Simon Blair
Simon Blair
e-Learning Specialist
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"Great thinking, Ridvan! I can see how it might get tiresome after you've seen the die roll a hundred times. :-) I can think of two app..."
  • over 6 years ago02/05/18 at 1:49 pm (UTC)
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Simon Blair replied to the discussion Building in SL360 for a client with SL3
"Hi Gabby, I think this page has what you're looking for: https://articulate.com/support/article/Compatibility-Between-Storyline-360-and-..."
  • over 6 years ago01/31/18 at 4:10 pm (UTC)
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"I also wrote a blog post, which goes into a little more detail (including images and videos). See what didn't work, along with what did."
  • over 6 years ago01/31/18 at 1:28 am (UTC)
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Simon Blair replied to the discussion Freebie: Adaptive Course Templates
"My pleasure, Les! "
  • over 6 years ago12/01/17 at 1:44 pm (UTC)
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Simon Blair replied to the discussion Freebie: Adaptive Course Templates
"Hi Jac, I don't know how I missed the notification for your comment. Chatting would definitely be nice. I've been letting my subconsciou..."
  • over 6 years ago11/30/17 at 8:00 pm (UTC)
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"Are you open to using JavaScript to send a custom score to your LMS? I think there are other threads that cover it in detail. I believe ..."
  • over 6 years ago11/30/17 at 6:17 pm (UTC)
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Simon Blair replied to the discussion Question counter variable
"Another option is to put your continue buttons on the feedback layers and increment the page number on click. They'll only get to a feedb..."
  • over 6 years ago11/23/17 at 3:15 pm (UTC)
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"Hi Rashmitha, What if you added T/F variables to track whether each video has played? E.g. Video1played. Then you could use triggers ba..."
  • over 6 years ago11/23/17 at 2:10 pm (UTC)
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Simon Blair replied to the discussion Freebie: Adaptive Course Templates
"If you have any questions or suggestions, don't hesitate to get in touch."
  • over 6 years ago11/20/17 at 4:20 pm (UTC)
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Simon Blair replied to the discussion Freebie: Adaptive Course Templates
"Hi Michael, being the lazy (I mean "energy efficient") person I am, I started with an SL1 file, then upgraded that to SL2. After that I u..."
  • over 6 years ago11/20/17 at 1:33 pm (UTC)
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"Hi Ian, You can. I can think of a couple of ways of doing it, they vary in complexity. If you're comfortable with JavaScript, you cou..."
  • over 6 years ago08/25/17 at 1:43 am (UTC)
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Simon Blair replied to the discussion Storyline 360 versus articulate 2
"Hi Ashley, I noticed that when I open a Storyline 1 file in Storyline 2 it saves an SL1 backup. Will the same thing happen when someone ..."
  • over 6 years ago08/24/17 at 10:04 pm (UTC)
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"Hi Aisha, To add more steps, you'll need to do a few things: Add new rectangles (you can copy/paste one of the existing ones) Add ne..."
  • almost 7 years ago07/10/17 at 10:16 pm (UTC)
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Simon Blair replied to the discussion Emailing Users
"Hi Robin, You said they're showing up somewhere are not completed. How are you tracking completions? If it's an LMS, then as Alyssa says..."
  • almost 7 years ago07/10/17 at 9:56 pm (UTC)
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Simon Blair replied to the discussion sync animations with a video file
"Hi Paul,  I had a similar project a while back. The way I got it to work was to disable the video controls and instead have people use t..."
  • 7 years ago02/28/17 at 5:45 pm (UTC)
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"Hi Cindy, You could use variables to track how peopl answered the questions (e.g. Q1correct). You can set he values of the variables on ..."
  • 7 years ago02/28/17 at 5:40 pm (UTC)
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"Hi Theresa, What if instead of automatically redirecting them to the summary page you unlocked a link to it when they've completed all t..."
  • 7 years ago02/28/17 at 5:30 pm (UTC)
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Simon Blair replied to the discussion Slides or Layers
"Great suggestion, Todd! Having the video outside the course also means that you can update the videos without having to republish the co..."
  • 7 years ago02/24/17 at 2:16 pm (UTC)
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Simon Blair replied to the discussion Slides or Layers
"  Hi Colin,  How are people going to access your course? For example, if they're going to be on a corporate network, then the connectio..."
  • 7 years ago02/19/17 at 1:39 am (UTC)
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Simon Blair replied to the discussion Using variables to show quiz progress
"Hi Mark, I'd suggest using a combination of a custom score variable and shape states. On the correct feedback layer, add 1 to score. On..."
  • 7 years ago02/19/17 at 1:18 am (UTC)
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Simon Blair replied to the discussion Multiple Results Screens LMS reporting
"Another option (if you're comfortable messing with JS) is to use a custom score variable and send the value to your LMS. I believe you'll..."
  • 7 years ago02/18/17 at 10:31 pm (UTC)
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"Another trick that worked for us was to cut down on unneeded suspend data by deleting unnecessary variables and wherever possible setting..."
  • 7 years ago02/18/17 at 10:05 pm (UTC)
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Simon Blair replied to the discussion Freelance Heroes
"Hi Alyssa, That's a great question and I'm looking forward to hearing people's answers. The first thing that came to mind for me was "w..."
  • 8 years ago04/19/16 at 3:51 pm (UTC)
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Simon Blair replied to the discussion How to make a webinar interactive?
"Hi Aris, I don't see why not. Your webinar software should let you share pretty much anything. For example, I've facilitated remote sess..."
  • over 8 years ago12/17/15 at 1:54 pm (UTC)
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"Here's mine: http://www.simonblairtraining.com/p/portfolio.html"
  • over 8 years ago11/21/15 at 2:11 pm (UTC)