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Valarie Clove Layout Settings of the Visual Layout Page

If you are new to using the visual layout page template, you may have missed the "Layout Settings" button in the upper right corner of the editor. 

These settings can be very helpful when creating a page in the visual layout editor and this post will explain those different settings, as well as a few of the…

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Added by Valarie Clove on February 2, 2012 at 4:30pm — No Comments

Valarie Clove Changing the iPhone App Icon for mLearning Courses

It is possible to change the small app icon on mobile courses from the default Rapid Intake icon to an image of your choice.  This is what the default icon looks like:

Here is where you go to change it:

After deploying the mobile course, open up the zipped…

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Added by Valarie Clove on January 25, 2012 at 5:54pm — No Comments

Valarie Clove Adding a Logo to an Existing eLearning Course

Create a Logo

The first thing you should do is create a logo image (either a JPG or PNG file) that is the correct size for the course style you are using. 

You can look up the acceptable dimensions for each style** on our wiki (scroll down until you see the heading "Course Logo Dimensions").

**Note:  If you can't remember what…

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Added by Valarie Clove on January 24, 2012 at 4:20pm — No Comments

Valarie Clove How to Upload a PowerPoint to eLearning Studio

Log in and open the course that you would like to add a PowerPoint to in the authoring tool. 

Click on the "Add Page" button. 

From the Categories, click on Power Point. …

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Added by Valarie Clove on January 24, 2012 at 1:00pm — No Comments

Valarie Clove How to Upload a SWF Made in Captivate or Engage into an eLearning Course

After creating a course in Unison, follow these steps to upload a SWF made in Captivate or Engage:

1. Add a new external SWF page template to the existing course.  Upload your SWF from your media manager as you fill out the page settings.  However, there are additional files necessary (that were created in Captivate or Engage) to successfully run the SWF in the course.  Continue following the steps below to learn where to put the additional files. 

2. Now go to the “Admin” tab,…

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Added by Valarie Clove on January 20, 2012 at 6:00pm — No Comments

Valarie Clove How to Delete a Project

You must have an account level of "Administrator" to be able to delete projects.  Here are the steps to deleting a project:

  1. After logging into the authoring tool, you will click on the "Admin" tab.
  2. Look for the heading "Projects" and click on the link "View/Update Projects." …
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Added by Valarie Clove on January 13, 2012 at 3:30pm — No Comments

Valarie Clove Changes to Mobile Video Conversion

Our Media Manager has been updated to provide a way for you to upload MP4 videos for mobile course use without having to go through the conversion process.  Customers have requested that we provide this feature because they find that videos that go through the conversion process can change in regard to quality and size.



How It Works



Next time you open up your media manager to upload a video to use in your course, you will see…

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Added by Valarie Clove on December 20, 2011 at 12:00pm — No Comments

Valarie Clove Improved Video Conversion

We have improved video conversion to enhance the videos you upload to your flash courses.  Nothing has changed about the way you upload videos, but here are a few of the benefits you will notice next time you upload and convert a video:

  • Increased quality and resolution
  • Improved audio/video syncing
  • Resolved video skewing issues

Added by Valarie Clove on December 1, 2011 at 3:00pm — No Comments

Valarie Clove New Stock Images Available



New Stock Media Images in Media Manager


Next time you open your Media Manager, you will notice a new category called "Stock Media."…





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Added by Valarie Clove on November 29, 2011 at 3:00pm — No Comments

Valarie Clove Incorporating PNG Files in a Course



Customers asked for a way to be able to incorporate images with a transparent background into Unison and mLearning Studio. We are now happy to announce that both tools now support PNG image files! This gives you a way to incorporate PNG images with a transparent background into your course (either for logos or for images that appear in…
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Added by Valarie Clove on November 29, 2011 at 3:00pm — No Comments

Valarie Clove PowerPoints in mLearning Courses

For easy, step-by-step instructions on incorporating a narrated PowerPoint presentation into your mLearning course, check out this blog post.  You can also view a sample course with a converted PowerPoint.…



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Added by Valarie Clove on November 22, 2011 at 2:30pm — No Comments

Valarie Clove Active Project Accounts

There are different types of accounts and levels available for purchase at Rapid Intake.  One type of account is an "Active Project" account.  When you purchase this type of account, you indicate how many "active" or "open" projects you want to be able to work on at any given time.  You can then add an unlimited number of users to work on the active projects.  When you are finished working on a project, you…

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Added by Valarie Clove on November 21, 2011 at 2:30pm — No Comments

Valarie Clove Awarding Certificates based on Quiz Score



This blog post will walk you through the necessary settings to present your learners with a certificate of completion based on a passing final quiz score in a flash course.


The yellow highlights on the images below indicate the settings you must change. Each setting is explained below.


Course Settings:


First…
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Added by Valarie Clove on November 17, 2011 at 2:30pm — No Comments

Valarie Clove Changing the Background on the Visual Layout Page



We have had some customers ask if it is possible to change the color of the background, or canvas, of the new visual layout page.





There is not currently a way to change the color of the canvas, but there is a way to import an image from the media manager to…
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Added by Valarie Clove on November 15, 2011 at 2:30pm — No Comments

Valarie Clove YouTube Videos in Mobile Courses

Have you ever wanted to link a Youtube video to your mobile course?
Now you can!
Here's how:
1. First, locate the video you want to use from Youtube.com.
2. Click on the "Share" link below the…
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Added by Valarie Clove on November 2, 2011 at 4:30pm — No Comments

Valarie Clove YouTube Videos in Flash Courses



Have you ever wanted to link a Youtube video to your Flash course?






Here's how:


1. Add an external SWF page to your course. This type of page allows external files.…


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Added by Valarie Clove on November 2, 2011 at 4:30pm — No Comments

Valarie Clove New Mobile Page Types

After receiving requests for audio capability with mobile courses, we are proud to offer new page types to our mLearning users:
  • Text, Image, and Audio
  • Text and Audio
  • Image and Audio
Similar to our other page types, simply fill in the blanks, select the files you want, and the page is ready!****…
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Added by Valarie Clove on October 28, 2011 at 4:30pm — No Comments

Valarie Clove Changing Video Size in Unison Courses

Our customers often notice that videos that are uploaded to Unison courses always appear the same size (and usually not the original size) in courses.
Why?
Unison allows you to upload videos in .flv, .mov, .avi, or .wmv format. All video types (except .flv) must be converted…
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Added by Valarie Clove on September 30, 2011 at 4:30pm — No Comments

Valarie Clove New Page Type Release: Visual Layout Page



Rapid Intake has released a beta version of a new page type. This new visual layout page type will allow you to combine media, such as text, video, audio, SWF, and notes, in new and and exciting ways. You can now choose which media elements you would like to use on a page, how many media elements to include, re-size the elements, and where to place each element on…
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Added by Valarie Clove on September 25, 2011 at 4:00pm — No Comments

Valarie Clove New Advanced Interactions for Professional Premium Users

If you are an Ultra, Professional Premium, or Mobile Ultra level user, you can now take advantage of nine new Advanced Interaction page types that have been released for Unison. Descriptions and screen shots of the new page types are given below.
Note: If you currently don't have access to these page types, but would like to,…
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Added by Valarie Clove on September 18, 2011 at 4:00pm — No Comments

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