Sage-Tips

How long does it take an instructional designer to build a course?

The Association for Talent Development (ATD) studied how long it takes instructional designers to create a course and their findings span between 43 and 600 hundred hours for every one hour of seat time depending on the type of course and software used.

How long does eLearning take to develop?

The research gives a mid-point for medium interactivity courses of approximately 180 hours development for every 1 hour of eLearning. Therefore, by their estimates, a 20 minute course would take 60 hours of development. If you work a 40 hour week, that’s about a solid week and a half of your hard labor.

How long does it take to create 1 hour of training?

How long does it take to develop 1 hour of eLearning? A average 1-hour interactive elearning course will take 197 hours to develop. But development of a 1-hour elearning course can range between 49 hours for the low end of the range of a “basic” course to 716 hours for the high end of the range of an “advanced” course.

How long does it take to design 1 hour of training?

The survey reviewed the key factors that can cause delays and contribute to the famous “it depends” answer. To develop a single hour of training, instructor-led training required 40 to 49 hours, yet e-learning modules required 73 to 154 hours.

How long does it take to develop 1 hour of training?

How many hours does it take to develop one hour of training?

How long should a training course be?

Fifteen to 30 minutes is the “sweet spot”. Courses should be as long as needed, even if they’re 90 minutes. Shorter is always better.

How many hours does it take to develop an online course?

Depending on the duration and detail of the program, it can take anywhere between 25 – 500 hours to formulate an online course. A mini-course with just 4 or 5 videos you could develop it in a couple of days. An in-depth flagship course with numerous modules and assignments could take eight weeks or more to accomplish.

How long does it take to design and develop an hour-long training?

You know, the ones that show it takes 40+ hours to design and develop 1 hour of classroom instruction? The problem with these ratios is that even if they are true, they are simply not believable. I dare you to tell your boss or a stakeholder that it’s going to take a week of full-time work to put together an hour-long training.

How do I estimate the length of an instructor led course?

Here’s what you do: 1: ILT Estimate: Go back to your SME and have them estimate how long an instructor led course length would be to teach the same material, then come back and use our calculator. 2: Quick Script Estimate: Take the information you have and get it into text format.

How long does it take to develop a 1-hour eLearning course?

A average 1-hour interactive elearning course will take 197 hours to develop. But development of a 1-hour elearning course can range between 49 hours for the low end of the range of a “basic” course to 716 hours for the high end of the range of an “advanced” course.

How much time should a training project take?

With some type of standard, it becomes possible to gain a general idea of how much time a training project might take. While many may argue about using “one hour of training” as a measuring stick because of the difficulty of determining exactly what one hour means, it is a common term and has some traction with managers trying to plan resources.