Alan Landers
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FirstStep Training
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About
Alan Landers
My true loves, other than family, are instructional design and organizational development. I've been an instructional designer since 1978! I became an OD consultant in 1985 and worked with a wide variety of clients across the country and abroad.I started my own OD and Training company in 1989. I specialized in designing training programs that truly improved performance and changed organizations. That was possible because the up front needs assessments I did were a combination of OD assessments and Training needs analyses.Strong front end analyses allowed me to create meaningful KPIs, detailed implementation plans, and that led to determining Level 4 and even Level 5 results. Success allowed me to work closely with executive management making training an important strategic partner.I'm back to consulting now, but this time I'm focusing on training, more specifically instructional design for eLearning/mLearning, ILT. and experiential learning.I've always loved training technology and that led to Articulate and Storyline. I've known Dave Anderson for years and got to know Tom Khulmann this past year. I've been using a variety of authoring tools since 2003. I'm excited to learn from all of you and offer whatever help I can. -
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Alan Landers replied to the discussion Resetting drag and drop selections to original positions before second or third try
"Hi Christie,
Thanks for getting back to me. I was able to get the selections to reset. The problem was complicated because there was a ..."
- over 8 years ago01/22/16 at 5:12 pm (UTC)
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Alan Landers started a new discussion Resetting drag and drop selections to original positions before second or third try
"I'm helping someone who created a DnD question kinda on their own. Here's the problem, the selections were placed in the wrong boxes duri..."
- over 8 years ago01/22/16 at 4:30 am (UTC)
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Alan Landers replied to the discussion Is it possible to change the state of a "group"?
"Thanks,
I just created an invisible box around the group. I was able to set the
needed triggers with the box.
Alan Landers
Pres..."
- over 8 years ago01/20/16 at 11:55 pm (UTC)
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Alan Landers started a new discussion Is it possible to change the state of a "group"?
"I have seven images with text on them. I combined the images and text into a group. I want learners to click on each of the 7 groups and ..."
- over 8 years ago01/20/16 at 8:54 pm (UTC)
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Alan Landers replied to the discussion Help with printing and other stuff
"Hi Ashley,
Thank you. I thought it had to be the entire folder.
I don't understand your instructions regarding printing. I am us..."
- over 9 years ago01/09/15 at 4:41 pm (UTC)
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Alan Landers started a new discussion Help with printing and other stuff
"Hi and HELP!
I created a test to go with a webinar recording. I published it as an HTML5 file. I want to make the story available to use..."
- over 9 years ago01/09/15 at 5:03 am (UTC)
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Alan Landers started a new discussion printing and other stuff
"Hi and HELP!
I created a test to go with a webinar recording. I published it as an HTML5 file. I want to make the story available to use..."
- over 9 years ago01/08/15 at 9:46 pm (UTC)
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Alan Landers replied to the discussion importing audio with ppt presentation
"Hi Ashley, I have 19 PPTs to convert. They are all in the 50MB range. Is
there a way to send them to you other than email?
Alan Land..."
- over 9 years ago12/08/14 at 9:53 pm (UTC)
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Alan Landers replied to the discussion importing audio with ppt presentation
"Hi Ashley,
Thank you for your input. I am not trying to import sounds associated with
animations. I'm just trying to import narratio..."
- over 9 years ago12/08/14 at 8:42 pm (UTC)
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Alan Landers replied to the discussion importing audio with ppt presentation
"I am trying to import a PPT (2010) presentation into Storyline 2 but the audio didn't make the trip. What can I do? "
- over 9 years ago12/08/14 at 7:16 pm (UTC)
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Alan Landers started a new discussion importing audio with ppt presentation
"I was able to import the PPT (MS Office 2010) without a problem. But, the audio did not import. What do I have to do to get the audio wit..."
- over 9 years ago12/08/14 at 7:10 pm (UTC)
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Alan Landers replied to the discussion People Images with Transparent Backgrounds
"I've been away from Storyline for almost 2 years. There used to be cutout people with transparent backgrounds here in Storyline that were..."
- over 9 years ago10/29/14 at 2:53 am (UTC)
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Alan Landers replied to the discussion Need to Build a New Computer
"I've been on my own for over 25 years. It's been great and it's been tough. 6 things to make it and do well:
1) have a great, right-pric..."
- over 9 years ago08/22/14 at 6:52 am (UTC)
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Alan Landers replied to the discussion Can Storyline determine what type of device was used
"Thanks, guys. I am going to have to get some more information from the client."
- over 10 years ago09/13/13 at 2:30 am (UTC)
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Alan Landers started a new discussion Can Storyline determine what type of device was used
"I'm writing a proposal for a client that wants to know what type of device was used to complete the training (tablet, smartphone, or web)..."
- over 10 years ago09/12/13 at 12:17 pm (UTC)
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Alan Landers replied to the discussion Source for PPT Templates and Slides
"My pleasure, Leslie. I often ungroup the images and save the parts I want as pictures for use later in SL."
- over 10 years ago08/19/13 at 8:26 am (UTC)
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Alan Landers started a new discussion Source for PPT Templates and Slides
"I haven't seen this site mentioned on this forum so I thought I'd mention it. The site is www.m62.net. There are about 150 free PPT tem..."
- over 10 years ago08/18/13 at 2:40 pm (UTC)
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Alan Landers replied to the discussion two text variables entered before can advance to new slide
"Thanks, Josh. I don't know if that would work in this case.
Here's a little more detail.... The two text entry fields are the second sli..."
- over 10 years ago08/01/13 at 5:30 pm (UTC)
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Alan Landers started a new discussion two text variables entered before can advance to new slide
"I have a slide that asks for first and last name, using text variables. I have a next button that's original state is hidden. I want th..."
- over 10 years ago08/01/13 at 4:44 pm (UTC)
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Alan Landers replied to the discussion It's DONE!!
"Thank you Tzipora. I really appreciate the feedback."
- almost 11 years ago07/19/13 at 12:06 pm (UTC)
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Alan Landers replied to the discussion Ending a Zoom Region
"Tks, Carlos... I'll give it a try. I'm thinking I'll just create a new slide. Still, I'd like to know how to do it."
- almost 11 years ago07/02/13 at 2:25 pm (UTC)
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Alan Landers started a new discussion Ending a Zoom Region
"I created a zoom region and it works fine. The program zooms to a close up of a whiteboard. I have three layers on the slide. Two of t..."
- almost 11 years ago07/02/13 at 1:17 pm (UTC)
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Alan Landers replied to the discussion New feedback slide
"RFC, Not only are you like "Way Cool", you're the BOMB!!
Thank you so much for, once again, eliminating so much stress from my oh too l..."
- almost 11 years ago06/14/13 at 5:36 pm (UTC)
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Alan Landers replied to the discussion New feedback slide
"Hi Christine, You are so kind to help me with this. I tried your story. When I placed the objects incorrectly and pressed the submit b..."
- almost 11 years ago06/14/13 at 1:54 pm (UTC)
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Alan Landers started a new discussion Free woodfloor image
"Hi, I know there is a wood floor imagae available throught SL. I created another, that's lighter in color. It's free, if you'd like to ..."
- almost 11 years ago06/14/13 at 1:40 pm (UTC)