Rick Maranta
Rick Maranta
Owner and eLearning Professional at LabRat Learning
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    Rick Maranta

    Owner of LabRat Learning near Toronto, Ontario. We specialize in creating custom online courses for corporate clients both big and small. Big fan of Articulate. Interested in User Experience Design and Gamification.
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Rick Maranta replied to the discussion State animation
"Hi Fiedel. the problem here is that when you use those animations like that, the rotation entrance animation is considered to end in that..."
  • 5 years ago04/10/19 at 7:46 pm (UTC)
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Rick Maranta replied to the discussion Workflow for Creating Two Versions of SL Courses
"Sounds like a good plan. I tend to do the interactive one and then save as a separate "non-interactive" version and take stuff out just t..."
  • 5 years ago04/10/19 at 6:49 pm (UTC)
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Rick Maranta commented on the article Using Text Variables to Capture and Display Learner's Name #222
"I did this a while back but it is still relevant. I use it to create a profile for the user. Try it without putting anything in. http..."
  • 5 years ago03/12/19 at 9:34 pm (UTC)
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Rick Maranta replied to the discussion Classic player vs modern player
"I am marking you as helpful... :-)"
  • 5 years ago02/14/19 at 9:00 pm (UTC)
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Rick Maranta replied to the discussion Classic player vs modern player
"I have had a number of issues with the Modern player's responsiveness in different LMS's in terms of how the player displays relative to ..."
  • 5 years ago02/14/19 at 8:59 pm (UTC)
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Rick Maranta started a new discussion Character Builder with Randomization
"This interaction was created for a course called “How to Talk to Your Children about Anxiety”.  It was designed to help kids and parents ..."
  • over 5 years ago12/13/18 at 2:59 pm (UTC)
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Rick Maranta replied to the discussion Performance problems with Storyline 3 /360
"I am having big time performance issues in the current release. It is bogging down to a crawl. This really should not be. You really need..."
  • over 5 years ago11/05/18 at 7:44 pm (UTC)
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Rick Maranta replied to the discussion Export to Powerpoint from Storyline
"I can see a use case for this. They definitely should be able to do it technically. As Phil said, having stuff editable and shapes in SVG..."
  • over 5 years ago10/25/18 at 6:37 pm (UTC)
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Rick Maranta started a new discussion Marker Margins
"Is there a way to adjust the marker label margins for the text? The text is too close to the edges. When I look at the format shape, the ..."
  • over 5 years ago10/25/18 at 1:19 pm (UTC)
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Rick Maranta replied to the discussion Mental Health Awareness
"Hi Paula, I developed a course called "How to Talk to Your Child about Anxiety." It is a free course put out by ROCK - Reach Out Centre f..."
  • over 5 years ago08/17/18 at 2:48 pm (UTC)
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Rick Maranta replied to the discussion Looking for Instructional Designer/Course Developer
"If you are interested send me a message at rick@labratlearning.com. I have a small company called LabRat Learning.  I'm out in Ontario bu..."
  • over 5 years ago08/08/18 at 8:01 pm (UTC)
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Rick Maranta commented on the article Animated Countdown Timers in E-Learning #150
"That's awesome! Great job."
  • 6 years ago03/16/18 at 7:09 pm (UTC)
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Rick Maranta commented on the article Using JavaScript and Articulate Storyline #132
"This demo, done in Articulate Storyline 2, gives the student some math practice by using time. Here I incorporate JavaScript to manipulat..."
  • over 6 years ago08/25/17 at 4:32 pm (UTC)
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Rick Maranta started a new discussion An new example of a Security and Privacy Training Course.
"Here is a demo Security and Privacy Training course I did in Articulate Storyline. It incorporates examples of number of interactions inc..."
  • over 6 years ago08/18/17 at 7:00 pm (UTC)
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Rick Maranta replied to the discussion Zoomed image in lightbox appeared behind image when published
"Hi Ashley and D, I believe this is a problem with the CSS. I found a class in the mobile/player.css and changed the z-index to something ..."
  • over 6 years ago08/11/17 at 5:28 pm (UTC)
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Rick Maranta replied to the discussion Zoomed image in lightbox appeared behind image when published
"Ashley Terwilliger Glad we're able to confirm D, and I'll keep you update if we have additional info to share.  I have the same..."
  • over 6 years ago08/11/17 at 5:10 pm (UTC)
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Rick Maranta started a new discussion Building a simple Animation Engine in Articulate Storyline
"I have posted a tutorial that  shows you how to build a simple animation engine in Articulate Storyline 2, 3 or 360. This concept can be ..."
  • over 6 years ago08/10/17 at 3:26 pm (UTC)
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Rick Maranta replied to the discussion Sign in and progress card demo.
"Thanks Allison! "
  • over 6 years ago08/09/17 at 11:35 am (UTC)
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Rick Maranta started a new discussion Sign in and progress card demo.
"I’m working on a new Privacy and Security eLearning course and wanted to share a few things I have been doing with user profiles and prog..."
  • over 6 years ago08/08/17 at 1:53 pm (UTC)
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Rick Maranta commented on the download Storyline 360: Tabcordion Interaction
"Nice."
  • almost 7 years ago07/15/17 at 7:53 pm (UTC)
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Rick Maranta replied to the discussion Edit motion paths
"I understand your frustration. I have played around with this a lot. There is a lot that can be improved with motion paths. I would love ..."
  • almost 7 years ago05/12/17 at 8:27 pm (UTC)
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Rick Maranta started a new discussion Storyboarding pain points. Help with some research.
"Hi all, I am doing some research for a UX Design Course I am taking. I am focusing on Storyboarding. If anyone has any thoughts I would l..."
  • 7 years ago04/11/17 at 2:12 pm (UTC)
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Rick Maranta replied to the discussion Storyline 3 - upgrade
"699 US is steep. "
  • 7 years ago04/05/17 at 9:19 pm (UTC)
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Rick Maranta replied to the discussion RPG
"Hi David. I basically use a series of states for the character. I have built a little animation engine that will cycle through them when ..."
  • 7 years ago03/30/17 at 5:31 pm (UTC)
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Rick Maranta replied to the discussion RPG
"Great job on this. I was fooling around with the concept of an RPG this past summer.  This is as far as I got. Take a look. http://maketh..."
  • 7 years ago03/29/17 at 10:55 pm (UTC)