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Michael West started a new discussion Is there a way to share multiple files at once for review by a SME?
"I have 24 modules for a curriculum that I need a SME to review. I know that I could share the files via a Team folder, but the SME doesn'..."
- 3 days ago05/02/24 at 8:48 pm (UTC)
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Michael West started a new discussion Screen Simulations: Is it normal for file sizes to exceed 200 MB?
"I have a 65-slide screen simulation. The first half is a hands-on walk-through which uses captions that prompts the learner to click on h..."
- 20 days ago04/15/24 at 8:08 pm (UTC)
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Michael West started a new discussion How can I turn off text shadow in auto-generated captions during screen recording?
"Creating a Try Me/Test Me module using a screen recording. By default the auto-generated captions have shadow on the text.
Even when I t..."
- 1 month ago03/25/24 at 3:11 pm (UTC)
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Michael West started a new discussion Is there a way to set a default animation for captions created using screen recordings?
"The captions that are generated by the screen recording are 3 seconds long and fade in and out, with both animations lasting 0.25 seconds..."
- 2 months ago03/19/24 at 5:34 pm (UTC)
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Michael West started a new discussion Storyline 360 Quiz Feedback: How to get rid of overlapping text button on slide layer
"So I have a hotspot-based quiz comprising about 50 slides. The idea is that a user will advance to the next slide if they select the corr..."
- 2 months ago03/04/24 at 8:50 pm (UTC)
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Michael West started a new discussion Grow Emphasis Animation: Setting an Anchor Point?
"Is there a way to set different anchor points for the grow emphasis animation. It appears that the default is that the object grows from ..."
- 3 months ago02/07/24 at 7:00 pm (UTC)
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Michael West started a new discussion Selecting multiple objects in the Trigger Wizard? I need this in my Storyline life!
"I recently stumbled across a YouTube video posted by Learning Dojo, which shows a feature/option that would prove invaluable!
In the vide..."
- 3 months ago02/02/24 at 5:00 pm (UTC)
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Michael West started a new discussion Can you reload a previous version of your quick access toolbar?
"Recently opened up Storyline 360 to find that my quick access toolbar has been completely reset to its factory (for lack of a better term..."
- 1 year ago02/28/23 at 2:55 pm (UTC)
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Michael West started a new discussion Why am I being told "[COURSE TITLE] is locked by another process?"
"Can't quite figure this out.
If I try to open the file directly from the folder, I get this message:
But if I try and open it through St..."
- 1 year ago02/20/23 at 3:24 pm (UTC)
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Michael West started a new discussion Looking for advice: How to advance a slide which has a Kahoot quiz linked as a web object?
"I'm trying to figure out how to allow the learner to advance to the next slide once they've completed the Kahoot. I thought if I used "Go..."
- 1 year ago02/13/23 at 3:13 pm (UTC)
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Michael West started a new discussion Learners have to zoom WAAAAAY out to view a module.
"I've uploaded a module to our LMS, and learners are having to zoom out to at least 50% in order to see the whole project.
It's a screen r..."
- 1 year ago02/03/23 at 3:25 pm (UTC)
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Michael West started a new discussion Can Storyline report all selected answers in a multiple answer question to an LMS?
"Trying to capture a learner's actual selections to a multiple answer quiz question. Will Storyline report all of the selected answers to ..."
- over 1 year ago01/30/23 at 6:52 pm (UTC)
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Michael West started a new discussion Is there a way to rename multiple slides at once?
"I know I can paste an object across multiple slides by shift or control clicking on the desired slides, but is there a way to rename mult..."
- over 1 year ago01/25/23 at 3:52 pm (UTC)
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Michael West started a new discussion How do I disable the shadow effect on caption text that is generated in Try or View Mode from screen recordings?
"Not the caption itself, but the actual text inside the caption?"
- over 1 year ago01/23/23 at 3:32 pm (UTC)
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Michael West started a new discussion What's the difference between the triggers "When timeline starts on THIS SLIDE" and "When timeline starts on OBJECT?"
"If I want to change the state of a button based on a variable being adjusted, is it better to use one or the other? Does it matter?"
- over 1 year ago01/12/23 at 4:21 pm (UTC)
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Michael West started a new discussion Setting a Default Text Box Broken
"When I create a text box with font, styles, colors, justification, and margins, and then right-click and select "Set as default text box,..."
- over 1 year ago12/07/22 at 5:08 pm (UTC)
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Michael West started a new discussion Error When Saving: "Specified Argument was out of the range of valid values. Parameter name: value"
"I went to save a project and was presented with this error message:
"Specified Argument was out of the range of valid values. Parameter n..."
- over 1 year ago11/29/22 at 5:33 pm (UTC)
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Michael West started a new discussion Need to do screen simulation on a computer that doesn't have Articulate. Is there an online solution?
"I need to do a screen capture that will be converted to a video, a try mode, and a test mode module. The SME I'm working with cannot acce..."
- over 1 year ago11/14/22 at 8:32 pm (UTC)
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Michael West started a new discussion In Try Mode/Test Mode Storyline 360 keeps "hiding" my test entry fields and I have to manually move them into place.
"I'm working on a software simulation, which includes a segment where the learner is expected to enter some text. I couldn't figure out wh..."
- over 1 year ago11/09/22 at 8:46 pm (UTC)
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Michael West started a new discussion Try Mode and Test Mode
"Is it possible record content for a Try Mode simulation and then use that same content for a Test Mode simulation? Or would I n..."
- over 1 year ago10/12/22 at 8:36 pm (UTC)
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Michael West started a new discussion Objects on Motion Paths "Leaping" to the end?
"I've come across a problem that I can't quite figure out. I have a couple of objects on motion paths that appear to "leap" to their final..."
- almost 2 years ago07/06/22 at 3:28 pm (UTC)
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Michael West started a new discussion Content Library: Illustrations Not Working
"Is anyone else having trouble accessing illustrations via the content library? I can access photos and icons okay, but nothing I search f..."
- almost 2 years ago06/24/22 at 6:40 pm (UTC)
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Michael West started a new discussion Reorder Scenes in Story View?
"In the grander scheme of things, I realize that this is not a big deal. However, it's got me a little triggered. (Plus, it could potentia..."
- almost 2 years ago06/08/22 at 6:32 pm (UTC)
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Michael West started a new discussion New Subscriber to 360: I'm Being Prompted to Download Flash 10.0
"I just upgraded from Storyline 3 to 360. When I try to open 360, I receive the attached warning.
Seeing as how Storyline stopped support..."
- almost 2 years ago05/24/22 at 7:06 pm (UTC)
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Michael West started a new discussion Converting from Storyline 3 to 360: Projects Not Opening?
"I just upgraded from Storyline 3 to Storyline 360, and I am trying to open up a project in my new software. I'm getting the error message..."
- almost 2 years ago05/24/22 at 6:27 pm (UTC)