Creating a 'hover' effect in Presenter 13
Dec 16, 2014
Hi,
I wonder if there is a way to create a hover effect in Presenter 13? I know there is in Storyline, but unfortunately we only have Studio 13!
I have a rapid e-learning course which has some extra information (like a comment box in Excel) at the end of each bullet point and I wondered if there's a way to create these boxes to expand on mouse hover? My client has created this in PPT, but I know they won't export to the player as they are 'mouse over' options.
The only other option I can think of is to use an Engage interaction, but I'd rather not do this in this instance.
Can anyone help?
Thanks,
Lindsey
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Presenter doesn't do hover effects unfortunately. You can use engage or instead of on hover, set up slides in presenter to show on click.
Thank you - I had hoped to avoid this, but it seems there's no way around it.
On click isn't ideal, as the user may not want/need to see that information, so I think I'll have to use Engage.
Hi Lindsey,
It actually is possible to create a hover-like effect in Articulate Presenter using multiple slides and hyperlinks. Check out this article where my co-worker Nicole Legault explains how. The example she made is also available as a free download.
Hope that helps!
Allison
Hi Lindsey,
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Thanks Alison, I have learnt something today
You're welcome! :) That is what is so great about this community -- the learning never stops!
Thank you - unfortunately I have a lot of 'hover boxes' to create on many slides, so don't want to be adding hundreds of extra slides to the project, but it is useful for smaller packages definitely!
Ah ok, I see what you mean! Sorry I couldn't be of more help in that case.
If you feel like the hover feature is very important, you may want to consider switching to Storyline, where creating states is super easy.
Hi Lindsey, does your course really "need" those hover effects? I know from experience that I'm always working on them in Storyline and find it rather refreshing when working in Studio that I don't need to worry about such details as they often are mainly 'window dressing'. Often the learners don't even miss it.
My question is: do you really need those hovers from an instructional design point of view or is it to make your course 'look better'?
They are further info buttons, so yes, they need to be there, but I have made them 'on click' hyperlinks, so if the user wants to look at them they can!
Slightly clunky solution, but one nonetheless :-)
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