David Anderson
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Director, Customer Training at Articulate
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David Anderson replied to the discussion Joining the community
"Hi Holly! Great to see you here. Hope you enjoyed the workshop last week. I know you were looking for some feedback on some of your proje..."
  • over 12 years ago11/15/11 at 4:04 am (UTC)
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"I think it would also help to see a sample or two of expected course designs. Bryan Chapman's report is one that gets referenced a lot. B..."
  • over 12 years ago11/14/11 at 8:40 am (UTC)
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David Anderson started a new discussion DYK: Basic tips everyone in the world should know
"Had a great time showcasing Studio and Storyline at DevLearn last week. One of the things that always comes up during demos is around sim..."
  • over 12 years ago11/09/11 at 11:58 am (UTC)
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David Anderson replied to the discussion Flipping or turning a graphic
"Hi Peter and welcome to E-learning Heroes! Rotating and flipping images is easy. Just go up to Format > Arrange > Rotate > Flip ..."
  • over 12 years ago11/08/11 at 8:53 am (UTC)
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"Great example, Michael! The pyramid interaction is ideal for Bloom. Adding it to the example list:-) Thanks!"
  • over 12 years ago11/03/11 at 5:31 am (UTC)
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David Anderson started a new discussion The most common performance or behavior topics in elearning?
"Just received this question from a blog reader looking for some help creating a list of course topics she can build out with her team. Si..."
  • over 12 years ago10/31/11 at 12:37 pm (UTC)
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David Anderson replied to the discussion How do you remove all confusion?
"How do you direct passengers to the Exit? You use a pre-exit sign! The other passengers must have thought Tom and I were the biggest nerd..."
  • over 12 years ago10/30/11 at 9:48 pm (UTC)
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"@elisa - thanks for your comments. You're totally right about the importance designing appropriate visuals. In my research around Snapsho..."
  • over 12 years ago10/30/11 at 7:17 pm (UTC)
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David Anderson replied to the discussion Will you help me choose an authoring tool?
"I recommend Articulate Studio The chat cloud, audio example is an easy one to create in PowerPoint and Presenter '09. Here are a couple e..."
  • over 12 years ago10/30/11 at 10:59 am (UTC)
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"Hi Julie, You should consider creating an audio slideshow from your existing videos. If you can export still frames or use a screen captu..."
  • over 12 years ago10/30/11 at 10:49 am (UTC)
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David Anderson replied to the discussion How do you remove all confusion?
"Some possible suggestions, but mostly silly ideas Once your learners take a course or two, they'll know the ropes so you can begin intro..."
  • over 12 years ago10/25/11 at 1:53 pm (UTC)
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David Anderson replied to the discussion Splitting a presentation
"Here's a Screenr demonstrating the Save as... process:"
  • over 12 years ago10/23/11 at 9:10 pm (UTC)
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David Anderson replied to the discussion Cutout images
"Here are a few Screenrs demonstrating various background-removal techniques in PowerPoint 2007 and PowerPoint 2010: Remove background us..."
  • over 12 years ago10/23/11 at 8:14 pm (UTC)
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David Anderson replied to the discussion Learning Games & Narration
"Hi Helen, You can add background audio narration using Presenter's Playlist option. It will play like any other slide, only you won't be ..."
  • over 12 years ago10/19/11 at 6:42 am (UTC)
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"@Dave - Thanks for all the awesome points. And great call re: Engage as a printout. I should have mentioned something around publishing E..."
  • over 12 years ago10/18/11 at 10:40 am (UTC)
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David Anderson replied to the discussion How to mimic a cover flow?
"Ahh, cool. The only other options I can think of would be to look for a Flash/xml widget. I've used them before and they're relatively in..."
  • over 12 years ago10/18/11 at 10:09 am (UTC)
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David Anderson replied to the discussion How to mimic a cover flow?
"Hi Leslie - Have you seen this Engage carousel interaction?"
  • over 12 years ago10/18/11 at 8:06 am (UTC)
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David Anderson started a new discussion Language training ideas in Studio '09
"We just received this question from a blog reader. A similar question came up last week so I though we should capture this #trending topi..."
  • over 12 years ago10/17/11 at 10:10 am (UTC)
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David Anderson replied to the discussion Video Doesnt Work
"Thanks Jill. I didn't try to change the templates because things played okay after re-inserting the videos. I'm glad to hear things are p..."
  • over 12 years ago10/17/11 at 9:58 am (UTC)
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David Anderson replied to the discussion Video Doesnt Work
"Hi Jill, It looks like the videos were inserted via PowerPoint and not Articulate > Insert > Flash Movie. Looking at the videos in ..."
  • over 12 years ago10/17/11 at 9:28 am (UTC)
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David Anderson replied to the discussion Video Doesnt Work
"Hi Jill - I'm publishing your files now... I'll post back after I've had a look!"
  • over 12 years ago10/17/11 at 9:13 am (UTC)
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David Anderson replied to the discussion Multiple Choice Questions in Quizmaker
"Hi Katherine! I'm sorry we didn't reply to this thread earlier. The answer is there really isn't anyway to extend the number of choices b..."
  • over 12 years ago10/14/11 at 8:15 am (UTC)
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David Anderson replied to the discussion Reset tests - how is that done?
"Hi Alicia, I think Quizmaker has all that built-in by default. Using Quiz Properties, you can specify the number of attempts learners rec..."
  • over 12 years ago10/14/11 at 7:16 am (UTC)
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David Anderson replied to the discussion Customer Service Spanish Course
"Hi Jessica and welcome to Elearning Heroes! That really sounds like a fun project! One of the first things that comes to mind is creating..."
  • over 12 years ago10/14/11 at 6:59 am (UTC)
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David Anderson published a new article Job Aids as Spoilers in E-learning Courses
"As elearning designers, we don’t always have the final say on what goes into the courses we build. That level of decision-making is usual..."
  • over 12 years ago10/14/11 at 6:32 am (UTC)