12 Super Useful Cheatsheets & Job Aids

Learning & Instructional Design

Multimedia Learning Design Principles

Based on Richard Mayer’s

Multimedia Learning Design Principles from Mike Taylor

Gagne’s Nine Events of Instruction

Anyone who designs any kind of learning materials should bookmark this interactive guide to Robert Gagne’s Nine Events of Instruction created by Montse Anderson (@mlearning)

Multimedia Learning Design Resources

This collection of resources will give you a nice headstart on finding the things you need when you’re ready to start building.

Multimedia Learning Design Resources from Mike Taylor

Articulate Storyline Shortcuts

Give your work in Articulate Storyline a boost of speed with these handy keyboard shortcuts.

https://community.articulate.com/download/storyline-keyboard-shortcuts

Presentations & Design

Here are some useful presentation & design-related guides. For even more, check out this big collection of curated resources for PowerPoint and multimedia design.

10 PowerPoint Shortcuts You Should Know

10 PowerPoint Shortcuts You Should Know from LinkedIn Learning Solutions

 

Character Map for Wingding Icon Fonts

If you ever use any of the winding fonts in your designs, you’ll love having a copy of this complete map created by Bruce Gabrielle. This has been on my office wall for years!

http://speakingppt.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/wingdings-webdings-character-map-speakingppt.pdf

Canva Shortcuts

I’ve mentioned Canva as a great tool for designing just about any type of graphics you need and you’ll have them done in no time with these useful shortcuts.

https://designschool.canva.com/blog/canva-shortcuts-infographic/

General Office & Others

Top 10 Document Time-Saving Tips

No matter what job you’re in, you probably deal with documents. These time-saving tips will help you polish them off in record time.

https://1drv.ms/b/s!AmgsY2o4oVrwkV7uGyj34ii2lrQO

Google Docs Cheatsheet

https://gsuite.google.com/learning-center/products/docs/cheat-sheet/

Google Sheets

https://gsuite.google.com/learning-center/products/sheets/cheat-sheet/

Google Drive

https://gsuite.google.com/learning-center/products/drive/cheat-sheet/

Dropbox

Loads of folks regularly share files with Dropbox. This is a useful guide for those who are new to Dropbox of others you’re sharing Dropbox files with who aren’t regular users.

http://www.takecontrolbooks.com/resources/0150/TCoDropbox-CheatSheet.pdf

Thanks for stopping by. Do you have any cheatsheets posted on your wall? What are they? I’d love to know!

This is the 9th post of a 12 part series.