James Brown
James Brown
College Prof. at Windy City U
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James Brown replied to the discussion Stock Ticker Animation
"This would be easy to do in flash.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-p3E0u2BLrk&feature=player_embedded"
  • 13 years ago02/07/11 at 3:35 pm (UTC)
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James Brown replied to the discussion Help... I need ideas!
"I have to agree with the group. Start out with a question. You could come up with a dilemma. I.e. Fred and Sally like each other but Fred..."
  • 13 years ago02/07/11 at 3:29 pm (UTC)
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James Brown replied to the discussion Articulate vs. Captivate
"Captivate is great and I have used it to create tutorials in the past. It's flash based and it gives you complete control over animations..."
  • 13 years ago02/07/11 at 3:21 pm (UTC)
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James Brown replied to the discussion Favorite PowerPoint Features?
"There are some cool things 1. Shape subtract  -- kind of cool but I can do this a lot easier in Flash. 2. Screen capture -- I find Snag-i..."
  • 13 years ago02/07/11 at 12:18 pm (UTC)
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James Brown replied to the discussion "Engaging" E-learning?
"I think another very important aspect is relevancy for an engaging course. Does the training have meaning to the student which is a key c..."
  • 13 years ago02/04/11 at 7:13 am (UTC)
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James Brown replied to the discussion "Engaging" E-learning?
"Strictly speaking to engage means to get the student involved in the course. When you design a course you need to think of your learners...."
  • 13 years ago02/03/11 at 4:01 pm (UTC)
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"Neat tool but for folks who have not yet upgraded a better option is available. Snag-It 10 by TechSmith. It allows you to capture screens..."
  • 13 years ago02/02/11 at 1:23 pm (UTC)
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James Brown replied to the discussion How can I make my courses look better?
"The Non-Webdesigner book will give you a leg up but just remember the term CARP Contrast Alignment Repetition Proximity CARP Design Pri..."
  • 13 years ago02/02/11 at 1:09 pm (UTC)
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"Your assessment tools should help you with the audience. Just make sure you encompass the entire spectrum including learners with hearing..."
  • 13 years ago02/01/11 at 3:38 pm (UTC)
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"What I find interesting is how differently people think. If you watch Apple's Steve Job's  Key Note presentation on the Iphone. It's clea..."
  • 13 years ago02/01/11 at 8:40 am (UTC)
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James Brown replied to the discussion I'd like to talk about Screen Capture
"a-What you use for screen capture You could use Captivate, Camtasi, Jing b-What you use for audio capture (could be the same as a) Audaci..."
  • 13 years ago02/01/11 at 8:15 am (UTC)
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"You may use the following link to add the shape subtract button to your quick access toolbar so you may access them easily from within Po..."
  • 13 years ago01/31/11 at 1:58 pm (UTC)
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James Brown replied to the discussion Good instructional design books?
"One of my favorite books is  E-Learning  and the Science of Instruction. Tom hit some of the others that I like and have used. I think th..."
  • 13 years ago01/31/11 at 12:44 pm (UTC)
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James Brown replied to the discussion How do I link to a local file
"This is identical to linking to an image on your local website. Generally on a webpage you will have folder with the index.html which is ..."
  • 13 years ago01/31/11 at 12:07 pm (UTC)
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James Brown replied to the discussion 35mm slide settings in PowerPoint
"You might try this. See if you cannot do a screen capture of the image and then paste into your e-learning presentation. I use a program ..."
  • 13 years ago01/31/11 at 11:29 am (UTC)
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"FreeMind and mindmap may be ok for concept mapping but for branching scenarios you could very easily use the flow charting tools already ..."
  • 13 years ago01/31/11 at 11:19 am (UTC)
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"Just a reminder. If you do a video, you should always storyboard it. I found storyboards allow you to keep the message strait and to the ..."
  • 13 years ago01/31/11 at 11:06 am (UTC)
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"Videos can quickly jump in size so you definitely need hard-drive space and bandwidth. However that honestly was not your question. You w..."
  • 13 years ago01/31/11 at 10:38 am (UTC)
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"Part of my studies at Boise State involved the cognitive load theory and I tend to think the bells and whistles are cool when you use the..."
  • 13 years ago01/31/11 at 8:11 am (UTC)