Douglas Spencer
Douglas Spencer
Online Content Developer at Froedtert
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Douglas Spencer replied to the discussion Advancing after revisiting a slide
"I think light boxing the reference slide would be a better solution for you."
  • over 8 years ago11/06/15 at 8:39 pm (UTC)
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"This can be done with a simple True/False variable. Create a variable and set it to False as its default. Let's call it "path2".  Set..."
  • over 8 years ago11/02/15 at 4:11 pm (UTC)
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"Using nested objects you can do something similar to what you are asking. In other words, you can use states to put objects inside of oth..."
  • over 8 years ago10/28/15 at 8:00 pm (UTC)
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"A possible solution What if your audio was placed on its own layer instead of the base layer. That way, the base layer's timeline could ..."
  • over 8 years ago10/09/15 at 7:56 pm (UTC)
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"Right. What I was saying is that Walt Hamilton's suggestion only works if the menu is free. At least to my understanding."
  • over 8 years ago10/09/15 at 7:53 pm (UTC)
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Douglas Spencer replied to the discussion On-Player Triggers with Variables not Working
"Does the home button reload the whole presentation by chance? If so, that would reset your variable. Does the home slide reset to initia..."
  • over 8 years ago10/09/15 at 7:51 pm (UTC)
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Douglas Spencer replied to the discussion New scene or slide?
"It is an organization thing. To use a book analogy, slides are pages and scenes are chapters."
  • over 8 years ago10/09/15 at 7:46 pm (UTC)
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"The answer to this intrigues me as well. Unless I am mistaken, the presented solution would only work if the menu was not locked. Howeve..."
  • over 8 years ago10/09/15 at 7:42 pm (UTC)
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Douglas Spencer replied to the discussion Last visited variable
"The branching on this course sure is complicated. I think if you did this you could accomplish what you want. 1. Create a T/F variable ..."
  • over 8 years ago09/22/15 at 8:38 pm (UTC)
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Douglas Spencer replied to the discussion true/false variables between scenes
"When problem solving variable issues it can be helpful to put a text reference that lists the variable's state on your slide(s). To do th..."
  • over 8 years ago08/28/15 at 2:16 pm (UTC)
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Douglas Spencer replied to the discussion Optional Slide Properties
"If you use a true/false variable there would not be a need to duplicate all the slides. To do this,  at the beginning of the course, have..."
  • almost 9 years ago07/14/15 at 12:17 pm (UTC)
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Douglas Spencer replied to the discussion Bow and Arrow
"The keyboard does not work for me either. I tried in both Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer."
  • almost 9 years ago06/22/15 at 7:53 pm (UTC)
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"Have you tried "resetting the slide to initial state" when the slide is revisited?"
  • almost 9 years ago05/08/15 at 7:58 pm (UTC)
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Douglas Spencer replied to the discussion 'Loop' Videos
"This method isn't pretty but you could put the video on its own layer. After the layer's timeline is done use a trigger to show a new lay..."
  • almost 9 years ago05/05/15 at 6:36 pm (UTC)
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Douglas Spencer replied to the discussion Jump to Custom Slide Using Variables
"This seems unnecessarily completed. Why not just use a variable with Storyline and set a condition on a next button trigger?"
  • 9 years ago03/11/15 at 8:55 pm (UTC)
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Douglas Spencer replied to the discussion Wisconsin Articulate User Group
"Milwaukee area here as well."
  • 9 years ago03/11/15 at 8:48 pm (UTC)
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"If slides are similar you could always estimate time for making one slide then multiply that number for how many slides the presentation ..."
  • 9 years ago03/11/15 at 8:46 pm (UTC)
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Douglas Spencer replied to the discussion Simulating password entry
"You could have the user click buttons to put in their password and then put a hotspot over the whole button bank that would be the actual..."
  • 9 years ago02/25/15 at 9:20 pm (UTC)
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"To add to the conversion, I have found that layers can be beneficial when printing the e-learning for the SME to review. The slide is dif..."
  • 9 years ago01/19/15 at 7:12 pm (UTC)
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"This is most awesome! Thank you!"
  • over 9 years ago01/14/15 at 9:53 pm (UTC)
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"The problem is that your layers all have a background. I see that you did some changes in the slide master and feedback master section. ..."
  • over 9 years ago01/05/15 at 6:20 pm (UTC)
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"Hmm. Hard to help without seeing your file. 1. Did you check to make sure the objects on the base layer are present on the whole timelin..."
  • over 9 years ago01/02/15 at 7:40 pm (UTC)
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"You could splice the video into chapters and put them on different layers. The buttons could open a layer (chapter). After a layer's time..."
  • over 9 years ago01/02/15 at 7:33 pm (UTC)
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"Carol, I took a look at your attached file and updated it to function correctly. What I Did 1. I created a score variable for each ques..."
  • over 9 years ago12/24/14 at 4:34 pm (UTC)
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Douglas Spencer replied to the discussion Looking for free images - mostly svg.
"http://pixabay.com/ has some free .svg files in their database. Plenty of pictures too!"
  • over 9 years ago12/18/14 at 9:05 pm (UTC)