I had the honor to speak at the ATD TechKnowledge conference last week in Las Vegas, NV. This is a reflection on things you might find useful or at least interesting as well. Warning: you may need a good cup of coffee...

Using the YouTube iFrame API In Articulate Storyline, you can embed videos and you have full control over them. However, many times you want to show an external YouTube video and yet, you want to be able to pause, restart,...

As the storyline goes: In a far, far away LRS… Knowledge is trapped in the gray matter. The sleeping Forces must be awakened. Rumor is, there’s a courageous player out there who can face the ultimate challenge: sending the statements...

In Storyline 2, you have the ability to manipulate/adjust variables via triggers and conditions. You might want to increase the player’s points when collect coins or something. For each of these actions on variables, you add a trigger in Storyline...

This Storyline/JavaScript example is a “profile” QR code generator. You use the sliders to set up your strength/opportunities profile, and then click the create button. The Storyline module will be overwritten by the image of the QR code. Click the...

Gamifying a course? Design with the experience and learning/performance objectives in mind! Two tips: Do not start from adding game mechanics without having a vision how the user experience should flow. Yes, you do M(echanics)->D(ynamics)->A(esthetics) but the user will only...

Spoiler alert! If you have not yet, launch the paper-rock-scissors video interview first, before you continue reading how it was made. I’ll give you the design process as well as the major points of development. You may decide which part you’re...

This is about a dude named Fred. Fred is “dillusional”, an extreme case of delusion on the baselayer. He needs intervention. Funny intro to layers in 3 minutes....

  Articulate Storyline eLearning Heroes Weekly Challenge This is all David Anderson’s (@elearning) fault! He challenged me to put together a gamified video interview for their weekly challenge. Well,  here it is. I would call it an HR-appropriate-strip-RPS game style...

Several people asked me about the funny, animated video clips I made about Articulate Storyline below. Behind the scenes The clips were made in GoAnimate. GoAnimate is an online application that allows you to create animated stories quickly. With a...