"E-learning consisting only of explanations is rarely effective. Create experiences that make learners practice the skills they are learning."

"Focus on instructional design. Anyone can learn the tools, but using them to create truly effective learning is hard and astonishingly ra..."

"I no longer use music much. But when I did, I used it for the opening and closing screens, and for transitional screens (e.g., a title sl..."

"The "Style Number" was a feature of the Microsoft Online clipart website. Each image in the clipart database had a "Style Number" associa..."

"Just a quick follow up to let you know that there is a free online conference completely devoted to assessments coming up November 3-5 of..."

"Garth, thanks for the detailed explanation! The way Storyline combines states outside of our control is a constant source of frustration...."

"Hi Garth, thanks for responding. I'm not sure what you mean by "seeing the effect of using the built-in states." Shouldn't they work? I g..."

"Training requirements in regulations usually focus on information delivery, not application, so part of the problem we face with regulato..."

"Thanks Leslie! I have no idea why I didn't see his original message, but I got the one you forwarded to me and I just followed up with hi..."

"Hi Leslie, Thanks for following up. I was out on vacation most of last week so I'm just getting back and combing through my email b..."

"When I've done this in the past, I've set up a room with a quality microphone and software (Audacity is good, as others have mentioned). ..."

"Hi Mark, My small team has articulated (no pun intended!) four principles that tend to characterize good quality instructional designs: ..."

"Some additional tips: Break your text into small bites; do not present monolithic blocks of text. Place the small blocks of text right n..."

"Roni, what are the jobs that people are doing whose processes are documented in these complex process flows? I'm guessing it's not anyone..."

"Hi Wendy, I formally put in a feature request for this back in November of 2018. It's hard for me to understand why ANDs and ORs still ca..."

"Ugh. I'd rather Articulate developers not waste time highlighting combined ANDs and ORs to indicate they can't be mixed and instead spend..."

"Hi Trina. Yes, if you're not used to working in a research lab, there will be a lot in the course that is unfamiliar. But, that said, you..."

"Hi Pat, This simulation-oriented approach is one I've been pursuing for the past 3 years or so. Here's a recent Hazardous Waste cour..."

"I work in a two-person EHS (Environment/Health/Safety) training group, so safety training is a big part of what we do. Here are some cour..."

"Thanks Wendy, our posts must've crossed. I didn't see yours until after I posted again. Yes, this is not a trigger you can create, but yo..."

"OK. Never mind. It's Monday. The trigger is still there--it just got moved to the bottom of the trigger list for that text entry. I see n..."

"There are a few here: http://designcomics.org/. They also make the Illustrator source files available."

"What are the objectives of your English course? Without knowing the objectives, it is hard to know how to advise you about what authoring..."

"The much- (and, IMHO, unfairly-)maligned Microsoft Office online clip-art repository--now defunct, alas--had a great feature that no one ..."

"Hi Curtis, Based on your post, I've been holding off on upgrading my copy of Storyline because my current big project has a couple of imp..."