Phil Mayor
Phil Mayor Hero
Creative Director at Elearning Laboratory
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    Phil Mayor Hero

    I am the creative director of the Elearning Laboratory Currently fascinated by the use of micro interactions and micro learning in elearning. "We will not navigate through the complex environment of the future by peering relentlessly into a rear view mirror" When I am not working, ...
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Phil Mayor replied to the discussion Can you view content created for iPad and PC offline?
"Hi Walter, there is no way to download the content automatically, the link Adrian provides allows you to publish to CD and the resulting ..."
  • almost 12 years ago07/16/12 at 12:02 am (UTC)
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Phil Mayor replied to the discussion Can a shape location be variable-dependent?
"Hi Dorothy The example you describe using states will definitely work, there really isn't an efficient way to move shapes at the moment...."
  • almost 12 years ago07/15/12 at 11:57 pm (UTC)
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Phil Mayor replied to the discussion Adding numeric variables
"Hi Tara-Anne Here is a file to show you how to do it, the triggers are all on the button, post back if you need anything else Phil"
  • almost 12 years ago07/15/12 at 11:56 pm (UTC)
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Phil Mayor replied to the discussion Can Global Variable Choose Layer with Different Language?
"Hi Ken, yes this is possible, you could set a variable for language and then on each slide show a different layer based on this variable...."
  • almost 12 years ago07/15/12 at 11:41 pm (UTC)
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Phil Mayor replied to the discussion My Layers are not Showing in Preview?
"Hi Doug This was slightly strange, I think it is to do with grouped objects and their position in the timeline ( I may also have ungroupe..."
  • almost 12 years ago07/15/12 at 1:41 am (UTC)
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Phil Mayor replied to the discussion Best Practices?
"Think you are right on that one, I think, could be wrong () the spinning disk initiates the project and loads three slides ahead, then on..."
  • almost 12 years ago07/15/12 at 1:26 am (UTC)
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Phil Mayor replied to the discussion Inserting a PPT -- Dimesions
"The size of the powerpoint will be stretched to accommodate your storyfile. If you are going to import default ppt into storyline I would..."
  • almost 12 years ago07/14/12 at 11:14 am (UTC)
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Phil Mayor replied to the discussion Lost all my work because Save didn't Save.
"I have never seen this and always overwrite and create new versions.  It may be that you did not save when you closed. I am paranoid abou..."
  • almost 12 years ago07/14/12 at 11:13 am (UTC)
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Phil Mayor replied to the discussion storyline: narration overlapping
"Hi Bud, if you click the layer and then the cog/gear visible on the layer pane you can choose to pause the base layer and stop this happe..."
  • almost 12 years ago07/14/12 at 11:10 am (UTC)
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Phil Mayor replied to the discussion Quiz creation with custom features
"I am sure you can use quizmaker or storyline to achieve this in combination with an LMS, time taken per question may be an issue but usin..."
  • almost 12 years ago07/14/12 at 11:04 am (UTC)
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Phil Mayor replied to the discussion My Layers are not Showing in Preview?
"Hi Doug There is no reason why layers wont show.  But you have to make sure you are actually showing the layer can you post the slide to..."
  • almost 12 years ago07/14/12 at 10:59 am (UTC)
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Phil Mayor replied to the discussion Branching Problem
"Hi Mohan in slide properties you can set slides to hidden"
  • almost 12 years ago07/14/12 at 1:00 am (UTC)
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Phil Mayor replied to the discussion My back-of-the-napkin observations of Storyline vs Captivate 5.0
"Bill I said this same thing during the beta, and was promised that this was not the reason.  If you look at Quizmaker which is what story..."
  • almost 12 years ago07/13/12 at 11:17 am (UTC)
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Phil Mayor replied to the discussion My back-of-the-napkin observations of Storyline vs Captivate 5.0
"Actually teh first elearning I ever "built" was in keynote and then published to flash"
  • almost 12 years ago07/13/12 at 11:05 am (UTC)
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Phil Mayor replied to the discussion My back-of-the-napkin observations of Storyline vs Captivate 5.0
"Carolyn, probably I love Keynote, I also love the way they do motion paths so intuitive and so easy"
  • almost 12 years ago07/13/12 at 10:59 am (UTC)
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Phil Mayor replied to the discussion Video format question
"Which, I think means that I am right"
  • almost 12 years ago07/13/12 at 9:24 am (UTC)
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Phil Mayor replied to the discussion Storyline SCORM modules into Moodle... not keeping highest score.
"Force complete, ensures that that module completes.  The problem with hiding the course structure is that the user keeps taking the same ..."
  • almost 12 years ago07/13/12 at 6:11 am (UTC)
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Phil Mayor replied to the discussion My back-of-the-napkin observations of Storyline vs Captivate 5.0
"Gerry Wasiluk said: Phil Mayor said: If you add a cue point or click the time line then insert a shape or picture it will start at the ..."
  • almost 12 years ago07/13/12 at 5:19 am (UTC)
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Phil Mayor replied to the discussion My back-of-the-napkin observations of Storyline vs Captivate 5.0
"I have a long list of things, here are a few I would like bounce and elasticity on all animations, so I could bounce a menu after it fall..."
  • almost 12 years ago07/13/12 at 5:18 am (UTC)
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Phil Mayor replied to the discussion My back-of-the-napkin observations of Storyline vs Captivate 5.0
"Also agree with Nancy I dont want a rehash of powerpoint animations, there is a point where they have to stop copying ppt."
  • almost 12 years ago07/13/12 at 5:04 am (UTC)
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Phil Mayor replied to the discussion My back-of-the-napkin observations of Storyline vs Captivate 5.0
"If you add a cue point or click the time line then insert a shape or picture it will start at the cue point.  Not exactly what you want b..."
  • almost 12 years ago07/13/12 at 5:03 am (UTC)
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Phil Mayor replied to the discussion Storyline SCORM modules into Moodle... not keeping highest score.
"This is moodle more than storyline, have you set moodle to highest score? If yes then are you forcing complete (may not be available in 2..."
  • almost 12 years ago07/13/12 at 4:56 am (UTC)
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Phil Mayor replied to the discussion Publishing to Word
"Hi Kim you need to change your permissions in word, I had this initially.  check file/options trust center and then look at blocked file ..."
  • almost 12 years ago07/13/12 at 3:36 am (UTC)
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Phil Mayor replied to the discussion Animations
"Not really, you could duplicate your slides, animations are not one of storylines strong features at the moment"
  • almost 12 years ago07/12/12 at 1:50 pm (UTC)
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Phil Mayor replied to the discussion Animations
"No which is why gerry suggested to put it on a layer and then use a show layer trigger, you could put the image on the base layer and the..."
  • almost 12 years ago07/12/12 at 1:34 pm (UTC)