Blog Post
PhilipCranston
3 years agoCommunity Member
[My First Challenge]
I'm a former high school teacher from New Zealand.
Just getting into instructional design and Storyline and I'm loving' it!
Decided last week that I'd submit an example this week.
When I saw the topic, I thought 'Aargh!'.
But I'm so glad I did it.
I was looking to start a portfolio and would never have done something like this if it hadn't been for the challenge.
Thank You!!
Hopefully, you can see the three different uses of scrolling panels.
https://360.articulate.com/review/content/b4826db4-7cc8-4168-9d32-9329101b0134/review
I'm a former high school teacher from New Zealand.
Just getting into instructional design and Storyline and I'm loving' it!
Decided last week that I'd submit an example this week.
When I saw the topic, I thought 'Aargh!'.
But I'm so glad I did it.
I was looking to start a portfolio and would never have done something like this if it hadn't been for the challenge.
Thank You!!
Hopefully, you can see the three different uses of scrolling panels.
https://360.articulate.com/review/content/b4826db4-7cc8-4168-9d32-9329101b0134/review
- maren_west3 years agoCommunity MemberHi Philip, are you sure you're not an undercover storyline expert? Because that was a great project! I really enjoyed the narrative and your creative use of scroll panels! I will say it took me a minute to figure out the door code. You could maybe include a hint text box that pops up if the learner spins so much time on the slide. Also on the binocular slide if you click the note and then return to looking at the crowd it doesn't save the agents you've already clicked
- PhilipCranston3 years agoCommunity MemberHi Maren, thanks for the feedback!
Really enjoying developing my skills in SL. I’m even starting to ‘see’ Storyline interactions and triggers in the world around me!
I did wonder about adding a hint, but I think making the learner have to do some work helps them stay engaged. In fact, I was thinking about making it harder and putting ‘the clue’ on an earlier slide (maybe in a message on the phone chat screen, or in the cafe), but I wanted my fellow SL slingers to go through the course without too much friction. If it was learners, then - make them work!
(As a kid, I used to love the text-based problem-solving games in the late eighties, and trying to figure out the puzzles of “The adventures of Monkey Island”. I guess these were inspirations for this example)
Yes, I noticed the issue of losing the selected ‘agents’ before publishing, but my wife had told me to “get off the computer already!”. I’ll use true/false variables instead of relying on state changes to fix it.
- StefanGottfr7903 years agoCommunity MemberNice story! May I ask where you got the photos from? I like the effects. And I agree with Marens points.
- PhilipCranston3 years agoCommunity MemberHi Stefan, they’re just ones I got from the SL gallery and manipulated. I used an old mac program to add filters - unfortunately, it’s not available now. But there are a number of similar art effects/filter programs available for both platforms.
I had a look at your projects and I was particularly interested in your one that lets users print or email their written SL responses. I think I’m going to have to learn a bit about javascript!
(Looking at your work was the first time I had reason to use Google Translate- it worked well! I suspect as an Austrian, your English is as good as your German!)
- CydWalker_mwhc3 years agoCommunity MemberIf you decide to add a hint after user spends X amount of time on slide, consider using the elapsed time variable. Mark Spermon and Devlin Peck on YouTube have some good visual how-tos.
- StefanGottfr7903 years agoCommunity MemberYou don't even need a variable for that. You can just use "when the timeline reaches x seconds" or you can adjust the start time of the hint even without a trigger.
- Yvonne3 years agoCommunity MemberFantastic first challenge! Your use of storytelling with the user in the driver seat was wonderful in this project. Inventive uses of the scrollbar, to boot! :) Welcome to the ELH Challenge community. It's a supportive place where you can share your creativity and problem solving.
- DavidAnderson3 years agoStaffWelcome to the challenges, Philip! You included some neat ideas for using scrolling panels and scavenger hunt games. I especially liked the binocular scrolling effect. Here's a link to your example in the recap post: https://community.articulate.com/articles/scrolling-panel-examples#Philip
- JaclynBlum3 years agoCommunity MemberReally cool project!