I'm pleased to announce that Storyline 2 Update 5 is now available. This update makes it easier to create accessible e-learning content, improves HTML5 performance, and of course squashes lots of bugs. Read all about it now (or just jump over to the update page).
I am also experiencing a version of the right click error thing with this new update.
When I preview a storyline file with the right click trigger (Jump to next slide when user right clicks hotbox) it did not work. it just sat there.
It DID work when I published the file to web, but the cursor didn't change to a pointer when I hovered over the hotbox for some reason? Its a slightly unrelated error, but it was still strange so I thought I'd mention it.
I attached a copy of the story file. HERE is a demo with the cursor error.
I'm finding that, not only did the Notes section in my Timeline turn black after installing the update, but it also lost the ability to have separate Notes for each layer within a slide. The colour-change I can deal with (although I'm not overly fond of it) but not being able to add separate notes for each layer anymore is a huge loss! Was that part intentional, too, or was that an unintended casualty with the update?
You could never add separate notes for each layer at least not in any version of the product that I have ever used. This was one of my first feature requests but it has never been implemented. How did you manage to do it before this update?
Yes overall, it is a very impressive update to an already very strong product. I especially appreciate the new Tab Order feature (located now on the Home tab). It seriously makes developing for 508 so much easier than it was. Just the ability to enter all of a slides Alt Text in one window now is just amazing.
my Storyline is on Update 4. But when clicking on "Checking for Updates" it tells me, that there are no updates available... On Friday it found an update but I could not download it. So, what did I do wrong?
I've downloaded the update but when trying to install it, have come up against an issue. When I open the installation file, it asks me to agree to the Articulate EULA which I do. It then asks me to close any running instances of articulate before continuing. The only articulate window that is open is the update one so when I close that the whole update process stops. Seem to be going round in circles - please help!
Have you checked the task manager to see if anything is running or perhaps a clean re-boot of your computer prior to installing? If you need to work with our support team, you are welcome to do so here :)
I read the bug fix list and shuffle issues but I don't recall seeing anything about randomly reshuffling the actual quiz slides themselves at multiple attempts nor is there a selection for this feature. Is there one? I only see wherein you can shuffle answers within a quiz slide only.
Thanks for both inputs! I thought so... but is there a way to quickly compile existing individual quiz slides into a newly created quiz bank or will I need to create a quiz bank from scratch?
Yes, you can quickly build out a Quiz Bank using existing quiz slides by just creating a new Quiz Bank and then adding the quiz slides that you want in it. You can then customize the Quiz Bank how you like after that.
I just applied this update and now my Quiz questions are coming up with the question text off-screen (see attachment). It does not do this consistently on each question, but I fix them, save and all is well. Then I close the program and open it again and they are off-screen again. This just happened to me again. There are 7 questions and 3 of them needed to be fixed. Anyone know how to fix this?
It seems to work using the draw quiz bank feature... but for some reason, the icon timer no longer shows at all (it used to show it counting down) when I preview "this scene" as I have it in its own scene.
I opened a previous project - I didn't use the draw from quiz bank feature, yet when I did preview this quiz scene, the counter displays.
Any thoughts? There's no separate selection for the counter in the quiz bank that I can see.
Sure Gem. Try adding a new scene and copy in all your quiz questions that you want, and set your quiz bank up from that. This way, you segregate the quiz questions and from there you can fine tune your options rather than having questions tied to a bank that are spread out throughout your training (which is probably what is causing the issue).
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Leslie - Which issue? the right click issue, or getting a previous build?
I am also experiencing a version of the right click error thing with this new update.
When I preview a storyline file with the right click trigger (Jump to next slide when user right clicks hotbox) it did not work. it just sat there.
It DID work when I published the file to web, but the cursor didn't change to a pointer when I hovered over the hotbox for some reason? Its a slightly unrelated error, but it was still strange so I thought I'd mention it.
I attached a copy of the story file. HERE is a demo with the cursor error.
I am same as you. this update have right-click problem.
Great work!
I'm finding that, not only did the Notes section in my Timeline turn black after installing the update, but it also lost the ability to have separate Notes for each layer within a slide. The colour-change I can deal with (although I'm not overly fond of it) but not being able to add separate notes for each layer anymore is a huge loss! Was that part intentional, too, or was that an unintended casualty with the update?
This is a new feature. It allows you to see what the notes will look like when displayed in the notes tab.
You could never add separate notes for each layer at least not in any version of the product that I have ever used. This was one of my first feature requests but it has never been implemented. How did you manage to do it before this update?
Yes overall, it is a very impressive update to an already very strong product. I especially appreciate the new Tab Order feature (located now on the Home tab). It seriously makes developing for 508 so much easier than it was. Just the ability to enter all of a slides Alt Text in one window now is just amazing.
Hi,
my Storyline is on Update 4. But when clicking on "Checking for Updates" it tells me, that there are no updates available... On Friday it found an update but I could not download it. So, what did I do wrong?
Regards
Christina
Hi
I've downloaded the update but when trying to install it, have come up against an issue. When I open the installation file, it asks me to agree to the Articulate EULA which I do. It then asks me to close any running instances of articulate before continuing. The only articulate window that is open is the update one so when I close that the whole update process stops. Seem to be going round in circles - please help!
Thanks
Anna
Hi Joe! Sounds like both :)
Hi Christina! You could access the download link here.
Hi Anna!
Have you checked the task manager to see if anything is running or perhaps a clean re-boot of your computer prior to installing? If you need to work with our support team, you are welcome to do so here :)
I read the bug fix list and shuffle issues but I don't recall seeing anything about randomly reshuffling the actual quiz slides themselves at multiple attempts nor is there a selection for this feature. Is there one? I only see wherein you can shuffle answers within a quiz slide only.
Hi Gem. You can do what you want by putting your quiz slides into a Quiz Bank.
Hi Gem!
This tutorial may assist you as well :)
Thanks for both inputs! I thought so... but is there a way to quickly compile existing individual quiz slides into a newly created quiz bank or will I need to create a quiz bank from scratch?
Yes, you can quickly build out a Quiz Bank using existing quiz slides by just creating a new Quiz Bank and then adding the quiz slides that you want in it. You can then customize the Quiz Bank how you like after that.
Awesome! Thanks again!
Awesome! Thanks
Glad you were able to get the assistance that you needed here Gem.
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I just applied this update and now my Quiz questions are coming up with the question text off-screen (see attachment). It does not do this consistently on each question, but I fix them, save and all is well. Then I close the program and open it again and they are off-screen again. This just happened to me again. There are 7 questions and 3 of them needed to be fixed. Anyone know how to fix this?
Thanks,
Sarah
It seems to work using the draw quiz bank feature... but for some reason, the icon timer no longer shows at all (it used to show it counting down) when I preview "this scene" as I have it in its own scene.
I opened a previous project - I didn't use the draw from quiz bank feature, yet when I did preview this quiz scene, the counter displays.
Any thoughts? There's no separate selection for the counter in the quiz bank that I can see.
Sure Gem. Try adding a new scene and copy in all your quiz questions that you want, and set your quiz bank up from that. This way, you segregate the quiz questions and from there you can fine tune your options rather than having questions tied to a bank that are spread out throughout your training (which is probably what is causing the issue).
I have run into this same exact bug a lot.
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