Preston Ruddell
Preston Ruddell
Multi Media Instructional Designer at University of Alabama
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Preston Ruddell replied to the discussion FREE: slideout textbox/menu
"That's a neat idea.  I'm keeping that in my toolbox in case I need that in the future :)"
  • 8 years ago01/28/16 at 5:13 pm (UTC)
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"  Hello Taaha and welcome! I became an instructional designer in August.  While I had a background in education and development, E-lear..."
  • 8 years ago01/28/16 at 5:11 pm (UTC)
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"Hello Gael! For me, this is easiest to accomplish using the true/false variable option.  For each section, create a true/false variable...."
  • 8 years ago01/27/16 at 6:37 pm (UTC)
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Preston Ruddell replied to the discussion Excel Spreadsheet Training
"You're very welcome! If you are only scrolling horizontally, the principle should be the same, just put your slider across the bottom of..."
  • 8 years ago01/26/16 at 5:34 pm (UTC)
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Preston Ruddell replied to the discussion Content Review Schedules
"I work for a company and we support many different lines of business.  We have a quarterly review cycle in which we give the state of aff..."
  • 8 years ago01/26/16 at 5:08 pm (UTC)
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"Hello Lynda! I would check the trigger.  There is a "Restore on mouse leave" option.  make sure it is not checked.  Otherwise, the trigg..."
  • 8 years ago01/25/16 at 9:20 pm (UTC)
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Preston Ruddell replied to the discussion HOVER Button State: Thoughts/Ideas (?)
"Lately, I've been doing a lot of software/website demos in storyline.  When it's sensible to do so, I like to borrow/steal design element..."
  • 8 years ago01/25/16 at 9:15 pm (UTC)
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Preston Ruddell replied to the discussion Excel Spreadsheet Training
" I'm doing this effect in a project now.  I got my idea from Michael Hinze.  Take a screenshot of the document.  Scroll down once.  Repe..."
  • 8 years ago01/25/16 at 4:38 pm (UTC)
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Preston Ruddell replied to the discussion Problem with states and Pick Many
"I had this issue on a past quiz I developed...  I had all of my shapes formatted, and then added them as possible responses to the pick o..."
  • 8 years ago01/25/16 at 4:19 pm (UTC)
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Preston Ruddell replied to the discussion Recording function
"Hello Deb!  It's a bit difficult to say without seeing the story file.  I tried doing a screen cast in which I recorded my entire deskto..."
  • 8 years ago01/25/16 at 4:12 pm (UTC)
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Preston Ruddell replied to the discussion Limiting number of assessment attempts
"Ah,  that's a clever solution.  I'm very basic with JavaScript... I never would have thought of that.  Thanks for sharing.  I might keep ..."
  • over 8 years ago01/21/16 at 3:24 pm (UTC)
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Preston Ruddell replied to the discussion Limiting number of assessment attempts
"Hello Suman,   I created a demo of what I would do in this situation.  I've attached the file.  Here is an explanation of what I did: ..."
  • over 8 years ago01/20/16 at 3:05 pm (UTC)
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"Hello Dean, I took a look at your file.  I am having no issues editing the text on the marker or viewing it in the preview.  The disable..."
  • over 8 years ago01/20/16 at 2:29 pm (UTC)
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Preston Ruddell replied to the discussion Change state based on drop target
"Hello Mazz! I've attached my solution.  Here's what I did: I added a slider off stage.  The state of the picture now corresponds to t..."
  • over 8 years ago01/19/16 at 5:15 pm (UTC)
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Preston Ruddell replied to the discussion ELH Challenge 109
"Glad you like it!"
  • over 8 years ago01/19/16 at 2:09 pm (UTC)
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Preston Ruddell replied to the discussion Doctor Who inspired project
"Will do :)"
  • over 8 years ago01/14/16 at 2:35 pm (UTC)
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Preston Ruddell replied to the discussion Doctor Who inspired project
"Huge Doctor Who fan!  I tried to view it, but the link didn't work for me.  It's probably my companies network blocking the link (I can't..."
  • over 8 years ago01/14/16 at 2:32 pm (UTC)
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Preston Ruddell replied to the discussion Master Slide Quiz Formatting
"Hello David! You can't change this on the slide master.  To change this, select a radio button that you like, and right-click it on the ..."
  • over 8 years ago01/14/16 at 2:30 pm (UTC)
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Preston Ruddell replied to the discussion Determining Story Size - Best Practices
"Oh wow... that looks like a very nifty program.  Unfortunately, we have a lot of restrictions on company computers and I can't install an..."
  • over 8 years ago01/12/16 at 9:36 pm (UTC)
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Preston Ruddell replied to the discussion Determining Story Size - Best Practices
"Thank you for your response! Is there a way to measure the size of the screen before taking a picture?  When I use Snag It, I do get thi..."
  • over 8 years ago01/12/16 at 8:24 pm (UTC)
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"Hello Sabine! The freeform "Pick One" question works a bit differently from a graded "multiple choice" question.  The multiple choice op..."
  • over 8 years ago01/05/16 at 8:02 pm (UTC)
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Preston Ruddell replied to the discussion Downloadable PDF
"Yes, that would work as well. It should open in a new browser window and you can download it from there."
  • over 8 years ago12/22/15 at 2:59 pm (UTC)
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Preston Ruddell replied to the discussion Scoring/Percentage
"Hello!  With regards to the scoring... I think it might have something to do with your results slides on each scene.  Every results slide..."
  • over 8 years ago12/22/15 at 2:56 pm (UTC)
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Preston Ruddell replied to the discussion Downloadable PDF
"Hello Alessio! You could insert a web object into your presentation.  Store the PDF somewhere online and link to it with the web object...."
  • over 8 years ago12/22/15 at 2:20 pm (UTC)
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"It should work.  You're just applying a condition to whatever trigger you are using to submit the interaction.  "
  • over 8 years ago12/16/15 at 9:14 pm (UTC)