mike mcdonald
mike mcdonald
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    mike mcdonald

    I've been freelance for about 15 years, in the areas of blended learning, training and consultancy for the higher-risk sectors such as Oil&Gas, PowerGen, Automotive, Aerospace, Defence, Space Science etc. In consultancy, I do a lot of work in business continuity, quality, supply-chain and ris...
  • Soihull, UK
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mike mcdonald replied to the discussion changing question type
"Absolutely! Just ran into this issue. Any enhancement available yet?"
  • over 10 years ago11/03/13 at 12:19 pm (UTC)
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mike mcdonald replied to the discussion Importing Questions From Excel
"(answering my own question...!)....no it doesn't seem to. So I am downloading the Studio 13 trial and will try using that to configure a..."
  • over 10 years ago11/03/13 at 9:49 am (UTC)
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mike mcdonald replied to the discussion Importing Questions From Excel
"This looks really excellent.....will it work with Storyline (that's all I have)?"
  • over 10 years ago11/03/13 at 9:39 am (UTC)
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mike mcdonald replied to the discussion Advice for someone wanting to become a eLearning Developer
"Welcome to the club, Jeff. You sure have found the right place to start. Everyone here is most helpful. I'm in the middle of a large proj..."
  • over 10 years ago11/03/13 at 9:32 am (UTC)
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mike mcdonald replied to the discussion Speech and thought bubbles
"Perfect!"
  • 11 years ago03/11/13 at 6:56 pm (UTC)
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mike mcdonald replied to the discussion Open door on background displaying a door
"Loved that door demo, David!"
  • 11 years ago03/11/13 at 5:23 am (UTC)
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mike mcdonald replied to the discussion Next button
"Actually, that was the way I experimented with initially, but I found it a little confusing in user-testing as there were two ways of adv..."
  • 11 years ago03/11/13 at 5:11 am (UTC)
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mike mcdonald replied to the discussion Next button
"Thanks, that nextbutton.story demo is most helpful!"
  • 11 years ago03/11/13 at 4:57 am (UTC)
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mike mcdonald replied to the discussion Need ideas for a game for an onboarding portal!
"I second Toni's comment about the pirate tale adventure - very captivating (no pun intended!)"
  • over 11 years ago10/19/12 at 3:36 pm (UTC)
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mike mcdonald replied to the discussion Creating Flipbook using Storyline
"Just wanted to say a big thanks for that flipbook, perfect fit for my next little project!"
  • over 11 years ago10/04/12 at 3:12 pm (UTC)
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mike mcdonald replied to the discussion Date Variables available?
"I've been thinking of a simple way of inserting an expiry date into a standalone presentation (I mean one that is not within an LMS). Exa..."
  • almost 12 years ago08/01/12 at 4:40 pm (UTC)
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mike mcdonald replied to the discussion Freelancers - how do you manage your time?
"Oh yes, wouldn't change it for the world....or as we say, going back to having a 'proper job'!"
  • almost 12 years ago07/16/12 at 3:54 pm (UTC)
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mike mcdonald replied to the discussion Freelancers - how do you manage your time?
"Freelancing... as the saying goes: "Why work 40 hours for someone else, when you can work 80 hours for yourself?""
  • almost 12 years ago07/16/12 at 2:39 pm (UTC)
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mike mcdonald replied to the discussion having difficulty at work.....
"Jonathan, my 2cents.... I had a very similar situation to you....was working with a really great bunch of trainers, but they were brought..."
  • almost 12 years ago07/13/12 at 6:41 pm (UTC)