I have a small query about the Next and Previous button. Lets say that I have 10 slides in my project and I jumped to slide no. 5 from the menu. When I click the next button, I go to Slide 6 and but when I click Prev button I reach Slide 1. My preference here is to go to Slide no. 4 when I click previous.
Thanks A S for the reply, but I want it to be a global thing, like in the master slide. I have hundreds of slides, so it would be tedious to put it in every slide.
I have a lot of content in my e-learning story files, so a lots of slides. I meant 10 just to give an example, sorry if it caused confusions. I just want a global solution that lets me go back one slide, instead of the last visited slide, when I click the prev button.
I think most learners would expect the prev button to go back to the last place they've been, not the sequential slide before this one. Think of the Back button on your browser. It just goes to the last visited page. If you reset that expected behavior, you may have confused learners.
If your learner got to slide 5 by the menu, couldn't they simply get to slide 4 the same way?
But to answer your question, the only way I know to change the default trigger on every Previous button is to edit the trigger on each slide.
On each slide you can place slide triggers like "jump to slide xx" when user clicks "next" button and "jump to slide yy" when user clicks "previous" button.
Note also you can adapt the buttons appearance within the player with the help of the "text labels" function.
I just wanted to confirm what other community members have mentioned here in regards to how the previous button functions as if it's the back button on your browser. That is detailed here a bit further. If you'd like to change that behavior, you'll need to use triggers to do so.
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Hi John,
I think you will need to put a trigger on the slide, that when you hit the previous button, it takes you to the previous slide that you want.
So to use your example, the trigger would be placed on Slide 5. When the user clicks the previous button, jump to Slide 4.
Thanks A S for the reply, but I want it to be a global thing, like in the master slide. I have hundreds of slides, so it would be tedious to put it in every slide.
Hi JD....
Hundreds of slides ? Is that your idea of elearning ?
Your example mentioned 10 at first.
We like to help people solve their problems but it helps to give us the real deal.
So what do you really want ?
Kind regards,
Bruce
Hi,
I have a lot of content in my e-learning story files, so a lots of slides. I meant 10 just to give an example, sorry if it caused confusions. I just want a global solution that lets me go back one slide, instead of the last visited slide, when I click the prev button.
Best
JD
I think most learners would expect the prev button to go back to the last place they've been, not the sequential slide before this one. Think of the Back button on your browser. It just goes to the last visited page. If you reset that expected behavior, you may have confused learners.
If your learner got to slide 5 by the menu, couldn't they simply get to slide 4 the same way?
But to answer your question, the only way I know to change the default trigger on every Previous button is to edit the trigger on each slide.
I agree with Meryem.
On each slide you can place slide triggers like "jump to slide xx" when user clicks "next" button and "jump to slide yy" when user clicks "previous" button.
Note also you can adapt the buttons appearance within the player with the help of the "text labels" function.
Hi JD,
I just wanted to confirm what other community members have mentioned here in regards to how the previous button functions as if it's the back button on your browser. That is detailed here a bit further. If you'd like to change that behavior, you'll need to use triggers to do so.
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