David Barnes
E-Learning Product Manager
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Packt Publishing
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David Barnes replied to the discussion Anatomy of a Screencast
"Thanks Brian. I enjoyed playing around with that font, which is from the Anatomy of a Murder movie poster.
When sharing this template wi..."
- over 12 years ago11/29/11 at 8:11 am (UTC)
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David Barnes replied to the discussion Complex email trigger via "Recommend" button
"Leslie I don't think you can do the tool tip but the rest should work. Try shoving this in:
mailto:TYPE YOUR COLLEAGUE'S EMAIL ADDRESS HE..."
- over 12 years ago11/16/11 at 4:00 am (UTC)
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David Barnes replied to the discussion SMEs Insist on "Check the Box" Compliance Training
"I just posted this as a new threat but you should definitely check it out. It's one very successful way that Compliance Training can be m..."
- over 12 years ago11/14/11 at 8:44 am (UTC)
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David Barnes replied to the discussion Video vs. "full" elearning for software training
"Thanks for your thoughts.
What I'm getting out of this:
- For just in time and on demand software tutorials, video is great. Hop in, take..."
- over 12 years ago11/10/11 at 2:20 am (UTC)
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David Barnes replied to the discussion Tutorial: Slide Design for Non-Designers
"Daniel, what I like about this post is that it's just a post not a book, and anybody can follow it. I've read some of Nancy Duarte's stuf..."
- over 12 years ago11/03/11 at 9:19 am (UTC)
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David Barnes replied to the discussion Tool chain for text heavy elearning & online training...?
"Thanks Kevin.
Yeah RoboHelp looks promising, but I'd sacrifice the SCORM angle and also I think the freedom to add more creative kinds of..."
- over 12 years ago10/31/11 at 7:18 am (UTC)
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David Barnes replied to the discussion Tool chain for text heavy elearning & online training...?
"I had a play with the Adobe Elearning Suite online trial, which includes Dreamweaver. I couldn't find anything like a "navigator" that I ..."
- over 12 years ago10/31/11 at 6:16 am (UTC)
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David Barnes replied to the discussion Tool chain for text heavy elearning & online training...?
"Thanks Charles. Looks like a bit of a hack. Ideally I'd like to use a tool that was purpose built for "this kind of thing". Are there any..."
- over 12 years ago10/31/11 at 5:24 am (UTC)
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David Barnes replied to the discussion protecting my work
"Consider going the other way: share your work and encourage your colleagues to do the same. Other teachers save time by using your course..."
- over 12 years ago10/31/11 at 4:57 am (UTC)
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David Barnes replied to the discussion How to convert tech books to elearning courses?
"I've played around with the Elearning Suite online trial and I'm still not sure if it's what I need. The examples of elearning that Dream..."
- over 12 years ago10/28/11 at 8:16 am (UTC)
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David Barnes replied to the discussion How to convert tech books to elearning courses?
"Thanks again Mark. I have no desire to adopt a DIY approach. If Adobe Elearning Suite does what I need then that's what we'll use. It doe..."
- over 12 years ago10/28/11 at 3:45 am (UTC)
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David Barnes replied to the discussion How to convert tech books to elearning courses?
"Mark, thank you. This is very helpful. I'm new to elearning and finding it hard to get a handle on the "architecture" of elearning.
As I ..."
- over 12 years ago10/27/11 at 11:52 am (UTC)
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David Barnes replied to the discussion Online training vs. elearning
"Thinking about this a bit more, online training is a particular kind of elearning. All online training is elearning (or maybe blended ele..."
- over 12 years ago10/27/11 at 11:41 am (UTC)
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David Barnes replied to the discussion How to convert tech books to elearning courses?
"Hey thanks Mark. Weird: I discovered LCDS earlier this afternoon and have been having a play with it. There's a lot that's good about it,..."
- over 12 years ago10/27/11 at 9:12 am (UTC)
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David Barnes replied to the discussion Compliance training -- how to meet a required time limit?
"What is the course about Laura?"
- over 12 years ago10/25/11 at 9:19 am (UTC)
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David Barnes replied to the discussion How to convert tech books to elearning courses?
"Thanks for the further feedback! Having developed over 100 technical books myself I would very much enjoy tearing a few of them up.
I've..."
- over 12 years ago10/25/11 at 8:35 am (UTC)
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David Barnes replied to the discussion SMEs Insist on "Check the Box" Compliance Training
"This is a political problem not an elearning design problem. Your VPs and managers want a boring course. They probably don't want to thin..."
- over 12 years ago10/25/11 at 4:06 am (UTC)
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David Barnes replied to the discussion A solution looking for a problem - suggestions
"I like @Bob's idea of this being about the horrors of poor elearning design. The haunting occurred because of a poorly designed exorcism ..."
- over 12 years ago10/24/11 at 7:21 am (UTC)
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David Barnes replied to the discussion How to convert tech books to elearning courses?
"Thanks very much for the responses. Some very thoughtful ideas there. I love the RSI ruse Jeanette... will definitely use it.
As part of ..."
- over 12 years ago10/24/11 at 7:10 am (UTC)
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David Barnes replied to the discussion A bit off topic about Moodle
"I work for Packt Publishing. We have a whole bunch of Moodle books: http://www.packtpub.com/books/moodle
Almost an overwhelming choice, b..."
- over 12 years ago10/21/11 at 3:42 am (UTC)