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Tutorial: TotalLMS Password Change

Test Driving SlideShare Cathy Moore has inspired me to give SlideShare.net a try, so I quickly created a PowerPoint 2007 slide show. For a tutorial, I chose a simple subject: How to change a user’s password in SumTotalSystem’s TotalLMS 7.2, and I used PPT 2007 for the first time since it was recently installed on my computer. PPT [...]

I Am Avatar, I am JayCee Galicia

RL Jenise Morphs into SL JayCee Galicia! On 22 June 2008, I was born in Second Life. For the newbies out there, “RL” means Real Life and “SL” stands for Second Life. My avatar’s name is JayCee Galicia. JayCee, obviously, for my initials in RL, and Galicia from the list of 20 SL last names made [...]

Librarians in Second Life | Video of the Month 200806

I am Librarian, I am Avatar Well, wow! I don’t remember librarians at school looking like these who inhabit Second Life (SL)! Seriously, even though this is not a video but a Slideshare.com presentation, I was very impressed by it. Bernadette Daly Swanson, a Librarian at the University of California at Davis, has published an engaging and informative [...]

Free ISD #1 | Welcome & Introduction

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Content & Design Dilemma

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Free Web 2.0 Learning Resources

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Engage’s Circle Diagram

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A Heartbroken Pause…

…to extend my sympathies to the residents of both Myanmar (Burma) and the Sichuan Province of China. No words of mine can comfort and help. I simply ask anyone who reads this post to extend your thoughts and prayers to these residents, and to continue to support the international disaster/aid agencies that can most effectively meet [...]

XML Ambivalence?

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Social Identity & Reputation | Video of the Month 200805

The lovely month of May 2008, initiates The Video of the Month for this blog. The video below is by VendAsta and NoMoreDoorKnocking (view their blog) up in Canada. It reminds us all to create trustworthy social networking Profiles when we describe ourselves. And, to “trust but verify” when we add contacts to grow our professional [...]

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Job Title:: Sr. e-Learning Designer & Developer | Sr. Technical Writer

Company Name:: Ridge View Media | Inhouse Assignments

About Me:: I am a senior-level and professional content wrangler in the Southwest. I have over 15 years experience saddlin' up and movin' content doggies on out to the Web and print-base ranges. My digital bronc and I move quickly and easily in both the e-learning and the technical writing terrains. We get those content doggies to the market on time and within the range boss's budget. At the end of the trail, my customer's satisfaction and delight make the ride all worthwhile.

My chuck wagon carries my tools, sharp and always ready for use: Articulate Presenter/Engage/Quizmaker, Access, Acrobat, Captivate, Dreamweaver, Excel, Fireworks, Flare, Flash, FrontPage, Photoshop, PowerPoint, Publisher, RoboHelp, SnagIt, ToolBook 9, TotalLMS, and Word. I am currently learning InDesign.

I am bilingual: English/Spanish and Mac OS/Windows OS.

Associations: e-Learning Guild, ASTD, Society for Technical Communication (Senior Member and chapter board Secretary)

See my LinkedIn.com Profile at:

http://www.linkedin.com/in/jenisecook

Website:: http://www.RidgeViewMedia.com

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At 10:09am on May 18th, 2008, Ted Kopp said…: Hi - I use Blogspot, not Wordpress. I don't remember seeing any Blogspot doco on OpenID, but I'll take a look.

At 6:55pm on May 17th, 2008, Ted Kopp said…: Hi Jenise,

Sorry I didn't get back to you sooner - I am on so many networks now, and I'm still looking for full-time work, so I inadvertantly overlooked your message.

To be honest, I didn't even realize I have an openID! Assuming I know what it is (I don't use too many IDs), how would I go about changing the settings? Is this still necessary?

Please advise. Thanks - Ted

At 6:04am on April 14th, 2008, Mal Reason said…: Jenise thanks for the invite.
They are NIKE branded sunnies but by the sound of it you benefitted regardless, gald to help pay the mortgage off!

At 11:44pm on April 9th, 2008, John Daigle said…: Hi, Jenise. Good to see other Captivater/RoboHelpers here!
Thanx
john

At 2:07pm on April 2nd, 2008, Scott Abel said…: Yes, I've heard of the firewall issues. So far, most folks have went to IT and said "unblock Ning sites" and they do. I believe some IT folks block "social networks" for fear they are dating services and don't contain valuable information, but if you can show your IT folks that your industry networking group resides at TCWC URL I think you stand a good chance of getting them to unblock.

At 1:23am on March 29th, 2008, Ted Kopp said…: Thanks for asking - I haven't had a chance to try it yet (real busy w/ the job search)!

At 8:45am on March 27th, 2008, Ted Kopp said…: Hi Jenise,

Thanks for the Favicon info - I'll give it a try!

At 11:58pm on March 26th, 2008, Jenise Cook said…: Hello, Ted, welcome!

For the icon, "Google" this keyword: favicon.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Favicon

http://www.favicon.cc/

The favicon icons have been around for 10 years or more, and the download and install are very easy to follow. The software developer has a tutorial that makes it a snap to embed your own custom icon.

As for the sections, um, I don't know how that happened. LOL I think ning/TCWC Web site did that for me. I have yet to have time to customize my page. Maybe this weekend...!

At 10:34am on March 26th, 2008, Ted Kopp said…: Hi Jenise - welcome to the blogosphere - looks good!

Questions (for you or whoever else reads this):

1) I noticed you have two sections here between your Profile and this Comment Wall - how did you do this? I only have one.

2) This is a bit more general - how do you embed an icon into a web site that appears just to the left of the URL? I noticed the CWC link doesn't display any icon, but your blog displays the RM icon.

Please advise.

Thanks - Ted

At 5:14pm on March 17th, 2008, Ted Kopp said…: Done - I added a whole section about the Courseware Development Blog and Groups, which I created and manage, to My Page. Please consider joining one or more of these groups - I will approve you as needed.

Thanks - Ted

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