Rich Johnstun
Rich Johnstun
Sr. Instructional Designer at Instructional Media
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    Rich Johnstun

    I've been involved with adult education (mostly technical training) since '01. Since '08 I've been focused completely on instructional design and e-learning/media development.
  • Canton, OH
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Rich Johnstun started a new discussion Free course on Digital Sound Design from Coursera
"If you aren't familiar with Coursera, It's a pretty incredible source for free instructor led, peer guided classes. They are offering a 4..."
  • over 11 years ago01/09/13 at 7:03 am (UTC)
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Rich Johnstun replied to the discussion Need to Build a New Computer
"I've posted it a few times, but if you need some mobility, I'm very pleased with my Dell M660 Mobile Workstation. http://www.dell.com/us..."
  • over 11 years ago01/02/13 at 1:10 pm (UTC)
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Rich Johnstun replied to the discussion Who has International Learners? Learning in a Secondary Language
"About half of the projects I do have to be in the 11 languages we support for our associates. As always, Bruce has provided solid insight..."
  • over 11 years ago12/19/12 at 11:38 am (UTC)
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Rich Johnstun replied to the discussion Audio - editing breathes out of elearning
"Just add a little to the discussion, I always review content with and without headphones. It's amazing the different things you will noti..."
  • over 11 years ago12/13/12 at 8:08 am (UTC)
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Rich Johnstun replied to the discussion Creating Harassment Training
"This is one of the places that we outsource. If it's a legal compliance issue, we buy the training from someone who knows all the legal i..."
  • over 11 years ago12/13/12 at 8:05 am (UTC)
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Rich Johnstun replied to the discussion Camtasia and Storyline
"Alicia Durham said: We have found we need both Storyline and Camtasia (I also still use Audacity to edit audio).  Both software are excel..."
  • over 11 years ago12/13/12 at 7:56 am (UTC)
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Rich Johnstun replied to the discussion Computer Upgrades Needed
"The only advice I can give you is that my IT folks provided me with a Dell M6600 mobile workstation. At a weight of 8lbs, they don't call..."
  • over 11 years ago12/07/12 at 12:50 pm (UTC)
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Rich Johnstun replied to the discussion Using REAPER or ADOBE AUDITION for recordings
"Steve Flowers said: I'm liking Garage Band on the iPad as well. The new Apogee MiC I picked up has expanded opportunities for quality cap..."
  • over 11 years ago12/04/12 at 6:35 am (UTC)
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Rich Johnstun replied to the discussion Using REAPER or ADOBE AUDITION for recordings
"I've been using Adobe Soundbooth CS5. I really like it. Can anyone tell me how it compares to Audition? I've also just started messing wi..."
  • over 11 years ago12/04/12 at 6:03 am (UTC)
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Rich Johnstun replied to the discussion Showing Effectiveness of Training on Business Performance
"Measuring the effectiveness of training is always one of the "holy grails" of training. That's how the justify our existence, right? We ..."
  • over 11 years ago12/04/12 at 5:49 am (UTC)
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Rich Johnstun replied to the discussion What makes a good screencaster?
"I'll add to what others have said that the person needs to be concise. Improvising is great, rambling is not."
  • over 11 years ago12/04/12 at 5:24 am (UTC)
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Rich Johnstun replied to the discussion Does anyone document their slide settings?
"Yeah, I don't normally sit down and flush out the readme file until I've got a stable published version. I come from a coder/software bac..."
  • over 11 years ago11/19/12 at 11:52 am (UTC)
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Rich Johnstun replied to the discussion Does anyone document their slide settings?
"I do. All of my projects include a "readme.txt" file with all the documented production details including revisions, technical details an..."
  • over 11 years ago11/19/12 at 4:53 am (UTC)
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Rich Johnstun replied to the discussion Software training eLearning
"I do a lot of software and systems training. For screen capture I typically use Camtasia if I'm just doing a tutorial and I use Captivate..."
  • over 11 years ago11/13/12 at 11:22 am (UTC)
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Rich Johnstun replied to the discussion Microphone recommendations
"The other thing to consider when you talking sound is what is your delivery method. If you are going to have to compress the heck out of ..."
  • over 11 years ago11/13/12 at 11:10 am (UTC)
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Rich Johnstun replied to the discussion Microphone recommendations
"Hayley, if you want to pick up something very inexpensive to play around with a get started an Audio-Technica ATR-3350 can be had for les..."
  • over 11 years ago11/13/12 at 11:06 am (UTC)
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Rich Johnstun replied to the discussion relationship between elearning and face to face
"We do this often. Most of the training I do is technical in nature and we use eLearning for over views, operational theory, and software ..."
  • over 11 years ago11/12/12 at 7:24 am (UTC)
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Rich Johnstun replied to the discussion DEMO--Storyline presentation on writing voiceover scripts
"Thanks Daniel, very well done. I shared it with my team. I do the majority of the script writing with our team and have been told I have ..."
  • over 11 years ago11/08/12 at 4:46 am (UTC)
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Rich Johnstun replied to the discussion Ever include a bloopers! type slide in your projects?
"I have included a few at the very end. I've only done it on stuff that is being used in a blended environment where a facilitator is usin..."
  • over 11 years ago11/08/12 at 4:38 am (UTC)
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Rich Johnstun replied to the discussion New to Instructional Design
"Bruce Graham said: Rich Johnstun said: I've had stuff that I refused to put my name on because I was told, "We appreciate your input, b..."
  • over 11 years ago11/05/12 at 9:42 am (UTC)
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Rich Johnstun replied to the discussion New to Instructional Design
"Mike Taylor said: @Rich  Sometimes a PDF could be the best option. IF it's just a checkbox / CYA type thing and nobody is truly going to..."
  • over 11 years ago11/05/12 at 9:34 am (UTC)
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Rich Johnstun replied to the discussion Video Editing Software for eLearning
"Jonathan Workman said: Good discussion here!  I actually ended up going with Sony Vegas Pro.  Having some video editing experience in the..."
  • over 11 years ago11/05/12 at 8:00 am (UTC)
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Rich Johnstun replied to the discussion Video Editing Software for eLearning
"Looks like this thread is a little late, but I highly recommend Sony Vegas Pro. I currently have Adobe Premier, Final Cut Pro and Sony Ve..."
  • over 11 years ago11/05/12 at 4:50 am (UTC)
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Rich Johnstun replied to the discussion Website created with Articulate Presenter
"How do you deal with search engines being able to index your site so that people can find it?  Any special precautions taken in that regard?"
  • over 11 years ago11/04/12 at 4:31 pm (UTC)
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Rich Johnstun replied to the discussion Freelance Heroes
"Bruce, congratulations on your Super Hero status. It's been well earned and very well deserved. "
  • over 11 years ago11/04/12 at 4:28 pm (UTC)