Scope an e-learning project using an instructional design process such as ADDIE with realistic milestones.
Project Management
Managing E-Learning Content Development Projects
Manage e-learning development from instructional design to launch: plan storyboarding and SME review cycles, coordinate production and localisation, and maintain content after release.
🗓️Duration5 training days
📚Content4 modules · 8 sessions
🎓On completionAccredited attendance certificate
About the programme
Course Overview
E-learning projects run into trouble at a predictable point: the handoff between people who know the subject and people who know how to design a course, repeated across dozens of review cycles until nobody is sure which version is current. This course manages that handoff as a structured project. Participants learn to scope a course using an instructional design process such as ADDIE, plan storyboards that separate content, interaction and assessment decisions, and run subject matter expert review cycles with version control so feedback converges instead of restarting the design. Sessions cover production planning across rapid authoring tools, voiceover and video, coordinating localisation for multiple languages without starting translation before content is stable, and applying accessibility standards so courses work for learners using assistive technology. The course also addresses technical launch: packaging content to SCORM or xAPI standards, testing within the learning management system before release, and using learning analytics and completion data to plan content maintenance rather than letting courses go stale. Case material spans compliance, onboarding and skills training content. Participants finish able to plan and run an e-learning development project from scoping through launch, and manage the ongoing maintenance of content once learners are using it.
Expected Learning Outcomes
Plan storyboards that separate content, interaction and assessment decisions before production begins.
Run subject matter expert review cycles with version control so feedback converges on a final script.
Plan production across rapid authoring, voiceover and video work against a realistic development timeline.
Coordinate localisation into multiple languages without starting translation on unstable content.
Apply accessibility standards so course navigation, media and assessments work with assistive technology.
Package and test content for SCORM or xAPI compliance and plan maintenance using learning analytics.
Who Should Attend
Learning and development project managers running e-learning production
Instructional designers scoping and storyboarding digital learning content
Subject matter experts contributing content to e-learning courses
LMS administrators coordinating content packaging, testing and launch
Localisation coordinators managing multi-language e-learning rollouts
Compliance and training managers commissioning mandatory e-learning content
Course Modules
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01Scoping and Instructional Design Planning
2 sessions · 8 points
Session 1Scoping the E-Learning Project
- Define learning objectives and target audience before selecting a course format or length.
- Apply an instructional design process such as ADDIE to structure analysis, design and development phases.
- Estimate development effort per finished minute of content based on interactivity and media complexity.
- Agree a project plan with milestones for design, SME review, production, testing and launch.
Session 2Planning Storyboards and Content Structure
- Structure a storyboard template that separates narration, on-screen text, interaction and assessment.
- Sequence content to build on prior knowledge rather than mirroring the order of source material.
- Design formative assessment points that check understanding before learners move to new content.
- Review storyboard drafts for instructional soundness before subject matter expert content review.
02Storyboarding, Development and SME Collaboration
2 sessions · 8 points
Session 1Running Subject Matter Expert Review Cycles
- Set a fixed number of SME review rounds with a clear process for consolidating conflicting feedback.
- Apply version control to storyboards and scripts so contributors always review the current draft.
- Distinguish factual accuracy feedback from stylistic preference when triaging SME comments.
- Close out SME review with a signed-off script before moving into full production.
Session 2Production Planning and Coordination
- Sequence rapid authoring, voiceover recording and video production against the development timeline.
- Coordinate freelance or vendor contributors, such as narrators or animators, against fixed milestones.
- Track asset versions so audio, video and on-screen text remain aligned through revisions.
- Build in review checkpoints during production to catch issues before full course assembly.
03Production, Localisation and Accessibility
2 sessions · 8 points
Session 1Managing Localisation
- Freeze source content before releasing it for translation to avoid duplicated localisation work.
- Plan localisation timelines and vendor coordination across the required target languages.
- Adapt examples, imagery and idiom for cultural relevance rather than direct translation alone.
- Test localised builds for text expansion, layout and audio synchronisation issues before release.
Session 2Designing for Accessibility
- Apply accessibility standards to navigation, colour contrast and keyboard operability.
- Provide captions, transcripts and alternative text for video, audio and image-based content.
- Test course navigation and assessments with assistive technology before launch.
- Document accessibility conformance for procurement or compliance reporting requirements.
04Testing, Launch and Content Lifecycle Management
2 sessions · 8 points
Session 1Technical Testing and Launch
- Package content to SCORM or xAPI standards appropriate to the target learning management system.
- Test tracking, completion and scoring data within the learning management system before release.
- Run a pilot launch with a small learner group to catch usability issues before full rollout.
- Plan a launch communication and rollout schedule aligned with business or compliance deadlines.
Session 2Maintaining Content After Launch
- Review learning analytics, including completion and assessment data, to identify weak content sections.
- Schedule content reviews aligned with policy, regulatory or product changes that affect accuracy.
- Maintain a version history so outdated content can be identified and retired systematically.
- Feed learner feedback and support queries into the backlog for the next content revision.
What the participant receives
4 course modules
A structured syllabus
8 training sessions
across 5 days
32 detailed points
Applied, detailed content
Accredited attendance certificate
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