Ben Sewell
Ben Sewell
Multimedia Developer II at Boeing
  • About

    Ben Sewell

    I currently develop training modules for aviation and defence industries. I previously managed technical and customer support for Articulate within the UK. Please feel free to drop me a message.
  • Hertfordshire, UK
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Ben Sewell added the course High School Soft Skills
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Ben Sewell replied to the discussion Excel and/or Spreadsheet Training in Articulate 360
"I wonder if you could preview some resources over at somewhere like Lynda to try and get an idea of what is useful (or not) to teach your..."
  • 7 years ago02/15/17 at 9:50 am (UTC)
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Ben Sewell replied to the discussion Quizzes and Their Purpose
"I agree that this seems excessive, but if there is little room for manoeuvre, how about using a question pool of 60-80 questions which ar..."
  • 7 years ago02/15/17 at 9:47 am (UTC)
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Ben Sewell replied to the discussion Anyone who has deployed a Rise course?
"I would imagine that it depends on the course, quality and their reasons for taking the course. From a learner's perspective, they don't..."
  • 7 years ago02/15/17 at 9:43 am (UTC)
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Ben Sewell replied to the discussion How to Activate the Full Screen Toggle Button from External Video Players
"I understand you are talking about embedded video players, but are you able to provide an external hyperlink to the video as a workaround..."
  • 7 years ago02/09/17 at 10:19 am (UTC)
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Ben Sewell replied to the discussion Classic RPG in Articulate
"Looks like a very ambitious project and I'd love to see this progress. A tutorial would be useful, as I seemed to progress by accident (t..."
  • 7 years ago02/09/17 at 10:03 am (UTC)
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Ben Sewell replied to the discussion Feedback Welcome! First Rise course...
"That is fantastic. I haven't yet had much chance to look at Rise, but this has given me a great idea into what it can do! Well done Jeanne."
  • 7 years ago02/06/17 at 11:23 am (UTC)
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Ben Sewell replied to the discussion Anyone using E-learning / Instructional design to travel and work remotely?
"While I work full time on-site, I also do some work remotely online. One of my first clients was half way across the world! I do like to ..."
  • over 7 years ago01/04/17 at 8:11 am (UTC)
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Ben Sewell replied to the discussion Induction checklist/structure
"I quite like new starter journeys that show an average day, with branching paths when the new starter wants to find more detail (eg: poli..."
  • over 7 years ago12/09/16 at 11:32 am (UTC)
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Ben Sewell replied to the discussion Text Heavy to Engaging!
"One of the projects I work on (I am unable to share) has a text box in the corner, that slowly reveals text, according to the audio and w..."
  • over 7 years ago11/08/16 at 4:40 pm (UTC)
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Ben Sewell replied to the discussion Been to any good classes lately?
"Perhaps a tad overkill, but I'm looking to Study MSc E-Learning Technology at the University of Hertfordshire."
  • over 7 years ago10/19/16 at 9:46 am (UTC)
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Ben Sewell replied to the discussion Need help with slider functionality
"If your course allows, you can change the slider into an image. I do think the original is a bit too large however."
  • over 7 years ago10/13/16 at 9:33 am (UTC)
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Ben Sewell replied to the discussion Example of using animation MAPS with (Flag) !
"Very cool use of masks and animations, but I do wish I could also click the map for the same effect too.  "
  • over 7 years ago10/13/16 at 9:30 am (UTC)
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Ben Sewell replied to the discussion Next Button Gating
"I would also place a hidden object with an enable trigger on completion on each slide. If you tie both disable and enable triggers to thi..."
  • over 7 years ago10/11/16 at 11:00 am (UTC)
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Ben Sewell replied to the discussion can I make a custom template using my organizations brand?
"Master slides are useful tools and you can create as many as you need, but dont forgot you can update the player too! https://community...."
  • over 7 years ago09/28/16 at 3:19 pm (UTC)
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Ben Sewell replied to the discussion Ideas for "Secret Shopper" training course. How to spot a secret shopper/how to handle.
"Not sure if this has been suggested already, but my immediate thought was a sort of "Where's Wally?" style shop floor, where a number of ..."
  • over 7 years ago09/20/16 at 9:08 am (UTC)
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Ben Sewell replied to the discussion Tips for managing projects (during the project)
"In one of my previous companies, we used to use a mixture of Confluence/JIRA and Assembla for bug tracking in an agile environment. I'm s..."
  • over 7 years ago09/15/16 at 2:16 pm (UTC)
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Ben Sewell replied to the discussion Share Your E-Learning Hacks
"Having a reference slide that I import into my courses to use as a style sheet, means that I can copy icons and images across. It's a hug..."
  • over 7 years ago08/12/16 at 9:15 am (UTC)
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Ben Sewell replied to the discussion Tool to predesign Storyline structure
"Paper, PowerPoint, Storyline if easier. It really depends on what is most comfortable for the project you are working on. It also depends..."
  • almost 8 years ago07/21/16 at 7:51 am (UTC)
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Ben Sewell replied to the discussion Health Science Course for High School Students
"Have you tried an interactive map from a first person view? You could use photos of the facility and move between them. You can even have..."
  • almost 8 years ago07/21/16 at 7:49 am (UTC)
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Ben Sewell replied to the discussion Variables/ Next Button
"Do each of these have a "selected" state?  If possible, try changing each to "if state = NOT normal", or "visited" as Walt suggest below."
  • almost 8 years ago07/05/16 at 3:34 pm (UTC)
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Ben Sewell replied to the discussion Soft Skills Training
"There are some fantastic scenario based courses out there that work wonders in this type of course. You can also create time sensitive co..."
  • almost 8 years ago06/29/16 at 4:32 pm (UTC)
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Ben Sewell replied to the discussion Best Practice: Multi-Language Course
"Just for your sanity while working, I would definitely break this up. Have you considered embedding a Storyline project within itself?  ..."
  • almost 8 years ago06/29/16 at 4:29 pm (UTC)
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Ben Sewell replied to the discussion Organizing Portfolio samples in WordPress
"I'd be interested to see this in action, but I'm afraid I'm not that experienced in WordPress."
  • almost 8 years ago06/03/16 at 12:50 pm (UTC)
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Ben Sewell replied to the discussion Some content different for different learners - put it on the same slide or a different slide?
"You could you have a branching scenario: At certain points in the course, ask the current user what their interests/roles are and depend..."
  • almost 8 years ago06/02/16 at 4:00 pm (UTC)