Jon DeMartino
Jon DeMartino
Writer, Consultant, e-training course development at State Hygienic (public health) Laboratory, Iowa
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    Jon DeMartino

    Lab technician for many years; Fiction writer; Now I combine writing with my laboratory background to create instructional training for laboratory personnel working in a variety of areas. I've also created a few e-learning presentations, that relate to science and public health, for school-age ch...
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Jon DeMartino replied to the discussion tutorial on 508 compliance?
"Yep. I like Jeanette's expanation of the alt text, but it doesn't tell me if my text boxes will be automatically read by a screen-reader...."
  • almost 12 years ago07/09/12 at 5:30 pm (UTC)
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Jon DeMartino replied to the discussion tutorial on 508 compliance?
"Thanks, Steve. I guess we'll just have to agree to disagree on the how "sensible" the approach is. This isn't the forum to discuss it but..."
  • almost 12 years ago06/22/12 at 5:51 pm (UTC)
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Jon DeMartino started a new discussion tutorial on 508 compliance?
"I would love (love!) to see a tutorial on how to use the 508 features in the new Storyline software. All the video tutorials you folks po..."
  • almost 12 years ago06/22/12 at 3:52 pm (UTC)
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Jon DeMartino started a new discussion Files submitted to client
"When you send files to a client to fulfill a contract for an e-course, do you send just the folder of published files (whether for web, L..."
  • almost 12 years ago06/22/12 at 2:47 pm (UTC)
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Jon DeMartino replied to the discussion Crashing PowerPoint
"I spent a morning a few weeks ago trying to use the "slide properties" function to change the titles of the slides. Every time I'd get ab..."
  • almost 12 years ago05/29/12 at 5:56 pm (UTC)
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Jon DeMartino started a new discussion Too many reviewers!
"How do the rest of you handle the review and edit process? Providing e-learning for a large organization can lead to reviews and edits by..."
  • 12 years ago05/15/12 at 9:21 am (UTC)
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Jon DeMartino started a new discussion PowerPoint freezing up
"I hope my annoyance doesn;t come through because I really do appreciate all the help I get from the staff and others here. BUT..I have t..."
  • 12 years ago04/29/12 at 9:47 pm (UTC)
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Jon DeMartino replied to the discussion Alternate Text
"Hi James-  I just looked at your sample HTML version and have some questions about accessibility: 1. Are the options, Flash version, and ..."
  • 12 years ago03/28/12 at 8:44 am (UTC)
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Jon DeMartino started a new discussion 508 compliance...surprise!
"I am just about finished with four course, one narrated, three not, for the same client. I asked at the onset if they needed to be 508 co..."
  • 12 years ago03/27/12 at 1:53 pm (UTC)
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Jon DeMartino replied to the discussion Frozen assets- Articulate & PowrePoint
"You guys are great! Thanks, Peter. I found an old PPTA on my backup drive and used it as directed in the link. I got my audio back! Thank..."
  • 12 years ago03/23/12 at 11:58 am (UTC)
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Jon DeMartino replied to the discussion Frozen assets- Articulate & PowrePoint
"I uninstalled MS Office 2010 and reinstalled it and then, once again, repaired Articulate. Everything seems fine. But one of my four cou..."
  • 12 years ago03/23/12 at 11:23 am (UTC)
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Jon DeMartino started a new discussion Frozen assets- Articulate & PowrePoint
"Major problem! Powerpoint is now freezing evey time I try to use Articulate. I have four courses due and was doing the final tweak to a q..."
  • 12 years ago03/23/12 at 9:52 am (UTC)
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Jon DeMartino started a new discussion Tabbed options
"I am creating a text-heavy course with no narration. I want to pull the background/history out of the body of the presentation and put it..."
  • 12 years ago03/22/12 at 9:34 pm (UTC)
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Jon DeMartino started a new discussion width of side menu
"Is there any way to decrease the width of the left menu in relation to the main screen? My client wants it there but not so wide in relat..."
  • 12 years ago03/20/12 at 2:38 pm (UTC)
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Jon DeMartino replied to the discussion Go back mid-quiz
"I tried this, and in the preview mode, it worked fine and let me return to the same question in the quiz. But when I publish it and then ..."
  • 12 years ago03/10/12 at 9:01 am (UTC)
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Jon DeMartino started a new discussion audio editor-deleting a sound
"I've got a noise at the beginning of a slide that I want to delete with the audio editor. I can't seem to grab the area I want to remove...."
  • 12 years ago03/10/12 at 7:56 am (UTC)
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Jon DeMartino started a new discussion Audio level varies
"Some of my slides are louder than others, although I thought I was speaking at the same level for all. Is there a way to set the sound le..."
  • 12 years ago03/09/12 at 8:59 pm (UTC)
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Jon DeMartino replied to the discussion Go back mid-quiz
"Thanks Justin- I'll give that a try. The only difference I see between your example and my course is that I'm not using the menu at the l..."
  • 12 years ago03/05/12 at 1:50 pm (UTC)
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Jon DeMartino replied to the discussion Slide numbering
"Thanks, guys. I just took Peter's suggestion and made a feature request for this option."
  • 12 years ago03/01/12 at 9:39 am (UTC)
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Jon DeMartino commented on the article Branching Video Scenarios
"I'd like to see this explanation in a video tutorial. It's difficult to follow."
  • 12 years ago03/01/12 at 6:28 am (UTC)
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Jon DeMartino started a new discussion Slide numbering
"In Presenter, can I add just the slide count, i.e., 6/45, 7/45, etc. without the seek bar and sliding time-tracker?"
  • 12 years ago03/01/12 at 6:24 am (UTC)
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Jon DeMartino started a new discussion Go back mid-quiz
"In Quizmaker, is it possible to set it up so that a person can see a question and if they aren't sure of the answer, leave the quiz to re..."
  • 12 years ago02/29/12 at 9:51 pm (UTC)
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Jon DeMartino replied to the discussion The Case of the Disappearing Cursor
"I just reinstalled Articulate and it happened again. I tried Dwayne's solution and it worked. I narrated a few slides and saved and close..."
  • 12 years ago02/23/12 at 1:31 pm (UTC)
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Jon DeMartino started a new discussion The Case of the Disappearing Cursor
"This has been happening to me more and more often lately. I save my presentaion, select "Record Narration" and everything looks fine. The..."
  • 12 years ago02/23/12 at 11:31 am (UTC)
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Jon DeMartino started a new discussion Change View Mode
"NEVER MIND! I found what I needed."
  • over 12 years ago02/16/12 at 8:47 am (UTC)