Before I get to my point, I’d like to give you some background information. For better or for worse, I’m something of a perfectionist. I’m also something of an idealist; this combination makes life very difficult sometimes. When I embark on a project, I’m usually driven
All 44 of Blackboard’s patent claims have been thrown out by the US Patent & Trademark Office. It’s not 100% official (this is the first step in the process), but things are looking up… for everyone except Blackboard. I really think they shot themselves in the foot by
I read not one, but three great blog posts today regarding what kinds of questions you should asking yourself when working on a project. Two of the blogs were not specific to the e-learning industry, but they apply nonetheless. Why? The first blog, by Jason at 37signals.com, suggests that
You may be familiar with the famous “Captivate variables” (see page 201 in PDF link), but did you know about “rdcmndHidePlaybar”? It isn’t mentioned by Adobe in their documentation, but it’s a handy one to know about. You can toggle the Captivate playbar’s visibility by importing two
Adobe has a short but useful article detailing how to make your Adobe Captivate movies more accessible. These are pretty simple (borderline “no-brainer”) steps a Captivate author can easily implement: * Add a description to an Adobe Captivate movie * Add a description to an individual slide * Limit quiz questions to multiple