Darren Wall
Darren Wall
Learning Content Developer at Npower
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"Addictive doesnt cover it, going to have loads of fun picking the source file apart - great work Chris!"
  • 6 years ago03/05/18 at 1:41 pm (UTC)
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"You're onto something when you say Javascript is the way forward. This will take a bit of prep work to get going. In my mind, I'd have a..."
  • 6 years ago02/26/18 at 9:49 am (UTC)
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Darren Wall replied to the discussion Changing menu colours
"Short answer - custom nav. That way you can control the state of every line item to track when a slide has finished and then change state."
  • 6 years ago02/13/18 at 2:12 pm (UTC)
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Darren Wall replied to the discussion Jumping positions to Cue point
"This has suddenly become a much needed feature for me, especially for video playback, ideally I'd like the user to be able to view the ca..."
  • 6 years ago02/08/18 at 9:51 am (UTC)
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Darren Wall replied to the discussion "weighing" objects on a scale
"My suggestion would be to convert a line/image to a dial interaction, I'd then assign each of your objects a value related to the weight ..."
  • 6 years ago02/05/18 at 9:50 am (UTC)
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Darren Wall replied to the discussion How Do I make A Talking Jukebox
"The text to speech feature in SL will give you what you need - as for the actual jukebox, you could go all out in Adobe After Effects, ke..."
  • 6 years ago01/30/18 at 11:06 am (UTC)
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Darren Wall replied to the discussion Audio for courses
"In my experience, you don't need a studio set up or £££££ worth of equipment to get a good quality voice-over. A lot can be achieved usin..."
  • 6 years ago01/29/18 at 1:27 pm (UTC)
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Darren Wall replied to the discussion Web style Slider
"Hi, I'm having the same issue as Jake, currently using an update copy of 360 for teams however the file won't open. That being said, it..."
  • over 6 years ago01/11/18 at 2:42 pm (UTC)
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Darren Wall replied to the discussion Animation software and eLearning
"I've used Powtoon for the last 18 months, very user friendly and versatile! If you have access to Adobe Creative Cloud its very straightf..."
  • over 6 years ago12/01/17 at 10:29 am (UTC)
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Darren Wall replied to the discussion Font for Dyslexia
"I downloaded this a while ago, very useful! https://www.dyslexiefont.com/en/typeface/  "
  • over 6 years ago11/30/17 at 11:25 am (UTC)
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"LIke it, I'd build just one version to stress test first - once I've ironed out the bugs I'd just duplicate the scene, change the theme a..."
  • over 6 years ago11/02/17 at 3:35 pm (UTC)
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"Thats great, using the theme will definitely speed up editing too, thanks!"
  • over 6 years ago11/02/17 at 3:31 pm (UTC)
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"Great idea Soner, thank you very much!"
  • over 6 years ago11/02/17 at 3:31 pm (UTC)
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"Magic, thanks Paul!"
  • over 6 years ago10/31/17 at 10:20 am (UTC)
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"Thanks very much Darius!"
  • almost 7 years ago06/21/17 at 7:49 am (UTC)
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Darren Wall replied to the discussion Innovative course menus
"Hi Troy, Sliders are your way forward! Plan out which images you want to use, then use a photo editing tool (i.e. photoshop) to separat..."
  • 7 years ago04/07/17 at 12:55 pm (UTC)
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"At the moment, you'd need either Bootcamp or Parallels with a windows licence in order to run storyline on a mac. Whether that is due to ..."
  • 7 years ago04/07/17 at 11:39 am (UTC)
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Darren Wall replied to the discussion DSE Assessment feedback please
"Hi Glen, Thats a very smart looking E-Learn! We've got something similar for our organisation. If you've got the time, I'd be tempted t..."
  • 7 years ago03/29/17 at 2:14 pm (UTC)
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Darren Wall replied to the discussion Camtasia or Adobe Creative Cloud
"Our team regularly uses both, the only problem we have with the adobe video editing suite (premiere pro) is that in comparison to Camtasi..."
  • 7 years ago03/29/17 at 8:44 am (UTC)
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Darren Wall replied to the discussion Skills and Qualifications
"I'd also recommend this as the best investment I've made! https://www.amazon.co.uk/E-Learning-Science-Instruction-Guidelines-Multimedia/..."
  • 7 years ago03/28/17 at 9:40 am (UTC)
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Darren Wall replied to the discussion Skills and Qualifications
"Hi Matt, Without knowing too much about the content you aim to create, I'd highly recommend getting into some of the adobe packages such..."
  • 7 years ago03/28/17 at 8:38 am (UTC)
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Darren Wall replied to the discussion Workaround for navigation hover menu
"Hi, Could you not have a true/false variable applied, whereby when you click the pause button on your menu layer, it changes the variabl..."
  • 7 years ago03/23/17 at 10:30 am (UTC)
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"No problem, out of curiosity which option did you go for?"
  • 7 years ago03/22/17 at 7:28 pm (UTC)
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"Hi Janice, It might be best to create custom navigation buttons for each slide (the standard ones can be turned off). You can then eith..."
  • 7 years ago03/22/17 at 5:19 pm (UTC)
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"Cheers Chris, glad you like it!"
  • 7 years ago03/22/17 at 8:49 am (UTC)