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
  • Contact Me
Activity
Mark Shepherd replied to the discussion Data Entry: HACK the COLOR DISPLAY of the ENTERED DATA using HTML?
"Hi Mike: Am in crunch mode working on a project deliverable deadline today. Will upload a screenshot of my affected input box issue s..."
  • over 8 years ago02/17/16 at 5:12 pm (UTC)
Activity
Mark Shepherd replied to the discussion What's the WORST elearning advice you ever received?
"Oh, wow.  I've had similar comments to this in the past. Perhaps you can suggest that the eL character is drawn to SCALE? :P"
  • over 8 years ago02/15/16 at 2:32 pm (UTC)
Activity
Mark Shepherd replied to the discussion Articulate User Group - OTTAWA
"Hi Nicole: I'd like to amend my request to present for 15 minutes.  My plan is to present a brief summary and a few examples of the kind..."
  • over 8 years ago02/12/16 at 8:46 pm (UTC)
Activity
Mark Shepherd replied to the discussion Microsoft Office and Articulate Storyline 2
"Thanks Justin, Emily, and Phil for your comments.  :) Clearly Office 2013 and 2016 seem to be the favorites so far amongst the group, wh..."
  • over 8 years ago02/08/16 at 7:01 pm (UTC)
Activity
Mark Shepherd replied to the discussion Microsoft Office and Articulate Storyline 2
"Hi Christie: Thanks for the update and the associated System Requirements link for SL2. Do you know offhand how well Storyline 2 works ..."
  • over 8 years ago02/08/16 at 4:42 pm (UTC)
Activity
Mark Shepherd replied to the discussion Microsoft Office and Articulate Storyline 2
"Cool! I was planning on installing 2013 as a test bed for Articulate Storyline 2 for my new laptop. :)"
  • over 8 years ago02/05/16 at 4:04 pm (UTC)
Activity
Mark Shepherd replied to the discussion I found a nice work around for auto-saving in Storyline
"Very nice, Rachel! Will definitely install this one on my laptop soon (!) :) Another tip I have found helpful for all of my developmen..."
  • over 8 years ago02/03/16 at 4:51 pm (UTC)
Activity
Mark Shepherd replied to the discussion Too Many Variables????
"Hi Tracy: Like you, I am now running into the same item in a few of my eL projects - I have a LOT of variables, and I always seem to kee..."
  • over 8 years ago02/03/16 at 4:30 pm (UTC)
Activity
Mark Shepherd replied to the discussion Excel elearning - newbie
"Hi Sarah! As a certified Microsoft Excel Trainer/Specialist, your project is the sort of thing I've been dying to try out in Storyline! ..."
  • over 8 years ago02/03/16 at 1:29 pm (UTC)
Activity
Mark Shepherd replied to the discussion Articulate User Group - OTTAWA
"Hi Nicole: I'm totally in.  VERY happy to finally get involved with the local Articulate community here in Ottawa, and Friday is almost..."
  • over 8 years ago02/02/16 at 1:53 pm (UTC)
Activity
Mark Shepherd replied to the discussion Problem HTML5 Variables Font not correct
"Hi Ashley: I am running up against this problem now when trying to view the Player in HTML5 for a learning project I am working on. I h..."
  • over 8 years ago02/01/16 at 7:40 pm (UTC)
Activity
Mark Shepherd replied to the discussion HOVER Button State: Thoughts/Ideas (?)
"Hi Jen: Thanks for your reply.  I'm currently pondering whether or not to make my related button states similar to each other in color t..."
  • over 8 years ago01/25/16 at 9:24 pm (UTC)
Activity
Mark Shepherd replied to the discussion HOVER Button State: Thoughts/Ideas (?)
"Hi Preston: Glad you were able to get things aligned well for your eLP vis-à-vis your website. I wish my situation were that simple, bu..."
  • over 8 years ago01/25/16 at 9:23 pm (UTC)
Activity
Mark Shepherd replied to the discussion 8 bit technology icon freebies
"Very nice, Chris! Thanks for sharing! :)"
  • over 8 years ago01/22/16 at 3:09 pm (UTC)
Activity
Mark Shepherd replied to the discussion How Do You Encourage Course Feedback?
"Hi Tracy! I like Mike's suggestion of placing a graphic encouraging feedback right at the end of the course. In my organization, we are..."
  • over 8 years ago01/15/16 at 8:54 pm (UTC)
Activity
Mark Shepherd replied to the discussion Conditionally Displaying A Hotspot?
"Very cool solution, James! I love reading about creative methods like this. ;) I also had a detailed hotspot and interaction solution..."
  • over 8 years ago01/13/16 at 2:08 pm (UTC)
Activity
Mark Shepherd replied to the discussion Dealing with client from hell - need some advice and maybe a better sign off template
"Outstanding advice, Nancy! However, given my own experience, not everyone is amenable to change requests in the way that you have descri..."
  • over 8 years ago01/07/16 at 6:39 pm (UTC)
Activity
Mark Shepherd replied to the discussion Sending projects to customers
"HI Dave: This is a great idea.  I don't do it in precisely the way that you do, but I can see the benefit of doing it from a folder-base..."
  • over 8 years ago01/04/16 at 4:46 pm (UTC)
Activity
Mark Shepherd replied to the discussion Sending projects to customers
"Hi Nancy: I am starting to use SCORM Cloud for this very reason. That, and also for faster testing prior to sending up to my org's own ..."
  • over 8 years ago01/04/16 at 4:42 pm (UTC)
Activity
Mark Shepherd replied to the discussion Sending projects to customers
"Hi Linda: Christy's covered pretty much the entire answer, here. Most LMS systems REQUIRE you to send a Zipped file's contents to the..."
  • over 8 years ago12/30/15 at 1:43 pm (UTC)
Activity
Mark Shepherd replied to the discussion Slide Layer not appearing, trigger blinks layer & loops back to base layer
"Hi Shannon: Restore on mouse leave does indeed correct your initial layer-transition issue. Some suggestions for your project: Consi..."
  • over 8 years ago12/29/15 at 8:00 pm (UTC)
Activity
Mark Shepherd replied to the discussion Custom Marker
"Very cool, Wendy! :)"
  • over 8 years ago12/29/15 at 2:02 pm (UTC)
Activity
Mark Shepherd replied to the discussion Dealing with client from hell - need some advice and maybe a better sign off template
"Hi Marie: TOTALLY agree with Christy's take on this. One "trick" I use to ensure that my clients do not mis-understand or (unintentiona..."
  • over 8 years ago12/23/15 at 1:49 pm (UTC)
Activity
Mark Shepherd replied to the discussion Translation document does not include masterslides
"Merel: In cases where I need to have text translated on any missing Master Slide data, I just e-mail that as a smaller segment for my tr..."
  • over 8 years ago12/23/15 at 1:19 pm (UTC)
Activity
Mark Shepherd replied to the discussion Custom Marker
"Hi Megan: I build similar markers to the ones you've created in many of my eLPs. I've noticed that when I create things like visited ..."
  • over 8 years ago12/22/15 at 9:06 pm (UTC)