John Nixdorf
John Nixdorf
Instructional Designer at BP
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John Nixdorf replied to the discussion Unwanted Extra Space in Scroll Panel
"Crystal Horn Hi there, Crystal. 🙂 Why is it on Microsoft to issue a fix? Isn't Storyline supposed to run in those browsers? Why doesn't ..."
  • almost 4 years ago06/11/20 at 5:25 pm (UTC)
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John Nixdorf replied to the discussion NEW IN STORYLINE 360: Slide Numbers
"QUESTION: How do I use Insert Number to set numbers in quiz questions that are presented in random order so that the number re..."
  • over 4 years ago08/15/19 at 7:39 pm (UTC)
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John Nixdorf replied to the discussion Cue Point in Video?
"If it's any help to anyone what I did was set a hotspot over the video which, when the user hovers his/her mouse over the hotspot, displa..."
  • almost 5 years ago05/13/19 at 4:11 pm (UTC)
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John Nixdorf replied to the discussion Current Slide number
"What choice on the Slide Number menu do I use to number questions in a quiz bank?"
  • almost 5 years ago05/09/19 at 2:11 pm (UTC)
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John Nixdorf replied to the discussion Current Slide number
"It’s there. It’s pretty nead."
  • almost 5 years ago05/08/19 at 2:19 pm (UTC)
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John Nixdorf replied to the discussion Current Slide number
"LOL. Dropping valuable features, even entire programs is Adobe's business model. To say nothing about changing up all the tool icons, too..."
  • over 5 years ago08/16/18 at 12:30 am (UTC)
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John Nixdorf replied to the discussion Current Slide number
"With all due respect, my view is that submitting feature requests is a waste of time. Sorry, but it's on Articulate to prove me wrong."
  • over 5 years ago08/15/18 at 9:47 pm (UTC)
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John Nixdorf replied to the discussion Pros and cons of working as a freelancer?
"One more thing. There will be a hundred people who can say "no," and only one person who can say "yes" to greenlighting paying you to wor..."
  • over 5 years ago07/27/18 at 5:20 pm (UTC)
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John Nixdorf replied to the discussion Pros and cons of working as a freelancer?
"I've done regular employee, contract (when you're an employee of a contracting company that "leases" or "pimps you out" to a business and..."
  • over 5 years ago07/27/18 at 5:16 pm (UTC)
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John Nixdorf replied to the discussion Current Slide number
"This is a request of long standing. I and others made it at least 4 years ago. Having just updated to Storyline 360 I thought I'd take a ..."
  • over 5 years ago07/27/18 at 4:53 pm (UTC)
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"Since my subject matter experts typically don't know what they want until they actually see something my "storyboard" is actually just ba..."
  • almost 6 years ago06/25/18 at 8:16 pm (UTC)
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John Nixdorf replied to the discussion System Variables
"h/t and apologies to Quast."
  • over 6 years ago09/21/17 at 4:34 pm (UTC)
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"To those folks who indicated an interest in a Chicagoland group. Articulate staffer indicated she'd set up a "Meetup" group. Those of yo..."
  • almost 7 years ago05/15/17 at 2:08 pm (UTC)
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"We've been kicking this around for a couple years now. Anyone interested in a Chicago area group e-mail me at jnixdorf @ yahoo.com and I'..."
  • almost 7 years ago05/12/17 at 1:03 pm (UTC)
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John Nixdorf replied to the discussion Editing clips in Replay
"The “Procrustean Edit.” Yes, I saw that but I wondered if there was a more elegant way of doing it. That’s like using a screwdriver to op..."
  • 7 years ago03/27/17 at 2:17 pm (UTC)
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"Whereabouts in Central Illinois?"
  • over 7 years ago09/15/16 at 4:47 pm (UTC)
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"If you have a lot of buttons: Make sure you name them, this will make it easier for you to set up conditions, link them to other layer..."
  • 8 years ago04/01/16 at 8:59 pm (UTC)
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John Nixdorf replied to the discussion How to Make a Jigsaw Puzzle?
"How I'd do it: Sketch it out on a piece of graph paper. Do yourself an ENORMOUS favor and make your puzzle pieces up out of squares, rec..."
  • 8 years ago01/27/16 at 10:20 pm (UTC)
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""Develop the course using Captivate.""
  • 8 years ago01/27/16 at 10:05 pm (UTC)
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"Not that I can think of offhand because Storyline II only reports out the results from one results page. That is something else you need..."
  • 8 years ago01/27/16 at 10:03 pm (UTC)
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"Here's the very "just the facts" intro template I use. Clear, concise, get it done. Won't win any awards for creativity, but our aim is s..."
  • 8 years ago01/27/16 at 9:58 pm (UTC)
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"Based on what you've posted, I'd develop two separate courses, that way you can definitively identify that the managers took the managers..."
  • 8 years ago01/27/16 at 9:52 pm (UTC)
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"Hide the default NEXT button. Create a "next" button and have it on the final layer."
  • 8 years ago01/26/16 at 8:02 pm (UTC)
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John Nixdorf replied to the discussion E-Learning basics for testers to know
"Usually I provide SME reviewers with a WORD version of the course they can mark up (it would be all the same to me if they just printed i..."
  • 8 years ago01/25/16 at 8:08 pm (UTC)
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John Nixdorf replied to the discussion What is the "Slide View" called?
"Thanks, I knew it had to be in there somewhere."
  • over 8 years ago01/22/16 at 9:10 pm (UTC)