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 Select character at start (by using vaiable)
"Hello, Susie, You only need 1 variable, not 2.  Create 1 variable to store the choice.  You can call it "character" or something like th..."
  • over 11 years ago11/09/12 at 11:16 am (UTC)
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Diane Elkins replied to the discussion Multiple Choice Question in Storyline
"This is probably an issue with the objects' states.  Select one of the items that is causing problems, and click the States tab at the bo..."
  • almost 12 years ago09/12/12 at 11:36 am (UTC)
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Diane Elkins replied to the discussion animated bullet points?
"You can! Create your text box with the bullet points.  On the Animations tab, add an entrance animation, and select the "by 1st level p..."
  • almost 12 years ago09/12/12 at 11:29 am (UTC)
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Diane Elkins replied to the discussion What slide sizes do I use in Storyline?
"Here is the resolution: 1st & 2nd generation 1024 × 768 pixels at 132 pixels per inch with a 4:3 aspect ratio 3rd generation 2048×153..."
  • almost 12 years ago09/11/12 at 6:03 am (UTC)
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Diane Elkins replied to the discussion Insert a thumnail image and click in course for full-size view?
"If I understand correctly what you are trying to do, scalethe image down on the slide, and on the Format tab, click the Zoom Picture butt..."
  • almost 12 years ago09/10/12 at 5:02 am (UTC)
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Diane Elkins replied to the discussion Preferences options in Storyline
"This can be done in a few places.  On the Design tab, you can designate a set color theme from the Colors menu.  This creates a color pal..."
  • almost 12 years ago09/07/12 at 1:14 pm (UTC)
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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..."
  • almost 12 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"
  • almost 12 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"
  • almost 12 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..."
  • almost 12 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"
  • almost 12 years ago08/20/12 at 10:04 am (UTC)
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Diane Elkins started a new discussion Anyone know of a good iOS simulator?
"Specifically I'm looking for something to help with iPad testing that runs on a PC. Thanks"
  • almost 12 years ago08/16/12 at 8:35 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..."
  • almost 12 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. "
  • almost 12 years ago08/07/12 at 9:23 pm (UTC)
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Diane Elkins started a new discussion What verb are you using for "click" on a PC and iPad course?
"You "click" a button on a PC-delivered course.  You "tap" a button on an iPad-delivered course.  But what if you are doing a course that ..."
  • almost 12 years ago08/01/12 at 8:21 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..."
  • almost 12 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."
  • almost 12 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..."
  • almost 12 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 ..."
  • almost 12 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."
  • 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..."
  • 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.  ..."
  • 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..."
  • 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..."
  • 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..."
  • 12 years ago07/24/12 at 5:09 pm (UTC)