Slide navigation based on keyboard input
Nov 08, 2011
I'm not sure if this is possible with just Presenter (i.e. I may need custom flash to make this work), but I am creating a mock software tutorial. To get into the system, the user must enter a 4 digit number. I'm not worried about what number they enter, but i want to make sure they enter a number of some sort. If they enter a number (0-9), then i want the presentation to go to the next slide. Any non-numeric entry would be ignored. Is this possible with just Articulate. Can I capture the enter key also? I do have a number pad on the screen, but to truly mimic the software, i'd like the user to be able to enter their number with the keyboard as well.
Jeremy
2 Replies
Hi Jeremy,
I actually ended up using Captivate for a course for exactly this reason. I couldn't find a way for Articulate to do it without custom flash so we moved the course to Captivate. I'd be very interested to know if anyone else has successfully found a work around using Articulate.
Leah
Hi Jeremy & welcome to Heroes,
One way to accomplish what you're looking for is to use the Number question type in Quizmaker:
Then, you'll want to use some creative branching to continue the scenario:
http://community.articulate.com/tutorials/courses/quizmaker-branching.aspx
Many of our users have built entire presentations exclusively in Quizmaker because they can create content slides with the Blank Slides feature:
http://community.articulate.com/tutorials/products/adding-content-slides-blank-slides-to-your-quiz.aspx
The biggest problem that you're going to run into is "capturing" the data entry. If you're looking for a specific numeric sequence, you could just place that statically through your course. However, if you need to know exactly what the end-user inputting & use it later in the course, then that's not currently possible in Quizmaker.
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