Arron Walker

Google Sheets

Converting an 8 digit number to a Date in Google Sheets

Learn how to use Regex to create a formatted date out of an unformatted 8 digit string with no delimiters. 20240826 to 26/08/2024 or 08/26/2024.

Developer Blog

New Adapt Theme - Continued

I've continued to work on the Adapt 'Modn' theme I posted about on March 2nd. I asked my partner if she liked the name 'Modn' and she said it sounded like I was trying too hard... and I agreed. So now I'm

Developer Blog

New Adapt Framework / Authoring Tool Theme

In this post we'll explore a new Adapt Authoring Tool / Adapt Framework theme I'm building called Adapt Modn.

Quick Tips

How to Add Padding to the Ubuntu Terminal

By default the Ubuntu terminal doesn't have any padding around the text. In this example you can see what the terminal looks like with 10px of padding around the green text. I couldn't find a way to do this in the settings, but you can modify

Quick Tips

How to Change Computer Name in Ubuntu

Quick step by step guide on using hostnamectl to change your computer name in Ubuntu. This works for servers and ubuntu desktop.

Adapt

How to Create a Single Page Course in the Adapt Authoring Tool

In this tutorial we show you how to create a single page course in the Adapt Authoring tool. Learn how to set the course start page, using the page ID of the page you want to load.

Adapt

Adapt Authoring Tool Download - a Link to the offical Github

Struggling to find the download for the latest Adapt Authoring tool? Here's a link to the official Github repository and a guide to get you started.

Storyline

How to Automatically get a learners name in Storyline

Learn how to automatically get a learners name in Storyline 360, without having to ask the learner to type it in.

Adapt

How to Create a Single Page Course in the Adapt Framework

In this tutorial you will learn how to create a single page course in the Adapt Framework. This means that instead of landing on a menu when you first load a course, you will load directly into the content, all on one page.

xAPI

Getting Started with xAPI

Here's a quick guide to get you started with xAPI. Just three files, no LMS and no elearning editor required.

Adapt

How to download and install Adapt the Authoring Tool [Windows]

This tutorial will walk you step by step through how to install Adapt Authoring Tool on Windows. Everything from installing the prerequisites, through to accessing the tool in the web browser.

Adapt

How to update the Adapt Authoring Tool

This tutorial will walk you step by step through how to update the Adapt Authoring Tool.

Adapt

How to download and install the Adapt Authoring Tool [Ubuntu Server]

This tutorial will walk you step by step through how to install Adapt Authoring Tool on a Ubuntu 22.04 LTS server. Everything from installing the prerequisites, through to accessing the tool in the web browser.