Winter Trivia Project Demo

Diana Myers

48 posts

Posted Monday, December 31, 2012 at 2:18 PM  

I volunteered to gather some winter trivia questions for my son's 4th grade classroom end of term celebration, and I thought it would be a great opportunity to use Storyline. 

 

I wanted the kids to have "self-directed, free choice" in how they proceeded through the 3 topics and any/all of the questions within a topic.  I didn't add a results/score slide because I wasn't sure how much time they would have to spend on the trivia questions, but that's certainly something I may add.

 

I've only been using Storyline for about 2 months, so I'm sure there's loads I could do differently/better/more efficiently, but thought I would share.  I welcome any and all suggestions and feedback!

 

Most importantly, a HUGE thank you goes out to David Anderson who helped me work out the kinks with the button and slide states that were giving me such fits.  David - You Rock!

 

Winter Trivia Demo

 

Happy New Year to All! 

Diana

 

 

 


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Diana Myers

48 posts

Posted Thursday, January 03, 2013 at 1:10 PM  

I had a little extra time to tinker, so I added scoring and a results slide with a little snow on the exit slide. 

Winter Trivia Demo 2


User Rank David Anderson

2,388 posts

Posted Sunday, January 06, 2013 at 6:52 AM  

Hi Diana!

 

The update looks really great! How did you make the animated snow? It looks great

 

One thing I'd add is a cross fade transition for all the slides. That would soften the jump from menu to choice and choice to menu.

 

Looking really great!


Posted Monday, January 07, 2013 at 12:36 PM  

I LOVED that! What a great project. I especially liked how some of the answers gave the option of additional information. Really nicely done!


Diana Myers

48 posts

Posted Wednesday, January 16, 2013 at 7:47 AM  

@David - I hate to admit it, but by revealing my crude methods, maybe someone can step in and suggest a better alternative. 

 

I added the snow "manually"  - I created one piece of snow, added the shadow and animation, then I pasted 160 copies and spread them out across the slide.  After that I just messed around with the timing to make them feel random when falling.

 

I tried placing the objects across the screen and then grouping them, but then they all fell at the same time and same rate, so it's unsophisticated and a little time consuming, but I got the result I liked.

 

Any suggestions for next time?