John Nixdorf
John Nixdorf
Instructional Designer at BP
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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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"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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"Here's an example. I'll post some comments after I upload the file.  "
  • almost 9 years ago06/12/15 at 6:39 pm (UTC)
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"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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"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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"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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"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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"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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"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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"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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"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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"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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"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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"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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"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)