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Diigo sandbox in elluminate in 1 1/2 hour... | Diigo Message System
Message conversation on Diigo including suggestions from Maggie Tsai on a step-by-step path to introduce/explore Diigo. This starts with the basics and gradually adds features.
5min - Find the best how to, instructional and DIY videos – Life Videopedia
Video tutorials in 5 minutes or less on a variety of topics. Not a lot of formal education topics here--it's more DIY content.
Impress Your Friends and Co-Workers: Obscure Firefox Keyword Search » CogDogBlog
Set up a keyword search in Firefox for any site that has a search box. Handy little trick, with directions and a useful example.
Share More! Wiki » Anthology/Diigo the Web for Education - From TeleGatherer to TelePlanter with Diigo?
Miguel Guhlin summarizes ways to use Diigo in education. Also includes directions on signing up and subscribing to RSS feeds for tags.
How-to: Non-Linear Navigation in Captivate Using rdcmndGotoSlide
Jump to a specific slide in Captivate using a Flash wrapper. I've wanted to be able to do this several times when linking multiple Captivate files and never could figure out how.
Cool Cat Teacher Blog: How to Make Wiki References
Screencast and directions for adding references in Wikispaces. Wikispaces references now work like Wikipedia, where you can add a reference and it creates a linked footnote.
Creating Custom Buttons in Captivate 3
Directions to create custom buttons in Captivate, with the required file names and location to put the finished files
Harry Maugans » How to Create a Collapsible DIV with Javascript and CSS
Directions for creating text that you can expand and collapse. Seems to be accessible too
Harry Maugans » How to Create an Animated, Sliding, Collapsible DIV with Javascript and CSS
Similar to the other link about collapsible text, but this one allows for animation and has two separate links for sliding down & sliding up
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Create Pictures from PowerPoint Slides - Save PowerPoint as JPG
Directions to save PowerPoint slides as image files. Useful if you want to create text slides in PowerPoint to include in an Animoto video
Create an Interactive Story Format with Multiple Endings
Step-by-step directions to create an interactive branching story in PowerPoint
How To Create ePortfolios with GoogleApps (eportfolios)
Helen Barrett calls Google Apps the "best free Web 2.0 tool for maintaining an online personal learning environment" that can be used for eportfolios and assessment.
HOW TO: Create Custom Twitter Backgrounds
Directions on how to create a custom Twitter background, including dimensions needed
Screenr - @minutebio: Adding Learning Interactions in Adobe Flash using Flash's Common Libraries
Quick screencast on using Flash's Common Library of learning interactions
The Complete Guide to Google Wave: How to Use Google Wave
Guide to Google Wave from Lifehacker
Cross-Browser CSS Gradient
CSS-only gradients--no separate images needed. Still won't work in all browsers, but it's a nice touch for the ones that do.
I Came, I Saw, I Learned...: Adobe Captivate 5: Make Quick Work Out of Adding Audio to a Project
Tips for streamlining the process of adding multiple audio files to Captivate
Splitting recordings into separate tracks - Audacity Wiki
The method of labeling and using "Export multiple" worked really well for creating audio for Captivate
Share Google Reader items on Google+ | David Vielmetter
I assume at some point Google will add Google+ to the "Send to" options in Google Reader, but until then, here's a workaround in Firefox.
Remember The Milk - Forums / Tips & Tricks / Tips: Useful searches
Useful advanced searches for Remember the Milk (to do list), all of which can be saved as Smart Lists
Recently completed:
<br><b>completedWithin:"1 week of today"</b>
New Course + Quiz Template using the Power of Adobe Photoshop! « Rapid eLearning | Adobe Captivate Blog
How to create a Captivate template in Photoshop, including notes on all the elements needed and tips (like saving captions as BMPs)
Excel Blog - Using multiple criteria in Excel Lookup formulas
Good introduction to the different options for lookup formulas in Excel when you need more than one criteria and therefore can't use VLOOKUP. Shows SUMPRODUCT, SUMPRODUCT with INDEX and ROW, LOOKUP, and an array formula with INDEX & MATCH. SUMIFS would work in some situations shown too.
Unprotect a Word form easily, even without the password | Examiner.com
Great tip for unprotecting a Word form when you don't have the password, by inserting the text of the file into a new blank document. This gives you the form but without protection turned on. Useful if you need to clear out all form fields at once to reset a form to blank. Once you get the form unprotected, you can use the Reset Form Fields button on the Developer toolbar.
Moodle - Removing Country field from New User Registration Page - 916 Networks916 Networks
Notes on how to comment out the requirement for a country for Moodle sign-ups. It's dumb that Moodle doesn't have the ability to customize the country field by default, but this workaround did what I needed it to.
How I Built This Branched E-Learning Scenario - E-Learning Heroes
Nicole Legault explains how she built a branching scenario in Storyline 2 in about 6 hours. She explains her process for building and saving time, along with details on creating a progress meter and where she found images.
Creating a Slider in Captivate 8 – An Experiment
Create a slider with rollovers and advanced actions in Cp8, similar to the Storyline 2 slider. Also includes the failed first attempt and explains why it didn't quite work as desired. Purchasing the Infosemantics slider component widget would be faster, but it's nice to see how it would be possible.
Understanding Layer Masks In Photoshop
Nice explanation of using layer masks in Photoshop, with a clear example of why you would want to use them instead of other tools.
Matchstick Game - shared actions - Captivate blog
Lieve explains how she used shared actions to create a game. She also details how she labels and groups everything. The labeling system would be usable for many other situations when you have a plethora of objects on a single slide.