Mark Cairns
Mark Cairns
E-learning Developer at Capability X Inc.
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    Mark Cairns

    Enthusiastic adopter of e-learning technologies; SCORM, xAPI (Tin Can), Gamification and HTML5. I'm always looking for new ways to engage learners.
  • Lombardy, Ontario
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Mark Cairns replied to the discussion Selling courses online.. Which Membership sites integrate best?
"Hi John, If you're comfortable with using WordPress I would suggest the Learn Dash LMS plugin. http://www.learndash.com/ It works well an..."
  • over 9 years ago01/26/15 at 10:00 pm (UTC)
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Mark Cairns replied to the discussion Pause layer not working second time around
"Thanks Ashly, Setting the slide to "resume saved state" or "hide other slide layers" isn't an option for my purposes. However, I was abl..."
  • over 9 years ago01/14/15 at 1:07 am (UTC)
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Mark Cairns replied to the discussion Calling all e-learning heroes to FLEX
"Hi Frances, I'd love to check it out but the link is giving me a 404 error. -Mark"
  • over 9 years ago01/13/15 at 6:56 pm (UTC)
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Mark Cairns replied to the discussion Pause layer not working second time around
"I've been able to reproduce this bug consistently. Please go to this link and follow the on-screen instructions.  https://dl.dropboxuse..."
  • over 9 years ago01/13/15 at 5:00 pm (UTC)
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Mark Cairns replied to the discussion Translation Document - Fonts
"Thanks Christine."
  • almost 10 years ago06/20/14 at 9:51 am (UTC)
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Mark Cairns replied to the discussion Screen shot resolution and sizing
"Do you have to bring in the existing 800 X 600 images or are starting fresh?"
  • 10 years ago02/26/14 at 5:30 pm (UTC)
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Mark Cairns replied to the discussion Anyone Interested in am Articulate Event or Workshop in Canada?
"This is great news! I like the informal approach. It would be great to see some "Best Practices" type of presentations as well as bleedin..."
  • 10 years ago02/25/14 at 1:02 pm (UTC)
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Mark Cairns replied to the discussion Better to import FLV or SWF?
"Hi Steve, It may not matter in your situation but... .swf's wont work in HTML5 output. (Desktop/Flash and Articulate iOS Player will work..."
  • over 10 years ago02/12/14 at 9:37 pm (UTC)
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Mark Cairns replied to the discussion Marker: Show Nothing On Hover?
"It's not very intuitive but if you check the "Audio only" check box nothing happens on a marker hover. See attached."
  • over 10 years ago02/12/14 at 2:06 pm (UTC)
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Mark Cairns replied to the discussion all of my searches are returning "no items found"
"I find the search on this site less than ideal. What I do is search using google with this string - "search word" site:community.articula..."
  • over 10 years ago01/31/14 at 8:23 am (UTC)
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Mark Cairns replied to the discussion Timeline length
"This works like a charm. Thanks Anthony!"
  • over 10 years ago01/24/14 at 9:04 am (UTC)
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Mark Cairns replied to the discussion Timeline Help
"I just found a great solution to help with this issue. See the suggested answer here: http://community.articulate.com/forums/t/17792.aspx"
  • over 10 years ago01/24/14 at 9:00 am (UTC)
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Mark Cairns replied to the discussion Background (master slide buttons) to front?
"Great! I'm glad it worked out."
  • over 10 years ago01/22/14 at 9:13 am (UTC)
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Mark Cairns replied to the discussion Slide master objects not appearing over recorded slides
"Maybe this will help... http://community.articulate.com/forums/t/43020.aspx"
  • over 10 years ago01/22/14 at 7:58 am (UTC)
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Mark Cairns replied to the discussion Background (master slide buttons) to front?
"Objects on the base layer of a slide master will show up below everything on a slide. However, if you add a layer to the slide master the..."
  • over 10 years ago01/22/14 at 7:55 am (UTC)
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Mark Cairns replied to the discussion Video-based content and 508 compliance
"One thing that comes to mind is using "Descriptive Video" combined with Closed Captioning in SL. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Descri..."
  • over 10 years ago01/19/14 at 3:27 am (UTC)
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Mark Cairns replied to the discussion Storyline Example: Generating Closed Captions
"Hi Jennifer,  I've seen this issue before where the button stops working. Try this. Delete the CC button on the master slide layout then..."
  • over 10 years ago01/18/14 at 2:41 pm (UTC)
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Mark Cairns replied to the discussion Anyone Interested in am Articulate Event or Workshop in Canada?
"Hi Nicole, Thanks for posting this. I would be interested in a Toronto event."
  • over 10 years ago01/18/14 at 8:04 am (UTC)
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Mark Cairns replied to the discussion lost course
"Hi Rebecca, I think all we we're able to extract was what was left after Susans' crash.  It was worth trying though."
  • over 10 years ago01/13/14 at 6:01 pm (UTC)
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Mark Cairns replied to the discussion lost course
"Rebecca. Did you see multiple scenes and a 80+ slides?"
  • over 10 years ago01/13/14 at 5:36 pm (UTC)
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Mark Cairns replied to the discussion lost course
"That's a drag. I'd open a support case and send them the file. From the size of the file i'd say that all the slides are there but nothin..."
  • over 10 years ago01/13/14 at 9:06 am (UTC)
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Mark Cairns replied to the discussion Timeline Help
"Oh I know what you mean now. I've had to do this from time to time as well. I haven't found a quick way to do it either. It's a pain for ..."
  • over 10 years ago01/13/14 at 8:07 am (UTC)
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Mark Cairns replied to the discussion Timeline Help
"Click on the timeline then select the "End" key on the keyboard. The "Home" key will bring you back to the beginning."
  • over 10 years ago01/13/14 at 7:48 am (UTC)
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Mark Cairns replied to the discussion lost course
"Here's the .story file incase the .zip above doesn't open. I've added a results slide at the end."
  • over 10 years ago01/13/14 at 6:30 am (UTC)
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Mark Cairns replied to the discussion lost course
"Hi Susan, Try the attached version.  What I had to was take your original version and change the file name from Stress+Management.story t..."
  • over 10 years ago01/13/14 at 6:22 am (UTC)