Heather Beaudoin
Heather Beaudoin
Learning & Development | Leader & Collaborator
  • About

    Heather Beaudoin

    I love giving people the help they need to learn how to optimize use of products and processes. I develop in-person, online, and self-paced training, and I work closely with sales & marketing and customer success to develop content for prospects and customers.
  • Remote - Colorado Springs, CO
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Heather Beaudoin replied to the discussion drag-and-drop "dragged off" needed
"Thanks for pointing that out, Phil.  I just tried actually changing the surrounding background image to transparent and it did work.  I h..."
  • almost 12 years ago08/07/12 at 1:14 pm (UTC)
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Heather Beaudoin replied to the discussion drag-and-drop "dragged off" needed
"I got it to work using the method I described; however, the transparent shape doesn't work.  The dragged over trigger doesn't recognize d..."
  • almost 12 years ago08/07/12 at 9:03 am (UTC)
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Heather Beaudoin started a new discussion drag-and-drop "dragged off" needed
"I'm creating my first drag-and-drop slide.  Here's what I want to do: 1. I have 5 objects that the user can drag onto the same drop targe..."
  • almost 12 years ago08/07/12 at 8:14 am (UTC)
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Heather Beaudoin replied to the discussion hide/show layer when marker is selected
"I now see Steve's method of adding a transparent shape on the layers to change the state back to Normal.  He tried to point it out to me ..."
  • almost 12 years ago08/06/12 at 12:54 pm (UTC)
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Heather Beaudoin replied to the discussion hide/show layer when marker is selected
"WooHoo!  This worked!  The only thing that it doesn't do is allow you to click the same marker to close the layer.  So, if marker 2 is s..."
  • almost 12 years ago08/06/12 at 12:46 pm (UTC)
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Heather Beaudoin replied to the discussion hide/show layer when marker is selected
"I'm a bit closer... I mistakenly set the two triggers to Is Selected and Is Normal instead of Is Selected and Is Not Selected.  Works bet..."
  • almost 12 years ago08/06/12 at 12:20 pm (UTC)
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Heather Beaudoin replied to the discussion hide/show layer when marker is selected
"Steve, your sample looks ok, but I can't get it to work when I add multiple markers.  The closest I've gotten is making you click twice o..."
  • almost 12 years ago08/06/12 at 12:12 pm (UTC)
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Heather Beaudoin replied to the discussion hide/show layer when marker is selected
"OK, I think I get why the states don't toggle.  I realize now that when the user clicks, both triggers activate, negating each other.  Ma..."
  • almost 12 years ago08/06/12 at 11:43 am (UTC)
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Heather Beaudoin replied to the discussion hide/show layer when marker is selected
"Glad to know this is something I can fix, but I'm still a bit confused how to implement this.  In your story file, looks like you used 5 ..."
  • almost 12 years ago08/06/12 at 11:39 am (UTC)
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Heather Beaudoin started a new discussion hide/show layer when marker is selected
"I'm creating a slide with markers, and I almost have it doing what I want, with the exception of the triggers. I want to: Create a marker..."
  • almost 12 years ago08/06/12 at 10:19 am (UTC)
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Heather Beaudoin replied to the discussion What would YOU do to make the "...learner feel special..."
"It would help to know what you're training on, what the format is, and if the learners know each other at all, but... I think people feel..."
  • almost 12 years ago05/30/12 at 1:49 pm (UTC)
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Heather Beaudoin replied to the discussion starting a Training Certification Program
"Thanks for the feedback and offers to help.  We currently offer several industry classes and product classes to our customers.  They want..."
  • almost 12 years ago05/21/12 at 8:32 am (UTC)
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Heather Beaudoin started a new discussion starting a Training Certification Program
"I develop curriculum for the external customers of a software vendor.  We are often asked by these folks for a certification on our softw..."
  • 12 years ago05/17/12 at 3:43 pm (UTC)
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Heather Beaudoin replied to the discussion Using the same video multiple times in a presentation
"Not in Articulate Studio.  You could do it in the new Articulate Storyline software using variables to set where it came from and where t..."
  • 12 years ago05/03/12 at 12:01 pm (UTC)
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Heather Beaudoin replied to the discussion Articulate Studio'12 Preview?!
"Any need for beta testers?  I can't wait to get my hands on this new version.  Thanks!"
  • 12 years ago05/03/12 at 11:56 am (UTC)
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Heather Beaudoin replied to the discussion Have an interesting way of presenting controls?
"Here's an example of how I've handled it in the past.  The reason I use music on the first slide is so they're not missing any audio you ..."
  • 12 years ago04/19/12 at 7:48 am (UTC)
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Heather Beaudoin replied to the discussion Instructional Design Student
"I really agree with the Project Management suggestion, too.  I'll add that to my graphic design comment.  I think they both have one thin..."
  • 12 years ago04/11/12 at 10:27 am (UTC)
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Heather Beaudoin replied to the discussion Instructional Design Student
"I strongly recommend graphic design.  Whatever you're developing (eLearning, instructor-led training, videos, job aids), they all need go..."
  • 12 years ago04/11/12 at 9:29 am (UTC)
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Heather Beaudoin replied to the discussion Camtasia video with hotspot inserted into Presenter
"I know this used to work, and now I can't find any combination of settings to get it to work.  I tried it with both Camtasia 7 and 7.1.  ..."
  • 12 years ago03/16/12 at 12:21 pm (UTC)
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Heather Beaudoin started a new discussion Camtasia video with hotspot inserted into Presenter
"I'm creating some Camtasia videos that include a callout with hotspot enabled... I'm using it to pause the video, and the viewer can then..."
  • 12 years ago03/15/12 at 3:05 pm (UTC)
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Heather Beaudoin replied to the discussion Best Practices for Writing Scripts for Narration
"I'm glad my suggestion got you thinking about how it might apply to your project. You don't want the learner's attention split between tr..."
  • over 12 years ago01/17/12 at 3:01 pm (UTC)
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Heather Beaudoin replied to the discussion Best Practices for Writing Scripts for Narration
"Two additional suggestions... 1. You have to visualize what's going to be on the screen when you write the script.  Boring narration tend..."
  • over 12 years ago01/17/12 at 1:28 pm (UTC)
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Heather Beaudoin commented on the article Creating Interactive Graphics with Engage
"the materials aren't complete... can you upload a new zip file? these steps refer a lot to DITYC\12_Engage, and that's not in the zip (a..."
  • over 12 years ago11/22/11 at 10:47 am (UTC)
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Heather Beaudoin replied to the discussion How would you explain this to an SME?
"If I read this right, everyone involved works at the same company, and the SMEs are asking for PPT files to save them time creating a pre..."
  • over 12 years ago11/18/11 at 1:26 pm (UTC)
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Heather Beaudoin started a new discussion template for contract proposals
"I know many of you offer your services for contract work.  I'm bidding on a training project and wondered if any of you could share you..."
  • over 12 years ago11/17/11 at 8:53 am (UTC)