Melanie Sobie
Melanie Sobie
eLearning Specialist at Wisconsin Department of Corrections
  • Madison, WI
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"How long are your videos? I like to keep mine under 3 minutes. Even shorter is better. Split them up and spread them out among different ..."
  • 12 years ago02/27/12 at 4:16 pm (UTC)
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Melanie Sobie replied to the discussion Evil bullet points
"I have read about this in the forums before. A quick search of previous threads and found this good tip: "If the first line of text (in t..."
  • 12 years ago02/24/12 at 6:49 am (UTC)
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Melanie Sobie replied to the discussion Quizzes fail to publish... often
"I have no idea if these suggestions will help your situation, but I have found they have helped me resolve a lot of the weird little prob..."
  • 12 years ago02/22/12 at 1:54 pm (UTC)
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Melanie Sobie replied to the discussion Newbie... a dilema
"Hi Corey, Great question for the community – here’s some thoughts from a newbie. 1.) Transitioning from Classroom Training to ELearning: ..."
  • 12 years ago02/14/12 at 3:42 pm (UTC)
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Melanie Sobie replied to the discussion Presentation Options
"I beleive you also have to select presenter when you publish - under the properties."
  • 12 years ago02/10/12 at 6:08 am (UTC)
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Melanie Sobie replied to the discussion Making changes to Engage screens
"Gwen, Here is a link to another thread about this issue. I've had problems with this as well. Sometimes I find that it helps to click the..."
  • 12 years ago02/06/12 at 7:22 am (UTC)
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"Here's one more support article that has some other things to check out. http://www.articulate.com/support/presenter09/kb/?p=2203"
  • 12 years ago02/05/12 at 4:29 pm (UTC)
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"HI Sean, Take a look at this support article. It might have something to do with your network server. http://www.articulate.com/support/p..."
  • 12 years ago02/05/12 at 4:27 pm (UTC)
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Melanie Sobie replied to the discussion Link to website without new browser
"Hi Ashley, You should be able to insert a hyperlink on a slide as a web object. Just make sure you have selected "Display in Slide".  Her..."
  • 12 years ago02/05/12 at 3:53 pm (UTC)
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Melanie Sobie replied to the discussion Free images
"Hi Mindy, I also work for a public agency. Here are a list of some of my favorite free image sites, and a couple of video sites. Just be ..."
  • 12 years ago02/02/12 at 10:18 am (UTC)
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Melanie Sobie replied to the discussion Animations Not Working Properly
"Here is some information from the product support that might help; http://www.articulate.com/support/presenter09/kb/?p=3943"
  • 12 years ago02/01/12 at 6:40 pm (UTC)
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Melanie Sobie replied to the discussion Toolbar Menu
"I think what you are looking to do is to insert the engage interaction as a player tab. Take a look at these instructions - see item #2 u..."
  • 12 years ago02/01/12 at 6:34 pm (UTC)
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Melanie Sobie replied to the discussion Tip for downloading Clipart by style
"This is very helpful. Thanks for posting this tip!"
  • 12 years ago02/01/12 at 2:11 pm (UTC)
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"Perhaps it might have to do with the type of animations you are using? Take a look at this link to check. http://www.articulate.com/suppo..."
  • 12 years ago02/01/12 at 10:54 am (UTC)
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Melanie Sobie replied to the discussion Center textbox on slide
"Not sure what version of PPT you have, these instructions are for PPT 2010 - (to center horizontally & vertically on the slide): Sele..."
  • 12 years ago02/01/12 at 9:18 am (UTC)
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Melanie Sobie replied to the discussion old.ppta constantly being created
"I am having this same problem. About every other or every third time I have the course open and change something in an interaction or a q..."
  • 12 years ago02/01/12 at 9:06 am (UTC)
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"Hi Dan, I haven't used this vendor, but was always impressed by their demo's and free webinars. http://www.elt.com/"
  • over 12 years ago01/25/12 at 12:04 pm (UTC)
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Melanie Sobie replied to the discussion Review
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  • over 12 years ago01/20/12 at 3:00 pm (UTC)
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"I remember hearing about this weird scissors bullet showing up before. Here is some more information. http://community.articulate.com/for..."
  • over 12 years ago01/20/12 at 8:16 am (UTC)
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Melanie Sobie replied to the discussion Text quality when adding questions hints
"Not sure if I can answer your question - but I didn't know about the method you are using to build in click-able hints in quizmaker. Can'..."
  • over 12 years ago01/20/12 at 7:41 am (UTC)
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Melanie Sobie replied to the discussion Development Process
"I also design the look of each course individually. I consider the learner's jobs, the subject matter and the learner's work location. Lu..."
  • over 12 years ago01/19/12 at 5:16 pm (UTC)
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Melanie Sobie replied to the discussion Audio check before launching course?
"Thanks Jeanette! That's what I had in mind when I built it. I love creating things that can be reused and re-purposed in other courses."
  • over 12 years ago01/18/12 at 6:14 pm (UTC)
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Melanie Sobie replied to the discussion Audio check before launching course?
"Hi Mike, I had a similar situation. However, the group of learners I was dealing with needed instructions on how to adjust the audio. I b..."
  • over 12 years ago01/18/12 at 11:19 am (UTC)
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Melanie Sobie replied to the discussion What makes the Articulate Community great?
"Here's what I think makes this community great: 1. The people: Hands down, the people here are so helpful and willing to share, teach and..."
  • over 12 years ago01/18/12 at 10:23 am (UTC)
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Melanie Sobie replied to the discussion PPTA oddness
"Peter - Just wanted to follow up with you and let you know how this worked out: I think I had some kind of wierd Friday the 13th thing go..."
  • over 12 years ago01/13/12 at 9:58 am (UTC)