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 8 bit technology icon freebies
"Very nice, Chris! Thanks for sharing! :)"
  • over 8 years ago01/22/16 at 3:09 pm (UTC)
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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)
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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)
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Mark Shepherd started a new discussion Data Entry: HACK the COLOR DISPLAY of the ENTERED DATA using HTML?
"Hello: I may have asked this question before, and if so, I apologize, but I'm trying to work around a common issue with Articulate Story..."
  • over 8 years ago01/11/16 at 4:21 pm (UTC)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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Mark Shepherd replied to the discussion Custom Marker
"Very cool, Wendy! :)"
  • over 8 years ago12/29/15 at 2:02 pm (UTC)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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Mark Shepherd replied to the discussion Translation document does not include masterslides
"Hi Merel: I recently completed a project that was translated into a 2nd language. Here's the process I used for translating my eLP: 1...."
  • over 8 years ago12/22/15 at 6:54 pm (UTC)
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Mark Shepherd replied to the discussion What industry sector do you work in?
"Cool thread, Sarah! I wish I had discovered this sooner ;) My bio: Live in work in Ottawa, Canada's Capital, as a certified independen..."
  • over 8 years ago12/22/15 at 4:22 pm (UTC)
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Mark Shepherd replied to the discussion Storyline 2 Resource Tab E-Mail (MAILTO vs. HTTP) Hyperlinks: Solution
"Thanks Michael! I was stymied by this for a couple of weeks and then one day, I stumbled across a bit.LY link for something totally unre..."
  • over 8 years ago12/21/15 at 8:36 pm (UTC)
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Mark Shepherd replied to the discussion Storyline 2 Resource Tab E-Mail (MAILTO vs. HTTP) Hyperlinks: Solution
"UPDATE: My solution DOES work, but it does come with a small CAVEAT: When you click on the IS.GD or URL-shortened hyperlink, it will ty..."
  • over 8 years ago12/21/15 at 7:11 pm (UTC)
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Mark Shepherd replied to the discussion VIDEO: PAUSE Playback if RESOURCES are CLICKED (?)
"Hi Ashley: It's not a major problem - I just was wondering if it was possible.  I've restructured my Project so that the Resources are ..."
  • over 8 years ago12/21/15 at 7:07 pm (UTC)
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Mark Shepherd started a new discussion VIDEO: PAUSE Playback if RESOURCES are CLICKED (?)
"Hi everyone: Was wondering if anyone knows about or has figured out a way to pause a Video's playback on a Slide if the RESOURCES List is..."
  • over 8 years ago12/21/15 at 2:53 pm (UTC)
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Mark Shepherd replied to the discussion What's your favorite handwriting font & how do you use it?
"Hi Jeanne:  LOVE Architect's Daughter.   I am going to have to find a way to use that in a future project soon!  Drat you, e-learning ..."
  • over 8 years ago12/21/15 at 2:03 pm (UTC)
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Mark Shepherd replied to the discussion Looking for Real Course Content
"Hi Melanie: Canada also has a few organizations comparable to OSHA that have on-line e-learning. A good one is the Canadian Centre fo..."
  • over 8 years ago12/21/15 at 1:47 pm (UTC)
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Mark Shepherd replied to the discussion Storyline 2 Resource Tab E-Mail (MAILTO vs. HTTP) Hyperlinks: Solution
"Hi Christie: Feature request submitted. ;)"
  • over 8 years ago12/18/15 at 4:22 pm (UTC)
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Mark Shepherd replied to the discussion Recommended video format for Storyline
"Interesting discussion! I wasn't aware that AS2 exported to MP4, and that importing from MP4 might cause some potential issues (as in, a..."
  • over 8 years ago12/18/15 at 2:37 pm (UTC)
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Mark Shepherd replied to the discussion Need some video advice
"Hi Catherine: My impression when developing for mobile is that when you add audio and particularly video, you will need to compromise so..."
  • over 8 years ago12/18/15 at 2:34 pm (UTC)
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Mark Shepherd started a new discussion Storyline 2 Resource Tab E-Mail (MAILTO vs. HTTP) Hyperlinks: Solution
"Hello everyone: I am currently trying to add a "mailto" e-mail hyperlink to trigger/fire when a learner clicks on a related link/referenc..."
  • over 8 years ago12/18/15 at 2:11 pm (UTC)