Mark Shepherd
Mark Shepherd
e-Learning Developer at Canadian Department of National Defence
  • About

    Mark Shepherd

    20-year certified Microsoft Office trainer, project manager, course designer, and courseware developer/technical programmer. 5-year training veteran of e-Learning tools such as Adobe Captivate and TechSmith's Camtasia Studio. Have built learning solutions and webinars hosted on Microsoft SharePo...
  • Ottawa, CANADA
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Mark Shepherd replied to the discussion (Pseudo) Random number allocator
"Hi Phil: It's possible, at least in theory, to create multiple unique random values using the Quiz Slide technique, however, there needs..."
  • 7 years ago03/13/17 at 12:55 pm (UTC)
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Mark Shepherd replied to the discussion (Pseudo) Random number allocator
"Hi Mick: One thing I have noticed about using the Storyline Quiz-based approach is that it isn't really as "random" as I might like.  I..."
  • 7 years ago03/10/17 at 6:39 pm (UTC)
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Mark Shepherd replied to the discussion Most Important Qualities of an Instructional Designer
"Hi Kim: I think Vision CAN just boil down to understanding that you need to put together comprehensive content in your design, but you'r..."
  • 7 years ago03/08/17 at 5:04 pm (UTC)
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Mark Shepherd replied to the discussion Storyline 360 - Export for Translation - Missing information when Importing back into Storyline 360
"Hi Alyssa: Echoing some of Dominik's previous comments in this thread, another thing I've noticed recently with the Quiz Results Slide i..."
  • 7 years ago03/08/17 at 4:19 pm (UTC)
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Mark Shepherd replied to the discussion Most Important Qualities of an Instructional Designer
"Hi Kim: Very good question! We've recently had a lot of discussion regarding this sort of thing in our own organization, as there appear..."
  • 7 years ago03/06/17 at 8:14 pm (UTC)
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Mark Shepherd replied to the discussion How Did You Get Your Start
"Hi Chris: I've posted about this in another thread, but like many who have ventured into this field, I come from a Computer Training bac..."
  • 7 years ago03/03/17 at 2:58 pm (UTC)
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Mark Shepherd replied to the discussion (Pseudo) Random number allocator
"Outstanding work, Phil and Dave! :) I've tried a simpler version of math.Floor that Phil has suggested, and while it works well, its o..."
  • 7 years ago03/03/17 at 2:06 pm (UTC)
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Mark Shepherd replied to the discussion Articulate User Group - OTTAWA
"Hey Nicole: Never heard back from anyone regarding a possible AUG meeting today.  I need at least a couple of days of lead time to orga..."
  • 7 years ago03/03/17 at 1:59 pm (UTC)
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Mark Shepherd replied to the discussion Storyline 2 Course Branching to an External Storyline 2 Course
"Hi Lori: Trina is absolutely right in suggesting that your LMS may be able to provide you this kind of back-end support for your course ..."
  • 7 years ago03/03/17 at 1:55 pm (UTC)
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Mark Shepherd replied to the discussion Articulate User Group - OTTAWA
"Hi Olivier: Like Darius, I am also curious as to whether or not the Articulate Ottawa event will be taking place at CFORP this Friday af..."
  • 7 years ago03/01/17 at 1:30 pm (UTC)
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Mark Shepherd replied to the discussion Storyline 360 - Export for Translation - Missing information when Importing back into Storyline 360
"Hi Dominik: I am also watching the translation component for Storyline very closely as my organization keeps Articulate 360 on its radar..."
  • 7 years ago02/16/17 at 1:52 pm (UTC)
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Mark Shepherd replied to the discussion Can we change the color of a Storyline Character's outfit?
"Hi Liliana: During my testing of early releases of the Articulate 360 Suite, I wanted to see whether or not it would be possible to save..."
  • 7 years ago02/14/17 at 7:17 pm (UTC)
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Mark Shepherd replied to the discussion Articulate User Group - OTTAWA
"Hi Mark: I feel your pain, LOL! I used to use Adobe Captivate a lot (I used to teach it, also!), but thankfully my new job not only enco..."
  • 7 years ago01/30/17 at 7:34 pm (UTC)
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Mark Shepherd replied to the discussion Articulate User Group - OTTAWA
"Hi Olivier, that sounds just great.  Am about to fill out the survey now, and I should most definitely be available for your proposed da..."
  • 7 years ago01/30/17 at 1:56 pm (UTC)
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Mark Shepherd replied to the discussion eLearning is done! Now what? Absolutely nothing :/
"Hi Gloria: I hear you, and I sympathize.  Your situation is one we occasionally encounter in our organization. It doesn't happen all..."
  • over 7 years ago12/19/16 at 2:04 pm (UTC)
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Mark Shepherd replied to the discussion Videos on layers won't replay
"Hi Chris: Interesting that your feedback can be replayed just fine in Firefox and not in Chrome.  Generally speaking, the (informal, my..."
  • over 7 years ago12/06/16 at 4:11 pm (UTC)
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Mark Shepherd replied to the discussion Storyline 360 vs Rise
"Hi saeyoung: I wouldn't exactly say that Rise is "better" than Storyline.  As Steve and Phil pointed out at the beginning of this comme..."
  • over 7 years ago12/06/16 at 3:47 pm (UTC)
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Mark Shepherd replied to the discussion How can I delete unused variables?
"Hi Ashley and Phil: Done! Storyline feature request submitted to Articulate. I also included an option to allow for individual confirma..."
  • over 7 years ago12/02/16 at 4:45 pm (UTC)
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Mark Shepherd replied to the discussion Fatal error has occurrred, communication with the server has been lost
"Hi Pratik: Two possibilities come to mind here: 1. There may be an issue with ONE or TWO specific Quiz Slides in your Project. You may..."
  • over 7 years ago12/02/16 at 2:23 pm (UTC)
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Mark Shepherd replied to the discussion Videos on layers won't replay
"Hi everyone: The timing of these article responses is apt, as I am currently working on a video-oriented slide for a new project that mi..."
  • over 7 years ago12/02/16 at 2:11 pm (UTC)
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Mark Shepherd replied to the discussion How can I delete unused variables?
"Hi Deepak: You raise a good point in that there is currently no Storyline feature to quickly remove all unused variables in one step, me..."
  • over 7 years ago12/02/16 at 2:03 pm (UTC)
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Mark Shepherd replied to the discussion Does Storyline 360 still require the Saba LMS patch?
"Hi Michael: To further clarify: Articulate Storyline 2, while good in general, isn't perfect at cmi.core.exit handling.  Numerous commu..."
  • over 7 years ago12/01/16 at 5:48 pm (UTC)
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Mark Shepherd replied to the discussion Does Storyline 360 still require the Saba LMS patch?
"Hi Michael: To my knowledge, there has been no need for any "SABA LMS patch" since Updates for Storyline 2 were released to the public i..."
  • over 7 years ago11/30/16 at 5:51 pm (UTC)
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Mark Shepherd replied to the discussion Change the padding default?
"Hi Janet: I would like to chime in and agree that 0 or 10 pixels makes a much nicer default for separator padding/spacing in Articulate..."
  • over 7 years ago11/21/16 at 1:37 pm (UTC)
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Mark Shepherd replied to the discussion Text formatting in Articulate Rise
"Hi Nitesh: You can also use some conventional Word-like tricks to format text in Rise. For example, after selecting text, you can forma..."
  • over 7 years ago11/18/16 at 5:40 pm (UTC)