Richard Karel
Richard Karel
Instructional Technology / Course Delivery at University of Tennessee
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    Richard Karel

    Richard Karel’s 15 years of experience as an e-Learning systems designer/developer include employment with Sea Ray Boats, the Brunswick Boat Group, his own consulting firm, and the University of Tennessee. His accomplishments involve building and deploying online learning systems, such as a sales and product training certification system for MasterCraft Boats and creating the University of Tennessee’s Extension Online Learning (extOL). Richard has been a regular contributor to the popular press and has an M.S. in Instructional Technology and Educational Studies from the University of Tennessee Knoxville, where he currently works in the Office of Information Technology.
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Richard Karel replied to the discussion Layer isn't showing but others are
"Glad to hear--normally you could add a trigger to the button that changes its state to disabled on click--just move the trigger to fire b..."
  • over 8 years ago10/07/15 at 3:08 pm (UTC)
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Richard Karel replied to the discussion Layer isn't showing but others are
"This is occurring because of the amount of triggers and controls you have embedded on each slide.  See the simplified version attached an..."
  • over 8 years ago10/07/15 at 1:40 pm (UTC)
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Richard Karel replied to the discussion Layer isn't showing but others are
"Hi Florella,  If you just use the pre-built Visited state for each of your menu items, you can auto-track which ones have been completed ..."
  • over 8 years ago10/07/15 at 12:37 pm (UTC)
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Richard Karel replied to the discussion Trigger issue?
"Hi Paul, Walt is spot on.  Looking at your file, you set up the trigger correctly. You'll need to set up objects on your layer (perhaps w..."
  • over 8 years ago10/05/15 at 4:06 pm (UTC)
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Richard Karel replied to the discussion Trigger issue?
"Would you mind creating a file with only the non-working slide in question and posting it here?"
  • over 8 years ago10/02/15 at 5:15 pm (UTC)
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Richard Karel replied to the discussion Workflow inquiry: retuning to tabs template base layer
"Hi Pierre, I'm trying to remember--each tab has a trigger that shows a layer that replaces the display of the base layer?  If this is the..."
  • over 8 years ago10/02/15 at 4:52 pm (UTC)
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Richard Karel replied to the discussion Trigger issue?
"Hi Paul, So on the first read of your post it sounds as if everything is working fine.  Is there a trigger not working correctly?"
  • over 8 years ago10/02/15 at 4:47 pm (UTC)
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Richard Karel replied to the discussion Triggers in States. Possible?
"HI Ashley, Great question!  Click on "Player" and un-select Resources and FAQs in the Player Tabs.  Then, while you cannot add Controls t..."
  • over 8 years ago10/02/15 at 2:11 pm (UTC)
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Richard Karel replied to the discussion Trigger bar issue
"Hi Vadim, I've tried to re-create this error on my own system and cannot.  It sounds like you undocked the Triggers window, re-docked it,..."
  • over 8 years ago10/02/15 at 12:37 pm (UTC)
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Richard Karel replied to the discussion Storyline iOS App issues with iOS 9 Beta
"Works perfectly in iOS 9 on iPad after re-publishing with update 7"
  • over 8 years ago09/28/15 at 2:21 pm (UTC)
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Richard Karel replied to the discussion Storyline iOS App issues with iOS 9 Beta
"Thanks Matthew--I'm in the process of doing this now and will report back!"
  • over 8 years ago09/28/15 at 12:13 pm (UTC)
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Richard Karel replied to the discussion Storyline iOS App issues with iOS 9 Beta
"We're experiencing the same issue with a module running perfectly in IOS 7 and 8, and not displaying anything but the background in IOS 9..."
  • over 8 years ago09/28/15 at 11:50 am (UTC)
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Richard Karel replied to the discussion Scrolling Panel Causing my Layer to dissappear
"HI Sean,  Be sure to "Show until end" all timeline items that are supposed to stay visible at the end of your timeline.  Just right-click..."
  • over 8 years ago09/22/15 at 12:25 pm (UTC)
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Richard Karel replied to the discussion Using the state of an image in a conditional statement
"Hi Al, How are you collecting this slide visited data? (Or are you determining what appears on screen based on the learner's prior visit?..."
  • over 8 years ago09/21/15 at 2:58 pm (UTC)
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Richard Karel replied to the discussion Saving Storyline 2 progress locally
"Hi Mike, I guess that's my suggestion--to not have to save data to the learner's local machine, but rather just save it to their LMS sinc..."
  • over 8 years ago09/18/15 at 2:38 pm (UTC)
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Richard Karel replied to the discussion Saving Storyline 2 progress locally
"If their LMS is on-premise, why not use intranet / VPN to load completion results?  Is this all internal training?"
  • over 8 years ago09/18/15 at 1:05 pm (UTC)
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Richard Karel replied to the discussion Can you have 2 scenes on display at the same time?
"Hi Ian, I like Alexandros' solution!  Here's an example file--pay close attention to the slide master view and the variable "bigBox", and..."
  • over 8 years ago09/18/15 at 12:14 pm (UTC)
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Richard Karel replied to the discussion Newbie tuck on something simple - would like to toggle between slides
"Hi Robin, Aside from the great example that Jackson built, I would also study the tutorials provided here --there a lot easier to follow ..."
  • over 8 years ago09/16/15 at 4:48 pm (UTC)
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Richard Karel replied to the discussion Problems using layers to hide/show parts of slide
"Wow--this discussion has evolved--Brandon, you'll need to select the shape you want to change, go to the Format tab and choose "Change Sh..."
  • over 8 years ago09/15/15 at 11:52 am (UTC)
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Richard Karel replied to the discussion Problems using layers to hide/show parts of slide
"I think that you're doing great for your first--very ambitious--project.  Moving your audio files to separate layers may not be your best..."
  • over 8 years ago09/11/15 at 7:34 pm (UTC)
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Richard Karel replied to the discussion Problems using layers to hide/show parts of slide
"Hi Brandon,  Could you repeat that?  Kidding. So, I think part of the issue may be resolved by using rectangles all placed on your base l..."
  • over 8 years ago09/11/15 at 7:05 pm (UTC)
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Richard Karel replied to the discussion Font Change within a Text Entry Field
"Hi Rory--I can imagine how frustrating this is!  Workaround #5  - Make sure "Do not autofit" is selected and make sure to re-size text fi..."
  • over 8 years ago09/11/15 at 5:42 pm (UTC)
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Richard Karel replied to the discussion Feedback master font size...
"Hi Mike, If I update the feedback master text to 18pt, then go to your feedback layers and cut the text, click outside the feedback text ..."
  • over 8 years ago09/11/15 at 5:32 pm (UTC)
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Richard Karel replied to the discussion Review quiz - how do you get Storyline to show the correct feedback (blank slides) when reviewing?
"Hi Alice, It's also showing all three feedback slides in review for me after it updates to SL2 with no review slides presented.  In SL 1,..."
  • over 8 years ago09/11/15 at 5:04 pm (UTC)
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Richard Karel replied to the discussion Copying Control Buttons Crashes Storyline
"Thanks Richard H--your screenr really helps--I tried to replicate based on your screenr and could not replicate the issue.  Don't think i..."
  • over 8 years ago09/09/15 at 6:49 pm (UTC)