The Logical Blog by IconLogic

OCTOBER 14, 2010

Over the last two weeks I've introduced PowerPoint 2010's Shape Union and Shape Subtract tools. Your end result would look something like this:     Using what you've previously learned about the Shape Union tool , construct a few puzzle pieces. Click the Shape Subtract tool from your ribbon.

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Experiencing eLearning

AUGUST 4, 2008

I could see this as a tool for digital storytelling. Jump to a specific slide in Captivate using a Flash wrapper. tags: color , webdesign , tools. tags: color , webdesign , tools , flickr. GoAnimate - Homepage. Create animations with premade cartoon characters, backgrounds, and music. You can upload your own content too.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

  Naturally, you want to illustrate anger on one of the slides.   Insert your photo onto your slide (Insert > Pictures).     With the photo selected on the slide, select the Picture Tools Format tab and click the Remove Background tool to remove the background as you see fit. 

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Experiencing eLearning

MAY 28, 2008

Resources and tools for using Second Life for education and training. A lot of this sounds common sense, but check the footnotes on slides 2 & 3 for his rule “Sensory Integration: Stimulate more of the senses.&# 50 Tips and Tricks to Create a Learning Space in Second Life | College Degrees. tags: secondlife , education.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

JULY 20, 2011

it's one of those useful tools that often goes overlooked. Say you want to add three animation effects to one object on your slide. It works so well for your project that you want to add the exact animation sequence to several more objects on several slides. If not, you aren't alone.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

APRIL 11, 2011

If you know that the first audio file ends after 1:35 and you'll be on your third slide then, then you would put the second audio file on the third slide and set it to play after 1:35.    Insert the audio file on the slide on which you would like the audio to begin ( Insert > Audio ).

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

MARCH 17, 2011

.   Adding audio to a PowerPoint 2010 slide is simple.     In a perfect world, you would be able to make adjustments to an audio clip by either right-clicking a slide's sound icon, or by using the Audio Tools. .      But what if you wanted to stop the audio after three slides?

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

  Naturally, you want to illustrate anger on one of the slides.   Insert your photo onto your slide (Insert > Pictures).     With the photo selected on the slide, select the Picture Tools Format tab and click the Remove Background tool to remove the background as you see fit. 

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

JULY 29, 2011

On one slide you have an image fade in. Then when you click the image, it hyperlinks to another slide. Trying to reconstruct all of the animations and actions, as well as ensuring they're in the proper order with everything else on the slide, could be a disaster for you (or, at the very least, a small headache).

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Learning with e's

DECEMBER 13, 2008

There are so many new tools and technologies I have stumbled upon (no that isn't one of them) over the last year, it's almost as if I have just stepped out of a time machine and into the future. There is so much to learn about, and so many new tools to use, there simply isn't enough time for everything. is a superb tool in many ways.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

I've previously written about how to go about doing this in PowerPoint 2007 with an internet connection and without an internet connection as well as how to do this in PowerPoint 2008 for the Mac. Note: Your ribbon may not include the Shape Union and Shape Subtract tools seen above. " Tags: PowerPoint.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

MARCH 31, 2011

Insert both audio clips onto the desired slide ( Insert > Audio ).    From Audio Tools > Playback locate the Audio Options area and select Automatically from the drop-down menu.    Hold down [ Ctrl ] and select both sound icons.      Choose Animations > Animation Pane. 

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

MARCH 6, 2020

Maybe, like in this example, you also want to edit one of the characters to have a long “tail” to match the diagonal design element elsewhere on the slide.        The best way to accomplish any of the above is to convert your text to shapes using PowerPoint's Fragment tool. Here’s how.

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eLearningMind

APRIL 24, 2023

In our industry, the exciting challenge is always one of form meeting function and matching content to the right tools. The WC3 WCAG published an updated set of standards in 2008, called WCAG 2.0, Here’s a rundown of some of the creative solutions and tools we use when building more inclusive learning for all.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

Here’s a tool that might help light an, ahem, spark. If you have such needs, you should absolutely investigate the tool. But here’s maybe a less obvious use for the tool: design inspiration!  It’s hard to be inspired all the time! I played around with Adobe Spark this week. I started from scratch.   Add your text. 

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Tony Karrer

SEPTEMBER 19, 2006

Rapid eLearning Tools Satisfaction from the eLearningGuild Research reported Feb 2007 - Course Authoring and Rapid eLearning Tool Satisfaction See also Software Simulation Tools. Page update Mar 2008. Of course, they were more looking at PPT conversion tools. In June 2007, I added a few more rapid eLearning tools.

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eLearning 24-7

JANUARY 25, 2024

.” You need to create courses; thus, you may purchase a 3rd party authoring tool you have experience with, or if the company already has one, use that – although there are plenty of folks I know at that high role of purchasing, that if they do not use that tool, they buy the one they want. Maybe Start at it.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

AUGUST 8, 2011

Instead, this is a great opportunity to use the Shape Union and Shape Subtract tools I've written about before. You should now have three filled circles on the slide. Click the Shape Subtract tool. Click the Shape Subtract tool. Select one of the circles and copy and paste it. You should now have three filled shapes.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

Here’s a tool that might help light an, ahem, spark. If you have such needs, you should absolutely investigate the tool. But here’s maybe a less obvious use for the tool: design inspiration!  It’s hard to be inspired all the time! I played around with Adobe Spark this week. I started from scratch.   Add your text. 

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Kapp Notes

OCTOBER 29, 2012

Here are the resources and slides from my workshop presentation in Las Vegas. Day One: Here are the introductory slides. Here are the slides related to game elements. Here are slides related to motivation. Motivation slides from Workshop from Karl Kapp. Slides on Matching Game Type to Content Type.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

JANUARY 4, 2011

: Once you have saved your PowerPoint presentation with the audio as a.wmv file in Windows Movie Maker you will not be able to adjust the length of each slide. Practice your narration before saving this original file so you can adjust the length of time each slide plays as necessary before continuing on to add narration.

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Kapp Notes

OCTOBER 31, 2012

So the slides to the Gamification workshop can be found here. Here are the slides from my short presentation in the Expo. Here are my slides from my presentation. Simulations embedded in a program of instruction are better tools for learning than stand alone simulations. A study by Ersner-Hershfield et al.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

JANUARY 18, 2011

I think this trend in tablet computing will continue, moving beyond fad and into what could potentially make tablets an essential educational tool, and perhaps even a major money-saver for college students who would otherwise dump a large amount of money into hard-copy textbooks.   Samsung Sliding PC 7 Series.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

JANUARY 9, 2013

These timed patterns formed the basis for a 2008 book by Paul Kelley called Making Minds , in which Kelley used the information reported by Fields to develop and test what he called the Spaced Learning. The information could be presented live on PowerPoint slides or on a. eLearning tools such as Captivate, Camtasia or Storyline.

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Experiencing eLearning

APRIL 16, 2008

This is another liveblogged post from the TCC 2008 conference. tool available. Blog has examples of resources, data visualization, favorite tools (most free, some paid). The presenter is Robin Bartoletti , Texas Women’s University, Denton, Texas , USA. She does course redesigns–has done over 80 of them. Her choice?

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Kapp Notes

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

Way back in the 2008 Bowl Championship Series football game, number two ranked Louisiana State University (LSU) defeated (some would say humbled) number one ranked Ohio State in a 38 to 24 victory. The adaptation of videogame tools is done under the Joint Training Counter-IED Operations Integration Center (JTCOIC).

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Rapid eLearning

AUGUST 1, 2008

Compared to building courses in Flash or Authorware, the rapid elearning tools are easy to use. Create a simple 10 slide PowerPoint file. I have been studying and reading about e-Learning and the various tools for months. DE Tools of the Trade » Blog Archive » Rapid E-Learning Development. January 31st, 2008.

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Experiencing eLearning

APRIL 16, 2009

million (2008). Focus on enhanced podcasts, including visuals/slides/etc. software: GarageBand, iTunes, Camtasia, ProTools LE, Office 2008. Office 2008. Magpie Media Access Generator This is a totally new tool to me–never heard of it before. Market research on US podcast audience. million (2007). Can be mp3.

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eLearningMind

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC) is a phrase first coined in 2008 by academics at the University of Prince Edward Island, and the National Institute for Technology in Liberal Education in Canada. Since that first course in 2008, MOOCs have morphed into a learning opportunity of massive proportions.

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Tony Karrer

AUGUST 10, 2010

When developing PowerPoint slides to use in web conference training follow these guidelines: Simplify content. Community Roles: Manager, Moderator, and Administrator , January 8, 2008 was asked an interesting question last week about the best ways to divide the community manager role into separate manager, moderator , and administrator roles.

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Kapp Notes

JULY 30, 2012

Here are the slides from the presentation. ASTD Gamification Webinar Slides from Karl Kapp. 2008) found that when college-aged students observed their avatar ageing in a virtual mirror, they formed a psychological connection to their “future self” and decided to invest more money in a retirement account as opposed to a control group.

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eLearning 24-7

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

The dominating authoring tool by far, was Authorware. The idea of a rapid content authoring tool, whereas anyone could build a course quickly was appalling to everyone who built courses. Other course authoring tools started to appear right after Authorware. Dreamweaver was the tool to use for web design and development.

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Kapp Notes

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

Here is a copy of my slides from the presentation. 2008) found that when college-aged students observed their avatar ageing in a virtual mirror, they formed a psychological connection to their “future self” and decided to invest more money in a retirement account as opposed to a control group. A study by Ersner-Hershfield et al.

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Kapp Notes

AUGUST 7, 2013

Here are the slides from the presentation. 2008) found that when college-aged students observed their avatar ageing in a virtual mirror, they formed a psychological connection to their “future self” and decided to invest more money in a retirement account as opposed to a control group. Improve Training: Thinking Like a Game Designer.

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Kapp Notes

JANUARY 30, 2013

Here are the slides from my presentation, my workshop on “Games and Gamification” with Koreen Olbrish will be in another post. Simulations embedded in a program of instruction are better tools for learning than stand alone simulations. ASTD TK 2013 has been a great time. A study by Ersner-Hershfield et al. Media Psychology.

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Kapp Notes

OCTOBER 25, 2012

We played “Fact or Fishy” Here is a copy of my slides from the presentation. 2008) found that when college-aged students observed their avatar ageing in a virtual mirror, they formed a psychological connection to their “future self” and decided to invest more money in a retirement account as opposed to a control group.

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eLearning Weekly

NOVEMBER 12, 2008

Day 1 of DevLearn 2008 kicked off today with a great keynote from Tim O’Reilly ( @TimOReilly ), where he walked us through the Web 2.0 Provide self-starters (tools) with access to the best online references. Handout / slides available here: [link]. Slides available here. Follow these steps. Turn them into mentors.

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