Holly MacDonald
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Creator of Instructional Products - specializing in building products for customer, member or professional audience. at Spark + Co.
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    Holly MacDonald Hero

    20+ years in the learning biz, independent consultant. I work on projects for employee training and customer training, and often bring a team of experts to the table.
  • British Columbia, Canada
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Holly MacDonald published a new download Project Accountability Matrix Template
"Here's a chart that'll help you keep your projects on track. Use this template to make it clear who's accountable for each aspect of your..."
  • 7 years ago03/07/17 at 10:17 pm (UTC)
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Holly MacDonald replied to the discussion Vancouver User Group
"Great to see some of you last night. We decided it was better to start a new thread for each meeting, as this one was getting unwieldy. ..."
  • 7 years ago01/27/17 at 12:43 am (UTC)
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Holly MacDonald started a new discussion Vancouver User Group - March 29th 2017 - POSTPONED
"We decided to start a new thread for each meeting, as this one is getting a bit unwieldy. We will meet at the UBC Robson location again, ..."
  • 7 years ago01/27/17 at 12:39 am (UTC)
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Holly MacDonald replied to the discussion Vancouver User Group
"Hi all - YES we are a go for January 25th at 4:30 at UBC Robson Square. Lynn will post an update on room location and webinar option deta..."
  • over 7 years ago01/16/17 at 11:49 pm (UTC)
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Holly MacDonald replied to the discussion Variable not triggering state change
"I figured it out - trigger order!!! On the base layer I had it showing layer BEFORE the variable was adjusted. When I moved the variable ..."
  • over 7 years ago01/08/17 at 11:19 pm (UTC)
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Holly MacDonald replied to the discussion Variable not triggering state change
"Totally understand Wendy - I really appreciate you trying to help me figure it out.  Wish me luck!"
  • over 7 years ago01/08/17 at 9:54 pm (UTC)
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Holly MacDonald replied to the discussion Variable not triggering state change
"Yes, I put the triggers on the layers."
  • over 7 years ago01/08/17 at 9:30 pm (UTC)
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Holly MacDonald replied to the discussion Variable not triggering state change
"Thanks Wendy. Getting closer...I copied your triggers to my project and here's the result: clicking on the 3 buttons did not unlock it, ..."
  • over 7 years ago01/08/17 at 9:13 pm (UTC)
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Holly MacDonald replied to the discussion Variable not triggering state change
"Thanks Wendy - I've just tried it and it didn't work. I also adjusted the slide properties to reset to initial state as Michael suggested..."
  • over 7 years ago01/08/17 at 8:23 pm (UTC)
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Holly MacDonald replied to the discussion Variable not triggering state change
"I'm having a similar issue. I have the a slide set with a number variable. I have "add value" to the variable when each of the 3 buttons ..."
  • over 7 years ago01/08/17 at 7:56 pm (UTC)
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Holly MacDonald started a new discussion Previous button and screen recordings - bug?
"My client is reviewing a module that has 3 sections: demo, try and test mode of screen recordings. In order to facilitate content review,..."
  • over 7 years ago12/22/16 at 7:33 pm (UTC)
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Holly MacDonald replied to the discussion Looking for options to variable tied to state change
"Thanks Owen. Much appreciated!"
  • over 7 years ago12/06/16 at 5:46 pm (UTC)
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Holly MacDonald replied to the discussion Looking for options to variable tied to state change
"Hi Michael - I've had support look at the courses, and their suggestion was the number variable. I had it as t/f variable to change once..."
  • over 7 years ago12/06/16 at 4:54 pm (UTC)
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Holly MacDonald started a new discussion Looking for options to variable tied to state change
"I have a project where we had a number of elements launching from one slide that we wanted to ensure the learner viewed. The whole course..."
  • over 7 years ago12/06/16 at 3:29 pm (UTC)
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Holly MacDonald replied to the discussion Freelance Heroes
"Hi Terra - I don't consider myself a freelancer, but have been operating my own boutique firm for the past 9+ years.  I would imagine th..."
  • over 7 years ago11/15/16 at 5:10 pm (UTC)
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Holly MacDonald replied to the discussion Trouble with Variables and state changes when using prev button
"Hi David- it's a client project, so if I can send it to you without posting publicly, that'd be better."
  • over 7 years ago10/26/16 at 7:33 pm (UTC)
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Holly MacDonald replied to the discussion Trouble with Variables and state changes when using prev button
"Hi Tricia - they are all set to resume saved state. It might not be the right setting, but they are all the same, so I'm perplexed as to ..."
  • over 7 years ago10/26/16 at 5:53 pm (UTC)
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Holly MacDonald started a new discussion Trouble with Variables and state changes when using prev button
"I have a set of modules where the next button is disabled when the timeline starts and clicking on all of the buttons changes the state o..."
  • over 7 years ago10/26/16 at 5:15 pm (UTC)
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Holly MacDonald replied to the discussion Vancouver User Group
"Hi all - Lynn and I conspired at the Roadshow and we've set a date/time/place for our next session: Wednesday, November 9th 4:00 - 6:..."
  • over 7 years ago10/17/16 at 9:05 pm (UTC)
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Holly MacDonald commented on the article Using Interactive Sliders in E-Learning #52
"Paul - your link is broken, is there anyway you can reshare this?"
  • over 7 years ago10/07/16 at 3:36 pm (UTC)
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Holly MacDonald replied to the discussion Vancouver User Group
"Great idea Deborah. I'm not sure I can stay for long on the final day, as I'll have to head for a ferry, but strongly encourage others to..."
  • over 7 years ago09/27/16 at 2:48 pm (UTC)
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Holly MacDonald replied to the discussion Vancouver Island/Victoria User Group
"Hi group - this came my way: http://www.elections.bc.ca/index.php/jobs/elearning-developer-temp-201611/ - thought I'd share it in case an..."
  • over 7 years ago08/12/16 at 5:09 pm (UTC)
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Holly MacDonald replied to the discussion Share Your E-Learning Hacks
"Does anyone have a good way of organizing their visual assets in general? I have purchased/downloaded various things over the past few ye..."
  • over 7 years ago08/12/16 at 2:47 pm (UTC)
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Holly MacDonald replied to the discussion Share Your E-Learning Hacks
"I include a "junk scene" on every project where I put the on screen elements that I might need to copy/paste (if it's not on a master sli..."
  • over 7 years ago08/11/16 at 8:08 pm (UTC)
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Holly MacDonald replied to the discussion What do you call this effect?
"Thanks Trina - now to figure out how to make one similar to it!"
  • over 7 years ago08/06/16 at 3:04 pm (UTC)