Mike B.
Mike B.
Instructional Designer
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"ASTD publishes an annual state of the industry report for its members with salary info. Here's the 2010 version: http://www.astd.org/con..."
  • almost 13 years ago05/25/11 at 8:31 am (UTC)
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Mike B. replied to the discussion Pricing for E-learning Tools
"No one would argue that a lot of software is overpriced, and the trend right now seems to be for one player in the market to undercut the..."
  • almost 13 years ago05/11/11 at 12:18 pm (UTC)
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"Tamara Bloom said:Mike B, what's the ipod for? Just curious... Gotta have my music when I write, resear..."
  • 13 years ago04/28/11 at 7:40 am (UTC)
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Mike B. replied to the discussion Linear Course Concept
"I'm thinking about how I would do this. Depending on how many cards you have, you could stack all the white cards on top of each other (o..."
  • 13 years ago04/27/11 at 2:01 pm (UTC)
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"Photoshop, Flash, Pixie and Audacity are on my list too. Other tools include: Soundbooth Pro (although I'm hoping to replace that with ..."
  • 13 years ago04/27/11 at 10:12 am (UTC)
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Mike B. replied to the discussion Proofreading
"You can unzip the SCORM package and run the player.html file from your hard drive. You can even create an HTML page with a link (or links..."
  • 13 years ago04/27/11 at 9:26 am (UTC)
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Mike B. replied to the discussion Linear Course Concept
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"I agree with Christina. Removing the standard forward and back buttons makes the user pay attention to the navigation you've created; oth..."
  • 13 years ago04/21/11 at 1:23 pm (UTC)
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Mike B. replied to the discussion Seeking graphics
"Shutterstock is a pretty good resource, you can buy a 30 day subscription for $249. That will get you 750 photos (25 downloads a day)."
  • 13 years ago04/21/11 at 8:42 am (UTC)
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Mike B. replied to the discussion Video Editing for Dummies?
"You might also consider finding someone in your area who uses Vegas and setting up a meeting (you could buy him or her lunch). You'll lea..."
  • 13 years ago04/21/11 at 8:28 am (UTC)
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Mike B. replied to the discussion Mac or PC?
"I've used PCs and Macs over the course of my career and there are things I like and dislike about both. My two cents: your choice really ..."
  • 13 years ago04/21/11 at 8:20 am (UTC)
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Mike B. replied to the discussion Video Editing for Dummies?
"There are some quick tutorials on YouTube:"
  • 13 years ago04/21/11 at 7:27 am (UTC)
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Mike B. replied to the discussion Moodle Quizzes
"Thank you, Phil. I should be more specific here and say that we're not the typical Moodle user...we have people from hundreds of organiza..."
  • 13 years ago04/19/11 at 10:17 am (UTC)
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Mike B. started a new discussion Moodle Quizzes
"My organization is switching from QuizMaker to Moodle's built-in quiz feature to perform our post-course assessments. This is mostly beca..."
  • 13 years ago04/19/11 at 9:48 am (UTC)
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"I'd like to share a few observations, and suggest a few possible solutions. 1. I'm not so sure it's the client that's your problem. Your ..."
  • 13 years ago04/18/11 at 11:05 am (UTC)
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"One other idea that just struck me is a Mystery Science Theater 3000 approach. Make your screen area bigger, and have the silhouettes on ..."
  • 13 years ago04/11/11 at 1:41 pm (UTC)
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"Does anything scream "please pass the Kool-Aid" quite like Style 29 (http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/images/results.aspx?qu=Style%2029#..."
  • 13 years ago04/11/11 at 12:40 pm (UTC)
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Mike B. replied to the discussion Text to Speech Conversion
"If you have it, there's one NeoSpeech voice that comes with Captivate that isn't too terrible. At a previous (very budget conscious) empl..."
  • 13 years ago04/08/11 at 5:33 pm (UTC)
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Mike B. replied to the discussion Audacity or Articulate
"Natalia Spurgin said: We have a pop filter... we also have a break room right outside the studio and a mic that picks up every conversati..."
  • 13 years ago04/08/11 at 11:19 am (UTC)
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Mike B. replied to the discussion Audacity or Articulate
"Thanks, Andy. Not too bad at first listen, although it would be interesting to hear a before and after in a noisy office setting."
  • 13 years ago04/08/11 at 10:29 am (UTC)
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Mike B. replied to the discussion Audacity or Articulate
"I've been eyeing this, and wonder if anyone's given it a whirl: http://www.amazon.com/Harlan-Hogan-Signature-Series-Porta-Booth/dp/B00151..."
  • 13 years ago04/08/11 at 10:17 am (UTC)
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Mike B. replied to the discussion Our buddy - compliance training
"You might consider coming at the subject from the opposite perspective:  build a scenario about the best and most effective ways to laund..."
  • 13 years ago04/07/11 at 12:41 pm (UTC)
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"I for one would love to know if Storyline (Articulate's upcoming new authoring tool), will address these issues."
  • 13 years ago04/01/11 at 6:39 am (UTC)
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"Lol! We need a "my encyclopedia was so old..." thread."
  • 13 years ago04/01/11 at 6:18 am (UTC)
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"Jeanette, Loved the shoutout for the 1962-era encyclopedias. That's exactly the set we had in my family (JFK was still president)."
  • 13 years ago03/31/11 at 1:36 pm (UTC)