BUG: LT151 Following Mo's Instructions can lead to less than desirable outcomes
The scripting in the videos give them impression they were recorded previously for when they were used as standalone videos rather than for inside the logos environment.
A couple of examples:
Your are watching a video and Mo instructs you to go to the homepage and enter a passage in the reference box - doing so launches the default layout of PG, EG, five bibles etc. and shuts down your courseware video. If you then re-launch your video from the courseware feature section of the homepage sidebar, it 'closes all', you loose the layout just generated that Mo is instructing you to work with and you end up back where you started with just the courseware manual and video resource open.
Another classic is where Mo tells you to enter the command close all - well if you do what he says, and he normally tells you three times in case you missed his instruction the first and second times, your video of course also shuts down.
While this is not a show stopper, it does give the impression in order to get the product out the door corners were cut. Some more thought needs to go into the scripting of the instructions now that these videos are run inside the Logos environment and not outside it in a standalone media player.
Don't get me wrong I appreciate what is being down with m.Ed. I just think this aspect needs a little more thought.
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It's true that watching the Logos Academic Training videos as well as the screencast videos for each course inside Logos prevents you from being able to actually follow along with some of the steps Mo and the screencasters describe. We wanted LT151 as well as our screencast videos to provide easy to follow instructions on how to use Logos, but since the video resource is a Logos resource they can't always be followed while the video plays in Logos.
One solution is to watch these videos on Biblia.com. Then they are in a separate window, and you can take any steps within Logos without closing the video resource. I hope that helps.
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One solution is to watch these videos on Biblia.com. Then they are in a separate window, and you can take any steps within Logos without closing the video resource. I hope that helps.
What DOC described is the reason why I started watching the videos on my iPad. Good to know that they can also be viewed on Biblia.com.
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Thanks for the reply Miles. It's not a show stopper but I think worth thinking about when you get to review these videos, maybe the solution is in the opening video to make a comment about the fact that the user may be better served to watch the videos via biblIa.com or a tablet/ iPad if they want to follow the instructions.
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