Ray Cole
Ray Cole
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Activity
Ray Cole replied to the discussion Working with SMEs Audio
"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). ..."
  • over 3 years ago09/15/20 at 1:46 pm (UTC)
Activity
Ray Cole replied to the discussion What makes good learning?
"Hi Mark, My small team has articulated (no pun intended!) four principles that tend to characterize good quality instructional designs: ..."
  • 4 years ago03/06/20 at 2:49 am (UTC)
Activity
"Some additional tips: Break your text into small bites; do not present monolithic blocks of text. Place the small blocks of text right n..."
  • 4 years ago02/20/20 at 12:12 am (UTC)
Activity
"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..."
  • 4 years ago02/19/20 at 11:14 pm (UTC)
Activity
"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..."
  • 4 years ago02/10/20 at 7:46 pm (UTC)
Activity
"Ugh. I'd rather Articulate developers not waste time highlighting combined ANDs and ORs to indicate they can't be mixed and instead spend..."
  • 4 years ago02/10/20 at 7:05 pm (UTC)
Activity
Ray Cole replied to the discussion Operator Training Simulator (OTS)
"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..."
  • over 4 years ago02/07/20 at 4:44 pm (UTC)
Activity
Ray Cole replied to the discussion Operator Training Simulator (OTS)
"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..."
  • over 4 years ago02/06/20 at 1:05 am (UTC)
Activity
Ray Cole replied to the discussion Safety
"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..."
  • over 4 years ago01/22/20 at 2:09 am (UTC)
Activity
"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..."
  • over 4 years ago01/06/20 at 7:23 pm (UTC)
Activity
"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..."
  • over 4 years ago01/06/20 at 7:19 pm (UTC)
Activity
"I accidentally deleted the trigger that sets my variable to "the typed value" on a text entry field. I went into the trigger interface to..."
  • over 4 years ago01/06/20 at 7:09 pm (UTC)
Activity
Ray Cole replied to the discussion Looking for open source characters
"There are a few here: http://designcomics.org/. They also make the Illustrator source files available."
  • over 4 years ago12/17/19 at 12:17 am (UTC)
Activity
"What are the objectives of your English course? Without knowing the objectives, it is hard to know how to advise you about what authoring..."
  • over 4 years ago12/17/19 at 12:07 am (UTC)
Activity
"The much- (and, IMHO, unfairly-)maligned Microsoft Office online clip-art repository--now defunct, alas--had a great feature that no one ..."
  • over 4 years ago11/22/19 at 10:10 pm (UTC)
Activity
"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..."
  • over 4 years ago11/13/19 at 6:38 pm (UTC)
Activity
Ray Cole replied to the discussion Challenges in e learning
"The biggest issues in e-learning are not caused by the technology, so likely won't be solved by the technology either, though technology ..."
  • over 4 years ago11/13/19 at 12:18 am (UTC)
Activity
"Dave, you don't need an additional hotspot; just make sure your box shape has a solid fill and then set it to be 100% transparent. That w..."
  • over 4 years ago10/13/19 at 2:20 pm (UTC)
Activity
Ray Cole replied to the discussion Rear facing characters
"I just did a check of a half-dozen of the Articulate 360 characters and all but one of them had a rear-facing pose: Specifically, Kayla, ..."
  • over 4 years ago09/28/19 at 1:15 am (UTC)
Activity
"While you might be able to cover content more quickly in an e-learning course vs. ILT, that won't help you if the regulatory requir..."
  • over 4 years ago09/06/19 at 11:46 pm (UTC)
Activity
"For the past couple of years, I've been moving aggressively away from voice-over narration. Voice-over narration only seems appropriate w..."
  • over 4 years ago09/05/19 at 12:33 am (UTC)
Activity
"I recommend a slightly different process. If you let non-instructional designers (SMEs) create the storyboards for your courses, you are ..."
  • over 4 years ago08/27/19 at 1:43 am (UTC)
Activity
"Thanks Christiana. Apparently my laptop isn't powerful enough to play the video of the transition between locations while simultaneously ..."
  • over 4 years ago08/20/19 at 1:57 pm (UTC)
Activity
"Hi Christiana, Since a picture is worth a 1000 words, I put together a short Peek video showing a little piece of the course I'm working ..."
  • over 4 years ago08/20/19 at 1:29 am (UTC)
Activity
"I'm currently working on a safety course that falls somewhere in between. It immerses you in an authentic work space (first-person) ..."
  • over 4 years ago08/20/19 at 12:02 am (UTC)