John Nixdorf
John Nixdorf
Instructional Designer at BP
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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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""Too much content" is like the critic in the movie Amadeus telling Mozart he had "too many notes." The course needs to contain the con..."
  • 8 years ago01/26/16 at 7:44 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)
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John Nixdorf started a new discussion What is the "Slide View" called?
"This is a question for someone at Articulate who actually knows the correct answer, if there is one. When you initially open a Storyline..."
  • over 8 years ago01/22/16 at 8:38 pm (UTC)
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John Nixdorf replied to the discussion Recording Narration
"We try to avoid narration entirely. Adds too much overhead (time) to the project development. IF we have narration, we do it ourselves. ..."
  • over 8 years ago01/22/16 at 8:24 pm (UTC)
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John Nixdorf replied to the discussion How Do You Encourage Course Feedback?
"Don't award credit for completing the course until the student completes a feedback survey. There are a lot of reasons why this might no..."
  • over 8 years ago01/22/16 at 8:20 pm (UTC)
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"Chicago -- Definitely Also, any interest in a virtual users group using Lync or some other online meeting service John Nixdorf Instruc..."
  • over 8 years ago12/08/15 at 4:18 pm (UTC)
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"Doh, That'll be something to look out for in the future. Thanks for taking the time to figure this out."
  • over 8 years ago10/05/15 at 8:32 pm (UTC)
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John Nixdorf started a new discussion Why are the frame margins not publishing correctly?
"Any theories how to fix the problem with the left and right frame margins displaying correctly when the slides are viewed in preview mode..."
  • over 8 years ago10/02/15 at 4:11 pm (UTC)
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John Nixdorf replied to the discussion System Variables
"It's been a long time (2008, which admittedly is an eternity in e-learning development tool years) since I worked daily with Captivate. M..."
  • over 8 years ago10/02/15 at 2:27 pm (UTC)
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John Nixdorf replied to the discussion System Variables
"If there were some way to access the variable that keeps track of the slide number it would be invaluable."
  • over 8 years ago10/01/15 at 2:59 pm (UTC)
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"Thanks for the reply. Upping the frame rate to 30 fps didn't help. It also doesn't explain why: *The dozen or so other legacy swfs with..."
  • over 8 years ago09/22/15 at 6:55 pm (UTC)
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John Nixdorf started a new discussion SWF not working correctly when imported into Storyline
"The attached .swf file (Sample.swf) plays correctly when viewed on its own. However, when imported into Storyline, the "reveals" that ar..."
  • over 8 years ago09/22/15 at 3:32 pm (UTC)
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John Nixdorf replied to the discussion Intermittantly non-functioning hot zones
"Thanks, I was very careful to make sure that nothing was on top of any hot spot at a time it was supposed to be active. It worked correc..."
  • over 8 years ago09/21/15 at 12:34 pm (UTC)
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"Thanks, I tried it in Chrome before posting the request, and it didn't work correctly there either which doesn't make any difference bec..."
  • over 8 years ago09/17/15 at 7:56 pm (UTC)
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"Hi Ashley. Our corporate requirement is IE11, so I've tested it on IE11. I also use SCORM Cloud, and have tested it there. What you've r..."
  • over 8 years ago09/17/15 at 3:27 pm (UTC)
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John Nixdorf started a new discussion Intermittent/Incorrectly functioning hot zones
"Reposting this in a different discussion group in the hope of catching the eye of someone from Articulate. The first slide of the attach..."
  • over 8 years ago09/16/15 at 7:31 pm (UTC)
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John Nixdorf started a new discussion Intermittantly non-functioning hot zones
"The first slide of the attached displays a video and asks people to click the video where they see "caution zones". The second slide is a..."
  • over 8 years ago09/16/15 at 4:47 pm (UTC)
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"If I knew then what I know now, I think I would have been an electrician."
  • over 8 years ago08/20/15 at 7:47 pm (UTC)
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John Nixdorf replied to the discussion System Variables
"Agree with Eric. How are we supposed to use variables we don't know what they are?"
  • over 8 years ago08/20/15 at 1:20 pm (UTC)