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 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)
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Diane Elkins replied to the discussion Practice files available for download
"I've been asked how these files can be used, and the answer is: however you want.  We created all the content and all the media ourselves..."
  • almost 12 years ago07/21/12 at 7:59 am (UTC)
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Diane Elkins replied to the discussion Seekbar in the Test Section
"You can select more than one slide at once in Story view and then turn the seekbar off in the Slide Properties panel.  The trick is that ..."
  • almost 12 years ago07/19/12 at 11:20 am (UTC)
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Diane Elkins started a new discussion Practice files available for download
"If you'd like something to work with while you are learning Storyline, we've posted some practice files you can work with: Storyboards fo..."
  • almost 12 years ago07/19/12 at 10:31 am (UTC)
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Diane Elkins replied to the discussion Looking for Section 508 consultants, with Storyline experience.
"Ahhh!  I had forgotten about that!  That was fun!"
  • almost 12 years ago07/18/12 at 2:18 pm (UTC)
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Diane Elkins replied to the discussion Looking for Section 508 consultants, with Storyline experience.
"Artisan E-Learning would be happy to help as well.  To get you started, here's a comparison of the accessibility features of major autho..."
  • almost 12 years ago07/18/12 at 12:37 pm (UTC)
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Diane Elkins replied to the discussion Having trouble with drag and drop
"Not sure what's causing the problem, but one workaround is to use a hotspot as the drop target.  A hotspot can be whatever shape you want..."
  • almost 12 years ago07/18/12 at 8:32 am (UTC)
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Diane Elkins replied to the discussion Zoom Picture causing image to get fuzzier
"I thought of that, too.  I tried removing the animations and the rotation, but that didn't work.  Maybe you'll try something I didn't thi..."
  • almost 12 years ago07/18/12 at 7:55 am (UTC)
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Diane Elkins replied to the discussion Zoom Picture causing image to get fuzzier
"Thanks for looking into it.  At least I know it isn't me!!  I'll see if I can put the image on a slide in a new story that isn't causing ..."
  • almost 12 years ago07/18/12 at 7:33 am (UTC)
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Diane Elkins replied to the discussion Feedback on Beta and notes for design team
"You can put notes in text boxes and place them off the slide -- in the gray area around the slide.  That way they won't show up in the pu..."
  • almost 12 years ago07/18/12 at 7:31 am (UTC)
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Diane Elkins replied to the discussion Click Interaction
"If you go to the layer properties for each layer (the gear icon on the right side of the layer in the layers panel), uncheck the Hide Oth..."
  • almost 12 years ago07/18/12 at 7:30 am (UTC)
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Diane Elkins replied to the discussion Storyline vs. PowerPoint?
"Storyline and PowerPoint are different products for different purposes.  If you are looking for sit-back-and-watch presentations or instr..."
  • almost 12 years ago07/17/12 at 1:19 pm (UTC)
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Diane Elkins replied to the discussion Zoom Picture causing image to get fuzzier
"Thanks for taking a look at it! You are correct: it looks fine when magnified, but the regular image is blurry.  Both images shown above..."
  • almost 12 years ago07/17/12 at 1:10 pm (UTC)
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Diane Elkins started a new discussion Zoom Picture causing image to get fuzzier
"I have some images of documents on a slide. They are clear, but too small to read the detail. I click the Zoom Picture button..."
  • almost 12 years ago07/17/12 at 11:55 am (UTC)
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Diane Elkins replied to the discussion Snap
"Home tab > Arrange menu > Align sub-menu > Grid Settings > Snap objects to grid."
  • almost 12 years ago07/17/12 at 11:50 am (UTC)
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Diane Elkins replied to the discussion Select character at start (by using vaiable)
"Yes!  Create a variable to store the student's choice (Ex: Avatar) Create a selection screen with the student's options.  When the stud..."
  • almost 12 years ago07/17/12 at 9:07 am (UTC)
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Diane Elkins replied to the discussion Navigation Menu link not returning user to main navigation page
"It might help if you could tell us a little bit more about your course structure.  For example, in your course, what is the main navigati..."
  • almost 12 years ago07/16/12 at 5:23 pm (UTC)
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Diane Elkins replied to the discussion Size matters: Have I reached the limit?
"I got that same error messge with my big file.  I republished and it was fine."
  • almost 12 years ago07/16/12 at 2:00 pm (UTC)