Judith Blackbourn
Judith Blackbourn
Instructional Designer and Trainer at Volt Workspace Solutions
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    Judith Blackbourn

    Late bloomer; began as a technical writer in my 40s and have over 20 years experience. As a consultant, have had some experience designing and developing content for e-learning. Latest project gave me the opportunity to design and build an entire eLearning curriculum! Oh joy! That's when I disco...
  • Milwaukee, WI
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Judith Blackbourn replied to the discussion Tab as a Key
"Hi Nich, Are you working in a software simulation?"
  • over 11 years ago11/19/12 at 7:50 am (UTC)
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Judith Blackbourn replied to the discussion Does anyone document their slide settings?
"Thanks, Rich, I was starting to feel like a RImmer. (Red Dwarf, anyone?) When you're working solo, it might seem like extra work, but as ..."
  • over 11 years ago11/19/12 at 6:45 am (UTC)
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Judith Blackbourn replied to the discussion Aligning Images in PPT 2007
"Bob S has a good idea, but I would put it in a master slide. Even better for controlling graphics in PowerPoint (or Word) is to create a ..."
  • over 11 years ago11/16/12 at 3:16 pm (UTC)
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Judith Blackbourn replied to the discussion Resized PPT Bullets & Vertical Alignment
"Another way to handle bullet alignment in PPT is to put the list in a table. Bullets go in column 1 and text in column 2 (one row for eac..."
  • over 11 years ago11/16/12 at 3:08 pm (UTC)
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Judith Blackbourn replied to the discussion Does anyone document their slide settings?
"Hi worms, Angie Martinez has created a presentation that lets the user return to where he stopped. Gauged Responses Example Hope that helps!"
  • over 11 years ago11/16/12 at 2:59 pm (UTC)
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Judith Blackbourn replied to the discussion Does anyone document their slide settings?
"Hi worms, Your response doesn't seem to relate to my question. You might want to repost your message as a separate thread with a differen..."
  • over 11 years ago11/16/12 at 2:56 pm (UTC)
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Judith Blackbourn replied to the discussion Slide Order
"OK, will do."
  • over 11 years ago11/16/12 at 8:29 am (UTC)
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Judith Blackbourn replied to the discussion Interesting lists
"I usually have a bullet list of topics at the beginning of a lesson, but your comments make me realize that they don't necessarily have t..."
  • over 11 years ago11/16/12 at 7:27 am (UTC)
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Judith Blackbourn replied to the discussion Interaction with text entry step
"Yes, thanks. Sorry, I should have posted here that i found a solution! Still learning the ettiquette!"
  • over 11 years ago11/16/12 at 7:08 am (UTC)
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Judith Blackbourn replied to the discussion Interesting lists
"Don't know how you can make them more interesting with only one choice of bullet style!"
  • over 11 years ago11/15/12 at 2:46 pm (UTC)
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Judith Blackbourn replied to the discussion Slide Order
"My slides haven't moved lately, but i find it difficult to change the order of my slides when I want to. I can't seem to do that in the N..."
  • over 11 years ago11/15/12 at 2:45 pm (UTC)
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Judith Blackbourn replied to the discussion A challenge for Storyline experts
"Rebecca. are you working on software used for interior design? I can imagine an image of a room, and then see it change as you make your ..."
  • over 11 years ago11/15/12 at 2:23 pm (UTC)
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Judith Blackbourn replied to the discussion Choosing a story size/user screen size
"Hi Fiona, I like to use a wider slide size (12 in. x 7.5 in) for self-training. Since the sizes aren't shown in inches, I guessed (!) I'm..."
  • over 11 years ago11/15/12 at 9:55 am (UTC)
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Judith Blackbourn replied to the discussion Software training eLearning
"Thanks so much for your tips, Angie. I looked at the Allen Interactive demo and liked some of the interactions they used. Now I have more..."
  • over 11 years ago11/14/12 at 11:55 am (UTC)
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Judith Blackbourn replied to the discussion Name trigger to advance
"Thanks so much, Jeannette. Watching and listening to your demo (posted for Karen E on Nov 2) helped me to fix my text entry problem  . I ..."
  • over 11 years ago11/13/12 at 3:22 pm (UTC)
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Judith Blackbourn replied to the discussion eLearning Promo Video!
"Hi Nicky -- Really loved all the effects you used, but it was a bit fast-paced for me. I'm just an old gal, and maybe cannot absorb infor..."
  • over 11 years ago11/13/12 at 2:22 pm (UTC)
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Judith Blackbourn replied to the discussion Software training eLearning
"Thanks, Rich. My questions were actually more about slide design.  What is the best way to combine step by step instructions and the scre..."
  • over 11 years ago11/13/12 at 1:25 pm (UTC)
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Judith Blackbourn replied to the discussion Interaction with text entry step
"Sure, I'll post it again. The problem is in the Try scene between slide 2.3 and 2.4. In 2.3, I want the user to type the password. Then I..."
  • over 11 years ago11/13/12 at 1:13 pm (UTC)
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Judith Blackbourn replied to the discussion Adding audio to Try screen simulation
"Thanks, Nancy, that works! Now if I just get my voice back, I'll be good to go!"
  • over 11 years ago11/12/12 at 2:49 pm (UTC)
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Judith Blackbourn replied to the discussion Interaction with text entry step
"Actually, I don't want to have the user hit the Enter key, I want them to immediately click Login after entering their password. How can ..."
  • over 11 years ago11/12/12 at 2:42 pm (UTC)
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Judith Blackbourn replied to the discussion Please review my first Storyline project
"Hi Kristen, I looked at Style 1268, but don't really like cartoon characters -- these look a bit goofy. I like Style 1280, but it has lim..."
  • almost 12 years ago06/07/12 at 1:39 pm (UTC)
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Judith Blackbourn replied to the discussion Please review my first Storyline project
"Hi Kristen, I'd like to do this, but am having a hard time finding graphics that are in the same style for all the people, things, etc. A..."
  • almost 12 years ago06/07/12 at 11:45 am (UTC)
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Judith Blackbourn replied to the discussion Please review my first Storyline project
"OK, thanks for the feedback!"
  • almost 12 years ago06/07/12 at 10:19 am (UTC)
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Judith Blackbourn replied to the discussion Please review my first Storyline project
"Thanks, Daniel. Well, I could speed them up -- it was just something my boss liked, but doesn't actually add any value. Hmm, used Verdana..."
  • almost 12 years ago06/07/12 at 8:58 am (UTC)
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Judith Blackbourn replied to the discussion Please review my first Storyline project
"Thank you, James. Yes, I had a hard time figuring out how to communicate the details. I'll look into audio, as some of the material does..."
  • almost 12 years ago06/07/12 at 8:09 am (UTC)