Accessibility. Don't Be a Jerk! [ 1:07:12 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Brian and Judy drink and talk with special guest Diane Elkins, who breaks down accessibility vs. usable accessibility… and answers the burning question, “Can’t I just put a transcript on it?”

The drinks:

Brian drank St. Arnold’s Sailing Santa

Judy drank Collaboration #2

Diane drank apple cider and Captain Morgan

The links:

• The Brew Shop
• Diane’s TechKnowledge 2012 Session: Evaluating the Accessibility Options in Popular E-Learning Authoring Tools
• The Official Website for Section 508
• Remember the User
• 3Play Media
• e-Learning and the Science of Instruction
• Diane’s February 2012 presentation to the ASTD DC Tech SIG: Evaluating the Accessibility Options in Popular E-Learning Authoring Tools

The ToolBar Episode 9: Usability. Don't Be a Moron [ 1:13:08 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Brian, Judy, and special guest Julie “Usable Learning” Dirksen discuss usability, why you should care about it, how to start making sure your courses meet “table stakes”, and of course, Julie’s brand-new book, Design for How People Learn .

The drinks:

Brian drank St. Arnold Christmas Ale

Judy drank Rogue Dead Guy Ale

Julie drank Woodchuck Dark and Dry Cider

The links:

• Judy’s review of Julie’s book on eLearn Magazine
• Will at Work Learning
• ASTD’s Advanced E-Learning Instructional Design Certificate Program
• Brian’s DevLearn Session: Remember the User
• Steve Krug’s Don’t Make Me Think
• Steve Krug’s Rocket Surgery Made Easy
• Jakob Nielsen’s books
• Morae by TechSmith
• usability.gov
• Julie’s slides on LxD from Learning Solutions 2011
• Don Norman’s The Design of Everyday Things
• Stephen Anderson’s Seductive Interaction Design
• Don Norman’s Emotional Design: Why We Love (or Hate) Everyday Things
• Julie’s TechKnowledge 2012 Session: LxD — Learner Experience Design

The ToolBar, Episode 8: This One Time... At DevLearn... [ 40:05 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

We’re back after a longer-than-expected layoff.

The drinks:

Judy drank Samuel Smith Winter Welcome 2011.

Brian drank Saint Arnold Santo.

We didn’t get a chance to drink the Dark Lord Stout that Aaron Silvers brought us. We’ll save it for a future episode.

The links:

• DevLearn 2011
• Brian’s DevLearn Session: Remember The User
• Judy’s Sessions: One ID Challenge and HTML5 Authoring Tool Review
• Kevin Thorn’s Session
• Aaron & Mike’s Next-Gen SCORM session
• Kris Rockwell’s session: Implementing SCORM in Serious Games
• Litmos
• BlueVolt
• Claro
• RapidIntake
• ZebraZapps
• Yukon Learning

The ToolBar - Episode #7: Hire McGyver [ 1:14:48 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Brian, Judy, and special guest Kevin “Nuggethead” Thorn discuss tools and processes for instructional and graphic design, including thoughts on prototyping and storyboarding.

The drinks:

Brian drank Piraat Ale

Judy drank Kiwanda Cream Ale

Kevin drank Shock Top Pumpkin Wheat

The links:

• Kevin’s DevLearn Pre-conference Session: How to Put the Story in Storyboarding for eLearning
• Articulate Heroes: Storyline
• SassyCents

Judy had a few minor issues with her mic in the beginning – please excuse the static.

The ToolBar - Episode #6: Blondes and Wish Lists [ 56:01 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Judy and Brian discuss our wish list for awesome elearning development software. We also rant a bit about the undesirable popularity of PowerPoint to Flash conversion tools.

Our snarkiest episode yet!

The drinks:

Judy drank Chatoe Rogue Single Malt Ale

Brian drank Shiner Blonde

The links:

• Daring Fireball: “Beta Is Not An Excuse”
• Windows 8 Metro Drops Support for Plugins, Including Flash
• Making Sense of PowerPoint Pandemonium

*Correction: In the show, Brian said Shiner Bock didn’t come around for quite a while after the original Shiner (which is now called Blonde), but it was only four years later that they started brewing the Bock, in 1913. (via Wikipedia)

*Addition: One feature Brian forgot to mention in the show is version control.

*Addition: There was at least one more excellent quote after we stopped the show, but kept recording. We should totally put that here.

The ToolBar - Episode #5 [ 44:41 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Judy finally got an iPad, so we finally get to talk about iOS apps for learning. Also, we update the masses on our favorite soon-to-not-be-vaporware, ZebraZapps and Storyline.

The drinks:

Brian drank Moose Drool Brown Ale

Judy drank Conflux No. 2

The links:

• E-Learning Uncovered Review: DesignJot
• Clark Quinn’s Learnlets
• Float Learning
• Oblique Strategies
• eLearning Learning
• Michael Wesch
• App Throwdown: Writing on the iPad
• iPhone Film Festival
• LiveScribe
• ZebraZapps Announcement
• Storyline Beta Announcement

Learning Apps:

• DesignJot
• ID Guru
• Primer
• Kineo e-Learning Top Tips
• eLearning App
• Screenchomp

Other Apps:

• Toontastic
• PlainText
• Reeder
• AudioNote
• Penultimate
• Adobe Ideas
• Evernote Peek
• iMockups