15 Must-See Tips from the Articulate Community

This guest blog post was written by Articulate Community Manager Jeanette Brooks.

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It’s another new week! As you’re tackling your e-learning to-do list, don’t forget to catch up on the tips & tricks your fellow Articulate community members shared last week. To make that easier, below we’ve provided a best-of-the-best list for you to check out. And remember: entries for the Articulate Guru Awards are due this week! Don’t forget to submit yours by Wednesday, August 11. It’s free to enter, and if you win, you get a cash prize and free software — not to mention a lot of adoring fans when your work is featured in the Community Showcase.

Notable tutorials:

• A new way to embed YouTube videos seamlessly in your Presenter presentations

• Uploading an Articulate Presenter presentation to Blackboard 8

• Creating a falling domino effect in a PowerPoint/Presenter project

• Building a page-curl sticker effect as an e-learning design element

Conversations in the Community:

• Ensuring learners watch a video before answering a quiz question (free source files!)

• The community gives a fellow e-learning developer some creative layout/design ideas for a compliance course

• How to improve the way you write e-learning

• What’s the best way to merge two Articulate Presenter presentations into one?

• Building a compelling course without audio

New blog posts:

• Here’s Another Free PowerPoint E-Learning Template

• A Unique Way to Use Video in Your E-Learning Course’s Sidebar

Seen on Twitter:

• @mark_articulate shares a $10 coupon for the book E-Learning Uncovered: Articulate Studio ’09

• @eLearningBros share tips for using people pictures in e-learning

• @onEnterFrame shares his widget for enabling users to create their own printable course notes

• @Lee74 shares a link about helping those who are reluctant to try new technology