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Excel Quick Tips Videos
I use TweetDeck to monitor Twitter, and to post to my Twitter account, most of the time. TweetDeck used to have a link to 12seconds.tv but that link seems to have disappeared in recent versions.
This week I posted a few 12 second videos, showing quick Excel tips, and also posted the videos to my Contextures [...]
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Interactive Video Experiment
Last month, I asked which type of online learning you preferred. As expected, the majority selected written instructions, but the second highest vote was for interactive learning.
I’m still not sure exactly what types of interactive learning people are using. This weekend I experimented with Camtasia Studio, testing its hotspots feature. Users can click on the [...]
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Online Collaboration
Recently, I tested WiZiQ for an online meeting with a client, and wrote about the experience. In the comments, Pierre suggested edufire and andy recommended showdocument.
I took a quick look at both sites. Edufire looks like it would be great for running training sessions and small classes. ShowDocument lets you upload and work on [...]
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More Online Meeting Tests
Last week I tried WiZiQ for an online meeting with a client. There were a few snags, that I mentioned in the class evaluation form that popped up when I finished my session.
The next day, someone in the WiZiQ customer support department emailed me, with a few suggestions for improving the audio. He also asked [...]
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Online Training For Clients
Do you do any online, real-time teaching or learning?
A client wanted to learn a bit more about Excel VBA, so we arranged a phone call for today. He sent me a couple of workbooks to use during the session.
The Free Session
I thought it might help if we could both see the same screen, so I [...]
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I Have a Question
If you have an Excel blog, or have written an Excel book, or ever answered a question in an Excel newsgroup, you probably get questions in your email inbox.
Most of the emails can be answered by pointing the person to Google, or to the Microsoft newsgroups. A few questions are asked politely and clearly, and [...]
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Interactive Excel Learning
Thanks for participating in my Online Excel Tutorials survey last week. There were 21 votes, and I wasn’t surprised that 57% or the votes were in favour of written instructions. Written tutorials with screen shots are my favourite way to learn online.
Only 2 people voted for short videos, but in the comments, Mathias said [...]
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Web Host Problems
This blog was down for most of the day, but seems to be fully functional again. It’s hosted on DreamHost, and the System Status forum there was full of complaints, as you’d expect.
Apparently the servers were down for a few hours last week too, and people in the forum were complaining about lost sales in [...]
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