Gina Hoekstra
Gina Hoekstra
HRIS Manager
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    Gina Hoekstra

    HRIS Manager working for a Logistics company as their LMS manager and course designer. I work with many different software programs and love graphic design as well as working with my company to create exciting courses for our employees. I have a Masters in Human Resource Management and have 10 years experience in HR and just about two years working specifically in HRIS as a course designer.
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Gina Hoekstra replied to the discussion Cause of delay at beginning of slide when playing on LMS?
"I have the same problem. It typically occurs more often on my courses if a user jumps ahead to a slide that has not "buffered" yet. But....."
  • almost 12 years ago05/23/12 at 1:15 pm (UTC)
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Gina Hoekstra replied to the discussion LMS Suggestions from e-Heroes
"We have 3000+ users and use GreenLight by Silkroad. I like it from an Administrator Standpoint and even our novice computer users at our ..."
  • almost 12 years ago05/23/12 at 1:07 pm (UTC)
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Gina Hoekstra replied to the discussion Creating Harassment Training
"Make sure you know where your employees are (which states) because different states have different requirements (California, Connecticut ..."
  • almost 12 years ago05/18/12 at 8:01 am (UTC)
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Gina Hoekstra replied to the discussion Voice over costs
"I also have no budget for this, and do it all myself. I bought a Yeti mic and have started working on the homemade boxes for soundproofin..."
  • almost 12 years ago05/18/12 at 7:49 am (UTC)
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Gina Hoekstra replied to the discussion Creating a file cabinet
"Cheryl - not missing anything Both of us created the entire images we used from scratch using PowerPoint. I love using the shape tools t..."
  • almost 12 years ago05/15/12 at 1:26 pm (UTC)
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Gina Hoekstra replied to the discussion Published Engage File not reporting automatically to LMS
"That must be the problem then. I am used to Captivate which pushes all throughout the course, so I expected as soon as they have met the ..."
  • almost 12 years ago05/09/12 at 12:48 pm (UTC)
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Gina Hoekstra replied to the discussion Screenr Heroes
"Thanks David! Yet, I am so short on "free" time these days, I have not done one in months. I am now learning Articulate (I had come from ..."
  • almost 12 years ago05/03/12 at 11:30 am (UTC)
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Gina Hoekstra replied to the discussion last animation being clipped?
"Worked perfect! I added a box at 99% invisible and applied another affect to it to happen "after previous" and the wipe function complete..."
  • almost 12 years ago05/01/12 at 11:35 am (UTC)
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Gina Hoekstra replied to the discussion PowerPoint 2010 - Polaroid image thrown onto slide effect
"Side question....what is the hover function that makes the images appear slightly larger when the mouse is "on" the image? I'm sure it is..."
  • almost 12 years ago04/26/12 at 12:05 pm (UTC)
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Gina Hoekstra replied to the discussion Created a peeled tab image - free to take
"Thanks Mike! sure you can use it. I have the PowerPoint...is that what you would like? I don't use Photoshop."
  • almost 12 years ago04/24/12 at 10:30 am (UTC)
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Gina Hoekstra replied to the discussion Modifying Articulate default size
"Bringing this to the surface because I was JUST thinking of this. I have used Publisher (Microsoft) in the past to put out my Newsletter ..."
  • almost 12 years ago04/20/12 at 8:33 am (UTC)
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Gina Hoekstra replied to the discussion Stock photograpy
"I found about 3-4 different people in Fotalia that had 20+ poses (all different races/nationalities). I downloaded all of them by finding..."
  • 12 years ago04/17/12 at 9:29 am (UTC)
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Gina Hoekstra replied to the discussion Animation Challenge
"https://player.vimeo.com/video/204930632 I did something like this in my file cabinet example. When the folder comes out, I used three p..."
  • 12 years ago04/17/12 at 6:55 am (UTC)
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Gina Hoekstra replied to the discussion Creating a file cabinet
"It was the one I did I think; unless someone else did it too...but this one I used the arc motion path and three pieces to make the folde..."
  • 12 years ago04/13/12 at 7:15 pm (UTC)
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Gina Hoekstra replied to the discussion Photoshop without the expense of photo shop
"I also use Paint Shop Pro. I have always used that (and have also used Photoshop) but for the price it does the same thing in my opinion ..."
  • 12 years ago04/02/12 at 12:59 pm (UTC)
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Gina Hoekstra replied to the discussion Do you use SilkRoad GreenLight LMS or Halogen eLearning Manager?
"As I have not used any other LMS I have a hard time comparing it to others outside of what I have heard. I believe SilkRoad has a great p..."
  • 12 years ago04/02/12 at 12:56 pm (UTC)
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Gina Hoekstra replied to the discussion Looking for a couple of ideas...
"There is a section in the Slideology book that uses a push function with the slides making them look like one continuous project that jus..."
  • 12 years ago02/09/12 at 10:12 am (UTC)
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Gina Hoekstra replied to the discussion Audio Editing or Voice changing software?
"I don't have an answer but wanted to say I am in the exact same boat. I told my HR Director that I think everyone is going to get sick of..."
  • 12 years ago02/08/12 at 10:14 am (UTC)
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Gina Hoekstra replied to the discussion Any good free chalk board fonts out there
"Great tip  on the Text Fill...I think it looks great! I like the European font too, but I have also been told by others reviewing my slid..."
  • 12 years ago01/27/12 at 8:40 am (UTC)
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Gina Hoekstra replied to the discussion Any good free chalk board fonts out there
"Sorry I did not give more information, I was answering from my phone sitting in a movie theatre last night (waiting for the movie to star..."
  • 12 years ago01/27/12 at 7:05 am (UTC)
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Gina Hoekstra replied to the discussion Do you use SilkRoad GreenLight LMS or Halogen eLearning Manager?
"We use Silkroad GreenLight. We really enjoy it. It is easy to manage from an Administrator standpoint. They designed it to work with diff..."
  • 12 years ago01/27/12 at 6:43 am (UTC)
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Gina Hoekstra replied to the discussion Any good free chalk board fonts out there
"What I usually end up doing is to create my text and then save it as a picture (PNG). Then insert the picture and use the PowerPoint arti..."
  • 12 years ago01/26/12 at 10:13 am (UTC)
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Gina Hoekstra replied to the discussion Created a peeled tab image - free to take
"Here is the Screenr: https://player.vimeo.com/video/149038449 Enjoy! Let me know if you find an easier way!"
  • 12 years ago01/24/12 at 8:41 am (UTC)
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Gina Hoekstra replied to the discussion Created a peeled tab image - free to take
"Blair...very cool. I like how you used the gradient to look like the silver piece at the point is peeling too! I will try to get that scr..."
  • 12 years ago01/22/12 at 1:45 pm (UTC)
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Gina Hoekstra replied to the discussion Created a peeled tab image - free to take
"Yes, PowerPoint. I am probably going to do a screenr on it, because it took a lot of steps, but I like the way it turned out!"
  • 12 years ago01/20/12 at 1:26 pm (UTC)