Brian Houle
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Brian Houle replied to the discussion Bulk Video Preloader?
"Hi, Madison:
As far as I know, that's the only out-of-the-box solution available designed to work with Articulate, which is a bargain at ..."
- over 12 years ago12/19/11 at 8:02 am (UTC)
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Brian Houle replied to the discussion ADA Compliance
"Hi, Britt:
I've run into a similar situation. I ended up doing up a simple javascript page that loaded quiz question and answer sets fro..."
- over 12 years ago12/15/11 at 6:10 am (UTC)
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Brian Houle replied to the discussion Bandwidth Solutions - Help!
"Hi, Jonathan:
I'd say that all depends on the bandwidth capacity in the classroom, so it's hard to offer advice. First, I would ask if b..."
- over 12 years ago12/06/11 at 8:35 am (UTC)
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Brian Houle replied to the discussion How to limit slide progress with streaming video Web Object
"Hi, Don:
You could try the old trick of creating an audio file of silence that lasts for the desired length of time, then import it into ..."
- over 12 years ago11/30/11 at 12:04 pm (UTC)
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Brian Houle replied to the discussion Anatomy of a Screencast
"I usually just organize the nodes from left to right in order, but I love that sectioning idea. Thanks for the tip."
- over 12 years ago11/29/11 at 8:41 am (UTC)
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Brian Houle replied to the discussion Anatomy of a Screencast
"David:
Wow, that's a pretty cool template!
I usually do a mind-map of my screencasts first so that I have a general structure without ha..."
- over 12 years ago11/29/11 at 8:03 am (UTC)
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Brian Houle replied to the discussion How do you host your e-learning portfolio online?
"Hi, Paul:
Dropbox should work nicely. I do this all the time for SME review and approval."
- over 12 years ago11/29/11 at 6:17 am (UTC)
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Brian Houle replied to the discussion Client has no intranet, what are their options?
"Hi, Holly:
Don't forget that Articulate can output to a CD-ROM. I know it's very 1990s, but it could be a viable option for some clients..."
- over 12 years ago10/17/11 at 6:41 am (UTC)
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Brian Houle replied to the discussion Client Error Message Importing SCORM Course
"Hi, Jack:
Well, according to the error log, there was an permissions error in grabbing the SCORM 1.2 API from the LMS. This suggests to ..."
- over 12 years ago10/17/11 at 6:36 am (UTC)
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Brian Houle replied to the discussion Intellectual Property Rights
"Hi, Greg:
#1 is correct, except where the rights holder explicitly grants such permission. The chances that your average YouTube author ..."
- over 12 years ago10/13/11 at 7:15 am (UTC)
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Brian Houle replied to the discussion Intellectual Property Rights
"Hi, Greg:
You can only assume material is free to use if the author of that content explicitly indicates that it is (I assume you mean U...."
- over 12 years ago10/13/11 at 6:17 am (UTC)
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Brian Houle replied to the discussion Flash Appears off Center
"Hi, Ian:
I would try preloading the flash movie, especially if it's kind of large (in terms of swf file sizes). You might be running int..."
- over 12 years ago10/12/11 at 9:35 am (UTC)
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Brian Houle replied to the discussion Client updating their own content w/o training dept.
"Hi, Nicole:
I would say option 1 would be the best bet for everyone: they get their quiz updated, and you do not end up with a headache t..."
- over 12 years ago10/05/11 at 6:07 am (UTC)
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Brian Houle replied to the discussion Flash swf doesn't play consistently
"Hi, Ian:
Off-stage elements mean that if, in Flash, you have elements hanging out off stage but still visible, they might show up in Art..."
- over 12 years ago09/28/11 at 9:55 am (UTC)
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Brian Houle replied to the discussion Need a new LMS
"GeoMaestro bills by active user account, not seats. We have approximately 4000 active users, give or take a couple hundred. Our arrange..."
- over 12 years ago09/12/11 at 10:05 am (UTC)
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Brian Houle replied to the discussion Need a new LMS
"We use GeoMaestro (now owned by SumTotal). We don't use it in that fashion, but it is designed to do exactly those sorts of things. Wha..."
- over 12 years ago09/12/11 at 9:39 am (UTC)
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Brian Houle replied to the discussion Peer-reviewed Journals
"I don't have any journal recommendations for you, but Clark and Mayer's ELEARNING AND THE SCIENCE OF INSTRUCTION (2nd Ed) is based on res..."
- over 12 years ago08/22/11 at 6:57 am (UTC)
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Brian Houle replied to the discussion Font correctly installed but not displayed in powerpoint
"Hi, Mari:
I've walked on the Linux side myself. I would try restarting Powerpoint or, failing that, reboot your machine. The reboot us..."
- over 12 years ago08/12/11 at 6:09 am (UTC)
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Brian Houle replied to the discussion ADA Compliance
"Kathleen Harper said:
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One solution that would work in exactly that way was a series of thin 2-lines-of text boxes with the audio scri..."
- over 12 years ago08/09/11 at 7:43 am (UTC)
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Brian Houle replied to the discussion Who here is freelance and/or self employed?
"Love this thread. Re: the health insurance plans folks are nabbing: what providers/types of plans have you looked at/adopted (if you do..."
- over 12 years ago07/21/11 at 1:23 pm (UTC)
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Brian Houle replied to the discussion Linking to a specific time on a slide
"Hi, Bob:
Not that I know of without resorting to some custom Flash and the SDK. Your best bet might be to create a duplicate of the "lau..."
- almost 13 years ago07/11/11 at 1:07 pm (UTC)
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Brian Houle replied to the discussion custom sdk tab
"Hi, Barry:
I've experienced the same problem. Preloading your tabs should solve it."
- almost 13 years ago04/26/11 at 9:02 am (UTC)
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Brian Houle replied to the discussion Creating a comparison chart in Presenter?
"Hi, L.F.:
My instinct is to refer you to some of Jeanette Brooks' screenrs for inspiration. For instance, her click-to-zoom effect (http..."
- 13 years ago03/14/11 at 11:02 am (UTC)
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Brian Houle replied to the discussion Need Some Assistance From You Gurus!
"Hi, stat1124:
Creating custom Articulate skins can be tricky. But, if you're trying to reskin the player for a specific project only and..."
- 13 years ago03/14/11 at 10:30 am (UTC)
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Brian Houle replied to the discussion So, what do you do (for a living)?
"Heroes has a nasty spam problem. :("
- 13 years ago03/04/11 at 6:31 am (UTC)