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Screencast: Adjusting Player Size Under Browser Settings in Articulate Storyline 360

February 12, 2019

Over the weekend, I received an email from someone looking to change the size of their organization’s existing Storyline files to a larger resolution. They wanted to do this without all of the headache involved in tediously shifting slide objects slide-by-slide to align with the new resolution. In this screencast, I’m showing you the solution that worked for her and their Learning Management System (LMS).

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Screencast: Two Things That Excite Me With the Most Recent Update to Storyline 360

January 23, 2019

I know. It’s been a minute. I have another post in the works dedicated to addressing where the heck of been, but I COULD NOT WAIT to share two of the things I’m most excited about with the January 22nd, 2019 update to Articulate Storyline 360!

Check out the screencast below so you too can get just as excited as I am!

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Screencast: Make an Image Background Transparent in Microsoft PowerPoint

December 17, 2018

In this screencast, I’m showing you how to make the background of an image that isn’t transparent, transparent.

If you’ve ever received files from a client that don’t have a transparent background, but you need one because you’re placing it on something other than the image’s current background colour, this tip is going to be a lifesaver!

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Screencast: A Quick Note About Navigation When Importing PPT into Articulate Storyline 360

December 15, 2018

In this screencast, I just wanted to make a note for consideration about a couple of things to look for with regard to navigation when importing PowerPoint slides into Articulate Storyline 360.

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Why I Use Assistive Technology As a Presenter

December 12, 2018

Earlier in the year, I posted about why my memory sucks – how a softball injury has affected me. I truly appreciate all of the kind words I received from that post, and I continue to forage on with my sucky memory. I present on things I’m passionate about to some folks who may not entirely understand why I do things the way I do.

Brief synopsis:

  • I took a softball to the face several years ago (playing softball, not a rogue bystander injury)
  • It took 2 years of a liquid diet, maxing out all of my dental/physiotherapy/massage coverage, and a jaw surgery to address the physical issues
  • I now suffer from post-concussion syndrome, and haven’t quite figured out the nuances of my new memory
  • This injury has forced me (for now) to defer my Ed.D because I am no longer confident writing 100+ page papers that require me to remember things I wrote several paragraphs earlier
  • I am still learning strategies for dealing with my memory issues and welcome any suggestions

This year, I presented at several events, notably DevLearn…where I facilitated a 1-day pre-conference certificate workshop on Introduction to Instructional Design and a BYOD session on using Variables in Articulate Storyline 360.

In both of those sessions, I addressed a big of housekeeping: why I use assistive technology to help me present. Basically, it’s so that I can get all of the information I need to get to my audience. I understand that at times I may seem flakey or scatter-brained, but I assure you it’s not because I’m making excuses for myself. As someone who also suffers from anxiety, when I trip up during a presentation, it also stresses me out. I want everyone to feel like they’ve been able to take something valuable from my sessions, and I want to seem like a competent industry professional.

But….when session evaluation time rolls around, opening the files is always a moment of induced anxiety. You’ll never please 100% of the attendees or participants, and I’m fine with that, but I always kind of hold my breath while I read through to see what folks are saying about the assistive technology. This year I was incredibly surprised by all of the supportive feedback I received. I received a lot of great suggestions that I will take forward with me in my session-delivering-journey, and again, I will always be receptive to this type of constructive criticism.

As I work to finalize a presentation for my session with the E-Learning Guild for their Spotlight, I thought I would record a quick screencast that shows you how I create my session notes.

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Screencast: Real-Time Build of Drag and Drop Interaction in Articulate Storyline 360

December 11, 2018

In this screencast, I’m doing a real-time walkthrough of how I create a quick categorization drag and drop interaction in Articulate Storyline 360. Watch me awkwardly fumble through this recording before I’ve finished my morning coffee (hint…I could have streamlined things better had I been more caffeinated…I am TIRED today!).

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Ashley ChiassonI’m a Instructional Designer with over 15 years of professional experience, and have developed e-learning solutions for clients within the Defence, Post-Secondary Education, Health, and Sales sectors. For more about me, click here!

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