Steve Shoemaker
Steve Shoemaker
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    Steve Shoemaker

    IT Systems Specialist at Central Penn College. Taught at the college for 12 years then moved to administration and now IT. Passionate about helping faculty discover and use technology to improve courses. Purchased Articulate Studio '09 for myself to learn how to use it but now have decided to ...
  • Harrisburg, PA
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Steve Shoemaker replied to the discussion Problems saving a group as a picture
"Yes I figured that out and that's why I couldn't edit.  I was signed in under one account but the posts I was trying to edit were under t..."
  • over 6 years ago09/21/17 at 8:22 pm (UTC)
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Steve Shoemaker started a new discussion Hotspots in zoom regions
"I created a slide with many layers.  Different layers are shown when the user hovers over hotspots on the base layer.  It was difficult t..."
  • almost 7 years ago07/08/17 at 11:40 am (UTC)
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Steve Shoemaker started a new discussion Blurring text for privacy
"I'm building courses for the staff at a college and it is sometimes necessary to display personal information on students in screenshots...."
  • almost 7 years ago07/07/17 at 3:18 pm (UTC)
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Steve Shoemaker commented on the download PowerPoint: Vintage Tech Illustrations
"I remember saving my programs on cassette tapes and having to remember the location by counter number. And turntables are vintage but co..."
  • 7 years ago04/11/17 at 7:53 pm (UTC)
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Steve Shoemaker replied to the discussion Previous button
"If changing the behavior of the Previous button is allowed I hope the behavior defaults to "go back to the last slide viewed."  That is w..."
  • almost 11 years ago05/24/13 at 2:30 am (UTC)
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Steve Shoemaker replied to the discussion Screen Shot with Menu Delay
"It worked and actually did save me a little time.  Recording the screen and then saving the recording as individual slides is now my pref..."
  • 11 years ago04/23/13 at 11:08 am (UTC)
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Steve Shoemaker replied to the discussion Screen Shot with Menu Delay
"Thanks Pete.  That will work although I'm not sure it will be much faster than capturing the screenshot in SnagIt and inserting the pictu..."
  • 11 years ago04/23/13 at 9:34 am (UTC)
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Steve Shoemaker started a new discussion Screen Shot with Menu Delay
"I use SnagIt to do most of my screen captures.  One of the modes is a delay mode for capturing menus that appear when the mouse hovers ov..."
  • 11 years ago04/23/13 at 6:46 am (UTC)
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Steve Shoemaker replied to the discussion Previous button
"Mike, I was able to open the Dropbox file and it worked pretty much as I expected with the Previous button returning me to the slide I ha..."
  • 11 years ago03/27/13 at 11:20 am (UTC)
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Steve Shoemaker replied to the discussion Previous button
"For what it's worth, as a user (student/learner) of a Storyline lesson, I expect a "Previous" button to return me to the last slide I vie..."
  • 11 years ago03/27/13 at 9:47 am (UTC)
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Steve Shoemaker started a new discussion Hardware recommendations for Articulate products
"I've about maxed out the capabilities of my current laptop.  I want to buy a new one and use it only for producing eLearning.  I use Arti..."
  • 11 years ago03/27/13 at 8:50 am (UTC)
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Steve Shoemaker replied to the discussion Trigger, State and Variable help
"I just tested Michael's solution and it also works.  The only difference is that the mouse pointer does not change to a hand when hoverin..."
  • 11 years ago03/22/13 at 11:54 am (UTC)
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Steve Shoemaker replied to the discussion Trigger, State and Variable help
"Thanks Christine (and Michael)!  Christine's solution worked.  I didn't try Michael's yet but I will just to be thorough and to learn all..."
  • 11 years ago03/22/13 at 11:43 am (UTC)
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Steve Shoemaker started a new discussion Trigger, State and Variable help
"I'm working on a simple exercise to teach myself about states, triggers and variables.  I've created three circles (oval1, oval 2 and ova..."
  • 11 years ago03/22/13 at 11:06 am (UTC)
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Steve Shoemaker replied to the discussion Help creating a flashing next button
"I can't seem to make this work using the layer and triggers.  They appear to be set up exactly like the example file from Jeanette.  The ..."
  • over 11 years ago01/11/13 at 1:00 pm (UTC)
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Steve Shoemaker replied to the discussion Free course on Digital Sound Design from Coursera
"Thanks for the heads up.  I registered for the class.  I've taken other courses from Coursera and they have been great."
  • over 11 years ago01/09/13 at 9:23 am (UTC)
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Steve Shoemaker replied to the discussion Online, Self Paced, Articulate Storyline Training
"WARNING:  This just occurred to me and I haven't thought it through so it may not be such a great idea. Almost everyone in these forums d..."
  • over 11 years ago01/05/13 at 6:06 am (UTC)
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Steve Shoemaker replied to the discussion Concentration Game
"Nice job John U!  Great interaction with built in incentives for users to get the matches right so they can fill in the tic-tac-toe board..."
  • over 11 years ago01/02/13 at 1:18 pm (UTC)
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Steve Shoemaker replied to the discussion Online, Self Paced, Articulate Storyline Training
"I agree.  The community tutorials and the ones from Articulate itself are very good.  I use VTC (Virtual Training Corporation) for online..."
  • over 11 years ago01/02/13 at 9:23 am (UTC)
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Steve Shoemaker replied to the discussion Changing button state when an expected action is NOT completed
"Thanks Dave, this works great!  This is actually how I planned to approach this when I first started the project (setting variables based..."
  • over 11 years ago12/26/12 at 10:19 am (UTC)
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Steve Shoemaker replied to the discussion Changing button state when an expected action is NOT completed
"Thanks for the offer to help David.  Here's the file."
  • over 11 years ago12/24/12 at 5:52 am (UTC)
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Steve Shoemaker started a new discussion Changing button state when an expected action is NOT completed
"I have two sets of buttons:  Set 1 and Set 2.  When a learner clicks on a button in set one the state of that button changes to "Selected..."
  • over 11 years ago12/21/12 at 5:49 am (UTC)
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Steve Shoemaker replied to the discussion How can I make states change when two variables are equal?
"Jeanette, I love what you did with Rene's project.  The level of support from Articulate staff and the community is amazing and is really..."
  • over 11 years ago12/20/12 at 1:44 pm (UTC)
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Steve Shoemaker replied to the discussion How can I make states change when two variables are equal?
"I just altered Jeanette's first version by deleting the "finished" layer, adding a picture to the slide and sending it to the back (under..."
  • over 11 years ago12/20/12 at 9:25 am (UTC)
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Steve Shoemaker replied to the discussion How can I make states change when two variables are equal?
"Thanks for all of the responses.  What I'm trying to do is reveal a picture that's hidden by all of the boxes.  The boxes are going to fo..."
  • over 11 years ago12/20/12 at 8:59 am (UTC)