Using Tabs Interactions in E-Learning #490: Challenge | Recap
It's Back to Basics Week!
Tabs interactions are one of the most common interactions in e-learning.
They’re super flexible and come in all shapes, sizes, and designs. The reason tabs are so popular is that they let your learners explore groups of content without having to leave the current slide. No need to jump around between different slides or scenes.
We use tabs-style activities all the time to teach Storyline in our workshops, webinars, and tutorials. And building tabs interactions are what this week’s challenge is all about!
🏆 Challenge of the Week
This week, your challenge is to share an example that shows how tabs interactions can help organize and group related content in e-learning.
- New users: Keep it simple if you're new to Storyline—don't worry about fancy visuals or conditional interactivity for now. Instead, focus on inserting objects, adding button states, shape tools, formatting, and alignment. It's all about understanding Storyline's building blocks: states, layers, triggers, and slides.
- Experienced users: For the seasoned pros, try kicking it up a notch. Try using conditions to trigger actions when your learners click all the tabs. Experiment with conditional events on each slide layer.
🎁 Source Files Needed!
E-learning designers love freebies because they are a great way to learn new techniques and best practices. They are helpful for both new and experienced designers. If you want to share something extra, consider including a download with your example this week.
🧰 Resources
If you're looking for more information on how to use and build tabs interactions, we've got you covered. Below you’ll find articles, downloads, and past challenges that'll help you get started.
Articles
- Step-by-Step Guide to Creating a Tabs Interaction in Storyline
- A Beginner’s Guide to Designing Effective Tabs Interactions
- 7 Tabs Downloads to Help You Create Compelling Click-and-Reveals in Storyline
Webinars
✨ Share Your E-Learning Work
- Comments: Use the comments section below to link your published example and blog post.
- Forums: Start a new thread and share a link to your published example.
- Personal blog: If you have a blog, please consider writing about your challenges. We'll link to your posts, so your great work gets even more exposure.
- Social media: If you share your demos on x or LinkedIn, try using #ElearningChallenge so your peeps can follow your e-learning coolness.
🙌 Last Week’s Challenge:
Before you get started on this week’s tabs interaction, check out the table-setting activities your fellow challengers shared over the past week:
Interactive Table Setting Practice RECAP #489: Challenge | Recap
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