I would like to be able to add and remove the slide ID to each slide for easy page reference/identification during the review process. I'm not using the Menu as my course has branching and custom navigation. Is there a way to add and remove the slide ID from each slide?
Hellow Matthew, Yes, this was helpful, but now I just get the number "1" on each page. I would like the storyline scene/slide number (e.g., 1.3, 4.5, 2.2, etc.) displayed. I setup the %SlideID% reference Type as a Number and the Value as "0". I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong?
Thanks for the quick replay Matthew. I had actually tried the manual solution and was hoping for something automated. But your reply helped confirm my fumbling research, so thanks. I'm going to use a text variable so I can also label the assessment questions (e.g., Q1.1, Q1.2...).
Thank you Emily and Matthew. And I also have to shout out to Steve Flowers who I contacted directly. Everyone is so prompt, friendly, and helpful. What a great community. I hope I can become experienced enough to contribute too.
Any easier solution if there are several hundred slides? I would be happy with just an id# that could be turned on our off in the master template, nicer to have chapter and slide I'd but not having to see hundreds of slides would be a good trade off. Just a number that could be searched on.
That sounds good. I just cut from your presentation and paste on the master in mine, but there are some differences: in your presentation i can do a scene preview and the slide number appear but not in mine, all i get is the text string: Slide #%slideNum%
Is there anything else i should have added or done ?
Now if i send this to a outside reviewer and they find an error on slide 387, how can i search in my presentation which is slide 387 ?
For review, I now just display the Menu and set the number entries to appear. This labels all the menu items with the slide numbers and provides reference numbers for my SME reviewers.
Player Properties>Menu>Menu Options>Number entries in the menu automatically (see attachment).
For my interactive courses, the scenes are sometimes out of order and then the numbering is also out of order. But each slide still has a reference number. When this bothers me, I just re-order my scenes until the numbering on the menu is in order.
I'm working in SL2 and this option only adds numbers to the Menu items - not the slides. To add numbers to the slides, you need to implement the variable reference/trigger solution described above.
But indeed neither system really is practical: adding a variable to each slide or incrementing it is too time-consuming for the value obtained. I was hoping for some intrinsic slide number assigned by SL (which i suppose there is as you can hyperlink to a slide independent of its name or position in the story) and use that identifier. Any alphanumeric string would be good as long as it is unique and immutable. So that the reviewer could say: "slide 232wh8" has a problem and i could search that ID and edit it. The alternative is to do a screenshot and scribble corrections on the screen shot :)
there is no easy way - I have a text box in the top right with a number (manually added) that is then referenced on a Review word doc. Works fine until they add or delete content - then it becomes onerous.
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Hellow Matthew, Yes, this was helpful, but now I just get the number "1" on each page. I would like the storyline scene/slide number (e.g., 1.3, 4.5, 2.2, etc.) displayed. I setup the %SlideID% reference Type as a Number and the Value as "0". I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong?
Thanks for the quick replay Matthew. I had actually tried the manual solution and was hoping for something automated. But your reply helped confirm my fumbling research, so thanks. I'm going to use a text variable so I can also label the assessment questions (e.g., Q1.1, Q1.2...).
Hello Paul,
welcome to the community. Glad Matthew was able to assist here.
Thank you Emily and Matthew. And I also have to shout out to Steve Flowers who I contacted directly. Everyone is so prompt, friendly, and helpful. What a great community. I hope I can become experienced enough to contribute too.
Glad Steve was able to assist as well Paul!
Any easier solution if there are several hundred slides? I would be happy with just an id# that could be turned on our off in the master template, nicer to have chapter and slide I'd but not having to see hundreds of slides would be a good trade off. Just a number that could be searched on.
Thanks
Hi Philippe
is this for testing and review purposes or for the user to see?
No indeed just testing and reviewing!
Hi Philippe
here is a rough example that might work for you
That sounds good. I just cut from your presentation and paste on the master in mine, but there are some differences: in your presentation i can do a scene preview and the slide number appear but not in mine, all i get is the text string: Slide #%slideNum%
Is there anything else i should have added or done ?
Now if i send this to a outside reviewer and they find an error on slide 387, how can i search in my presentation which is slide 387 ?
For review, I now just display the Menu and set the number entries to appear. This labels all the menu items with the slide numbers and provides reference numbers for my SME reviewers.
Player Properties>Menu>Menu Options>Number entries in the menu automatically (see attachment).
For my interactive courses, the scenes are sometimes out of order and then the numbering is also out of order. But each slide still has a reference number. When this bothers me, I just re-order my scenes until the numbering on the menu is in order.
Hum that is what I have too but i don't see any number on any slides. I am using SL3
Hello Philippe,
I'm working in SL2 and this option only adds numbers to the Menu items - not the slides. To add numbers to the slides, you need to implement the variable reference/trigger solution described above.
Oh ok !! Yes i don't really need Menu item to be numbered they are alphabetized by category !
thanks !
DId you create the slideNum variable Philippe?
I don't know if they can search for the slide number - Paul's idea about numbering the menu is probably better.
Set the menu to be in the left sidebar so the reviewer can quickly move between slides and add the number to the menu items.
Oops no i had not !
But indeed neither system really is practical: adding a variable to each slide or incrementing it is too time-consuming for the value obtained. I was hoping for some intrinsic slide number assigned by SL (which i suppose there is as you can hyperlink to a slide independent of its name or position in the story) and use that identifier. Any alphanumeric string would be good as long as it is unique and immutable. So that the reviewer could say: "slide 232wh8" has a problem and i could search that ID and edit it. The alternative is to do a screenshot and scribble corrections on the screen shot :)
Hi Philippe
there is no easy way - I have a text box in the top right with a number (manually added) that is then referenced on a Review word doc. Works fine until they add or delete content - then it becomes onerous.
Yes i guess this will wait for a future release :)
Back to PrintScr > Powerpoint for corrections :)
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