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I received a few request to extend "Linky Tab" into something that could be used as simple Next/Back navigation. Here it is! Enjoy!

Demo: http://frameentered.com/demos/NextBack/player.html Screenr:

This widget allows you to provide extra info to reinforce slide(s) content.

For example if a slide is about ladder safety you might want to give the learner a chance to read what OSHA says about ladders along with a link to OSHA's site.

Features:

• Unique content for each slide
• Use your own images
• Automagicly colors itself to match your player
• HTML text friendly.. create links, bold text, etc in the popup.

Play with it here: http://frameentered.com/demos/tips/player.html

View Screenr below for more info:

UPDATE: You can now use your own images:

This is a simple Articulate Presenter skin with navigation (play/pause, previous, and back), outline menu with progress indicators, and an exit tab button.

It supports Quizmaker, Engage interactions, and Flash objects.

You can also customize the slide background color through Articulate Presenter Colorizer utility.

The demo version is available here

Got big videos, or swfs embeded in your slides?

Tired of waiting for them to load?

This widget will scan your course for flv, mp4, swf, etc and start loading them! This way when the student gets to the slide with the cool video they don't have to wait.

Note that it starts preloading after the course has started. This means that if the big video is on slide 1 the preloader will not have had time to work its magic. I suggest you put a few intro slides at the begining of your course.  Also, some browsers may not cache large files, so this may not work with all browsers and settings.  This preloader relies on the user's browser to get the files from the cache rather than re-downloading on each view.  

Progress Bar: This version also comes with a separate swf file you can use to display the Preloader's progress! We have included a couple of colors and kept the design simple so that it will blend in with your course. Watch the screenr below to see it in action.

For you Flash Devs out there we are even including the source code for the Progress Bar. So you can customize it to your hearts content. If you make something cool record a screenr and share it with us.

To use: 
After publishing your course copy the file into the published "player" folder (overwrite the file that is already there).
If you want to use the progress bar just insert it on a slide.

This widget solves the problem of custom toolbar items and/or tabs not loading in Articulate.

You may have read about this issue here or here in the Articulate forums. 

Often these tabs or toolbar items were built using the Articulate SDK but they could have been built with other tools. Basicly any item you have put in the art_plugins.xml file.

This widget will check to see if every thing has loaded. If not then it will run and load the items for you.

Watch the screenr for more infomation.

There are a lot of good reasons to convert your PowerPoint graphics into PNGs... Especially if you are using Articulate. It can reduce file size and simplify a cluttered slide. You can also do cool stuff like set transparent areas; Tom Kuhlmann has a great screenr on that http://screenr.com/YTC I despise repetition in my daily life and often create snippets of code to automate stuff I find myself doing over and over. In this case I created a PowerPoint add-in that puts a button on the Ribbon that quickly does the cut-paste for me. I thought others might find it handy so I put it here for freebies. Here is a quick screenr on how it works:

This Articulate widget let's you address your students by name!

It will reach out the LMS, grab the students name, and then stick it on the slide. How cool is that?

Watch the screenr below to see it in action. And for you coders out there who want to know how it is done check out my blog post: http://frameentered.com/content/pulling-user-name-articulate

Play with a live demo of the Salix Skin Here

Please note that the Salix Skin's layout is a bit different but
functions the same. 

Articulate Skin Features

User Configurable:

Many features of our skins may be set in the Articulate Templates Panel as you would with a standard Articulate Player. For instance if you don’t want a “Notes” button, just uncheck the option!
Some of the configurable items are:

• Seekbar
• Slide numbers
• Play/Pause/Next/Back buttons
• Notes Button
• Logo
• Menu

Custom Module Tabs:

As an Articulate user you know the value of that little toolbar across the top. The ability to create Engage content as a tab is pretty cool. You won’t need to sacrifice those custom tools with our skins.

Seekbar (not just Progressbar):

A cool feature of Articulate is that users can grab the Seekbar handle to fast forward or rewind at will. Our Skins offer the same functionality.

Logo:

Wanna brand the player as your own? Go right ahead and load your logo just like you would in any Articulate Template.

Colors:

Don’t like the colors of our skin? Purchase the Premium version and you can pick any colors you want! Use the Articulate Template Color Editor just like you would with any standard Articulate template.

Other Basic Features:

• Quizmaker Content
• Engage Content
• Slide Branching
• Locked Slides
• Menu, including multiple levels