Articulate 2009 Guru Awards

Here’s your chance to earn fame and fortune and show the world what you’ve done with Articulate software. Enter our Guru Awards 2009 contest. We’ll be announcing and showcasing our winners at Articulate Live ’09.

It’s easy to participate:

Step 1: Fire up your Articulate Studio ’09 products. You don’t even need to own a copy; you can download a free, fully functional 30-day trial.

Step 2: Create an e-learning course using any combination of Articulate Studio ’09 products. Judges are looking at the following criteria:

Effective use of Studio ’09 products and features
Effectiveness of course content to transfer knowledge
Use of compelling media (graphics, audio, video, etc.)
Broad use of authoring tool features
Bonus for integrating Presenter ‘09, Quizmaker ’09, and Engage ’09 into one course, but we’ll also accept courses authored using a single Articulate tool or combination of our products

Step 3: Submit your files to enter the contest.

That’s it!

If you don’t have a course you can share, create one. It can be about anything. The subject matter isn’t that important. We’re just looking for great courses.

Check out the previous winners.

Got great Articulate authoring skills, but don’t have any non-confidential courses that you are able to share? Create a new course on a topic you’re an expert on! Choose a subject that’s fun to you such as gardening, running, technology, rock climbing… whatever!

Here are some ideas to get your creative juices flowing:

Sure-fire method to negotiate a salary increase (Presenter ’09 branching and our new Quizmaker ’09 free-form design features might be useful)
Tips on creating a compelling blog
How to stick to an exercise program
Cool things you didn’t know you could do with your iPhone (Presenter ’09 annotations and Engage labeled graphics would be useful for this course)
Lessons learned from your favorite TV show (Video Encoder ‘09 should come in handy here)

You’ll have the opportunity to win:

Grand Prize: $1,500
2nd Prize: $500
3rd Prize: $250

All prize winners will also receive:

Two licenses of Articulate Rapid E-Learning Studio ’09 Pro donated to the school or charity of their choice.
Fame, prestige and recognition by being featured on our website.

Winners will be announced at Articulate Live '09.
Enter as many items as you like before the submission deadline of February 18, 2009.

Next Steps:

It’s easy to get started. Just review the official rules, create your e-learning course, and then submit your content.