Simon Blair
Simon Blair
e-Learning Specialist
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"I noticed the same issue, starting yesterday. It impacted all my old files too, as well as files for many other users. I also have been ..."
  • over 9 years ago02/07/15 at 9:50 pm (UTC)
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Simon Blair replied to the discussion Freelance Heroes
"Great point Jeanne. I recently saw a sample price sheet another freelancer (I wish I could remember who) shared. What I found most intere..."
  • over 9 years ago12/16/14 at 6:17 pm (UTC)
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Simon Blair replied to the discussion How to make a webinar interactive?
"In a previous role, I used to do a lot of remote training (about 50% of my sessions). Here are some things I've found which really helped..."
  • over 9 years ago12/10/14 at 5:10 pm (UTC)
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Simon Blair replied to the discussion More #FREE E-Learning Characters!!
"Come to think of it, they also look like some of the Fisher Price characters my kids have played with. Either way, they've got a great fr..."
  • over 9 years ago11/26/14 at 1:16 pm (UTC)
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"If we're talking about pretests, I'd only include them if I was expecting the learners to have relevant knowledge already. For example, i..."
  • over 9 years ago11/18/14 at 6:28 pm (UTC)
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Simon Blair replied to the discussion Gently "pushing back" with a client
"Excellent point, Bruce! "Pushing back" has rather confrontational connotations, whether conscious or subconscious. If nothing else, it c..."
  • over 9 years ago11/12/14 at 4:09 pm (UTC)
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Simon Blair replied to the discussion Gently "pushing back" with a client
"Great advice guys! My two cents: clicking to reveal is no more interactive than clicking Next to go to the next page. I'd consider a cli..."
  • over 9 years ago11/11/14 at 2:03 pm (UTC)
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Simon Blair replied to the discussion Creative project looking for great name
"I definitely think the word "interactive" (or something similar) should be in there. Without it, people may think of books, slide decks o..."
  • over 9 years ago11/11/14 at 1:16 pm (UTC)
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Simon Blair replied to the discussion Best way to provide a demo?
"I've been using Google Drive. There's a bit of extra work to get a shareable link (which I've had to look up each time I've published a ..."
  • over 9 years ago11/06/14 at 6:08 pm (UTC)
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Simon Blair replied to the discussion More #FREE E-Learning Characters!!
"They look so friendly! Something tells me they wobble but they don't fall down."
  • over 9 years ago11/05/14 at 2:21 pm (UTC)
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Simon Blair replied to the discussion Test Results Scaling
"Hi Jon, If you can pass a text variable to your LMS, then this should work. Create a variable called "Rating" After the test, use the..."
  • over 9 years ago10/24/14 at 7:27 pm (UTC)
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Simon Blair replied to the discussion Compliance course
"Hi Amrita, I can't access those videos right now, but I'll take a stab at answering your question and hopefully I'm thinking of the righ..."
  • over 9 years ago10/24/14 at 2:43 pm (UTC)
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"Hi Carolyn, I think your best bet is to create a new variable for the final score (e.g. "FinalScore"), then (after the test) set its val..."
  • over 9 years ago10/24/14 at 1:47 pm (UTC)
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Simon Blair replied to the discussion Drag and Drop Question
"Hi Brian, I've also wished for that functionality. I just thought of a workaround that might (depending on your needs) be acceptable. W..."
  • over 9 years ago10/24/14 at 1:18 pm (UTC)
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"I missed the TUI portion of that. My bad. I have another sample that might be similar to what you're looking for. I put it together for ..."
  • over 9 years ago10/23/14 at 7:17 pm (UTC)
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"Hi Jenn, I have worked on some simulations using Storyline. I'm afraid I can't share any samples (they contain proprietary information)...."
  • over 9 years ago10/23/14 at 6:52 pm (UTC)
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Simon Blair replied to the discussion African American illustrated character
"Hi Andrea, I could have sworn there were African American characters included with Storyline. When I go to insert an illustrated charact..."
  • over 9 years ago10/23/14 at 6:06 pm (UTC)
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Simon Blair replied to the discussion Variables Nightmare
"Hi Allen, I think this might help you pare down your variables a bit. If you bring up the list of variables (click on the X in the "Tri..."
  • over 9 years ago10/23/14 at 5:47 pm (UTC)
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Simon Blair replied to the discussion Compliance course
"I remember trying something like this a while ago, out of curiosity. I can't seem to lay my hands on it right now - I may not have kept i..."
  • over 9 years ago10/23/14 at 5:42 pm (UTC)
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"Great find, Alex! I wonder if anybody knows of a way to set it up so that the learner could select multiple hotspots?"
  • almost 10 years ago06/10/14 at 12:15 pm (UTC)
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"Hi Katie, You could create a launcher or index file to put in the root level of your DVD. Depending on your skills or preferences, you co..."
  • almost 10 years ago06/10/14 at 8:47 am (UTC)
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"I found a workaround, but it's a bit of a kludge. Instead of one image with 3 states, I created two images with 2 states each (the base s..."
  • almost 10 years ago06/04/14 at 6:43 am (UTC)
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Simon Blair replied to the discussion Typing in Software Simulation?
"Hi Lindsay, Yes, you can do that. I haven't done it personally (yet), but some of my colleagues have. It looks like you can do it in one ..."
  • almost 10 years ago06/03/14 at 12:37 pm (UTC)
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"Hi Ashley, You're right. I was able to get it working in a new simple file. I'll check my triggers."
  • 10 years ago04/02/14 at 2:00 pm (UTC)
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"Leslie McKerchie said: Hi Russ! Okay, your response made me dig a little deeper This actually has been identified as a bug and the fix ..."
  • 10 years ago03/31/14 at 11:45 am (UTC)