Simon Blair
Simon Blair
e-Learning Specialist
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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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"Great article, Nicole! Even if your client doesn't use ROI to inform their decision, it's great to have for your own purposes. It becomes..."
  • over 9 years ago11/20/14 at 6:01 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 commented on the article Zombie Survival Training #55
"Hi David, I just noticed that the recap link to my Twitter profile is off. It's showing up as https://community.articulate.com/articl..."
  • over 9 years ago11/03/14 at 4:24 pm (UTC)
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Simon Blair commented on the article Zombie Survival Training #55
"I finally got mine finished. Hopefully the final product justifies the "research" time spent watching "Night of the Living Dead", "The ..."
  • over 9 years ago10/31/14 at 5:51 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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Simon Blair commented on the article Zombie Survival Training #55
"I was all set to get mine done yesterday evening, but I ended up watching "Night of the Living Dead" with my family instead. That counts..."
  • over 9 years ago10/23/14 at 12:52 pm (UTC)
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"David, I thought of two more possible FAQ entries last night: - I just submitted an entry for an old challenge. When will it be added to..."
  • over 9 years ago09/16/14 at 6:31 am (UTC)
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"I had my submission ready this morning. It took me all day (on and off) to figure out how to host it on Google Drive (after giving up on ..."
  • almost 10 years ago07/31/14 at 1:21 pm (UTC)
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"@Dianne thank you for the info. I'll check it out. Every set of Dropbox instructions I could find required using the Public folder. It lo..."
  • almost 10 years ago08/01/14 at 5:21 am (UTC)