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 Where do you get your sound effects from?
"http://www.freesound.org/people/Stomp/sounds/17641/ http://www.soundjay.com/ I like the first, but I end up having to edit them (shorten ..."
  • over 12 years ago01/20/12 at 12:45 pm (UTC)
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Gina Hoekstra replied to the discussion How would you create this in Articulate?
"Thanks for all the information! I can't wait to get Articulate (hopefully in the next couple of weeks) and start learning how to balance ..."
  • over 12 years ago01/13/12 at 11:26 am (UTC)
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Gina Hoekstra replied to the discussion How would you create this in Articulate?
"OK, so after trial and error....here are my findings. I don't know about the recreation to Articulate specifically...but using simply Pow..."
  • over 12 years ago01/12/12 at 9:49 pm (UTC)
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Gina Hoekstra replied to the discussion How would you create this in Articulate?
"I am working on it. I am SO CLOSE!!! I got all the sliding functions out to work, except for having them move together if you press the s..."
  • over 12 years ago01/12/12 at 7:06 pm (UTC)
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Gina Hoekstra replied to the discussion Any good free chalk board fonts out there
"no problem! I got so frustrated one day until I figured that out! haha.."
  • over 12 years ago01/10/12 at 12:52 pm (UTC)
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Gina Hoekstra replied to the discussion Any good free chalk board fonts out there
"Make sure that PowerPoint is closed when you install them. I always have to close out of PowerPoint, install the font and then re-open Po..."
  • over 12 years ago01/10/12 at 12:04 pm (UTC)
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Gina Hoekstra replied to the discussion What's the largest SCO you have published?
"The largest one to date was 100 ish slides and about 1.5 hours long from start to finish. It took about 1.5 months to create.I since then..."
  • over 12 years ago01/07/12 at 7:31 am (UTC)
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Gina Hoekstra replied to the discussion Creating a file cabinet
"First off...THANKS NATALIA FOR THE COOL CABINET!!! Ok...I redid what I sent you last  a bit with a little smoother motion. Have a look:..."
  • over 12 years ago01/05/12 at 8:27 pm (UTC)
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Gina Hoekstra replied to the discussion Instructional design ideas for a technical course
"When I was looking for computer"y" images, I got a lot of good ones simply in Microsoft PowerPoint Clipart (by going to Office.com) and s..."
  • over 12 years ago01/05/12 at 5:58 pm (UTC)
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Gina Hoekstra replied to the discussion Creating a file cabinet
"I'm thinking your best bet is to rotate the folder 90 degrees, then do a wipe on a copy of the folder without the tab and then have a pap..."
  • over 12 years ago01/05/12 at 4:11 pm (UTC)
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Gina Hoekstra replied to the discussion Creating a file cabinet
"Thanks David!"
  • over 12 years ago01/05/12 at 1:18 pm (UTC)
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Gina Hoekstra replied to the discussion What's your Title?
"HRIS Business Analyst"
  • over 12 years ago01/05/12 at 1:15 pm (UTC)
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Gina Hoekstra replied to the discussion Creating a file cabinet
"I did this one really quick too. (from the side visual). Obviously I didn't edit the colors, but you get the point. https://player.vimeo..."
  • over 12 years ago01/05/12 at 1:09 pm (UTC)
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Gina Hoekstra replied to the discussion Question about Image Licensing
"Thanks Matt! I am going to talk to my boss next week and find out if I can get some budget $ to buy some more images. I will check out th..."
  • over 12 years ago12/30/11 at 6:16 pm (UTC)
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Gina Hoekstra replied to the discussion Any good free chalk board fonts out there
"This is the one I use:"
  • over 12 years ago12/30/11 at 8:05 am (UTC)
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Gina Hoekstra replied to the discussion Question about Image Licensing
"Thanks for verifying David.  I will be looking for another site from now on. I was hoping they would work. They have a really nice librar..."
  • over 12 years ago12/30/11 at 6:40 am (UTC)
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Gina Hoekstra replied to the discussion Question about Image Licensing
"Well, I contacted their people and I am NOT HAPPY!!! I wanted to make sure that I had the right (or wrong) idea. I don't want to abuse an..."
  • over 12 years ago12/30/11 at 6:36 am (UTC)
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Gina Hoekstra replied to the discussion Question about Image Licensing
"Here is the license that is bugging me from the site I had a one week subscription to (the bold is the piece that is driving me bonkers),..."
  • over 12 years ago12/30/11 at 6:19 am (UTC)
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Gina Hoekstra replied to the discussion How many courses can one developer can create per quarter?
"Randy, haha...I like the last two I put out, but I really think I plan on re-doing some of my first few from last year because I have lea..."
  • over 12 years ago12/27/11 at 6:40 pm (UTC)
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Gina Hoekstra replied to the discussion How many courses can one developer can create per quarter?
"I have only been doing this for about a year now and I am a one woman team. I do everything from the storyboard, the PowerPoint buildout ..."
  • over 12 years ago12/24/11 at 11:59 am (UTC)
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Gina Hoekstra replied to the discussion Sharing a Screenr on Branching a Scenario
"Thanks Robert! I appreciate the feedback. It definitely took more time to develop, but the outcome of what the learner will take away fro..."
  • over 12 years ago12/14/11 at 4:37 pm (UTC)
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Gina Hoekstra replied to the discussion Audio - editing breathes out of elearning
"I edit the breaths out if they are obvious. I never thought of the headphones, so If I can hear it through my computer, I am sure someone..."
  • over 12 years ago12/14/11 at 12:16 pm (UTC)
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Gina Hoekstra replied to the discussion What industry sector do you work in?
"I work in Houston for a logistics/manufacturing company. I am the sole employee in my department and manage the LMS system as well as des..."
  • over 12 years ago12/14/11 at 12:10 pm (UTC)
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Gina Hoekstra replied to the discussion Cutout images
"When I work on my images, I do it in PowerPoint 2010, then save the image to an assett folder for my course as a PNG and then insert it i..."
  • over 12 years ago10/19/11 at 12:39 pm (UTC)
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Gina Hoekstra replied to the discussion Why Powerpoint?
"Oh and my Captivate files are not stagnant at all...it took me some time to learn the tricks to make them nice and "flashy" but I feel th..."
  • over 12 years ago10/19/11 at 12:32 pm (UTC)