Bob Wiker
Bob Wiker
Instructional Designer | eLearning Developer
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"Good news: Yes, I'm still subscribed to this item. Bad news: I never got a reply from anyone. HTTPS and relay.asp remained an issue.  Un..."
  • almost 8 years ago06/29/16 at 3:00 pm (UTC)
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"You can also run Storyline (and Presenter) on your Mac by using VNC software. Works great, no Mac slowdown or config issues. Read on: ..."
  • almost 8 years ago05/28/16 at 2:36 am (UTC)
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Bob Wiker replied to the discussion Help! Making sentences stand out
"One additional tip: as an alternative to bold and/or underline, you can set the 'Selected' state to have a fill color. I have used a yell..."
  • almost 8 years ago05/24/16 at 9:22 pm (UTC)
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"One trick I've used numerous times is to add a fill layer to the image with any color and set the layer to 1% opacity. It's transparent t..."
  • almost 8 years ago05/24/16 at 9:12 pm (UTC)
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Bob Wiker replied to the discussion Is it possible
"I suppose you could use a separate application to do a video-based screen capture of it and use the resultant MP4 file in your Storyline ..."
  • almost 8 years ago05/24/16 at 9:07 pm (UTC)
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Bob Wiker replied to the discussion Converting from Captivate
"I second that. The biggest/best tip is to re-use the images and audio files and so forth. Beyond that, have the Captivate version handy s..."
  • almost 8 years ago05/24/16 at 9:00 pm (UTC)
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Bob Wiker replied to the discussion Sitting characters
"Maybe you can do some photo editing: crop the character to hide waist-down, then add an image of the back of a chair. End result is an im..."
  • 8 years ago03/22/16 at 7:55 pm (UTC)
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"Check Story View again, making sure to scroll left/right/up/down. Maybe there's another Scene in there you've forgotten about? I often ha..."
  • 8 years ago03/22/16 at 7:50 pm (UTC)
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Bob Wiker replied to the discussion Articulate for Mac? Please!!!!!
"Thx. It has run very well on a 10Mbps Ethernet connection for the past couple years. I recently upgraded my switch and cabling to 100Mbps..."
  • 8 years ago03/18/16 at 1:32 pm (UTC)
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Bob Wiker replied to the discussion Voiceovers
"Not sure about the PowerPoint-to-Presenter route since I've never tried it. However, I have used other audio editors and then imported th..."
  • 8 years ago03/18/16 at 1:18 pm (UTC)
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Bob Wiker replied to the discussion Articulate for Mac? Please!!!!!
"I totally get the frustration of not having a Mac version, and the aversion to Windows. I feel the same way. Nonetheless, I work in a com..."
  • 8 years ago03/18/16 at 1:13 pm (UTC)
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"One suggestion I'd make is that you disable the button rather than completely hide it; that's best practice in terms of user experience. "
  • 8 years ago03/02/16 at 3:20 pm (UTC)
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"Thanks Christie. That workaround actually worked.      In fact, we can shortcut it even more:  before sending the email, right-cli..."
  • 8 years ago02/25/16 at 3:40 pm (UTC)
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"How do I “Save As…” an Engage interaction embedded within a Storyline 2 project into its own Engage .intr file? I have a Storyline 2 fil..."
  • 8 years ago02/24/16 at 8:35 pm (UTC)
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"Sarah, you've no doubt read the other thread on this issue, which Leslie pointed to. You and I both commented in that other thread. I did..."
  • 8 years ago02/15/16 at 10:48 pm (UTC)
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"In my case the issue eventually went away; we are now able to fully use Presenter (and its audio editor) without any issues. I don't beli..."
  • 8 years ago02/15/16 at 7:43 pm (UTC)
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"Will Flash Player be required on the authoring system? In other words, the system I use to author courseware with Presenter and Storyline?"
  • almost 9 years ago07/22/15 at 4:38 pm (UTC)
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"This happens to us too. Win 7, PPT 2010, Lenovo ThinkPad W530 systems with dual graphics (integrated graphics *and* NVIDIA dedicated grap..."
  • almost 9 years ago07/22/15 at 2:41 pm (UTC)
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"I've only done a handful of Storyline screen recordings (and maybe 20 Captivates total), but I definitely prefer using Storyline. So much..."
  • almost 9 years ago06/03/15 at 5:39 pm (UTC)
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"Thanks. Hopefully someone with knowledge of HTTP vs HTTPS can chime in. If anyone out there can give a technical explanation of what rel..."
  • almost 9 years ago06/03/15 at 5:25 pm (UTC)
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Bob Wiker started a new discussion Communication Issues When Using HTTPS With relay.asp
"We publish/run AICC courses from our SumTotal LMS. LMS is on one server in one domain, our content is on another server in another domain..."
  • almost 9 years ago06/02/15 at 8:05 pm (UTC)
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"Regarding usability and best practice, it would be better to disable the Next/Prev buttons rather than hide them altogether. "
  • almost 9 years ago05/06/15 at 4:22 pm (UTC)
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"Regarding usability and best practice, it would be better to disable the Next/Prev buttons rather than hide them altogether. Depending o..."
  • almost 9 years ago05/06/15 at 4:21 pm (UTC)
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Bob Wiker replied to the discussion Hiding the Next button
"Best practice is to disable the Next button, not hide it altogether. Some learners panic when there isn't a Next button visible. Besides,..."
  • almost 9 years ago04/30/15 at 7:07 pm (UTC)
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Bob Wiker replied to the discussion More .pdf troubles!
"Not sure if this enters into it, but are you including the PDFs as "Resources" in the Storyline project? Maybe that will help somehow. U..."
  • almost 9 years ago04/30/15 at 7:04 pm (UTC)