Tim Slade
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Speaker, Author, & Award-Winning Freelance eLearning Designer at TimSlade.com
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    Hi, I’m Tim Slade, and I’m a speaker, author, and award-winning freelance eLearning designer. I've spent the last decade helping others elevate their eLearning and visual communications content. I'm also the author of The eLearning Designer's Handbook.
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Tim Slade replied to the discussion How to Cook a Turkey in Articulate Storyline
"Thanks, Ayandele!"
  • almost 5 years ago06/20/19 at 10:01 pm (UTC)
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Tim Slade replied to the discussion Build in PPT first or Storyline first?
"Hey, Teddi! I have to agree with Roni on this one. While you can import slides from PowerPoint, Storyline doesn't always convert everythi..."
  • almost 5 years ago06/20/19 at 10:00 pm (UTC)
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Tim Slade replied to the discussion New, cool, tools?
"Hi Alicia! I think you'll find that folks use a lot of different tools. For me, beyond Storyline and Rise, I regularly use Adobe Illustra..."
  • 5 years ago05/14/19 at 5:40 pm (UTC)
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Tim Slade replied to the discussion Building Portfolio with Government Work
"Hi Andrew! Both Judy and Trina make really great points. If you're unsure, the best thing to do is to simply ask. Depending on the conten..."
  • 5 years ago05/14/19 at 5:38 pm (UTC)
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Tim Slade replied to the discussion So your company gets a new PowerPoint template...
"Hi Will. The easiest way would be to copy over the slides and apply the new master slide layout to each slide. Depending on how the old a..."
  • 5 years ago05/06/19 at 2:49 pm (UTC)
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Tim Slade replied to the discussion Best Way to present Tips and Techniques
"Hey Avril! This is such a great question! One method that I often use, is to represent each bullet point with a meaningful icon or graphi..."
  • 5 years ago04/29/19 at 8:28 pm (UTC)
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Tim Slade replied to the discussion Meeting new Articulate-ers
"Hi Rachel! Welcome to the community! If you haven't already connected with some folks here, I would also suggest checking out LinkedIn an..."
  • 5 years ago04/16/19 at 3:13 pm (UTC)
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Tim Slade replied to the discussion Slides process out of order
"Hi Matt. Are you able to post a video or attached the Storyline file? It'll be easier to troubleshoot if we can see what's happening "und..."
  • 5 years ago04/16/19 at 3:11 pm (UTC)
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Tim Slade replied to the discussion Best Colour to focus attention
"Hey there! I would totally agree with Allison! If it helps, I might also suggest that you do some researching into "CTAs" or "Calls to Ac..."
  • 5 years ago04/10/19 at 5:01 pm (UTC)
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Tim Slade replied to the discussion "Ask for Help" Button?
"Hi Leslie! I sounds like you're looking for a way for your learners to send an email or message to a trainer from within the course? If ..."
  • 5 years ago04/10/19 at 4:59 pm (UTC)
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Tim Slade replied to the discussion Articulate Review Still Processing After Several Hours
"Thanks, Matthew! I just checked and it looks like it's back up! THANKS! Tim"
  • over 5 years ago12/11/18 at 3:03 am (UTC)
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Tim Slade replied to the discussion General Job Advice - Instructional Design Quality Control
"Hi Lanie, To echo some of what Trina mentioned above, depending on the organization, you may find specific roles for QA, but they'll be ..."
  • over 5 years ago12/01/18 at 3:11 pm (UTC)
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Tim Slade replied to the discussion Downloadable workbook
"Hi Tina, If I were you, I'd suggest mocking up a quick prototype and see if it gives you the result you're looking for. Based off what y..."
  • over 5 years ago12/01/18 at 3:06 pm (UTC)
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Tim Slade replied to the discussion Voice overs on every slide?
"Hi Dorthy, I tend to agree with your colleague, in that I prefer to be it all or nothing. Besides the fact that you should consider what..."
  • over 5 years ago12/01/18 at 3:01 pm (UTC)
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Tim Slade replied to the discussion 60 Second Tip: Removing Background Noise in Audacity
"Thanks, Rob! I'm super glad to hear that! It's one of my most popular how-to videos. THANKS! Tim"
  • 7 years ago04/24/17 at 4:04 pm (UTC)
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Tim Slade replied to the discussion 360 and Cornerstone...How well are they working together?
"Hi Helena, We use Cornerstone here at GoDaddy and haven't ran into any issues thus far! I'll be curious to see if others have. "
  • over 7 years ago12/15/16 at 8:55 pm (UTC)
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Tim Slade replied to the discussion E Books using Articulate
"I would also add that Rise might be something you could create an e-book-like experience...especially since it's responsive."
  • over 7 years ago11/22/16 at 3:57 pm (UTC)
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Tim Slade replied to the discussion Video Editing Tool
"Hi Wendy, Replay is a great tool for simple video editing. I also use Camtasia. It really depends on how much editing capabilities you'r..."
  • over 7 years ago11/22/16 at 1:42 am (UTC)
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Tim Slade replied to the discussion Client Course Review Options
"Hi Melissa! Great question! Like you, I've used reviewmyelearning.com in the past and had some issues. I was on the beta for Articulate 3..."
  • over 7 years ago11/16/16 at 5:43 am (UTC)
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Tim Slade replied to the discussion Transferring Rise courses
"That's fantastic! Thanks, Adam!"
  • over 7 years ago11/13/16 at 2:02 am (UTC)
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Tim Slade replied to the discussion HeroLand- an adventure built within Storyline (and only storyline)
"Amazing work! "
  • over 7 years ago11/09/16 at 4:03 pm (UTC)
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Tim Slade replied to the discussion Recommend me a laptop
"Great question, Anna! I currently use a 13-inch MacBook Pro with Windows running in Parallels. It works great for me! "
  • over 7 years ago10/08/16 at 5:19 pm (UTC)
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Tim Slade replied to the discussion What would you include in a catalogue of interactions?
"Great question, Rachel! I've actually been considering this as well. I'll be curious to see what others share. Here are a few thoughts: ..."
  • over 7 years ago10/08/16 at 5:17 pm (UTC)
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Tim Slade replied to the discussion Looking to get some feedback on an activity
"Hi, Ian! Looks great. I love the animation at the beginning!!! I also really like the "tutorial" that you show. I feel like it lingers a..."
  • over 7 years ago10/07/16 at 3:57 pm (UTC)
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Tim Slade replied to the discussion keeping your technologies and content up to date, Does anyone have a strategy?
"Hi, Veronica! Sounds like you have your work cut out for you! I think there are three main things you need to do: First, you and your..."
  • over 7 years ago10/07/16 at 3:53 pm (UTC)