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... 38 A P P E N D I X A NHI Instructional Design Standards
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... NHI Instructional Design Standards 39 December 2012 Version 2.1 National Highway Institute Web-based Standards Guide (WBT)
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... 40 Transit Technical Training, Volume 1: Guide to Applying Best Practices and Sharing Resources 1. Introduction I
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... NHI Instructional Design Standards 41 1.2.2. Hosting All NHI WBT courseware resides on the FHWA server at https://connectdot.connectsolutions.
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... 42 Transit Technical Training, Volume 1: Guide to Applying Best Practices and Sharing Resources V
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... NHI Instructional Design Standards 43 • Course goal(s) • Course learning outcomes (terminal learning objectives, required; enabling objectives, optional)
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... 44 Transit Technical Training, Volume 1: Guide to Applying Best Practices and Sharing Resources Storyboards are delivered as unpublished content, typically as a PowerPoint file. The developer should confirm with the NHI TPM that this is the preferred delivery method for this deliverable.
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... NHI Instructional Design Standards 45 General style and standards guidance on the development of PowerPoint slides exists in the NHI Style and General Standards Guide. Developer Note For adaptive technology to work correctly, thetraining content must appear in the proper sequence in the Outline View and be added to the slide using placeholders.
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... 46 Transit Technical Training, Volume 1: Guide to Applying Best Practices and Sharing Resources – Otherwise, place linked slides directly after the slide that references it so that a user navigating with only the keyboard can access the information in a logical way. – Document external links in the outline and include the link description in the narration.
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... NHI Instructional Design Standards 47 For each module, utilize the most suitable medium to support and reinforce the subject material or interactive components. Media include computer graphics, photographs, video, animation, and graphs or tables.
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... 48 Transit Technical Training, Volume 1: Guide to Applying Best Practices and Sharing Resources It may be appropriate to design modules within the same course for different levels of interactivity. Level of Interactivity Description Level I -- Passive The learner acts solely as a receiver of information.
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... NHI Instructional Design Standards 49 Other testing types, including performance testing (skill demonstrations) and critical thinking (case studies)
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... 50 Transit Technical Training, Volume 1: Guide to Applying Best Practices and Sharing Resources 3. Select the Reporting tab.
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... NHI Instructional Design Standards 51 5. Select the Default Labels tab.
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... 52 Transit Technical Training, Volume 1: Guide to Applying Best Practices and Sharing Resources See below for an example of a Knowledge Check with generic feedback.
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... NHI Instructional Design Standards 53 11. Select Apply formatting to all existing quizzes.
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... 54 Transit Technical Training, Volume 1: Guide to Applying Best Practices and Sharing Resources 12. Select the Quizzes tab.
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... NHI Instructional Design Standards 55 17. Apply the following to Settings.
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... 56 Transit Technical Training, Volume 1: Guide to Applying Best Practices and Sharing Resources 18. Select the Question Review Messages .
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... NHI Instructional Design Standards 57 25. Select the OK button to close the Quiz window and return to the Quiz Manager window.
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... 58 Transit Technical Training, Volume 1: Guide to Applying Best Practices and Sharing Resources 2. Select the Quiz to which you are adding a question.
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... NHI Instructional Design Standards 59 5. Select the Question tab.
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... 60 Transit Technical Training, Volume 1: Guide to Applying Best Practices and Sharing Resources 12. Select the Options tab.
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... NHI Instructional Design Standards 61 16. Select the Reporting tab and deselect Report answers.
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... 62 Transit Technical Training, Volume 1: Guide to Applying Best Practices and Sharing Resources Apply the following guidance when creating debrief slides. • Insert a debrief slide after every Knowledge Check.
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... NHI Instructional Design Standards 63 8.4. Standards for End-of-Course Assessments Create the end-of-course assessment using the Adobe Presenter Quiz Manager.
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... 64 Transit Technical Training, Volume 1: Guide to Applying Best Practices and Sharing Resources 2. In the Quiz Manager window, select the Output Options tab.
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... NHI Instructional Design Standards 65 3. In the Quiz Manager window, select the Reporting tab.
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... 66 Transit Technical Training, Volume 1: Guide to Applying Best Practices and Sharing Resources 5. In the Quiz Manager window, select the Default Labels tab.
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... NHI Instructional Design Standards 67 8. In the Quiz Manager window, select the Appearance tab.
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... 68 Transit Technical Training, Volume 1: Guide to Applying Best Practices and Sharing Resources 12. In the Quiz Manager window, select the Quizzes tab.
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... NHI Instructional Design Standards 69 16. Select "Required – the user must take the quiz to continue" from the Required dropdown.
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... 70 Transit Technical Training, Volume 1: Guide to Applying Best Practices and Sharing Resources 18. Select Quiz Result Messages button in Settings.
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... NHI Instructional Design Standards 71 23. Set "70" % or more of total score to pass under Pass/Fail Options.
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... 72 Transit Technical Training, Volume 1: Guide to Applying Best Practices and Sharing Resources 2. Select the Quiz to which you are adding a question.
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... NHI Instructional Design Standards 73 5. Select the Question tab.
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... 74 Transit Technical Training, Volume 1: Guide to Applying Best Practices and Sharing Resources 12. Select the Options tab.
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... NHI Instructional Design Standards 75 Select the Reporting tab and select Report answers.
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... 76 Transit Technical Training, Volume 1: Guide to Applying Best Practices and Sharing Resources An example of directions to participants for accessing the course evaluation follows. Developer Note NHI manages the collection and analysis of course evaluation data.
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... NHI Instructional Design Standards 77 9.1.1. Presentation Settings 1.
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... 78 Transit Technical Training, Volume 1: Guide to Applying Best Practices and Sharing Resources 4. Select the Playback subheading.
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... NHI Instructional Design Standards 79 7. Select the Quality subheading.
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... 80 Transit Technical Training, Volume 1: Guide to Applying Best Practices and Sharing Resources 9. Select the Attachments subheading.
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... NHI Instructional Design Standards 81 3. Select the Servers subheading under Application heading.
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... 82 Transit Technical Training, Volume 1: Guide to Applying Best Practices and Sharing Resources 9. Select the Preview subheading under Application heading.
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... NHI Instructional Design Standards 83 2. Select the Save as .
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... 84 Transit Technical Training, Volume 1: Guide to Applying Best Practices and Sharing Resources 11. Deselect Use PowerPoint Theme Colors.
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... NHI Instructional Design Standards 85 17. Select the OK button to return to the Theme Editor window after adjusting each color setting.
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... 86 Transit Technical Training, Volume 1: Guide to Applying Best Practices and Sharing Resources 9.3. Slide Manager Settings Before publishing the PowerPoint file, modify the Slide Manager settings as follows.
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... NHI Instructional Design Standards 87 3. Select the Edit button.
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... 88 Transit Technical Training, Volume 1: Guide to Applying Best Practices and Sharing Resources 9.4. Publishing Content to the FHWA Adobe Server It is possible to publish courseware locally (your desktop)
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... NHI Instructional Design Standards 89 5. Select the Add button to open the Edit Server window.
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... 90 Transit Technical Training, Volume 1: Guide to Applying Best Practices and Sharing Resources 13. Select the Publish button.
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... NHI Instructional Design Standards 91 Developer Note You are only able to publish content to your assigned folder in "User Content" on the NHI server.
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... 92 Transit Technical Training, Volume 1: Guide to Applying Best Practices and Sharing Resources 16. Enter the content title in the Title field using the NHI file naming conventions below.
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... NHI Instructional Design Standards 93 17. Enter a custom URL in the Custom URL field using the NHI file naming conventions cited in the previous table.
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... 94 Transit Technical Training, Volume 1: Guide to Applying Best Practices and Sharing Resources 20. Select "Allow public viewing." The setting is saved automatically.
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... NHI Instructional Design Standards 95 If content has been published previously, this message will display.
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... 96 Transit Technical Training, Volume 1: Guide to Applying Best Practices and Sharing Resources 9.4.2. Delete Content 1.
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... NHI Instructional Design Standards 97 9.4.3. Add Ancillary Files Ancillary files are course content uploaded to the server without publishing.
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... 98 Transit Technical Training, Volume 1: Guide to Applying Best Practices and Sharing Resources Content Type Title Custom URL Content Module NHI-141045 Module A n141045moduleA Resources NHI-141045 Resources n141045resources Glossary NHI-141045 Glossary n141045glossary End-of-Course Exam NHI-141045 Exam n141045exam Table 4. NHI Adobe Content File Naming Conventions.
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... NHI Instructional Design Standards 99 13. Select the Customize button.
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... 100 Transit Technical Training, Volume 1: Guide to Applying Best Practices and Sharing Resources 10. Standards for Deliverables 10.1.
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... NHI Instructional Design Standards 101 • NHI currently accepts Microsoft Office 2010 versions. • Documents should not be delivered in read-only, presentation-only, or password-protected format.
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... 102 Transit Technical Training, Volume 1: Guide to Applying Best Practices and Sharing Resources Following are two examples of file names using the convention Course Number_Type_Pub # _Date_Desc. – 130053_PW_09-116_0512.PDF – 141031_EX_0712_TestA.DOC (where no publication number is assigned)

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