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Mike Taylor published a new article Where's the Best Place to Add a Knowledge Check?
"“Where's the best place to add a knowledge check?” Andrew Winner asked this great question in the forums this week, which got me thinking..."
  • over 9 years ago08/15/14 at 2:42 am (UTC)
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"Want to know one way to make your online training projects more compelling and effective? Add some video! And with today’s tools, virtual..."
  • over 9 years ago08/18/14 at 8:02 am (UTC)
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Mike Taylor published a new article Who Else Wants Great Graphic Design Resources?
"A lot of instructional designers and e-learning developers work independently or on small teams and are responsible for all aspects of co..."
  • over 9 years ago08/29/14 at 2:43 am (UTC)
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"There are a lot of training managers and course designers who get stuck in the “bigger is better” mind-set, building exhaustive courses w..."
  • almost 10 years ago07/07/14 at 2:22 am (UTC)
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Mike Taylor published a new article Mixing It Up with Articulate Replay Screencasts
"It’s never been easier to create great-looking screencasts with Articulate Replay. Whether you’re an experienced designer or e-learning n..."
  • almost 10 years ago06/23/14 at 2:27 am (UTC)
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"Do you need to translate your Articulate Studio ’13 courses into multiple languages? If so, you’ll definitely want to know about our tran..."
  • almost 10 years ago06/09/14 at 2:33 am (UTC)
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"These days, most e-learning developers want to find ways to move beyond linear click-and-read courses. One of the best ways to break out ..."
  • almost 10 years ago05/26/14 at 3:02 am (UTC)
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Mike Taylor published a new article Improve Your Quizzes with Immediate Feedback
"Feedback is a very important part of the learning process. Obviously, it is critical for your learners to know whether they’ve answered a..."
  • almost 10 years ago05/19/14 at 2:18 am (UTC)
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"Do you ever want to check whether your learners are following your content without interrupting the flow of your course with a full-fledg..."
  • 10 years ago05/04/14 at 2:47 am (UTC)
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"I’m a big fan of keyboard shortcuts. The less I have to move back and forth between keyboard and mouse, the better. Creating keyboard sho..."
  • 10 years ago04/28/14 at 2:26 am (UTC)
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Mike Taylor published a new article 3 Things to Know About Scoring E-Learning Quizzes
"Quizzes are an important part of many online training programs. While some are meant to reinforce a lesson, others aim to measure a learn..."
  • 10 years ago04/21/14 at 2:14 am (UTC)
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"Assessments are a big part of many e-learning courses—so you definitely want to get them right. Fortunately, in Articulate Storyline, it’..."
  • 10 years ago04/07/14 at 2:16 am (UTC)
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Mike Taylor published a new article Managing Your E-learning Project Files Made Easy
"Ever notice that item with a .ppta file extension in the same folder as your PowerPoint file and wondered, “What in the world is that thi..."
  • 10 years ago03/31/14 at 2:16 am (UTC)
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Mike Taylor published a new article To Scale or Not to Scale? That Is The Question.
"When designing online content such as e-learning, it can be a challenge to account for the wide variety of screen sizes and resolutions v..."
  • 10 years ago03/24/14 at 2:13 am (UTC)
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"As e-learning designers, one of our frequent challenges is to fit a lot of content into a limited space. We’ve spent years honing our “go..."
  • 10 years ago03/17/14 at 1:46 am (UTC)
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"I’m a big believer in the K.I.S.S. principle, which values simplicity over complexity for most systems and situations. My wife might tell..."
  • 10 years ago03/10/14 at 2:07 am (UTC)
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"In a previous post, we talked about adding graphics to your e-learning designs, which can significantly improve learning. But there’s mor..."
  • 10 years ago03/03/14 at 2:26 am (UTC)
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Mike Taylor published a new article Distributing an Audio File Across Multiple Slides
"Articulate Presenter ’13 typically works with audio on a slide-by-slide basis, meaning each slide contains the audio files used on that s..."
  • 10 years ago02/17/14 at 2:23 am (UTC)
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"Despite the ongoing debate about locked versus unlocked course navigation, there will always be some scenarios where it makes sense to co..."
  • 10 years ago02/03/14 at 2:21 am (UTC)
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Mike Taylor published a new article Meet the New Studio '13 Player
"Articulate Studio ’13 has so many great new features—and one of my favorites is the new unified player. It offers more control and flexib..."
  • over 10 years ago01/27/14 at 3:07 am (UTC)
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Mike Taylor published a new article How to Create a Customized E-learning Toolbar
"If you’re a keyboard shortcuts person like me, then you love any new combination of keys that lets you do something without having to cli..."
  • over 10 years ago01/13/14 at 2:10 am (UTC)
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Mike Taylor published a new article How to Create a Panning Effect Using Slide Transitions
"In a previous post, I shared a couple creative uses of slide transitions from Nancy Duarte’s book, Slideology. Now I’d like to show you h..."
  • over 10 years ago01/06/14 at 2:38 am (UTC)
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Mike Taylor published a new article Six Ways To Save Time on Slide Design in Story View
"In a previous post about using Story View in Articulate Storyline, we looked at how the big picture perspective can help you organize and..."
  • over 10 years ago12/30/13 at 2:25 am (UTC)
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"As course designers, we want to give learners the opportunity to get additional information when and where they want it, without any hass..."
  • over 10 years ago12/16/13 at 2:22 am (UTC)
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"One of the most stunning changes in Articulate Studio ’13 is the new, completely redesigned player. It offers more control and flexibilit..."
  • over 10 years ago12/09/13 at 3:10 am (UTC)