The brief
What is this course, and who is it for?
This is a showcase course by Apollo Accreditation, the UK and EU course development and accreditation consultancy, built for any staff group, 8 to 20 people per session. It shows how we design for live online training, and every activity below works in your browser.
The problem it solves
Live online training often turns into a webinar with the cameras off and attention drifting to the inbox. Interaction has to be planned every few minutes, and the trainer needs to know exactly when and how.
A minute-by-minute session plan, polls and boards built in advance, and a pack another trainer could run next month.
What learners can do afterwards
- Plan a meeting with a clear purpose and agenda
- Keep a meeting to time
- Get input from everyone, not just the loudest voices
- Finish with decisions and actions
The learners
Who takes it, and why do they finish?
- Who takes it
- Any staff group, 8 to 20 people per session
- Who usually buys it
- L&D manager, training provider or head of a professional body
- Where they take it
- Live on Teams or Zoom, from a desk
- Why they finish it
- There is something to do every few minutes, cameras on or off.
Try it
What does the engagement look like?
These are working copies of activities from the course. Nothing you enter leaves your browser.
Inside the course
What do learners see on screen?
Each activity part way through, as a learner sees it after the first choice.
Course map
How is the course structured?
Module by module, with the type of engagement in each and the time it takes.
| Module | What learners do | Engagement | Minutes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Opening, 0:00 to 0:20 | Purpose, introductions and the agenda poll | Poll, chat | 20 |
| What goes wrong, 0:20 to 1:00 | Whiteboard, short input, discussion | Whiteboard, raised hands | 40 |
| Planning a meeting, 1:15 to 2:15 | Rewrite agendas in breakout rooms, then plan a meeting | Breakouts, sequencing | 60 |
| Running the room, 2:30 to 3:15 | Keeping to time and bringing quieter people in | Role-play in breakouts | 45 |
| Close, 3:15 to 3:30 | Personal commitments and evaluation | Poll, reflection | 15 |
About 180 minutes in total. Levels 1 to 4 are our four eLearning interaction levels. To see which level fits your own module, use the eLearning level finder.
Specification
What is in the specification?
| Who takes it | Any staff group, 8 to 20 people per session |
|---|---|
| Who usually buys it | L&D manager, training provider or head of a professional body |
| Format | Live online, with a trainer guide, slides and activity pack |
| Length | 3.5 hours with two breaks |
| Interaction level | Trainer-led, built to CPD standard |
| Engagement | Live virtual classroom, Sequencing, Progress checklist |
| Assessment | Participation, a personal commitment and a session evaluation |
| Certificate | Branded completion certificate when the course runs on our platform, or your platform's own |
| Tracking | SCORM or xAPI package, with completion and scores in your learning platform |
| Accessibility | Captions, keyboard navigation and screen reader support built in |
| Languages | English in this showcase. Other languages translated and checked by a native speaker |
| Updates | After each run, using the evaluation |
How we would build it
How would you get a course like this?
The same five steps for every course, with one named person running your project.
- Free course diagnosticSend us the material you have. After a short call we send a written note on what it needs, within a few working days.
- Scope and scriptWe pair our learning designers with someone who has worked in your sector. You review and approve the script before anything is built.
- BuildBuilt in our own authoring tool, with captions and keyboard navigation included. As a guide, four to six weeks per interactive module.
- Test and changeWe test the package on your platform before you sign off. Two rounds of changes are included.
- Launch and trackCompletion and scores in your platform, or ours. Want CPD Certification later? It is already built to that standard.
Evidence
What can you track?
- Attendance and participation (polls answered, breakout contributions)
- Evaluation scores for each session and each trainer
- Commitments made, with a follow-up email after 30 days
- CPD hours recorded for each participant
Your version
Can you build this with our content?
- Your branding, your policies and examples from your own workplace
- SCORM or xAPI for your learning platform, or hosted on ours
- Captions, keyboard navigation and screen reader support as standard
- Translated versions for staff or students who work in other languages
- Built to CPD standard, so it can go forward for CPD Certification when you're ready
Adapt it
Where else does this course work?
The same design, rewritten for the people and risks of another setting:
- Induction days delivered online
- Member CPD webinars
- Train-the-trainer programmes
- Hybrid classrooms
Questions
Common questions about this course
Do you deliver the session or do we?
Either. We hand over a trainer guide, slides and activity pack so your own trainers can run it, or we can arrange delivery.
How long would it take to build a course like this?
As a guide, an interactive module takes four to six weeks from when we receive your material, and a straight conversion two to three. This course has 5 modules, so we plan it in stages, and you review each script before we build it.
Will it work on our learning platform?
Yes, in most cases. We hand courses over as SCORM or xAPI packages, which nearly every learning platform accepts, and we test the finished package on your platform before you sign off. If you don't have a platform, it can run on ours.
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