Zooming in and out on your video helps focus the viewer's attention on certain parts of your video. When I was creating the official TechSmith Camtasia Certification, I zoomed in and out a lot. This helps not only focus the viewer but also makes it more viewable on mobile devices.
We dive deep into Articulate Storyline Triggers and Events, showing how these powerful features.
This tutorial reveals a secret Adobe tool to help you transform your audio in minutes.
Whether you're an educator, trainer, or content creator, this game-changing addition will revolutionize your video production process like never before.
While at Learning Solutions Conference 2023, I shared an example of how xAPI could track learning data and pull data into dashboards that update in real-time.
Welcome to my latest tutorial video where I'll be showing you how to use LottieFiles to find and download.
Learn how to create animated GIFs for your e-learning courses with PowerPoint in this tutorial video.
As an instructional designer, you're always looking for ways to engage your learners and bring your content to life.
Hey, if you're an instructional designer or a learning developer, you might be looking for a lightweight LMS.
Explore the new Microlearning feature in Articulate Rise 360 and how instructional designers and eLearning developers can use it.
Take your Articulate Storyline 360 proficiency to the next level with this comprehensive tutorial on using JavaScript in Storyline for advanced development.
Welcome to this tutorial on uploading a published Articulate Storyline or Adobe Captivate course to the web.
If you're looking to create immersive augmented reality experiences using 2D images, Adobe Aero is a great tool to work with.
Articulate Storyline 360 is a powerful authoring tool for creating interactive e-learning courses.
Articulate Storyline 360 slide masters are powerful but take time to wrap your head around.
Articulate Storyline 360 is not responsive, BUT it does scale down and up depending on the screen size of your learner's device.
Learn some of my tips/tricks for marking up scripts for narration.
In this Articulate Storyline 360 tutorial, Jeff will walk you through various ways to make your video interactive.
Here is a quick and easy JavaScript snippet that you can put inside Articulate Storyline 360 to create a timer.
Learn how to create a countdown independent of the Articulate Storyline 360 timeline with just a simple code snippet..
GreenSock animations are part of Articulate Storyline 360 all you need is simple JavaScript snippets to take advantage of it.
Articulate recently released a new feature that will reduce the number of triggers needed to create conditions.
Default Articulate Storyline 360 xAPI triggers do not include descriptions. Descriptions within xAPI statements allow you to provide more context.
In this latest Articulate Storyline 360 & JavaScript video, I show you how to detect the learner's operating system and then, depending on the result.
Part of my job was to evaluate different learning tools and systems and ensure we were using suitable applications within the organization.
Using JavaScript inside of Articulate Storyline gives you extended features and capabilities.
Articulate Storyline 360 allows you to do basic animations within your courses, but it is pretty limited regarding what you can animate.
I have been using Trello for years. For every course I have created on Pluralsight or Udemy, I have always started the course planning with Trello.
How many times have you recorded audio for an eLearning course and immediately notice how many breaths the mic picks up.
Learn how to add quizzes and markers to your Camtasia videos. Interactive quizzes allow you to test the learner at different points in your video.
Articulate Rise 360 announced new course themes that allow you to customize the course with greater flexibility than before.
xAPI Statements are incredibly flexible and offer greater detail into what the learner does with your online courses.
Many may not know that you can export a Camtasia video to GIF. That may be cool, but why would you do that?
A student asked me a couple of weeks ago how they can track if a student completed a video inside Articulate Storyline 360.
Articulate Storyline 360 states are a powerful way to add interactivity to your courses.
We continue building our Articulate Storyline 360 tabs tutorial by adding on the animated layers and triggering those layers to animate in.
This video will teach how to visually design and build a tabs interaction in Articulate Storyline 360.
In part 5, we cover how to make modals in Webflow. Modals help you show additional information about your eLearning project.
I have received this question a lot "Can I send my game score as the quiz score in Storyline?". Well the answer is "yes", but it does take some custom code.
Capturing who has taken the learning interaction outside a learning management system (LMS) is probably one of the most challenging parts of xAPI.
Camtasia is perfect for screencasts, recording your screen, and sharing it on websites like YouTube.
That is right! You read the title right. Zapier allows you to connect to seemingly unconnected applications together without ANY CODE!
This template is designed to help you come up with your specific organizational strategy with xAPI (Experience API). How will you capture the actor?
If you are creating a video with different sections than you may need to create chapters that allow the learner to jump to different parts of the video.
Want to add a little more style to your Articulate Storyline pages? We walk you through how to add some style to your images with various image crops.
Video can sometimes be one sided. The learner consumes the content but does not engage with it unless they are following along.
TechSmith Camtasia can do a lot. I find that most barely scratch the surface of what it can do. There are some tips and shortcuts that can help speed up your editing and make your videos that much better.
Learn how to crop your video in a circle using track mattes in Camtasia. This allows you to create a Picture in Picture effect in your video.
We continue where we left off building our eLearning portfolio in Part 3 and convert the project cards into reusable symbols.
Creating animations in Camtasia 2021 is easier than you might think. In this video, we walk through creating an animated intro in Camtasia from scratch.
When you add an xAPI trigger in Articulate Storyline, there is a drop down box of 15 or so different verbs.
Do you need to track a PDF? With this template you can easily switch on xAPI tracking to see when a learner starts a PDF and when a learner completes a PDF.
Ever wonder how much time people are spending within an eLearning course? The new elapsed time variable allows us to see how much time someone spends on a page.
Need to remove a background from an image? Or maybe blur out the background? Knowing how to quickly remove or blur the background is key.
Looking to create a portfolio to show off your Instructional Design or eLearning Development skills? A portfolio is a must have these days when applying for new jobs.
Articulate Storyline 360 released the ability to control when the xAPI statements get sent to the Learning Record Store (LRS).
If you are trying to build a portfolio to show off your latest learning projects than you're in the right place. This is part of of the portfolio building...
Now we continue where we left off in the last video. In the previous video we covered the basics of adding Storyline xAPI triggers...
I know, I know, there are many "How to create a portfolio" videos out there. I hesitated to post yet another one, but none of them covered one of my favorite tools called Webflow.
I know, I know, there are many "How to create a portfolio" videos out there. I hesitated to post yet another one, but none of them covered one of my favorite tools called Webflow.
Have you ever needed to cut out the background of an image? You can do this with Photoshop and it has gotten easier...
Addressing the user by name in your eLearning course is a great way to personalize your content to the learner...
If you want to use xAPI, especially if you are wanting track learning content outside your LMS you will run into working with JavaScript code. If you know JavaScript code, great!
In my latest video, I walk you through a tool that helps you share quick screenshots, recordings, screen shares and share it out with your team without having to call a meeting.
Every AR experience needs to build itself around an anchor. You pull out your phone, the camera will look for an anchor, and then once the anchor is identified.
In this latest video, Jeff will walk you through some tips and tricks for adding more style to your pages using Storyline shapes.
xAPI allows you to track a lot more than typical SCORM. It is pretty flexible with how detailed you can get with tracking the behavior of the learner, but that is only one part of the puzzle...
Are you interested in getting started with Augmented Reality? Adobe Aero allows you. to build quick and easy AR without having to be a full-blown developer...
I see it all the time, an eLearning developer or Instructional Designer create an awesome course in Storyline and then publish it out only to find out the total published course...
xAPI allows you to track learning in greater detail. You do this by sending xAPI statements to a Learning Record Store (LRS). But what exactly is a statement and how is it created.
SCORM data is very limited, typically you can only get a start, in progress, completed, and quiz question data. The learner does more than just those actions.
So you have an image in Storyline, maybe even one you found in Content Library 360. It is a great image but you want to blur out the background.
I can't even tell you how many times I have seen floating people pictures in eLearning courses. How are they just floating??
When you are developing AR or VR content inside of Zappar, Unity, Adobe Aero or Apple's Reality Composer finding the right 3D object could be a challenge.
Previously, I show you how to track standard video with xAPI. Now in this post I walk you through using the free template to track embedded YouTube videos. All you need to do is update a couple of files....
You do not need to learn complex 3D modeling tools to create basic 3D models for your AR and VR development. Luckily Adobe has an awesome tool that helps you create custom 3D objects you can adjust and change pretty easily...
I cannot tell you how many times I had to animate simple bullets to different audio parts. In Articulate, it takes a while for the audio to start to play, so I would click on play, wait 3 seconds...
There are really 3 parts of a Storyline trigger which include the action (what will happen), then event (when it will happen) and finally the optional condition (in what circumstances will it happen)...
The new default player in Articulate Storyline 360 is great for mobile responsive courses, but it only comes in a light and a dark theme. If you know some simple CSS, you can adjust the default player's style and create your custom theme to match your companies look and feel...
Let's say you need to ensure the learner has completed all 3 tabs before they move onto the next page. How do you handle that inside of Articulate Storyline? Most of the time I see people using variables to keep track of each button has been clicked, for example if there are 3 buttons...
I had an awesome time at DDX and was able to deliver 3 different trainings. Two of them were previously recorded training and the other was done live. Here is one of the recordings that cover how to get started with AR reality. I talk about 5 tools you can use to help you get started...
Now that you have an idea of what xAPI is, and how it can be used, how do you actually start sending over xAPI statements to an LRS? What files do you need and how can get those files? In this video Jeff will walk you through step by step what files you need and how you can trigger your first statement to be sent over to any LRS...
Are you new to xAPI and just wanting to get a high-level overview of what it is, how it works, and what it can track? In this short introduction, Jeff will walk you through what it is and how it tracks interactions using statements...
In this video I wanted to show you how to track local HTML video using xAPI with a simple template. You can download this template from our templates page...
I have made several huge updates to my Articulate Storyline 360 course on Udemy to show how to use the tool in action for real-world learning interactions...
I have been working with Augmented Reality for a few years and love it. It takes the content you are seeing and adds additional context and training on top of what you are viewing...
Over the past couple of years I have really fallen in love with Sketch. It is a design application for the Mac OS. I know, I might have PC users yelling...
I have been teaching new instructional designers how to use Storyline for years, whether it be through Udemy or my BYU class. One question that comes up a lot is...
Over the course of my career, I have learned a variety of tools. I started out learning Adobe Premiere and Final Cut Studio. I then got into web development and learned Flash, after that...
I have been teaching eLearning development for years, and have been doing custom programming for most of those years. I have several courses on web development found on Pluralsight as well...
