I am quite new in Articulate (I use Presenter '09) and I created a course loaded in LMS (moodle). I would like to remove the first slide view in the attachement TAB, as I have some ppt animations and the slide looks quite awful when not animated.
Hello Silvia - that thumbnail comes from the file called tb1.swf in the data/swf folder of your published output.
Although this isn't officially supported, you can replace that file with a different swf that is 140x105. (The only thing is, if you do that, you'll need to make the change every time you republish your course, since Presenter deletes everything and creates new folders/files when you publish) An easy way to create a new tb1.swf is to build a separate 1-slide presentation and design that slide as you want your thumbnail to look. Publish it, and find the file called tb1.swf, and use that to replace the one in your real course.
Another idea is to just delete the file called tb1.swf, but if your learners click the Attachments tab, there will still be an outline in the place where the thumbnail usually appears.
Hello. I tried to do this but when I swap out the file, it causes my browser window to not display properly with no scroll and the player controls are cut off at bottom of screen. I made sure that the file was 140x105 exactly. any ideas? Thanks
Hi Denise - yeah, it looks like the new swf is causing issues with the Presenter player. Rather than create the swf in a separate program, your best bet is to recreate the swf using the method described above, which essentially fools the player:
Build a separate 1-slide presentation and design that slide as you want your thumbnail to look. Publish it, and find the file called tb1.swf, and use that to replace the one in your real course.
Bingo! I was just doing that and sure enough. You have put it into a slide in a fresh presentation then publish out with your template. Wow...what you live and learn..Thanks!
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Check out this thread:
http://community.articulate.com/forums/p/3540/18869.aspx#18869
it should be what you are looking for.
Hello Silvia - that thumbnail comes from the file called tb1.swf in the data/swf folder of your published output.
Although this isn't officially supported, you can replace that file with a different swf that is 140x105. (The only thing is, if you do that, you'll need to make the change every time you republish your course, since Presenter deletes everything and creates new folders/files when you publish) An easy way to create a new tb1.swf is to build a separate 1-slide presentation and design that slide as you want your thumbnail to look. Publish it, and find the file called tb1.swf, and use that to replace the one in your real course.
Another idea is to just delete the file called tb1.swf, but if your learners click the Attachments tab, there will still be an outline in the place where the thumbnail usually appears.
Hi Dwayne. You beat me to it.
Thanks you both! Great help as usual
Hello. I tried to do this but when I swap out the file, it causes my browser window to not display properly with no scroll and the player controls are cut off at bottom of screen. I made sure that the file was 140x105 exactly. any ideas? Thanks
Hi Denise - yeah, it looks like the new swf is causing issues with the Presenter player. Rather than create the swf in a separate program, your best bet is to recreate the swf using the method described above, which essentially fools the player:
Build a separate 1-slide presentation and design that slide as you want your thumbnail to look. Publish it, and find the file called tb1.swf, and use that to replace the one in your real course.
Bingo! I was just doing that and sure enough. You have put it into a slide in a fresh presentation then publish out with your template. Wow...what you live and learn..Thanks!
Cool, glad to hear you're all set now.
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