blair parkin
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blair parkin started a new discussion Menu Idea
"Hi Everyone
Being a follower of the blogs and posts that are available here I have noticed that it always pays to keep your eyes open as ..."
- almost 13 years ago06/08/11 at 4:49 pm (UTC)
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blair parkin replied to the discussion Tile Letter - Buttons for Download
"Very cool, thanks very much for sharing"
- almost 13 years ago06/02/11 at 2:46 pm (UTC)
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blair parkin replied to the discussion Are you using dual monitors? If so, how?
"I'm with the majority here using dual monitors. Usually they are set up as follows:
Powerpoint / Presenter
IE, Engage or Quizmaker, proj..."
- almost 13 years ago06/01/11 at 12:44 pm (UTC)
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blair parkin commented on the download iPad Inspired Navigation
"Tom, great design, thanks for sharing. I have been doing something similar for product knowledge training and you have given me inspirati..."
- almost 13 years ago05/31/11 at 1:23 pm (UTC)
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blair parkin replied to the discussion Build Simulated Exam
"Hi Connie, welcome to E-learning Heroes. Have you checked out the tutorials section? This tutorial on customising quiz feedback might be ..."
- almost 13 years ago05/29/11 at 8:46 pm (UTC)
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blair parkin replied to the discussion Web object margin or Engage background margins?
"Hi Leah
I'm not too good with web objects and html so I insert my engage interactions as flash movies, then you can resize or move them h..."
- almost 13 years ago05/29/11 at 2:02 pm (UTC)
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blair parkin replied to the discussion How to activate the Next arrow in a Tabbed Interaction
"It sounds like you need to select in the Show "Next Slide" button option SHOW ALWAYS
Blair"
- almost 13 years ago05/25/11 at 6:14 pm (UTC)
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blair parkin replied to the discussion URL Links Need to Open New Browser
"Mary,are the documents available in soft copy? Could you have an attachments tab?"
- almost 13 years ago05/23/11 at 1:01 pm (UTC)
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blair parkin replied to the discussion URL Links Need to Open New Browser
"Hi Mary
Following on from Justin's suggestion I have just done a very similar thing. I inserted a link using Web Object with it set to op..."
- almost 13 years ago05/23/11 at 12:39 pm (UTC)
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blair parkin replied to the discussion Any help appreciated! Presenter disappeared from ppt & video prob
"Hi Kimberly
Dealing with your first problem, what version of PowerPoint are you using? This may or may not help. Click on Office Button &..."
- almost 13 years ago05/22/11 at 7:22 pm (UTC)
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blair parkin replied to the discussion Can "t" and "o" view keyboard macros be disabled?
"Ben
Here are the instructions for disabling keyboard shortcuts
Blair"
- almost 13 years ago05/22/11 at 3:16 pm (UTC)
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blair parkin replied to the discussion Calculator in Engage
"Also found this that converts an excel spreasheet to flash"
- almost 13 years ago05/17/11 at 4:02 pm (UTC)
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blair parkin replied to the discussion Calculator in Engage
"Hi Joe
Could you insert a flash calculator with instructions on how to perform the claculation. One tab could be the calculator with an e..."
- almost 13 years ago05/17/11 at 4:00 pm (UTC)
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blair parkin replied to the discussion Zooming out effects
"@David - I was trying to find that screenr of Joe's as well, but couldn't remember who had created it. There is so much useful informatio..."
- almost 13 years ago05/15/11 at 7:13 pm (UTC)
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blair parkin replied to the discussion Zooming out effects
"Hi Osman
You can control where an image zooms into by using motion paths to shift the image left or right, up or down depending on where ..."
- almost 13 years ago05/15/11 at 6:45 pm (UTC)
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blair parkin replied to the discussion Action vs. Hyperlink: When do I use each option?
"Hi Nicole
As you have discovered the Insert>Action doesn't always work as expected. Bestt practice is to use hyperlinks for your users..."
- almost 13 years ago05/10/11 at 5:00 pm (UTC)
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blair parkin replied to the discussion Overlay object on top of Flash movie
"Hi Jennifer
Presenter will always play the flash movie on top of everything else, however you can use the blank slide in Quizmaker to pla..."
- 13 years ago05/03/11 at 5:03 pm (UTC)
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blair parkin replied to the discussion Oracle LMS Issues
"Happy to help where I can. I'm not a technical expert but I can share what we do and that may be of use. You can email me at bparkin@plac..."
- 13 years ago05/02/11 at 7:11 pm (UTC)
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blair parkin replied to the discussion Oracle LMS Issues
"Hi Hector
We use Oracle's i-learning, but I don't have to do anything to the published zip file to make it work for us. Occasionally we w..."
- 13 years ago05/02/11 at 6:45 pm (UTC)
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blair parkin replied to the discussion Designing for engaging e-Learning without audio or video
"Hi Amy
We face the very same issues, so we use alot of branching with hyper-linked buttons to make the learning as engaging as possible, ..."
- 13 years ago05/01/11 at 2:55 pm (UTC)
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blair parkin replied to the discussion Click-Start/Stop Animation
"Hi Ken
When I have information that I want learners to "click" through so they can digest at their own pace I usehyperlinked buttons to d..."
- 13 years ago04/14/11 at 11:13 pm (UTC)
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blair parkin replied to the discussion Are there any Articulate experts in Sydney?
"Hi Thanos
Check out this thread in the forum on an Australasian network. Although I am in NZ, some of the others may be able to help you ..."
- 13 years ago04/14/11 at 11:02 pm (UTC)
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blair parkin replied to the discussion Some nice icons to play with
"those are really cool, thanks for sharing"
- 13 years ago04/11/11 at 4:27 pm (UTC)
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blair parkin replied to the discussion Embedding YouTube video into PowerPoint using Presenter
"Hi Michael
In Jeanette's knowledge base article link above there is a parameter "rel" which is supposed to prevent relative clips from ap..."
- 13 years ago04/10/11 at 1:05 pm (UTC)
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blair parkin replied to the discussion A Free PowerPoint Template I Made
"Thanks for sharing Gabriele and Zara, your designs are very cool and have given me some great inspiration"
- 13 years ago03/29/11 at 12:39 pm (UTC)