Using Social Media Tools Inappropriately is Not The Fault of the Tool

I’m getting a little tired of defending social media tools every other week at my place of employment.  Several “mishaps” have occurred during work hours and suddenly we need to ban Facebook and cell phones. As an example:  We have 6 computers in our Library area that staff will come in on their breaks and […]

How wonderful the PPTA file can be!!!!!!!

So I’ve saw a wonderful screenr from Jeanette Brooks about the reasons why a PPTA file is created when you are producing a course using Articulate Presenter, but I didn’t really get it until today. Last Friday my work computer crashed, AGAIN, but this time it was fatal and my computer had to be reimaged.  […]

How do you encourage new and scared users to elearning?

I had a staff member come in yesterday almost in tears to my office so upset and scared about having to do training online this year for our annual core curriculum.  This particular person is a friend of mine so I sat her down in my desk and slowly started walking her through all the […]

Amazing what a little nice feedback can do for the soul.

So today I came in and started working through my emails from the weekend and true to form the first few were typical.  “I don’t know how to do this…”  “Why can’t I do…..”  “Will you….” and so on and so on. Then I came to this one: Hi Tracy,I just wanted to let you […]

LMS Blues (akin to “Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water”)

Strange title for this posting….when I read an email joke this week saying that students starting college this year were born in 1992 never took a swim and thought about Jaws. I digress already. So my LMS blues continue.  I really thought things were going “swimmingly”, pardon the pun.  I had launched our LMS earlier […]

A little boost of creativity for stress relief with #Articulate ‘s Captain Smiley

So today has been more than a little stressful so as I sat here pondering how to get through it….a small twinkle of fun and inspiration hit me.  I think my Articulate Captain Smiley might need to start thinking of halloween costumes. And so…I present…Captain Smiley’s possible 2010 halloween costumes. “Boo” – Spooky Smiley “Arg […]

Using #Articulate #Quizmaker Hotspot questions in a different way

I posted a question on the Articulate Community forums about a paper based questions that I was having difficultly changing to an online question. The question is this (image below) based on the diagram you just labelled, pick 3 correct sites for an I.V. start. Of the 10 labels, 5 are correct and the instructor […]

It’s what makes the elearning community so great!

It struck me again yesterday and once again today about what makes me love the social community of which I’m a part. Specifically I speak of the folks that are part of the elearning community. What is it that struck me you ask? It’s the generosity that “oozes” from everyone. It’s the comradery. It’s the […]