Storyline: “Learn Triggers” Software Simulation

Thank you John. I guess it comes from teaching in front of the classroom for so many years.

Thanks for the input Rajan. I'll look into that.

Thank you Bailey.

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?

Thank you Charles for taking the time to view and comment. Glad you liked it.

Thanks Richard. Much appreciated.

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

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)