Design Access is driven to produce engaging, delightful, behavior-changing courses. At the same time, we realize that not every course needs to be a fully custom affair. We embrace the speed and ease of rapid tools like Articulate to build the overall structure to the course. Alone, these courses can be boring page-turners that anesthetize the learner. To avoid this, we do careful needs analysis, clear writing, and balanced design to make the course engaging and relevant. And we go one step farther, drawing on our years of experience building custom interactions. We focus our custom efforts on high-priority concepts and behaviors. We weave these custom bits at critical points in the rapid course, to build a hybrid.

Your rapid [course] was better than most custom courses I’ve seen! It blew me away! Your interaction mattered. Your graphics were simple and clean. The writing was outstanding! Best of all, the instructional design anticipated the learner’s objections, and addressed them proactively! -Sr. eLearning Designer @ [pharmaceutical company]

To the question, “Rapid or Custom?” we answer, “Yes!” We love hybrids! Less time wasted on navigation and testing interfaces, less QA, easier LMS integration… and therefore… more time focused on great writing, memorable graphics, and meaningful interaction, hence more effective eLearning for any given budget.