It's a Storyline software simulation showing learners how to use Storyline! Thanks to the help of hotspots, layers, and triggers, this example walks learners through the process of creating a button trigger. After seeing how it's done, learners get to practice themselves in a risk-free environment.
Great example Richard. Thanks for sharing and giving me a chance to learn about the software. I would like to suggest a way for the user to exit if it does not find the right step to continue. I did not find this to be clear on the simulation. Cheers.
Hi, thank you for this example! Unfortunately I did not pay enough attention to your film and during the task and I focused on WHAT do I have to do, more than on HOW to do it. Maybe a help button would do the trick?
Is there a way to allow completion of a panel in any order? For example, items can be selected in any order from the four drop-down lists in the trigger wizard before clicking OK. My apologies if this is covered somewhere else on the forum. Thank you for sharing your example Richard.
Sue,
If I understand your question correctly, you are asking if during the Try it section, can you configure the simulation so that the users can click on the four drop-down lists in the trigger wizard in any order.
Since the Try It steps are based off the Show Me steps, I would so no. It might be possible to modify the Try it steps to allow this but it would require a lot of work to make it happen and possibly some additional recordings but then you are caught up in "how many different ways could the user perform these selected steps".
I agree that being able to simulate the "real-world" would be great in some situations though.
From my many years in the classroom, I've found that showing students multiple ways to navigate an interface seemed to only confuse them. On the o... Expand
Sue,
If I understand your question correctly, you are asking if during the Try it section, can you configure the simulation so that the users can click on the four drop-down lists in the trigger wizard in any order.
Since the Try It steps are based off the Show Me steps, I would so no. It might be possible to modify the Try it steps to allow this but it would require a lot of work to make it happen and possibly some additional recordings but then you are caught up in "how many different ways could the user perform these selected steps".
I agree that being able to simulate the "real-world" would be great in some situations though.
From my many years in the classroom, I've found that showing students multiple ways to navigate an interface seemed to only confuse them. On the other hand, showing them one way to do it always helped them learn faster.
Once they become more comfortable with the app, only then I would show them more ways to accomplish the tasks or an easier way to accomplish the task. Make sense?
Many thanks for your reply Richard. The snag is flagging a step as incorrect when it is, in fact, perfectly acceptable in the software itself. I guess there's no way around it, unless a member of Articulate staff can advise otherwise?
I really like the layout and clean lines. Quick question would you think that a voice over works with a character, or is it better to just have the the words on the screen? Trevor
Is there a way to use a trigger with a zoom? For example, If a student moved the mouse over an image, it would zoom the image in, when they moved the mouse away from the image, the zoom would disappear. I am trying to get a zoom to work this way and trigger seemed like the easiest way to get it to do this, but I am having a bit of difficulty figuring out how to make it work that way. Any suggestions?
Brett,
My apologies for the delay. I've been out of the office for the past two weeks. As far as I know, there is no trigger to initiate a zoom. You could create a thumbnail of the image on a slide (e.g., Slide A) . Next, create a new layer called zoom. Place a larger image on this layer and then set a zoom or grow animation on the object. You could then create a trigger on the Slide A that would work as follows:
Action: Show layer
Layer: zoom
When: Mouse hovers over
Object: image
Make sure the option to Restore on mouse leave is checked.
Hope that makes sense.
Richard
Hi Richard, awesome job on this. Thank you so much for sharing. I really like the personalization of the text entry feature. I am trying to replicate the trigger that you made to force the user to fill out the name field but am having difficulties. If it's not too much trouble, could you please explain how you did that?
Thank you
Sam
Sam,
Create the variable to store the name (e.g., StudentName).
Setup two layers:
1) Alert
2) Welcome
Create two triggers to fire when you click the Continue button.
Trigger 1:
Action: Show Layer
Layer: Alert
When: User clicks
Object: Continue Button (or whatever you name the button)
On Condition:
StudentName == Equal To (see below)
AND/OR: AND
List: Variables
If: StudentName
Operator: == Equal to
Type: Value
Value: (leave this field blank).
Trigger 2:
Action: Show Layer
Layer: Welcome
When: User clicks
Object: Continue Button (or whatever you name the button)
On Condition:
StudentName != Equal To (see below)
AND/OR: AND
List: Variables
If: StudentName
Operator:! = Not equal to
Type: Value
Value: (leave this field blank)
Richard,
Where can I learn to do this? In particular, I would like to know how you transition from Video to the learner trying it. It looks like you are in a Video mode and then switch to Storyline. i.e. the User's Clicks now work on the video... Great design by the way; I love that it's so Clean.
Thanks,
Wayne.
Wayne, better late than never. Sorry but just saw this thread. There are tons of examples on how to use this feature on the Articulate's website. Hopefully, you've found the answer by now. Again, my apologies for missing this question. - Richard
I like your use of mouse click to simulate the method, but be careful in assuming the user has the reading speed or the time to stay and focus on every part. Using actual clicks of the user will keep the user more engaged an allow them to take it at their own pace.
I created this what seems like years ago. :) Here is what I recall doing:
I have a system with two monitors.
Monitor A: Opened Storyline and set the Story Size to 1024x640 for this demo. (Storyline > Design tab > Story Size)
Monitor B: Set display resolution to 1280x800 (via the operating system's Display settings) and opened a second instance of SL on that monitor.
I started the recording from within Storyline on Monitor A (Slides tab > Record screen). Moved the area to be recorded onto Monitor B desktop and expanded it to full screen.
The recording was then placed into Storyline running on Monitor A.
A little crazy but I was just playing around on this one.
Both 1024x640 and 1280x800 are the same aspect ratio (16:10). Videos can become blurry when you zoom in or... Expand
I created this what seems like years ago. :) Here is what I recall doing:
I have a system with two monitors.
Monitor A: Opened Storyline and set the Story Size to 1024x640 for this demo. (Storyline > Design tab > Story Size)
Monitor B: Set display resolution to 1280x800 (via the operating system's Display settings) and opened a second instance of SL on that monitor.
I started the recording from within Storyline on Monitor A (Slides tab > Record screen). Moved the area to be recorded onto Monitor B desktop and expanded it to full screen.
The recording was then placed into Storyline running on Monitor A.
A little crazy but I was just playing around on this one.
Both 1024x640 and 1280x800 are the same aspect ratio (16:10). Videos can become blurry when you zoom in or scale them from what they were originally recorded at. In this situation, I recorded the video at a display resolution that was slightly larger than the final Story size. End result? Looks sharper.
How this helps.
Richard
Boooo - this is no longer here. It links to a page of a bunch of other stuff which maybe I want to see, maybe not. I came to see this. Perhaps take down the links that link to something that is no longer there?
Kathy, I updated my website a year or so ago to reduce storage space and to avoid redirect problems, just pointed things at my Storyline samples page. The item you are looking for is at the top of the page under Simulations and Scenario Examples. It's titled: Simulation: App Training. Have a great day!
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Sue, If I understand your question correctly, you are asking if during the Try it section, can you configure the simulation so that the users can click on the four drop-down lists in the trigger wizard in any order. Since the Try It steps are based off the Show Me steps, I would so no. It might be possible to modify the Try it steps to allow this but it would require a lot of work to make it happen and possibly some additional recordings but then you are caught up in "how many different ways could the user perform these selected steps". I agree that being able to simulate the "real-world" would be great in some situations though. From my many years in the classroom, I've found that showing students multiple ways to navigate an interface seemed to only confuse them. On the o... Expand
I created this what seems like years ago. :) Here is what I recall doing: I have a system with two monitors. Monitor A: Opened Storyline and set the Story Size to 1024x640 for this demo. (Storyline > Design tab > Story Size) Monitor B: Set display resolution to 1280x800 (via the operating system's Display settings) and opened a second instance of SL on that monitor. I started the recording from within Storyline on Monitor A (Slides tab > Record screen). Moved the area to be recorded onto Monitor B desktop and expanded it to full screen. The recording was then placed into Storyline running on Monitor A. A little crazy but I was just playing around on this one. Both 1024x640 and 1280x800 are the same aspect ratio (16:10). Videos can become blurry when you zoom in or... Expand