John Nixdorf
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John Nixdorf started a new discussion Controlling position of Storyline Playhead
"Is there any way to control the position of the Storyline Playhead.
Not stop/start/pause, but to move it back and forth to defined point..."
- almost 9 years ago06/12/15 at 8:36 pm (UTC)
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John Nixdorf replied to the discussion How to check if all slides have been viewed?
"In the example above created one slide as follows:
Created a button called Marker
Created a variable called SlidesVisited with initi..."
- almost 9 years ago06/12/15 at 6:48 pm (UTC)
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John Nixdorf replied to the discussion How to check if all slides have been viewed?
"Here's an example. I'll post some comments after I upload the file.
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- almost 9 years ago06/12/15 at 6:39 pm (UTC)
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John Nixdorf replied to the discussion I need some ideas for tracking user presence during live courses...
"Have the course stop every so often and a "Continue" button appear that the user has to click to restart the course. You can have that bu..."
- almost 9 years ago06/10/15 at 3:07 pm (UTC)
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John Nixdorf replied to the discussion Lock Down Menu Bar
"This article discusses the Menu, including (about 2/3 of the way in) restricting or locking the menu:
https://community.articulate.com/s..."
- almost 9 years ago06/09/15 at 5:51 pm (UTC)
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John Nixdorf started a new discussion System Variables
"Poking through the archives I see this is a question that comes up from time to time.
It's a feature request I've submitted.
This is ju..."
- almost 9 years ago06/09/15 at 2:28 pm (UTC)
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John Nixdorf started a new discussion Embedding You Tube Video in Storyline II
"I go to Youtube and copy the embed code.
I click Insert>Video>From Website in Storyline II per the tutorial https://community.arti..."
- almost 9 years ago06/08/15 at 6:24 pm (UTC)
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John Nixdorf replied to the discussion Creating Hoverless Courses for Mobile Learning
"Is that really the hill you want to die on? If the company wants you to design without hover states, design without hover states."
- almost 9 years ago06/03/15 at 6:06 pm (UTC)
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John Nixdorf replied to the discussion Ideas for VERY dry content
"Just finished visiting Virpi's site, and tracking it through to a presentation she made about Yammer (http://businessgoessocial.net/spc14..."
- almost 9 years ago06/03/15 at 1:44 pm (UTC)
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John Nixdorf replied to the discussion Indicator to count how many times a quiz was taken?
"Set up a variable that increments when the results page appears, then embed the variable in a reference on the results page and/or wherev..."
- almost 9 years ago05/29/15 at 6:18 pm (UTC)
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John Nixdorf started a new discussion What are you using Javascript in Storyline For???
"Lots of hits to the effect "how do I get JavaScript to run in my Storyline project" but what I'm curious about is are examples of what pe..."
- almost 9 years ago05/27/15 at 2:13 pm (UTC)
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John Nixdorf replied to the discussion Does storyboarding save or add time to the process?
"Depends on the complexity of the course.
Very old school here, but the real must have are objectives (what the participant is supposed t..."
- almost 9 years ago05/22/15 at 4:40 pm (UTC)
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John Nixdorf replied to the discussion Ideas for VERY dry content
"Do an informal needs assessment with whomever you're developing the course for:
Ask:
What can go wrong/where do people get this wrong..."
- almost 9 years ago05/20/15 at 4:41 pm (UTC)
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John Nixdorf commented on the article Kickstart Your Imagination With This Checklist Example
"Late to the thread, and completely unrelated to the topic of using checklists, but related to the example of an emergency supplies kit.
..."
- almost 9 years ago05/18/15 at 7:10 pm (UTC)
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John Nixdorf replied to the discussion So many tools, so little time
"You don't need to be a certified auto mechanic to drive a car, but it helps to be able to change a tire and check the fluids.
Similarly ..."
- almost 9 years ago05/18/15 at 6:52 pm (UTC)
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John Nixdorf replied to the discussion Advice on "Skipping Navigation or Help" instruction...
"I put a button on the opening slide that allows users to view a navigation page with all the explanation if they want it.
Otherwise they..."
- almost 9 years ago05/18/15 at 6:40 pm (UTC)
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John Nixdorf replied to the discussion Creating a variable to track completion of a module
"The attached file doesn't seem to be available. But one thing you could do is put the "X" on the Visited state of the blue box. See the a..."
- almost 9 years ago05/18/15 at 6:35 pm (UTC)
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John Nixdorf replied to the discussion What is your testing or QA process for e-learning?
"Since in some organizations there is an inviolable wall between course developers and LMS administrators (who very jealously guard secret..."
- 9 years ago05/15/15 at 4:40 pm (UTC)
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John Nixdorf replied to the discussion restrict navigation with markers
"Combined Steve's post into the attached sampler."
- 9 years ago05/12/15 at 2:46 pm (UTC)
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John Nixdorf replied to the discussion How to screen capture a 2 page word document?
"Capture the two pages as jpgs. Combine the jpgs in Photoshop or similar bitmap editing program.
Or make the document a file the particip..."
- 9 years ago05/12/15 at 1:34 pm (UTC)
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John Nixdorf replied to the discussion restrict navigation with markers
"Awesome Steve, thanks. We'll use this a lot."
- 9 years ago05/11/15 at 9:45 pm (UTC)
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John Nixdorf replied to the discussion What is your testing or QA process for e-learning?
"Some 30 years ago I saw this taped to a phototypesetter (anyone remember those?). It probably goes back to scriptorium days:
Ever Have A..."
- 9 years ago05/11/15 at 9:14 pm (UTC)
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John Nixdorf replied to the discussion How to Build Your E-Learning Portfolio - Part 3
"Change the font to Symbol:
That greeks the text (ha ha, very droll).
Try that along with the other ideas Ashley has suggested."
- 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..."
- 9 years ago05/11/15 at 8:56 pm (UTC)
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John Nixdorf replied to the discussion Do learners really care about the course objectives?
"Objectives provide a definitive statement of "here's what you will get out of this course." They answer for the student the question "why..."
- 9 years ago05/11/15 at 8:51 pm (UTC)