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DeepBrain AI
DeepBrain AI
Generate avatar videos from text. This tool lets you adjust the gestures for the presentation, as well as generating scripts from links or PowerPoint presentations. These videos definitely hit the uncanny valley and are clearly AI. Plus, how useful are talking head videos even when it's a real person, let alone an AI talking head? However, the free test might be worthwhile if you're interested in experimenting with these sorts of AI video avatars.
·deepbrain.io·
DeepBrain AI
How long does it take to build a WordPress site? - White Canvas
How long does it take to build a WordPress site? - White Canvas
How long does it take to build a website? The answer is like asking for elearning--it depends on a lot of different variables. This article has some benchmarks based on different factors. In the UC-Irvine elearning portfolio course that I co-teach, we offer choices of different platforms. This article may help people understand what they're getting into if they choose WordPress. I still prefer WordPress myself, but it's definitely overkill for a lot of elearning portfolios.
·wcanvas.com·
How long does it take to build a WordPress site? - White Canvas
3D AI Studio - Create Custom 3D Models with AI
3D AI Studio - Create Custom 3D Models with AI

Instead of text to image, this tool lets you generate text to 3D model. You can also generate an image in another tool like Midjourney or Flux and then generate a 3D model from a reference image.

One of the challenges for developing training in VR has always been the development time and cost, including time to develop custom 3D assets. This feels like a step towards making 3D development much more affordable and faster.

·3daistudio.com·
3D AI Studio - Create Custom 3D Models with AI
(PDF) Storifying Instructional Videos on Online Credibility Evaluation: Examining Engagement and Learning
(PDF) Storifying Instructional Videos on Online Credibility Evaluation: Examining Engagement and Learning

This study researched whether adding story elements to an instructional video affects motivation, emotional engagement, and learning. In the research, they explain that they did not find any difference between a well-produced instructional video and a storified instructional video.

However, the storified video feels very artificial to me. This isn't a story about a relevant character the learners can identify with who uses the concepts in realistic situations (or even slightly exaggerated ones). This is about a fake detective agency. I'd be cautious about assuming this research applies to realistic stories as well.

·researchgate.net·
(PDF) Storifying Instructional Videos on Online Credibility Evaluation: Examining Engagement and Learning
DYF’s “All Freelancer Marketing Strategies, Ranked” Master Database | Notion
DYF’s “All Freelancer Marketing Strategies, Ranked” Master Database | Notion
A database with marketing strategies for freelancers, focused primarily on helping established freelancers and consultants grow their businesses. I'm hesitant to place too much stock in the exact percentages shown for each strategy, but the comparison of which strategies are good for which kinds of freelancers is useful. The notes on how long each strategy takes to be effective and how predictable they are are also helpful.
·dyf.notion.site·
DYF’s “All Freelancer Marketing Strategies, Ranked” Master Database | Notion
AI Art: What Should Fair Compensation Look Like?
AI Art: What Should Fair Compensation Look Like?
Intellectual property is one of the big ethical questions with AI image generation. This article considers conditions for compensating artists for AI images based on specific artists' style and work.
In their research, to see if compensating artists for AI creations was a viable option, the coauthors wanted to see if three basic conditions were met: – Are artists’ names frequently used in generative AI prompts? – Do consumers prefer the results of prompts that cite artists’ names? – Are consumers willing to pay more for an AI-generated product that was created citing some artists’ names? Crunching the data, they found the same answer to all three questions: yes.
·emorybusiness.com·
AI Art: What Should Fair Compensation Look Like?
Want to Speed Up Training Development Time?
Want to Speed Up Training Development Time?
Robyn Defelice's 2023 update of the ATD research on the time required to create training. There are some numbers here, but use caution in benchmarking from these stats. They aren't really designed to be benchmarks, partly because the data isn't standardized to seat time. Robyn suggests (and I agree) that you're better off tracking your own time in your organization and using internal benchmarks that account for your variables.
The largest conclusion we can draw comfortably from the data is that development time still varies considerably for each type of learning product—and no matter what, the variables of the training development for each organization greatly differ. We do not advise that you use the results as stand-alone pieces for calculating project estimates because context is necessary to understand respondents' situations.
·td.org·
Want to Speed Up Training Development Time?
Img2Go.com - Online photo editor and image converter
Img2Go.com - Online photo editor and image converter
Multiple image generation and editing tools powered by AI. Upscaling, background removing, face blurring (automatically detecting all the faces in a crowd and blurring them all for privacy), inpainting, image comparison. This site has some basic image editing tools like cropping, rotating, and compressing as well. The basic plan is free, with paid plans for credits for more advanced tools.
·img2go.com·
Img2Go.com - Online photo editor and image converter
Hedra
Hedra
Image to video creation tool. This might be interesting to experiment with for scenarios. It should be possible to create a character image in Midjourney, and then turn it into a video with this tool. This is probably going to work best with talking head videos, at least right now. h/t Josh Cavalier
·hedra.com·
Hedra
Detailed User Analytics for eLearning Courses Built in Articulate Storyline and Articulate Rise
Detailed User Analytics for eLearning Courses Built in Articulate Storyline and Articulate Rise
Javascript code snippet to gather data in Storyline and Rise courses (and hopefully other kinds of content with generic Javascript soon). I haven't tested this, but it looks like it could provide data useful for tracking which options people selected in branching scenarios. h/t Sam Rogers
·cluelabs.com·
Detailed User Analytics for eLearning Courses Built in Articulate Storyline and Articulate Rise
MIDJOURNEY: (176) Photorealistic Tokens Cheat Sheet
MIDJOURNEY: (176) Photorealistic Tokens Cheat Sheet
Rory Flynn's guide to prompting for photorealistic images in Midjourney. Part of the challenge in prompting is that many of us don't know the specific vocabulary to describe aspects of images we want. We may not know examples of cameras or photo effects. This guide gives you phrases to make your prompts more specific. Download via Gumroad for free or an optional donation.
·roryflynn.gumroad.com·
MIDJOURNEY: (176) Photorealistic Tokens Cheat Sheet
Free Stock Video Footage HD 4K Download Royalty-Free Clips
Free Stock Video Footage HD 4K Download Royalty-Free Clips
Collection of stock videos, music, and sound effects. Some are available with a free CC-By or attribution required license; other premium assets are only available for purchase. This would be a good source to check for B-roll footage or free videos for portfolio samples.
·videvo.net·
Free Stock Video Footage HD 4K Download Royalty-Free Clips
What is Conveyor?
What is Conveyor?
Conveyor is a "Learning Content Distribution System" similar to SCORM Cloud Dispatch. This lets you share SCORM files with other organizations and across multiple LMSs from a single central location.
·help.knowledgeanywhere.com·
What is Conveyor?
Need a client?
Need a client?
From the "Double Your Freelancing" newsletter, a simple exercise for identifying what strategies work for finding clients, even if you're brand new. I don't actually recommend Upwork as this author does, but the overall system here makes sense. Think about what you've done in the past that has worked. Spend 5 hours/week doing that thing. Track your time and results.
·app.bentonow.com·
Need a client?
Donald Taylor's questions for startups
Donald Taylor's questions for startups

These are great questions to ask when startups ask for reviews of a product. They're also great questions to ask yourself if you're a freelancer or consultant to think about your positioning.

"What problem are you solving for your clients?" "Do your clients know they have that problem?" "Are your clients ready to pay enough for this solution?"

What problem are you solving for your clients?
·linkedin.com·
Donald Taylor's questions for startups
PartyRock
PartyRock
PartyRock is an Amazon tool to build apps with AI. You provide a prompt describing what you want the app to do, and it builds an app for you. Melissa Milloway has been sharing some experiments with this tool, including an app for building a video planner with shot planning based on a script.
·partyrock.aws·
PartyRock
Captions | Your AI-powered creative studio
Captions | Your AI-powered creative studio
AI tool for editing videos, including adding captions, removing filler words, adjusting eye contact, and more. I wish they had more transparency on their pricing though--you can't see the cost of subscriptions unless you create an account.
·captions.ai·
Captions | Your AI-powered creative studio
Udio | AI Music Generator - Official Website
Udio | AI Music Generator - Official Website
Udio uses AI to create music. This is another one that is fun to experiment with, and the free plan gives you enough to try out multiple things. In this tool, you generate about 30 seconds at a time. It creates two alternate versions. Then, you can pick your favorite to extend (or try extending both) by adding more sections. You can also add intros and outros. You have more control than with Suno, but it's a bit more time consuming because you have to generate the song in small sections.
·udio.com·
Udio | AI Music Generator - Official Website
Suno
Suno
Suno uses AI to generate music from a prompt. This is a fun one to test out, so give it try.
·suno.com·
Suno