Accessibility - Changing the Background Colours
Apr 11, 2014
I wondered if it is possible to create buttons that allow a user to change the background colour in Storyline? I want to have four background colour options for dyslexic learners and the visually impaired. I was going to use a lightbox as an accessibility tab but wondered how to implement the background colour change, I dont want to have to add this to every slide which is why I was wondering if there is a universal way of doing this.
In Captivate I have added coloured buttons to a menu pop-up which when clicked on show the different backgrounds that I added to the first slide. I've set them to 'show for rest of slide' so that they can be called on every page and used variables to show and hide them. This is what i want to replicate in Storyline.
Any ideas/suggestions?
11 Replies
Hi Kate -
A few ways to accomplish this. Please take a look at the attached file. This uses a shape and a series of triggers on the master slide. Working this using a lightbox is more complicated since none of the events fired while the lightbox is open will apply when it closes.
Hi Steve
This is perfect, I think your right, the lightbox idea would be more complicated and this does the job. .
Thank you very much.
Just wanted to thank you, Kate for posing this accessibility question and Steve for this easy-to-follow template.
Hi Steve, I'm new to Storyline and have tried to emulate this process in an existing deck. However I'm not able to see how to actually choose the new colours. Can you clarify please?
Thanks in advance,
Anthony
Have figured it out. The background rectangle has different states within itself. Like I said I'm new to this. :)
Hey Anthony! Welcome to Heroes! This is a great place for folks who are new to Storyline.
Great job figuring this out! If you have any more questions along the way, we're always here to help. 😊
Thanks Alyssa. A total ‘newbie’. Can you offer a link that offers a portfolio of what 360 can offer in terms of best practice?
My clients would be happy with simply porting PowerPoint to the Web. But it would be useful for me to know what -value add- possibilities exist.
Also at a first glance, I’m guessing ‘triggers’ and the syntax behind them are the bedrock of any clever work. If you can offer a link to tutorials to their basic use - it’d be much appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
Anthony
Absolutely, Anthony! I've got a few Storyline 360 resources that you'll want to add to your web browser's bookmark arsenal:
👋 Welcome to Articulate 360
🛠 Storyline 360 User Guide (I refer to this one daily!)
💙 5 Things to Love About Storyline 360
Perfect. Many thanks Alyssa :)
Dear Kate,
I also want to have background colour options for dyslexic learners and the visually impaired. you mentioned about the four colour.. could you please let me know the colours also would you like to share if you have done the master slide ?
thanks
Ebru
Hi Ebru and welcome to E-Learning Heroes :)
The response from Kate above is a bit dated, and I'm not sure if she's still subscribed to the conversation.
Please feel free to let us know what you need to accomplish, and I'm sure someone in the community will be able to help you out with your design.
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