Simon Perkins
Simon Perkins
Instructional Designer/Developer at Freelance
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    Simon Perkins

    10 years of experience delivering commercial and behavioural change working alongside L&D Teams, Stakeholders, SMEs and Coaches across public and private sectors. Specialist in designing digital learning, workshops, coaching sessions, videos and training aids.
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Simon Perkins replied to the discussion Indenting level on nav bar slides doesn't work after hidden slides
"Will do. I don't think this is necessarily a bug - maybe just an oversight that means level 2 indenting "forgets" to work after a hidden ..."
  • 13 years ago03/23/11 at 7:25 am (UTC)
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Simon Perkins started a new discussion Indenting level on nav bar slides doesn't work after hidden slides
"I'm building some modules that need to have the side menu representative of the chapter structure, i.e. 1 Chapter One    1.1 Sub-chapter ..."
  • 13 years ago03/22/11 at 1:40 pm (UTC)
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Simon Perkins replied to the discussion Imported (interactive) SWF automatically plays by itself
"Nail on the head Steve - it is indeed written in AS3.  Will make some changes and I'm sure everything will then be fine.   I'm hopeful th..."
  • 13 years ago03/22/11 at 1:33 pm (UTC)
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Simon Perkins started a new discussion Imported (interactive) SWF automatically plays by itself
"Have been playing with Flash CS4 and built a SWF using one of the lessons in Adobe's CIB manual (lesson 6 for those that know it). ..."
  • 13 years ago03/21/11 at 5:15 pm (UTC)
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Simon Perkins replied to the discussion Slide data appears before slide master/layout
"Thanks Brian.  The course is on SCORM Cloud, so I think the only way to give you access is to email you an invite.  If this is okay with ..."
  • 13 years ago03/17/11 at 2:48 pm (UTC)
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Simon Perkins started a new discussion Slide data appears before slide master/layout
"This is now becoming a hangover from my previous flickering slide masters issue ... because in the revamped version we now have slide obj..."
  • 13 years ago03/17/11 at 1:45 am (UTC)
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Simon Perkins started a new discussion Building free text (essay) in Flash - can text be sent?
"We've been asked if we can provide some slides where the learner enters a chunk of text which is then sent either to an email address or ..."
  • 13 years ago03/17/11 at 1:31 am (UTC)
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Simon Perkins replied to the discussion Start where you left off
"If you publish a course expecting it to offer the resume option then IME you should play it in the environment it's going to be delivered..."
  • 13 years ago03/11/11 at 9:55 am (UTC)
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Simon Perkins replied to the discussion How do I make sure all screens have been visited. no LMS
"You've got some cool looking slides in there Gerry!   One question about that widget (which I think I know the answer to): what happens i..."
  • 13 years ago03/09/11 at 3:24 pm (UTC)
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Simon Perkins replied to the discussion Flash/Actionscript - worth learning to use alongside Articulate?
"Hey Steve I dig the conversation engine "thing" - so versatile and engaging when encouraging the learner to branch off and explore.  Does..."
  • 13 years ago03/09/11 at 8:18 am (UTC)
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Simon Perkins replied to the discussion Flash/Actionscript - worth learning to use alongside Articulate?
"Another question: if writing a piece of Flash/AS that integrates with Articulate in some way, e.g. a rollover that launches slide X, woul..."
  • 13 years ago03/09/11 at 6:48 am (UTC)
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Simon Perkins replied to the discussion Flash/Actionscript - worth learning to use alongside Articulate?
"Robert Kennedy said:   But don't forget to share with us your knowledge If I do take it up, then you may  well be wai..."
  • 13 years ago03/09/11 at 6:28 am (UTC)
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Simon Perkins replied to the discussion Client wants more animation with photos
"+1 for both Robert's and Chaitali's suggestions. PowerPoint can indeed be used to create a zoom effect - cheaper and quicker.  But Flash ..."
  • 13 years ago03/09/11 at 4:14 am (UTC)
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Simon Perkins replied to the discussion Navigation
"Chris, sounds like you're publishing your Engage interactions as SWFs and then moving across the relevant files/folders into /data?  Is t..."
  • 13 years ago03/09/11 at 4:10 am (UTC)
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Simon Perkins started a new discussion Flash/Actionscript - worth learning to use alongside Articulate?
"How beneficial do you think it is to use these as part of "customising" your end product within Articulate? Have taken a look at Flash ov..."
  • 13 years ago03/09/11 at 4:04 am (UTC)
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Simon Perkins replied to the discussion Collecting a score from multiple quiz slides?
"Brian Batt said: Dave Moxon's solution isn't restricted to Articulate Online.  However, you would have to upload each individual quiz to ..."
  • over 13 years ago02/25/11 at 1:54 pm (UTC)
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Simon Perkins replied to the discussion Collecting a score from multiple quiz slides?
"Thanks Gerry - that's the post I was trying to find.  However, we're using our own SCORM 1.2 LMS (and some clients have their own too), s..."
  • over 13 years ago02/25/11 at 1:14 pm (UTC)
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Simon Perkins started a new discussion Collecting a score from multiple quiz slides?
"I know there's a post from a while back that shows how to include multiple QMs in a presentation, but I can't find it at the minute and d..."
  • over 13 years ago02/25/11 at 12:40 pm (UTC)
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Simon Perkins replied to the discussion Restricted navigation with branching scenario
"Yep, that's all I'm doing.  It seems to me that the user can go pretty much anywhere using hyperlinks, regardless of any restrictions set..."
  • over 13 years ago02/25/11 at 11:33 am (UTC)
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Simon Perkins replied to the discussion How do you handle completions with non-linear non-scoring courses?
"Thanks guys - the community comes up trumps again!  I can see virtues to using both so will get cracking on them next weeks. Much appreci..."
  • over 13 years ago02/25/11 at 11:19 am (UTC)
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Simon Perkins replied to the discussion Pre-loader for Large Articulate Published Files
"Hi Payal It sounds like you're referring to the loading bar that appears when the course first launches?  Maybe Phil's ideas will get aro..."
  • over 13 years ago02/25/11 at 10:34 am (UTC)
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Simon Perkins started a new discussion How do you handle completions with non-linear non-scoring courses?
"I need to figure out a reliable way to do this because if a course: - is devoid of any quiz elements or the need for capturing a score - ..."
  • over 13 years ago02/25/11 at 10:23 am (UTC)
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Simon Perkins replied to the discussion RELOAD SCORM 1.2 Player
"Damn, you beat me to it Justin.   Only started playing with their Test Track this morning to see it was any better.  Seems to be a more p..."
  • over 13 years ago02/25/11 at 7:06 am (UTC)
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Simon Perkins started a new discussion RELOAD SCORM 1.2 Player
"Have just started using this again after having a few weird experiences when testing published courses. Understandably, Articulate advoca..."
  • over 13 years ago02/24/11 at 4:46 pm (UTC)
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Simon Perkins replied to the discussion Ensuring quizzes are attempted only once
"Will do - cheers."
  • over 13 years ago02/24/11 at 12:43 pm (UTC)