Ran into a situation with an test built in Articulate Quizmaker not showing some correct responses during "review".
The question with the problem was a fill in the blank type, and it's fill in the blank field was just about the size of one or two characters.
Well, apparently you have to be very careful when using small boxes in these questions, because if it's too small the correct answers just will not show up during a users review of the quiz.
I would recommend going with a four or 5 letter sized box, should do the trick until this is patched up one day ;)
Boring Long Technical Description (BLTD) to Follow:
For flash geeks, what I can only assume occurs is that Quizmaker determines the width of it's dynamically created correct answer text fields based on the initial input box, combine this with a kinda unstable text renderer in flash and you get the disappearing text....There's probably a width = width - 10 somewhere that needs to be removed ;)
Showing posts with label techniques. Show all posts
Showing posts with label techniques. Show all posts
Monday, September 14, 2009
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
How to import flash object with multiple swf's into Adobe Presenter
I ran into this little problem when I noticed importing a flash file into presenter only takes the root swf, and does not handle any external resources that swf may need.
For instance if you have a captivate demo, some of those full motion recordings may not show when you import that demo into presenter!
Not very helpful is it!
Worry not, this is a simple copy and paste solution. First do your import into Adobe Presenter and publish. Then copy any other swf file that the imported flash object is going to need and paste it into the /data/resources folder found from your published presentation file.
If you want something done right, sometimes you gotta do it yourself I guess!
For instance if you have a captivate demo, some of those full motion recordings may not show when you import that demo into presenter!
Not very helpful is it!
Worry not, this is a simple copy and paste solution. First do your import into Adobe Presenter and publish. Then copy any other swf file that the imported flash object is going to need and paste it into the /data/resources folder found from your published presentation file.
If you want something done right, sometimes you gotta do it yourself I guess!
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Layer a Capticate recording on top of a Recorded Captivate Slide
Not to go all Fellini on you, but I've recently ran into a situation where I am creating a software demo, and on one of the slides recorded I want to have another recorded animation show during that slide. You follow?
For example, let's say we are demonstrating how to save a file in Word, now instead of a standard recording of the mouse clicking file -> save, we want the actual animation of that activity to occur in the center of the screen.
1. Record you slides, in this case, one snapshot of Word would do.
2. Open another instance of Captivate
3. Choose blank recording, custom size, and full motion.
4. Make that magical red captivate box just big enough to record the file menu drop down. And focus it on that area.
5. Record your action.
6. Last step, in the Slide editor click the animation you just recorded and Copy it, now in your main recording choose Paste.
Bingo Bango, a recording on top of a recording!
Note: I've seen some weird transparency issues so you may want to put a white highlight box behind your animation....
Advanced Note: You can even export your recording to flash to make advanced edits on it for some really funky stuff before reinserting it to your main recording as a swf...that's probably a story for another day though.
For example, let's say we are demonstrating how to save a file in Word, now instead of a standard recording of the mouse clicking file -> save, we want the actual animation of that activity to occur in the center of the screen.
1. Record you slides, in this case, one snapshot of Word would do.
2. Open another instance of Captivate
3. Choose blank recording, custom size, and full motion.
4. Make that magical red captivate box just big enough to record the file menu drop down. And focus it on that area.
5. Record your action.
6. Last step, in the Slide editor click the animation you just recorded and Copy it, now in your main recording choose Paste.
Bingo Bango, a recording on top of a recording!
Note: I've seen some weird transparency issues so you may want to put a white highlight box behind your animation....
Advanced Note: You can even export your recording to flash to make advanced edits on it for some really funky stuff before reinserting it to your main recording as a swf...that's probably a story for another day though.
Monday, August 10, 2009
Staying Motivated
How do you stay motivated as someone involved with eLearning?
Educators in a traditional setting get to face their students every day. It may be difficult to be teacher of the year all the time, but it must help to be able to see the direct and immediate impact of your job on the faces of your learners.
So how do we in the eLearning field get that kind of reward?
How about using Course forums, allow your students to have conversations by posing an interesting question. Watching your students interact should provide you with a positive view into how your work is impacting these learners.
If and when able, communicate to your students, be proactive and don't always wait for an email. Remember students can be shy on the Internet as well, reach out and get feedback from them through direct communication.
Integrate excellent student work back into the course. If your course has assignments, and a student has provided a terrific submission, with their permission you could post this for future students to see. Soon your course might even have it's own 'hall of fame' that students should strive for!
What methods do you use to stay interested and engaged with your users?
Educators in a traditional setting get to face their students every day. It may be difficult to be teacher of the year all the time, but it must help to be able to see the direct and immediate impact of your job on the faces of your learners.
So how do we in the eLearning field get that kind of reward?
How about using Course forums, allow your students to have conversations by posing an interesting question. Watching your students interact should provide you with a positive view into how your work is impacting these learners.
If and when able, communicate to your students, be proactive and don't always wait for an email. Remember students can be shy on the Internet as well, reach out and get feedback from them through direct communication.
Integrate excellent student work back into the course. If your course has assignments, and a student has provided a terrific submission, with their permission you could post this for future students to see. Soon your course might even have it's own 'hall of fame' that students should strive for!
What methods do you use to stay interested and engaged with your users?
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