Diane Elkins
Diane Elkins
President at Artisan E-Learning
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    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 Tiggers and Poses
"You can do that with the Change State trigger.  You can either use one of the pre-set emotions in the triggers wizard, or create your own..."
  • almost 12 years ago07/10/12 at 10:59 am (UTC)
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Diane Elkins replied to the discussion Quick Access Toolbar
"The answer is: Sort of.  You can add some tools, but not others.  Right-click a tool on one of the ribbons, and you might see an option t..."
  • almost 12 years ago07/05/12 at 8:45 am (UTC)
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Diane Elkins replied to the discussion Limited Scene Number?
"I'm not aware of any specific limit.  As a test, I just added a bunch of scenes to a project I'm working on, and went up to 20.  So I'm g..."
  • almost 12 years ago07/04/12 at 2:36 pm (UTC)
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Diane Elkins replied to the discussion "White Template" Box has moved in Slide View
"Are you working over a network?  I just experienced this in a Storyline class I was teaching.  One of the students couldn't bring a lapto..."
  • almost 12 years ago07/03/12 at 2:00 pm (UTC)
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Diane Elkins replied to the discussion Font question
"I did a little testing.   As Phil said, the student does not need to have the font installed.  This is true both in the .swf published ve..."
  • almost 12 years ago07/03/12 at 6:49 am (UTC)
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Diane Elkins replied to the discussion Question about an ungraded drag-and-drop activity
"Thanks, Nancy, that works!  I hadn't thought about setting it up as a question with "faked" correct pairings and then just not letting th..."
  • almost 12 years ago07/02/12 at 6:21 pm (UTC)
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Diane Elkins replied to the discussion White Scrren with a grey exclamation mark
"I have been having this same issue intermittently while previewing a non-screen capture course.  So while I can't tell you what's causing..."
  • almost 12 years ago06/28/12 at 5:21 am (UTC)
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Diane Elkins replied to the discussion Do you need Quizmaker to import Quizmaker?
"Thanks, Dave!"
  • almost 12 years ago06/26/12 at 5:38 am (UTC)
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Diane Elkins replied to the discussion Drag and Drop Interaction with Scoring and Branching
"If you want immediate feedback, meaning that the branching happens as soon as the item is dropped (as opposed to waiting unil a submit bu..."
  • almost 12 years ago06/25/12 at 10:59 am (UTC)
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Diane Elkins replied to the discussion Drag and Drop
"Right-click the drop target, select Drag and Drop, and select Free, Stack, etc."
  • almost 12 years ago06/25/12 at 10:50 am (UTC)
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Diane Elkins replied to the discussion Collecting results
"Here's a screenr from Tom Kuhlmann about how to use Google docs to track completion. https://player.vimeo.com/video/204869861"
  • almost 12 years ago06/11/12 at 5:37 am (UTC)
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Diane Elkins replied to the discussion Displaying a Variable
"Go to the Insert tab, click Reference, and then select the one you want.  Or if you prefer to type it, type %variablename%"
  • almost 12 years ago06/08/12 at 1:53 pm (UTC)
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Diane Elkins replied to the discussion Review Quiz showing "incorrect" even when answered correctly
"Update:  Turned out it was a simple problem. Question slides were set to "Reset to Initial State."  That means they reset during the revi..."
  • almost 12 years ago06/05/12 at 7:39 am (UTC)
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Diane Elkins replied to the discussion Section 508
"Here are my thoughts on Storyline and 508. Yes, it is infinitely more accessible than Studio.  Pros: You can add alt text (either name..."
  • almost 12 years ago06/02/12 at 12:27 pm (UTC)
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Diane Elkins replied to the discussion Save error message
"I've been struggling with the same problem for a week.  Sometimes I can save with several other applications open, and other times I can'..."
  • almost 12 years ago06/01/12 at 12:57 pm (UTC)
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Diane Elkins replied to the discussion Contracting a Storyline Guru
"Hello, Aaron, We'd be happy to help as well.  While much of what we do is for corporate/non-profit/government, one of our team members is..."
  • almost 12 years ago05/20/12 at 5:42 pm (UTC)
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Diane Elkins replied to the discussion Slides, scenes and layers
"These graphics might help."
  • almost 12 years ago05/18/12 at 4:32 am (UTC)
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Diane Elkins replied to the discussion Changing Shape styles, colours in Try It mode
"The hint captions in Try It mode pull from the Accent 1 color. One option is to change the Accent 1 color in your color theme, then all t..."
  • almost 12 years ago05/13/12 at 2:38 pm (UTC)
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Diane Elkins replied to the discussion Transparent background
"In the advanced color editing, you can adjust transparency for the colors.  It would be a fairly manual process to set every element to t..."
  • almost 12 years ago05/11/12 at 7:44 am (UTC)
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Diane Elkins replied to the discussion Correct answers
"Feedback is done on layers, so you can add whatever you want to the layer.  For example, you can add a circle over the correct answers, p..."
  • almost 12 years ago05/11/12 at 7:27 am (UTC)
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Diane Elkins replied to the discussion Close Captions?
"Storyline does not have an automatic closed caption feature, but you can make one fairly easily.  Just designate a space on the slide (us..."
  • almost 12 years ago05/08/12 at 3:08 pm (UTC)
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Diane Elkins replied to the discussion SME approval process and sign off
"For the online draft, we use SharePoint to manage comments.  Here's a quick tutorial we made for one of our clients. https://player.vimeo..."
  • 12 years ago04/21/12 at 11:22 am (UTC)
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Diane Elkins replied to the discussion Help Wanted! Creative ID for large project overflow ...
"Hello, Craig, We'd love to help out!  I'll send an PM with more details, but here's a summary. Artisan E-learning had been in business si..."
  • over 12 years ago08/01/11 at 6:43 am (UTC)