Developing effective eLearning through the tools

Storyboarding: An understanding with client through a storyboard and then when you know what you need to produce, use the eLearning tools to do so.

Instructional designing, visual design and creativity skills: To really shine at eLearning, the key is to ensure that your instructional design is solid first. A module with 100 bells and whistles is of little value if it doesn't produce the result the client wants it to.

Tools: There are tools are like Articulate, Captivate and Storyline equipped with enough built-in functionality where you don't really need to do any additional scripting.

Mastering triggers, layers etc: Focus on using the tools to their fullest and achieve mastering triggers, layers etc to make you e-learning course effective.

Java scripting: It makes you efficient when you use it to create some neat things. It is like the icing on the cake.

Out-of-the-box functionality: An out-of-the-box functionality is generally all that required to make the course beautiful and presentable.