Giveaways and Meet-ups

by on March 6, 2014

As we head into a long overdue Spring, it seems like the first quarter of the year has flown by. We’ve been very busy, and YOU all get the benefits. E-Learning Uncovered: Articulate Studio ’13 Our biggest announcement so far this year is the launch of our latest book, E-Learning Uncovered: Articulate Studio ’13. Learn […]

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The End-User Review: Questions to Ask

by on February 26, 2014

Even with a quality course that subject-matter experts, instructional designers, editors, and technical testers have approved, you still don’t know if the final students will like the course, enjoy it, be able to use it, or get what they need from it!  That’s why one of the most critical elements of your test plan is […]

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New Project Management System? It Only Helps to Know the Kinds of Decisions You’ll Need to Make

by on February 13, 2014

As if carefully selecting a project management system for use within your organization wasn’t hard enough. You’ve done your due diligence and you’ve made your selection, but now it’s time to put that system into use and introduce it to your colleagues and clients. I have spent the last few weeks implementing a new project […]

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Video Post: Avoiding Bullet Point Issues in Articulate Storyline

by on February 7, 2014

I was recently working on a project in Articulate Storyline that involved using a lot of bullet points. In general, I try to stay away from using too many bullet points in my e-learning design. In most cases, there is usually a better alternative if you dedicate enough time to being creative. However, in this […]

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The Thinking Behind a Branching Scenario

by on February 4, 2014

I just came back from ASTD’s TechKnowledge conference in Las Vegas where I held a Creation Station on how to create a branching scenario in Captivate.  Whether you are using Captivate, Lectora, Articulate, or any other tool, it is certainly important to know which buttons to click to set it up properly.  But it is […]

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Browser Testing: What If You Don’t Have the Right Browsers?

by on January 27, 2014

In a recent blog post, I described the process we used recently to manage a rather large browser testing project. Because many of the browsers we needed to test were not the most current versions, it was difficult to find testers with those browsers. For this project, we used a service called CrossBrowserTesting.com which provided […]

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