John Nixdorf
John Nixdorf
Instructional Designer at BP
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"Change the font to Symbol: That greeks the text (ha ha, very droll). Try that along with the other ideas Ashley has suggested."
  • almost 9 years ago05/11/15 at 9:05 pm (UTC)
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John Nixdorf replied to the discussion restrict navigation with markers
"Create a series of variables:  marker1, marker2, marker 3, etc. Set them as False. When each marker is clicked, change the value of the v..."
  • almost 9 years ago05/11/15 at 8:56 pm (UTC)
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"Objectives provide a definitive statement of "here's what you will get out of this course." They answer for the student the question "why..."
  • almost 9 years ago05/11/15 at 8:51 pm (UTC)
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John Nixdorf replied to the discussion Formatting text in Notes pane
"What I'm looking for is a "set it once" global setting, Any ideas?"
  • over 9 years ago12/03/14 at 7:15 pm (UTC)
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"Better is the end of a thing than its beginning (Ecclesiastes 7:8)"
  • over 9 years ago12/03/14 at 7:13 pm (UTC)
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John Nixdorf replied to the discussion How to delay the action on Next Button?
"Tutorial very helpful.  Took it one step further and created a generic variable SlideComplete. Then used two triggers per slide. First t..."
  • over 9 years ago11/17/14 at 10:59 pm (UTC)
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John Nixdorf replied to the discussion Teacher transition
"Jerson Campos said: There are actually two main positions in the eLearning industry (IMO) Instructional designer and Instructional develo..."
  • almost 10 years ago05/16/14 at 2:23 pm (UTC)
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John Nixdorf replied to the discussion Certification in Instructional Designing
"If you're looking for a credential to wave around, consider ASTD's (sorry, ATD's) Certified Professional in Learning and Performance Cert..."
  • almost 10 years ago05/16/14 at 2:12 pm (UTC)
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John Nixdorf replied to the discussion MOOCs - What are your thoughts?
"However online learning is structured, it is going to disrupt the traditional bricks-and-mortar college model. The disruption will be ver..."
  • almost 10 years ago05/16/14 at 7:53 am (UTC)
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John Nixdorf replied to the discussion Curating Instructional Design Resources
"Admittedly this is very old school (He is of what is called the old school -- a phrase generally meaning any school that seems never to h..."
  • almost 10 years ago05/12/14 at 2:00 pm (UTC)
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John Nixdorf replied to the discussion Manipulating System Generated Variables
"OK, I can do that. My question then is how do I have the results page report out based on the custom variable?"
  • 10 years ago05/02/14 at 11:22 am (UTC)
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"Good thought. Happens I'm using the image in different positions on the slide, but I'll keep this in mind for next time."
  • 10 years ago02/25/14 at 12:37 pm (UTC)
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"Thanks, the workaround is to import the project into a new project. That's kind of kludgy though, I was hoping for a more elegant solution."
  • over 10 years ago01/30/14 at 9:22 am (UTC)
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John Nixdorf replied to the discussion "Interaction" in Storyline
"Thanks, I have a little extra bandwidth just now so I am attempting to systematically familiarize myself with all the arcane ins-and-outs..."
  • over 10 years ago01/28/14 at 11:50 am (UTC)
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John Nixdorf replied to the discussion Diagnostic Quiz
"The suggested posts are somewhat along the lines of what I came up with."
  • over 10 years ago01/28/14 at 7:51 am (UTC)
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"The answer from Articulate Support: =============================================== Thanks for contacting Articulate Support! Could yo..."
  • almost 11 years ago05/13/13 at 5:53 am (UTC)
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"Yes, Here's the screenshot of my Presenter settings. I get the very odd effect of the audio in the Presenter part of the eLearning is fin..."
  • almost 11 years ago05/09/13 at 1:54 pm (UTC)
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John Nixdorf replied to the discussion Engage timing
"Case Number: 00331334 Reference ID: ref:_00D30Txo._50040QYdhP:ref My phone number is 630 272 3735. I can set up a webex-type session and..."
  • 11 years ago04/29/13 at 1:07 pm (UTC)
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John Nixdorf replied to the discussion Engage timing
"Already tried resetting the Slides without audio setting. Have also tried every combination and permutation of the Show Next Slide button..."
  • 11 years ago04/26/13 at 1:39 pm (UTC)
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"How long does it take to build a house? Figure starting at 80:1 for development:runtime ratio. It can go as high as the sky though. Good ..."
  • 11 years ago04/26/13 at 12:25 pm (UTC)