I’m not a fan of animated bullet points – but using images other than traditional bullet points can enhance memory retention if used sparingly and appropriately.

Green tick / red cross bullet points are a classic example of how Western learners are more likely to retain information.

And using bullet points to enhance branding, won’t distract from memory either. It used appropriately, it just makes your desing look more slick.

I think it’s always important to remember that these posts are about encouraging us to ‘think outside the box’.

Good point about design choices and where designers put there time. I think bullets have their place and can surely be effective devices for arranging content, especially for read only e-learning.

What would you say to new designers working with a learning model that requires learning objectives for each module? Can you share some creative ways you’ve approached objectives?

I probably wouldn’t animate them like you describe in the last example but it’s great to see examples.

Denise

On point 3, animating bullet points sounds like a good idea, but it doesn’t actually engage users. In fact, it may even annoy people if it’s done over and over again.

Your time would be better spent turning the bullet points into illustrations or photos, and then list your text under each photo. Try to enhance the learning instead of distract from it.

I know I hate reading bullet points. Try to replace or supplement them with images, interactions, tasks, etc. I think this will make it more interesting for the learner instead of trendy wiz-bang effects.

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