Diane Elkins
Diane Elkins
President at Artisan E-Learning
  • About

    Diane Elkins

    Custom e-learning development, specializing in rapid development tools: Articulate Storyline and Studio, Captivate, and Lectora. Author of the E-Learning Uncovered book series, including books on Storyline and Studio.
  • Fairfax, VA
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Diane Elkins replied to the discussion Is anyone getting Storyline to work with Jaws?
""JAWS will only read the items that are highighted." The student can move from item to item on the screen by using the tab key.  Items ar..."
  • over 11 years ago08/27/12 at 7:37 am (UTC)
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Diane Elkins replied to the discussion Anyone know of a good iOS simulator?
"Here are the results of our testing. http://tinyurl.com/9cd4q54"
  • over 11 years ago08/23/12 at 11:45 am (UTC)
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Diane Elkins replied to the discussion Problems with player cutting off slide
"Check out a workaround in this post: http://community.articulate.com/forums/p/17153/97313.aspx#97313"
  • over 11 years ago08/21/12 at 7:10 am (UTC)
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Diane Elkins replied to the discussion Storyline Examples
"You can download some practice files from our website.  You can: View a finished course. View the .story file to see how it was made. Do..."
  • over 11 years ago08/20/12 at 2:39 pm (UTC)
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Diane Elkins replied to the discussion Anyone know of a good iOS simulator?
"Thanks, we'll give them a try. Diane"
  • over 11 years ago08/20/12 at 10:04 am (UTC)
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Diane Elkins replied to the discussion Enter text on different slides & compile all entries in document
"Each text entry box has an associated variable.  All you need to do on the "final" slide is insert "references" to those variables into t..."
  • over 11 years ago08/13/12 at 12:45 pm (UTC)
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Diane Elkins replied to the discussion Can't save because system is low on resources...workaround
"I've found that regularly doing a Save As with a new file name also helps. "
  • over 11 years ago08/07/12 at 9:23 pm (UTC)
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Diane Elkins replied to the discussion Lightboxslide
"If you only need the playbar to control the video, not other elements on the slide, you can use the video control toolbar instead.  Sele..."
  • over 11 years ago08/01/12 at 5:59 am (UTC)
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Diane Elkins replied to the discussion Freelance Professionals Sought
"Artisan E-Learning would be happy to help! I'll send you a private message to follow up."
  • over 11 years ago07/30/12 at 2:53 pm (UTC)
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Diane Elkins replied to the discussion 508 Compliance Questions
"Hello, Maggie, Here are my thoughts. 1. You should be able to assign an action trigger to each page (or the master slide) with the keyboa..."
  • over 11 years ago07/30/12 at 1:05 pm (UTC)
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Diane Elkins replied to the discussion Taking forward a learner's 'essay' response to a new slide
"Use a data entry box for the student's answers.  When you create one, the value is automatically saved as a variable.  Then on the later ..."
  • over 11 years ago07/30/12 at 4:42 am (UTC)
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Diane Elkins replied to the discussion How do I stop a variable from adding 1?
"Glad to hear it -- thanks for the update."
  • almost 12 years ago07/26/12 at 8:32 am (UTC)
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Diane Elkins replied to the discussion How do I stop a variable from adding 1?
"I don't think true/false will work because you have three possible values, if I understand correctly: not started, incomplete, and comple..."
  • almost 12 years ago07/26/12 at 6:12 am (UTC)
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Diane Elkins replied to the discussion Menu does not show all the slides
"Give this a try:  Go to the Player dialog box, and click the Menu button.  Down at the bottom of the menu on the left are some buttons.  ..."
  • almost 12 years ago07/26/12 at 5:15 am (UTC)
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Diane Elkins replied to the discussion How do I stop a variable from adding 1?
"I'm not quite sure I understand the question, but I'll give it a shot.  Variables apply to the entire project.  So you can modify them, d..."
  • almost 12 years ago07/25/12 at 11:20 am (UTC)
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Diane Elkins replied to the discussion Practice files available for download
"The goal of the files is to give people a chance to try out just about every feature in Storyline.  Becuase of that, it includes features..."
  • almost 12 years ago07/24/12 at 5:11 pm (UTC)
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Diane Elkins replied to the discussion How do I stop a variable from adding 1?
"There are a number of ways to accomplish this, based on how everything is set up.  Here are a few suggestions, and maybe one of them will..."
  • almost 12 years ago07/24/12 at 5:09 pm (UTC)
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Diane Elkins replied to the discussion Practice files available for download
"Glad you like the movie!  We had fun making it!"
  • almost 12 years ago07/24/12 at 10:33 am (UTC)
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Diane Elkins replied to the discussion Consistent state colours
"You can use the Format Painter (on the Home tab) to copy and paste states.  Just fix one the way you want it, double-click the Format pai..."
  • almost 12 years ago07/24/12 at 6:43 am (UTC)
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Diane Elkins replied to the discussion Slide Masters & Feedback Masters
"Try "grabbing" the gray bar all the way on the left side of the interface and dragging it to the right.  It might be hidden."
  • almost 12 years ago07/24/12 at 5:54 am (UTC)
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Diane Elkins replied to the discussion Exit Animations
"Could you do it with a series of small white boxes, each one disappearing in the timeline at the interval of your choice?  What I'm envis..."
  • almost 12 years ago07/23/12 at 8:30 pm (UTC)
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Diane Elkins replied to the discussion Screen Recording defaults
"Correct."
  • almost 12 years ago07/23/12 at 7:42 am (UTC)
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Diane Elkins replied to the discussion Audio Trigger?
"You can scotch-tape this together.  Add a shape off to the side of your slide, and adjust the shape to begin in the Timeline where your c..."
  • almost 12 years ago07/23/12 at 7:37 am (UTC)
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Diane Elkins replied to the discussion Screen Recording defaults
"The captions use the Accent 1 color in your Design theme.  If you change that color, then your captions will reflect it -- this works bot..."
  • almost 12 years ago07/23/12 at 7:36 am (UTC)
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Diane Elkins replied to the discussion Showing a shape to remind visited zones
"I don't think you can make a hotspot visible to the student.  However, you can make any shape a hotspot.  So instead of inserting a hotsp..."
  • almost 12 years ago07/23/12 at 6:56 am (UTC)