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 Ideas and Examples for Using Slide Background Fill (includes demo)
"Hi Diana! Fantastic work! I LOVE LOVE LOVE the TEAM Slide! I am totally going to use this idea in a future project! The last backgroun..."
  • over 8 years ago11/19/15 at 4:43 pm (UTC)
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Mark Shepherd replied to the discussion Using Variable changes , state trigger problem
"Hi Deniz! A quick question for you regarding your project: a) Are you looking to use variables for a count just in the background of yo..."
  • over 8 years ago11/19/15 at 2:43 pm (UTC)
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Mark Shepherd replied to the discussion Shape/Symbol to use for VISITED Button State (?)
"Hi Nicole: Great to see Ottawa-based and other Canadian ELP folks in the forum! :) I love your idea of partial progress. I kind of envi..."
  • over 8 years ago11/19/15 at 2:34 pm (UTC)
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Mark Shepherd replied to the discussion Shape/Symbol to use for VISITED Button State (?)
"Hi Chris: Wow, these are really nice examples.  I am kind of swamped at the moment, because I am working on a deadline to get my curren..."
  • over 8 years ago11/19/15 at 2:29 pm (UTC)
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Mark Shepherd replied to the discussion Storyline results into Microsoft Access
"Hi Greg: Wow, I LOVE this idea, but offhand, I'd say this one's pretty challenging/tough. Frankly, I'm not sure it's even doable (?!) ..."
  • over 8 years ago11/18/15 at 6:17 pm (UTC)
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Mark Shepherd replied to the discussion Storyline Certification
"Hi Ashley: Good ideas, for sure!  Yukon is based in Toronto, and their e-Learning and Articulate courses look very good. The next time..."
  • over 8 years ago11/17/15 at 6:21 pm (UTC)
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Mark Shepherd replied to the discussion Storyline Certification
"Hi Ashley: That's a shame - I hope you guys consider doing this in the future, as I, along with many other developers, would be among th..."
  • over 8 years ago11/17/15 at 4:29 pm (UTC)
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Mark Shepherd replied to the discussion Order of Triggers- can't get them to work
"Hi Kristy: Glad my suggestions helped.  I often fall down the rabbit-hole of over-complicating things, so I need to yank myself out of t..."
  • over 8 years ago11/13/15 at 8:29 pm (UTC)
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Mark Shepherd replied to the discussion Shape/Symbol to use for VISITED Button State (?)
"Ok, look, I'm going to drop this. I asked what I thought was a very simple question, and from your tone, I'm getting the impression that..."
  • over 8 years ago11/13/15 at 1:40 pm (UTC)
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Mark Shepherd replied to the discussion Order of Triggers- can't get them to work
"Hi Kristy: My two random thoughts for your project: 1. Consider starting at GREEN or a more Neutral color, such as GREY, and using YELL..."
  • over 8 years ago11/12/15 at 8:42 pm (UTC)
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Mark Shepherd replied to the discussion Shape/Symbol to use for VISITED Button State (?)
"Random thoughts regarding this Project Development Item: So, what shape or symbol should I use for a Visited State on a Button (?) Mayb..."
  • over 8 years ago11/12/15 at 8:28 pm (UTC)
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Mark Shepherd replied to the discussion Shape/Symbol to use for VISITED Button State (?)
"Hi Phil: Good idea! I have changed this color to something more suitable to imply visited. However, given that I have a symbol for Comp..."
  • over 8 years ago11/12/15 at 6:52 pm (UTC)
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Mark Shepherd replied to the discussion Menu, variables and states
"Random thoughts regarding your project: I took a quick look at it, and while some aspects seem to work as expected, one or two others do..."
  • over 8 years ago11/12/15 at 5:10 pm (UTC)
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Mark Shepherd replied to the discussion Menu, variables and states
"Hi Daniela: I like your use of locked/unlocked padlock icon visuals to convey Visited progress.  Very cool! :)"
  • over 8 years ago11/12/15 at 4:48 pm (UTC)
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Mark Shepherd replied to the discussion Shape/Symbol to use for VISITED Button State (?)
"Interesting! But would the pushpin or pinpoint be enough to convey the concept of "Visited" (?) This is why this question is challengin..."
  • over 8 years ago11/12/15 at 4:43 pm (UTC)
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Mark Shepherd replied to the discussion Preview and editing
"Agreed.  Putting hidden functionality to use like that during production and testing is a killer idea. :D Off to go add that to my proj..."
  • over 8 years ago11/12/15 at 3:21 pm (UTC)
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Mark Shepherd replied to the discussion Loop layer again and again - is that possible?
"Hi Patrik: Thanks for the thanks ;) On sober second thought, I'm not sure this is the best solution - as the quality of GIFs generally ..."
  • over 8 years ago11/12/15 at 1:28 pm (UTC)
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Mark Shepherd replied to the discussion Loop layer again and again - is that possible?
"Random thoughts regarding this project: 1. Build the images you wish to "slideshow" effect into a looping animated .GIF? 2. Then use th..."
  • over 8 years ago11/10/15 at 8:21 pm (UTC)
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Mark Shepherd replied to the discussion How to prohibit to change state if some conditions applied?
"It's a little out there, but the first idea that popped into my head was to have TWO nearly identical buttons with different, yet similar..."
  • over 8 years ago11/10/15 at 5:49 pm (UTC)