UPDATE:
In comments Rob pointed out to me that the icon didn't change back and that it didn't work very well if you had 3 levels. These issues should be fixed now.
It's great to get feedback from the community like this! Keep it coming!

The Problem:
When a user follows a link your Articulate presentation your presentation keeps playing in the background.
The Solution:
Over ride Articulate's function for opening URLs with the following code.
_global.my_pptHyperUrl = function(theurl){
getURL(theurl, "arttpopper");
_level0.ArtAPI.Pause()
}
_level44.pptHyperUrl = _global.my_pptHyperUrl

Try it here Right click and save this link to get the swf Save SWF

A friend mentioned to me that it would be cool if someone could pause the timer in an Articulate Quiz on certian questions. Turns out its not that hard to do!
For my fellow ActionScript geeks here is the code that matters:
_level0.g_mcFrame.mcClock.m_bStopped //Boolean indicating if the timer is currently stopped
_level0.g_mcFrame.mcClock.StartTimer() //Starts the timer
_level0.g_mcFrame.mcClock.StopTimer(); //Stops the timer

A client contacted me with a need to let students brainstorm a list of ideas/items and then later sort them into categories. I thought this was a great idea! So I got to work.

I recorded a screenr (bottom of post) to demo some of its features and how to use it... but really its pretty self-explanatory.

• Set up your slides with a bit of instruction at the top.
• Drop the gather.swf into the slide where you want them to input info
• Drop either sort2.swf or sort3.swf into the slide where they should... well sort.