How Much Does It Really Cost to Turn Training Material into Interactive E-Learning?

Does anyone have an estimate or rough figure on how much it costs to convert training material into an interactive e-learning module?

Regards.

Hi Eliza,

I work for Acumen Business Processes, which provides e-learning solutions to some of the premier corporates in India. Being in this field, before delving into the cost estimation part of e-learning, it is important to understand the complexity and depth of the module, the number of learning hours involved, and the number of modules to be converted into e-learning modules, etc.

So, if you can shed some light on these facts, I can provide you with an estimation. Typically, a 1-hour program involves around 50-60 to 120-130 screens, depending on the level or complexity of the program. The program can cost as low as Rs 200,000 (Indian Rupees) to as high as Rs 1,200,000.

Thank you.

Dear Aniruddha,

Thanks. I'm just helping my colleague to get some estimates for Management's consideration. Anyway, here is some other info:

Scope of work for the vendor includes:
1. Design 1 new graphical user interface (GUI).
2. Develop a storyboard based on material provided (currently being used in instructor-led session).
3. Construct and develop the course into complete courseware based on the signed-off storyboard.

Based on the document provided, the total SCOs are about 21 with an estimated duration of 420 minutes. I hope the above is enough.

eLearning can be tricky. There are two parts of eLearning:

1. Content
2. eLearning content management

While content is very important, the delivery of the same cannot be ignored. Hence, look into them simultaneously.

If you want to track the progress of the course being undertaken by a person, one may need the course material in SCORM compliance. Here we can track the course at different points - when started, how long the person took the course, whether completed or not, etc. Macromedia can be used to provide excellent SCORM compliance.

If one is not looking for just a working eLearning management system, you can look into simple ASP or HTML pages running from RDBMS, and an engine can be built easily.

The courses, if developed in PowerPoint or video files or Camtasia files, can also be added.

For this kind of work, courseware may cost approximately Rs 1000 per page.

An LMS (Learning Management System) engine could be developed for around Rs 2 lakhs to 5 lakhs, depending on the requirements.

Let me know if you need more information.