Short Simulation

Give your learners an environment to learn or practice skills with a simulation that resembles real-world scenarios. Let us help you create a short simulation that brings your eLearning to life.

Why create short simulations for your eLearning?

There’s no better time to learn than by doing! A simulation allows learners to apply knowledge, reduce anxiety, and improve measurable outcomes by letting learners practice real-world scenarios in an environment that doesn’t risk expensive resources. Your simulation also delivers immediate feedback on the learners’ performance, leading to further benefits. Examples where creating a short simulation can enhance the effectiveness of  your eLearning include:

  • Technology-based simulations to help your learners familiarize themselves with software, tools, machinery, or devices they need for work
  • Role-based simulations that mimic real-world interactions with customers, vendors, partners, other employees, or the general public
  • Map-based simulations allow your learners to become familiar with the environment they will be working in
  • Process-based simulations that guide your learners through your organization’s preferred way of handling a situation or workflow
  • When your training material is complex, it allows your learners to practice repeatedly with low-cost and low-overhead

How we can help you

As part of your short simulation project with us, we help you by:

  • Identifying and mapping relevant learning outcomes from the materials you supply
  • Organizing the training narrative to ensure your eLearning simulation flows in a logical order
  • Forming the story arc, decision interactions, immediate feedback, and branching mechanisms that guide your learners through your short simulation
  •  Creating an environment that immerses your learners in the simulation, combining your brand with images, animation, video, and audio
  • Providing you with a published course that you can upload to your LMS to track enrollments and completions
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How short simulation projects work

We guide your short simulation project from start to finish:

You’ll provide your subject matter training materials, including documentation, resources, existing content, corporate branding, and desired design and interactivity levels.

Next, we’ll collaborate to understand your preferences for stock image styles and the key learning outcomes you want your learners to achieve through eLearning.

We’ll conduct a one-hour interview with your subject matter expert to review your content and map out learners' decision-making outcomes, completing the decision tree for your simulation.

Our instructional design team will develop and present a detailed storyboard of your course for your review and approval.

We’ll then create a course design, which you can reuse for future projects, and send it to you for approval.

Once approved, we’ll build your eLearning course in your requested format, typically using Articulate Rise or Storyline.

Finally, you’ll provide feedback for any revisions, and we’ll deliver your finalized eLearning course files ready for implementation.

Costs and deliverables you can expect for short simulations

The estimates listed below are based on a short 10-minute simulation
eLearning Levels
What's Included
Price Ranges
Level 1

We create your course with Articulate Storyline, including

  • Title, introduction, and conclusion slides
  • Up to 6 steps requiring a learner decision that builds within the scenario story, including setting the scene, customized feedback, and next actions for all decisions
  • Up to 4 slides for learners to explore more information and contextual knowledge or get support from a “coach” or course narrator

$7,500–$10,000

Level 2

We create your course with Articulate Storyline, including

  • Title, introduction, and conclusion slides
  • TTS (text-to-speech) narration
  • Up to 10 steps requiring a learner decision that builds within the scenario story, including setting the scene, customized feedback, and next actions for all decisions
  • Up to 6 slides for learners to explore more information and contextual knowledge or get support from a “coach” or course narrator

$18,500–$20,250

Level 3

We build a fully custom experience with Articulate Storyline that may include:

  • Custom animations created using specialty tools
  • Branched scenarios and intricate navigation to optimize the learning experience
  • Gamification elements
  • Custom graphics for animations, 360-degree image interactions, 3D experiences, illustrations, etc.
  • Enhanced video editing with detailed, animated graphics
  • And more

Let’s discuss your needs

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If you want to add a short simulation to your eLearning, we can help!

Let us know the details of your project by requesting a free Custom Learning quote (we’ll respond within three business hours).

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