Meg Bertapelle
Meg Bertapelle
Instructional Designer at Intuitive Surgical, Inc.
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"cool examples guys! I typically create a theme based on either our corporate standards, or something fitting for the topic, but we don't..."
  • 12 years ago03/28/12 at 9:20 am (UTC)
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Meg Bertapelle replied to the discussion Visualization strategy
"hhmmm, maybe think of it as a story - like here's Ned and his lack of job-task-analysis tool - he struggles with (insert benefits) each t..."
  • 12 years ago03/28/12 at 8:50 am (UTC)
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"thanks David! I agree, salespeople as well have very limited time available (well, really, don't we all?).  I find Cat Moore's "Action Ma..."
  • 12 years ago03/28/12 at 8:41 am (UTC)
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"hi all, I can't remember if I already replied to this thread, but please include me in the group discussions as well! I'm an Instructio..."
  • 12 years ago03/27/12 at 11:39 am (UTC)
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Meg Bertapelle replied to the discussion Best practice for navigation
"Natalia Spurgin said: I have a few different things I use. Our employees are accustomed to the Articulate player and while each series of..."
  • 12 years ago03/27/12 at 11:33 am (UTC)
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Meg Bertapelle replied to the discussion Visualization strategy
"Hi Shweta, can you explain more about your topic - what tool are you referring to? could you maybe do a Prezi-style zoom/pan review of a..."
  • 12 years ago03/27/12 at 11:31 am (UTC)
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Meg Bertapelle replied to the discussion Voiceover
"I'll bet they get through it faster than I do too... hehehe"
  • 12 years ago03/23/12 at 9:38 am (UTC)
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Meg Bertapelle replied to the discussion Voiceover
"wow - you mean you actually hire voice talent?! nice! We do our own 'cause we're cheap (and always last minute) ;)"
  • 12 years ago03/23/12 at 9:15 am (UTC)
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Meg Bertapelle replied to the discussion Collecting user feedback in pilot
"sounds like a great idea Steve!"
  • 12 years ago03/23/12 at 9:14 am (UTC)
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Meg Bertapelle replied to the discussion Navigation/Branching Question
"I would think that just linking to an HTML page, whether it's on a tab or in the player interface, as long as it opens in a new window, i..."
  • 12 years ago03/22/12 at 1:26 pm (UTC)
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Meg Bertapelle replied to the discussion Collecting user feedback in pilot
"I flippin' LOVE Evernote - have never done a collecting feedback shared notebook thing though - let me know how it works out!"
  • 12 years ago03/22/12 at 1:21 pm (UTC)
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"@Steve, working on a course that does this - at least to a certain extent.  Working with another ID, so we're trying to help each other t..."
  • over 12 years ago09/13/11 at 10:10 am (UTC)
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Meg Bertapelle replied to the discussion Do elearning courses need quizzes?
"I would add to @David's comment to say, if you assess frequently, don't use the same test/ questions!  People will be able to figure out ..."
  • over 12 years ago09/12/11 at 10:55 am (UTC)
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Meg Bertapelle replied to the discussion Casino Graphics
"sorry, guess it's not in the downloads area, it's on Tom's blog http://www.articulate.com/rapid-elearning/how-to-design-the-visual-eleme..."
  • over 12 years ago09/02/11 at 11:01 am (UTC)
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Meg Bertapelle replied to the discussion Wacom Inkling
"saw that yesterday - totally looks interesting!   the cool think is that it turns it to a vector graphic... maybe I'll wait until the kin..."
  • over 12 years ago09/02/11 at 10:51 am (UTC)
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Meg Bertapelle replied to the discussion Casino Graphics
"you could adapt the overhead office graphics (was that Tom or Dave?) in the downloads area - build your own in PPT"
  • over 12 years ago09/02/11 at 10:49 am (UTC)
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Meg Bertapelle replied to the discussion Inspiration for Technical Content
"ugh! sorry!"
  • over 12 years ago09/02/11 at 9:18 am (UTC)
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Meg Bertapelle replied to the discussion Inspiration for Technical Content
"oh @Wilson, I just saw your last comment eewww... sounds like a job for an admin assistant, not an ID, but good luck"
  • over 12 years ago09/02/11 at 9:11 am (UTC)
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Meg Bertapelle replied to the discussion Inspiration for Technical Content
"@Wilson - check out Nancy Duarte's work http://www.duarte.com/ re: getting away from text-based presentations.  She has a wonderful style..."
  • over 12 years ago09/02/11 at 9:10 am (UTC)
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Meg Bertapelle replied to the discussion Do elearning courses need quizzes?
"I agree with pretty much everything I've read above - so I think also, it depends! We typically are tasked with providing an "assessment"..."
  • over 12 years ago09/02/11 at 9:01 am (UTC)
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Meg Bertapelle replied to the discussion Flow chart to map out branching of slides
"check out Cat Moore's action mapping concept - has worked quite well for us, to make sure we're not just doing an information dump, but r..."
  • over 12 years ago08/23/11 at 11:26 am (UTC)
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Meg Bertapelle replied to the discussion PowerPoint Theme Colors
"there's a plug in for Firefox browser called "ColorZilla" that allows you to click a dropper on any color presented on a website, and get..."
  • over 12 years ago08/23/11 at 9:31 am (UTC)
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"I wonder if it would be helpful in capturing your notes from an initial meeting & organizing into the process - then finding the hole..."
  • almost 13 years ago07/28/11 at 1:57 pm (UTC)
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"ugh - lending forms? can you do a scenario walk-thru? or a couple? give them a chance to give it a try & figure it out for themselve..."
  • almost 13 years ago07/28/11 at 1:50 pm (UTC)
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"thanks Bryan!"
  • almost 13 years ago07/28/11 at 9:45 am (UTC)