Google Chrome is quickly gaining speed as the browser of choice among people that aren’t stuck with IE due to corporate restrictions. Not only is it fast, but it’s also expanding quickly due to the vast number of extensions that are already available. If you’re one of “those people” that haven’t made the switch to Chrome, I suggest doing it now before you read this article and become insanely jealous. Session Manager Session Manager is an extension that enables... more
4 Chrome Extensions that you should already have installed
Understanding tracking in Articulate Online
Tracking user scores and data in Articulate Online is a very simple process as long as you understand the difference between public content, private content, and guestbooks. Public content Public content is exactly what it sounds like…public content. This means that anyone with a direct link to the content itself can access it. Keep in mind that if someone accesses a public content item via the direct link, they will not be required to log into your Articulate Online account. Thus,... more
New Engage Community Interaction – Carousel
Articulate Customer Support Engineer David Burton recently unveiled a new Engage community interaction via @articulatebrian on Twitter. The interaction is called “Carousel”. You can see it in action here. You can download the interaction by going to David Burton’s site at the link below: http://builtbyburton.com/2009/10/30/articulate-engage-carousel-interaction-v1-3/ Read More →
Replacing the slide thumbnail in Articulate Online
If you’ve ever published a course to Articulate Online, one of the things you’ll notice is the thumbnail that is associated with your course. Essentially, it is a thumbnail of the first slide in your presentation. So, what happens if you use a Flash file or even a web object for your first slide? This happens: That’s right! You get a thumbnail that doesn’t really represent your course at all. Wouldn’t you rather have a thumbnail that looks something like this? To... more
Understanding Published Quality
By default, Articulate Presenter ’09 publishes content so that it is optimized for web delivery. This means that the Quality factor of the image will be 75, the resize factory will be 2, and the Audio bitrate will be 32 kbps. In order to compare the various publishing quality options at my disposal, I created a quick presentation that contains both a high quality image and audio. The PowerPoint file itself is 769 KB and the PPTA file is 8.83 MB. In total, the source file is over 9 MB.... more