This is a short tutorial about uploading a Hero Image to your project and adjusting how it will appear on the Homepage of the Storytelling Theme.

If you have a need to upload a dominKnow | ONE project to a WordPress site, this video explains how you can do it with a plugin from eLearning Freak.

How to automatically Create a VTT file with YouTube

New to IDIODC? What is IDIODC all about?

Well, it's pretty simple. IDIODC, short for: Instructional Designers In Offices Drinking Coffee, is a weekly, live video and podcast used to help ID's with pain points and provide best practices and insight. Every Wednesday morning at 9am ET, the upbeat and candid conversation encourages peers to participate in the chat and share their own personal insight! Often bringing on guests, our hosts Brent Schlenker and Chris Van Wingerden keep it real with ...

dominKnow | ONE's Accessibility Tab helps you control accessibility settings and provides context-sensitive best practices and tips to help you make the right accessibility decisions as you author.

In dominKnow|ONE when using a background image within a container, there are a number of fit and position options you can choose from.

By default, images use the Natural fit setting, with the position set to the top middle.

By changing some settings, you can change the way an image reacts to the container.

Take a look at this video to see the options in action.

dominKnow QuickTip - Open The Authoring Interface In A New Browser Window At Log In

Normally when you log in to dominKnow | ONE the authoring interface opens in the same browser tab as the log in page.
But if the log in browser window is small enough (less than 720px high or 1024 px wide) it will trigger the authoring interface to open in a new Browser window of its own. And in this case, the browser window will not display the usual tabs and other options at the top, which gives you more sp...

dominKnow QuickTip - Using Browser Settings To Zoom The Authoring Display
You can adjust what you see in the dominKnow | ONE authoring interface by using the zoom feature in your browser.

dominKnow QuickTip - Increase the Stage Display Size By Hiding The Left-Side Panel And The Ribbon
You can hide both the left-side panel beside the Stage and the Ribbon above the Stage. This is a great way to increase the display size of the Stage while you author, and is very helpful on smaller computer screens like lap tops.

This episode was made for you if you're wondering what the heck to get for that instructional designer or eLearning developer in your life. This episode is all about the things we love to use in our professional work.

Brent and Chris count down 10(ish) gifts ideas for learning professionals. In the spirit of being budget conscious, all items are kept under $100USD. However, there may be a couple exceptions that will be well worth the added expense.

Here is a list of the items spoken about...

For the next 39 minutes, Chris and Brent bring on Mike Taylor from Mindset Digital! The three chat about great ways to instil entertaining and digestible learning experiences.

Known for his practical, street-savvy style; with over two decades of real-life, in-the-trenches experience, designing and delivering learning experiences, Mike Taylor understands that effective learning isn’t about the latest fad or trendy new tools.

Brent and Chris bring on one of the most influential stewards of the xAPI standard, Aaron Silvers. He holds all the scars of battles won of taking the learning analytics need from idea to Government standard.

During this episode, the three take a trip down memory lane and talk about WHY xAPI needed to be born, and how a small but dedicated band of OG's made that happen. Aaron is now working with analytics and big data in a BIG way. So we're certain to cover that topic as well. Join us for a...

This week Chris and Brent bring on special guest Connie Malamed. The three talk visual design and creativity as well as the psychology around eLearning, as presented in her two books: Visual Design Solutions and Visual Language for Designers.

You can check out her two books on Amazon here:
Visual Design Solutions - https://tinyurl.com/y8usk69m
Visual Language for Designers - https://tinyurl.com/y8ntnszq


Check out a few of these awesome resources by Connie related to visual design and p...

Welcome to the first episode of IDIODC, during this first session you'll meet our hosts, Chris and Brent and learn the roles they play at dominKnow. After the two introduce themselves, they go over one the most important aspect of making eLearning more engaging and learner centric - responsive design. You'll get a breakdown of what responsive design really is and how it's helping make the L

During this episode Brent and Chris go over the what-not-do in eLearning so you can increase learner engagement. The two chat about using innovative learning ideas and avoiding boring content with interactivity, good design and more!