Off-the-shelf courses can be a good start to meeting basic training needs, but there are topics where you need more impact, more clarity, more behavior change, more retention, more about how you do things, just…more. That requires a custom solution. Luckily, custom solutions don’t necessarily require starting from scratch. Here are 5 ways to extend the usefulness of off-the-shelf courses and transcend their limitations by adapting them into custom eLearning solutions.
TIP:You don’t have to edit the off-the-shelf course itself. In fact, you likely don’t own the rights or the source files necessary to do so. Instead, you can incorporate off-the-shelf modules into blended custom learning solutions to achieve all your objectives. As you incorporate your off-the-shelf course into your new blended design, you are going to design it, not just start building new elements willy nilly, right? Here are 5 points to focus on for maximum impact: 1. Give Context