This week I was determined to complete my remaining six prototypes and publish/package them in preparation for LMS migration. Although I was able to make them all functional, an old bug I encountered during development of the first module resurfaced where some of the text on one of the slides is hidden for some reason. I brought this to the attention of my onsite adviser before and we were able to remedy the problem by resetting the layout properties in that particular slide and making the necessary changes (e.g. adjusting fonts, positioning, animations, etc.) to it again. The reason for this being that my adviser explained that Articulate is kind of buggy and doesn't like when users start making changes to pre-existing layouts/templates.
However, what worked last time failed to resolve the issue this time, unfortunately . After several hours of troubleshooting and researching online, I finally discovered that the text was disappearing due to a sound effect I had included on the same slide. I actually found this out by accident when I clicked the pause button while the slide was playing. I'm not exactly sure what the relation between the sound effects and text is, but something I will try to research via the Articulate community forums when I have more time. In the meantime, I decided the benefit of having the sound effect didn’t outweigh the time/effort required to try and get it functioning correctly so I deleted it (with the consent of my onsite adviser) in order to complete development of the remaining modules.
Besides working on the modules, I also had to switch gears about mid-week when my onsite adviser informed me that the clients for the MRI safety training course (described last week) changed their mind about having us a develop a course for them and said they would just use their PPT presentation instead. Not exactly clear as to why the clients were have second thoughts, my onsite adviser thought it would be in our best interest to develop a quick mock-up/prototype as soon as possible to see if we could get them to reconsider. She envisioned some kind of interactive scenario and asked me to see what I could come up with.
After reviewing some samples together from the Articulate website, I then got down to work. This included doing further research online (specifically for MRI safety compliance training) as well as downloading, dissecting and modding templates in order to meet our particular needs. By the end of the week, I came up with a concept which basically revolves around a guided tour where a new employee shows up to work on the first day and he/she is not aware of the MRI safety regulations. In turn, a nurse at the hospital walks them through the various aspects they need to know (i.e. the subject matter). At the same, assessments are incorporated by the nurse asking them (i.e. the new employee/trainee) review questions along the way. I will review this with my onsite adviser next week.
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