback to refine the course during development.
Question 4: Which practice best supports reusing content across multiple courses?
- Hard-coding text into each slide
- Building modular, self-contained learning objects (Correct answer)
- Avoiding any templates
- Storing all content in a single locked file
Correct answer: Building modular, self-contained learning objects
Modular learning objects can be reused and recombined across courses.
Question 5: Before development begins, why is stakeholder sign-off on the storyboard recommended?
- It locks the LMS configuration
- It confirms scope and reduces costly mid-build changes (Correct answer)
- It replaces the need for SME review
- It finalizes learner scores
Correct answer: It confirms scope and reduces costly mid-build changes
Sign-off aligns expectations and minimizes expensive revisions during the build.
Question 6: What is the main role of a quality assurance (QA) pass before publishing?
- Generate new objectives
- Verify functionality, links, media, and tracking work correctly (Correct answer)
- Recruit SMEs
- Set the course price
Correct answer: Verify functionality, links, media, and tracking work correctly
QA confirms the course functions correctly across navigation, media, and tracking.
Question 7: When converting instructor-led content to eLearning, what is a critical early consideration?
- Keeping the exact same length
- Redesigning interactions for self-paced, independent learning (Correct answer)
- Removing all assessments
- Using only text screens
Correct answer: Redesigning interactions for self-paced, independent learning
Self-paced learners need interactions and structure that replace the live facilitator.
eLearning Content Development ELearning Content Process 3
Which phase of ADDIE involves selecting media, writing scripts, and creating the actual course assets?