Giving Back by Opening Up
Slide deck for my keynote at the ACRL Distance Learning Section Fall Forum on OER. Slide deck licensed CC BY 4.0.
Link Round-Up: Perfectionism is a trap!
Most of the successful people I know struggle with perfectionism. They are brilliant, they produce great work, but sometimes they fall short of getting their work done at all because they fell into a perfectionist sinkhole. I’m here to tell … Continued
How interactive is your elearning? H5P, Storyline, and Captivate compared!
By now, I hope you’ve heard of H5P, and that you’ve had time to give it a go. Its name belies how fantastic it is. H5P is an open source platform for developing interactive elearning. Haven’t tried it yet? Give … Continued
Embed your Storyline and Captivate courses using iframes
In today’s post, I’ll show you how you can embed your published Storyline and Captivate courses into any webpage using iframes, which is a very simple HTML code. If you can copy and paste, you can do this, I promise! … Continued
Hosting Your Courses for Free with Google Cloud Storage (Windows or Mac)
The easiest way to share your courses with your reviewers and with learners is via web hosting. Being able to just hand over a link is simply the best, especially for your learner. Whether you’re using Captivate, Storyline, or some … Continued
Hosting your Captivate or Storyline courses for free
So you’ve developed a fabulous course using Adobe Captivate or Articulate Storyline. Now, you want to show it off. Maybe you want to feature it in your elearning portfolio, or send it to your subject matter expert for review. It’s … Continued
Editing 360 Photos for Virtual Reality
I day-hiked Mt. Whitney the other day. Sure, it was pretty cool. Incredible alpine landscapes, sapphire blue lakes sparkling in the sun. Twenty-two miles round-trip, 6,000 feet of elevation gain, took me 16 hours. But really I was just there … Continued
Showing My Work: Step 1A – Proof of Concept
In my last post, I declared my intentions to make a wilderness survival game using Captivate 2019’s 360 and VR features. Well, my 360 camera came in the mail yesterday, and I ended up making a proof-of-concept using the camera … Continued
First Look at Captivate 2019: Is Virtual Reality elearning finally in reach?
I’m generally not a fan of Captivate, but I will admit that I am intrigued and even, dare we say, excited by Captivate 2019’s new 360 and Virtual Reality capabilities. Jump to the bottom to try out a Virtual Reality … Continued
Showing My Work: Step 1 – Hatch an Idea
I’ve got an idea for a new elearning game about surviving in the wilderness. Prompted by the looming deadline to apply to DevLearn’s DemoFest and by Captivate 2019’s new 360/VR features, I’m imagining an Oregon Trail-type of game where you … Continued