Category Archives: DevTools

Using Animated GIFs for Universal Video Delivery

Most of us who design & build elearning materials have probably worked with video at some point. Typically working with video involves making a decision on what video format you will use for the final output. This decision is based on things such as what hardware/software your audience will be using, what kind of speedsContinueContinue reading “Using Animated GIFs for Universal Video Delivery”

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Top 10 Tools

My contribution to Jane Hart’s 2011 version of the Top 100 Tools for Learning Twitter: The best source for finding, following & talking with smart people. twitter.com/tmiket Google Reader: …so I can subscribe to those smart people’s blogs and reader.google.com Diigo: Diigo has stepped inherited bookmarks after the horrendous Delicious debacle. diigo.com PowerPoint/Articulate: The Articulate community aloneContinueContinue reading “Top 10 Tools”

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Displaying Documents in PowerPoint

This is in response to a good thread in Articulate’s Elearning Heroes community about “Creative Ways to Include Links” Here are a few ways that I’ve incorporated documents and attachments in presentations / courses: This document graphic is from one of Tom Kuhlmann’s blog posts.  In the post he shows how he built it alongContinueContinue reading “Displaying Documents in PowerPoint”

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Publishing PowerPoint/Articulate to DVD

Since we’re developing materials for people working in power plants, we have a fair number of the people in our audience do not have easy access to a PC. ( Imagine the guy driving a bull dozer in a coal yard for instance.)  It’s much easier for them to find a TV/DVD player than aContinueContinue reading “Publishing PowerPoint/Articulate to DVD”

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Elearning Support tools

So I was looking for a really nice website that would tell you what browser you had along with a bunch of other details relevant to helping troubleshoot elearning courses. I’ve come up with a few but still can’t find the one I originally had which present the info in a much more polished format.ContinueContinue reading “Elearning Support tools”

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Tools of the Trade

Melissa’s post in response to a LinkedIn eLearning Guild Group discussion “What are the top tools for freelance elearning design and development?” has prompted me to round up my list of top tools. So here is a quick peak into my toolbox… Content Creation: PowerPoint – This is my primary tools for authoring courses andContinueContinue reading “Tools of the Trade”

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Using Diigo’s Webslides in Articulate as a Web Object

I recently came across this post on the Diane Ree’s Instructional Design Fusion blog and immediately thought of using  these Diigo for Articulate courses.  This is a good way to provide a “guided tour” of online resources within your course.  For example, we often do safety related courses and could use this to walk viewersContinueContinue reading “Using Diigo’s Webslides in Articulate as a Web Object”

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Top 10 Learning Tools

I just happened across Jane Hart’s Top 10 Learning Tools list and reliazed that I haven’t updated it for 2009 yet. Well better late than never right? My previous lists are at http://c4lpt.co.uk/recommended/miketaylor.html Now on to the updated list…drum roll please. 1. Google Reader – the glue that holds my learning together by allowing meContinueContinue reading “Top 10 Learning Tools”

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