Brian Dennis
Brian Dennis
Small Business Pioneers, Inc.
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Brian Dennis replied to the discussion Publishing to iPad without LMS
"An LMS wouldn't be your best tool here; they're designed to track leaner progress. You're looking for a nimble yet flexible digital asset..."
  • almost 8 years ago06/06/16 at 7:55 pm (UTC)
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Brian Dennis replied to the discussion Audio to Slides
"Considered a Results Slide? Might be easier... just translate points to % possible"
  • almost 8 years ago06/06/16 at 7:49 pm (UTC)
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"I'm thinking that's why I always set my Feedback Masters before building any quizzes. Probably bitten by this discovery long ago..."
  • almost 8 years ago06/06/16 at 7:46 pm (UTC)
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"Wonder if settings things differently in the Player (Colors & Effects) would help?"
  • almost 8 years ago06/06/16 at 7:42 pm (UTC)
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Brian Dennis replied to the discussion Making A Master Slide in SL2
"Master Slides are powerful, if interesting little critters, so no, there's more involved to correctly set up MS https://community.articu..."
  • almost 8 years ago06/06/16 at 7:40 pm (UTC)
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"The buzz is mostly generated outside of SL. The bit rate of the MP3 audio could be overpowering things, or the low level decoder software..."
  • almost 8 years ago06/06/16 at 7:38 pm (UTC)
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Brian Dennis replied to the discussion image slider
"A javascript developer would probably be a better place for your jquery/javascript question. For example, stackexchange. Your loader logi..."
  • almost 8 years ago06/06/16 at 7:33 pm (UTC)
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"Variables to the rescue; https://community.articulate.com/series/5/articles/working-with-variables - at least SL2  "
  • almost 8 years ago06/06/16 at 7:28 pm (UTC)
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Brian Dennis replied to the discussion Audio to Slides
"I bet customizing a Master Slide would accomplish this point. View > Slide Masters. Once there, looks like Insert > Audio is suppor..."
  • almost 8 years ago06/06/16 at 7:25 pm (UTC)
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Brian Dennis replied to the discussion Counting Number of clicks
"Sounds the perfect use for a (numeric) project variable. Define an incorrect target (hotspot, shape, etc) then use a trigger to Adjust (a..."
  • almost 8 years ago06/06/16 at 7:21 pm (UTC)
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Brian Dennis replied to the discussion Adding Sound Effects
"Once you have the MP3, see Insert > Audio > From File"
  • almost 8 years ago06/06/16 at 7:12 pm (UTC)
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Brian Dennis replied to the discussion Adding Sound Effects
"Assuming you have copyright permission, SL supports MP3 audio files. Freeware software like Audacity (http://www.audacityteam.org)  is qu..."
  • almost 8 years ago06/06/16 at 7:11 pm (UTC)
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"Three things come to mind: 1. Are you modifying the masters actually controlling things? Hovering over slide master should give you a co..."
  • almost 8 years ago06/06/16 at 7:08 pm (UTC)
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Brian Dennis replied to the discussion Printing a page
"window.print()  is the standard javascript code to open the system's Print dialog from javascript. As Ashley pointed out, SL is disabled ..."
  • almost 8 years ago06/06/16 at 7:02 pm (UTC)
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Brian Dennis replied to the discussion Newbie Question on Layers/triggers
"Layer example attached. As Jacob points out, the Animation menu is pretty powerful. Also, note the tiny gear icons on each layer. Clickin..."
  • almost 8 years ago06/04/16 at 10:20 pm (UTC)
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"First place I'd look is the Slide Properties, specifically the "When visiting" property and make sure things are set to Reset to Initial ..."
  • almost 8 years ago06/04/16 at 10:02 pm (UTC)
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"The video is likely encoded in a video format not supported. MP4 is simply a container for a mix of video and audio tracks. The tracks th..."
  • almost 8 years ago06/04/16 at 9:59 pm (UTC)
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"Multiple text entry controls could work. The values entered are saved away in variables, the triggers on a button could grade the values ..."
  • almost 8 years ago06/03/16 at 5:36 am (UTC)
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"Communicating to the outside world is probably going to take some complex scripting and/or WebObject at the very least. Extensive custom ..."
  • almost 8 years ago06/03/16 at 5:17 am (UTC)
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"Track the questions missed in a series of variable, then display appropriate feedback based on the true/falseness of your variable set. I..."
  • almost 8 years ago06/03/16 at 5:10 am (UTC)
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Brian Dennis replied to the discussion Inserting a Results Pop-Up
"Sounds like you're looking for a Results slide (in the Quizzing section). You define the passing percentage (defaults to 80%). On the Res..."
  • almost 8 years ago06/02/16 at 6:34 pm (UTC)
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"I'd suggest simplifing things using custom states on your objects. Variables plus grouping is picky at best. States work better and faste..."
  • almost 8 years ago06/02/16 at 6:28 pm (UTC)
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Brian Dennis replied to the discussion HTML5 Quiz Review with Branching Quiz
"By incorrectly showing up, how?"
  • almost 8 years ago06/02/16 at 6:20 pm (UTC)
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Brian Dennis replied to the discussion Results page work around
"Here's a starting point. I simply added a button shaped element to the correct layer, then set a trigger to Jump to slide. I'd disable or..."
  • almost 8 years ago06/02/16 at 6:09 pm (UTC)
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"I create clean versions of these particular quiz slides, and use a text editor like Notepad to remove any invisible formatting when copy/..."
  • almost 8 years ago06/02/16 at 6:01 pm (UTC)