Rich Calcutt
Rich Calcutt
Senior Learning Designer at Virgin Media
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Rich Calcutt replied to the discussion Storyline 2 Tabs Template Freebie
"Hi Matthew, just a quick idea/observation. How about if the tab changed state to say 'Back' once you'd clicked it? That way you could rem..."
  • over 8 years ago11/18/15 at 5:44 pm (UTC)
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Rich Calcutt replied to the discussion Changing States
"Kate - have you set all the buttons to be part of a button set? Maybe the orange one is somehow not part of the button set? Give it a che..."
  • almost 10 years ago06/11/14 at 3:06 am (UTC)
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Rich Calcutt replied to the discussion [DEMO] Biomedical Research Ethics
"Hi Morten,  Sorry to pick on the negative bits, but here's a list of things I think you should consider:  Learning goals screen - I don'..."
  • almost 10 years ago06/10/14 at 2:35 pm (UTC)
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Rich Calcutt replied to the discussion How to make simple tips memorable?
"Eric,  I don't know if you've ever seen this, but it's a nice set of hints/tips from marketing that are brilliant for learning designers...."
  • 10 years ago02/18/14 at 6:34 am (UTC)
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Rich Calcutt replied to the discussion Folder tabs interaction
"Hi, You should attach you're SL file so someone can take a look...unless it's confidential info.  "
  • 10 years ago02/18/14 at 2:54 am (UTC)
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"I'm making a fire prevention/safety course right now - would have loved to have put something like this in. Unfortunately the client does..."
  • 10 years ago02/04/14 at 4:44 am (UTC)
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Rich Calcutt replied to the discussion Cognitive overload and OPTIONAL content
"Hi Katie - You should definitely keep the main content in the module as tight and focussed as you can to avoid the cognitive overload you..."
  • 10 years ago01/31/14 at 4:36 am (UTC)
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Rich Calcutt replied to the discussion create trigger to a layer in a slide
"Rana, If I understand the question properly, it seems that you could set the first slide to "resume saved state" when revisiting. Instead..."
  • over 10 years ago12/17/13 at 3:53 am (UTC)
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Rich Calcutt replied to the discussion creative indexes
"Christine,  I'd use states to make this effect, personally. That is, I'd position my objects in their 'flat' state, then assign each a ho..."
  • over 10 years ago12/17/13 at 3:42 am (UTC)
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Rich Calcutt replied to the discussion creative indexes
"Cool - good luck with it!"
  • over 10 years ago12/17/13 at 12:57 am (UTC)
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Rich Calcutt replied to the discussion creative indexes
"I like the idea of a course index inspired by the TED.com homepage. http://www.ted.com/ The videos have a nice tiled / mosaic layout and ..."
  • over 10 years ago12/16/13 at 6:31 am (UTC)
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Rich Calcutt replied to the discussion The use of Video in L&D
"I appreciate this is getting quite off topic now, but here's my talk synopsis if you guys are interested. Bruce, are you attending this y..."
  • over 10 years ago11/27/13 at 2:32 am (UTC)
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Rich Calcutt replied to the discussion The use of Video in L&D
"Nicholas - I'm preparing a synopsis right now (well - I'm procrastinating from writing a synopsis). The theme - not chosen by me - is Mob..."
  • over 10 years ago11/26/13 at 2:22 pm (UTC)
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Rich Calcutt replied to the discussion UPDATE: Simplified Slider Mechanic
"Kelly Prince said: Richard: Thanks so much for this! I just used this technique to "slide" a brain graphic to show the progression of de..."
  • over 10 years ago11/26/13 at 2:17 pm (UTC)
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Rich Calcutt replied to the discussion The use of Video in L&D
"If you want to see the efficacy of video training then look no further than YouTube. Having users that can create and curate video traini..."
  • over 10 years ago11/26/13 at 3:23 am (UTC)
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"I imagine it's possible to import it as a web object, but you'd be very limited by what you could track on the LMS - i.e. you probably ca..."
  • over 10 years ago11/14/13 at 3:51 am (UTC)
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Rich Calcutt replied to the discussion You favourite'est ever course subject...
"Bruce Graham said: LOL - did you ever change the title to "STOP killing yourselves, and help us get lower insurance charges" as suggested..."
  • over 10 years ago11/13/13 at 6:44 am (UTC)
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Rich Calcutt replied to the discussion You favourite'est ever course subject...
"As you know, Bruce, crane health and safety will always be top of my list... Seriously though, I'm having fun designing an project on bus..."
  • over 10 years ago11/13/13 at 4:37 am (UTC)
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Rich Calcutt replied to the discussion Pizzelle Timer
"Oh yeah got you - not sure how I missed that!  Anyway, happy baking."
  • over 10 years ago11/11/13 at 5:33 am (UTC)
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Rich Calcutt replied to the discussion Pizzelle Timer
"If you make the starting time a user input box, you can customise the countdown duration. You know, just in case you're ever using an unf..."
  • over 10 years ago11/11/13 at 4:25 am (UTC)
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"Sorry but I think you'll have a problem achieving this. Placing a finger on an iPad screen is the equivalent of a click - hover/mouse ove..."
  • over 10 years ago11/08/13 at 4:00 pm (UTC)
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"Or start the button's state as disabled and then enable it when you want to let them click.  Or start with a layer shown that prevent use..."
  • over 10 years ago11/04/13 at 4:43 am (UTC)
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Rich Calcutt replied to the discussion Quiz / Simulation
"Hi Mark,  This is 'breaking the 4th wall' a bit, but I'm doing a project right now where learners are asked a question that they can only..."
  • over 10 years ago11/01/13 at 4:59 am (UTC)
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Rich Calcutt replied to the discussion UPDATE: Simplified Slider Mechanic
"EDIT: Here's the Screenr video tutorial to show you the process File from tutorial is here: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/49073758..."
  • over 10 years ago10/28/13 at 3:06 pm (UTC)
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Rich Calcutt replied to the discussion How to trigger seekbar
"Xan, Why don't you just add a button that pauses the timeline of the slide, instead of worrying about a seekbar?  The seekbar is a big UI..."
  • over 10 years ago10/25/13 at 3:40 am (UTC)