The problem is that there is nothing to change the state of the NEXT button to Normal state. So it looks like Sandeep made a pretty good guess as to what the issue might be.
Now you say that the real issue is different. From your reply to Sandeep, I am guessing that you want the learner to visit all the layers before going on. If my guess is wrong, please clarify what the issue really is. Tell us what you want to happen, and what does happen. If I guessed correctly, see the attached sample for one method of ensuring that the learner visits all layers before continuing.
This is the best help I can give you concerning variables:
I got home last night, and the cat insisted he had not been fed all day, and was STARVING. I hadn't been there all day, so I didn't know, and my wife was off to her quilting party, so I couldn't ask her. Fortunately, she left a sticky note on the counter that said "I fed the cat", so I knew not to feed him again.
The note she left me is the variable. I couldn't see her feed the cat, but I could see the note and know what went on while I was gone. Storyline is just like I was. One slide has no way of knowing what happens on another slide, but it can read a message left for it in a variable, and know what the learner did on another slide, provided you, the developer, used those actions on that other slide to change the contents of a variable.
The cat got pretty insistent, so I gave him a snack, crossed out her message, and wrote, "He's also had a bedtime snack", and went to my meeting.
The note is the variable. Everybody can see it, and it never changes unless you, the developer, create a trigger to change it.
My wife is getting older (I'm not, just she), and takes a bunch of medicines. She puts them in one of those little plastic gadgets with seven boxes. Every night, (if she remembers :) ) she looks in the box for that day. If it is empty, she knows she has taken her pills that day.
The pill box is the variable. She can't always remember everything, but if the box has pills in it, she knows to take them.
Variables are designed to be seen everywhere, but not heard (much like small children of a previous generation). SL cannot multi-task, so only one slide at a time can be active. SL has no memory, so when a slide becomes active, it can't know what went on while it was hibernating. That's why variables were invented. Each slide can look at the note (variable) and by seeing what is on there now, it can know what went on somewhere else, or some other time. I couldn't hear my wife write the note, but I can read it and know what went on at home while I was not there.
For this project, you can use any variable, T/F, Text, or Number. you just have to use a trigger to put a value in it, then later, check for that value.
The of the advantages of T/F is that they can only hold True or False, and you can enter those by the dropdown, which makes them easier to use. The other advantage is that they have the option to toggle. That changes them from what value they currently have to the other one. That's sometimes very handy, for instance when you want one learner to take two different actions, depending on which action was taken last.
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Hello there, add a new trigger "change state of the buttons to visited state on timeline starts" in each slide and it just works fine as intended.
But then the NEXT button works even if I click one accordion.
regards
Malvika
The problem is that there is nothing to change the state of the NEXT button to Normal state. So it looks like Sandeep made a pretty good guess as to what the issue might be.
Now you say that the real issue is different. From your reply to Sandeep, I am guessing that you want the learner to visit all the layers before going on. If my guess is wrong, please clarify what the issue really is. Tell us what you want to happen, and what does happen. If I guessed correctly, see the attached sample for one method of ensuring that the learner visits all layers before continuing.
This works perfectly now. You added TRUE/FALSE variable to each layer, and this is what I need to work on.
Any video or reference where I can learn more about True/False Variable.
This is the best help I can give you concerning variables:
For this project, you can use any variable, T/F, Text, or Number. you just have to use a trigger to put a value in it, then later, check for that value.
The of the advantages of T/F is that they can only hold True or False, and you can enter those by the dropdown, which makes them easier to use. The other advantage is that they have the option to toggle. That changes them from what value they currently have to the other one. That's sometimes very handy, for instance when you want one learner to take two different actions, depending on which action was taken last.
Any reference where I can learn them from..I understand that I need practice for sure.
Hi Sanchit,
Great question! I understand you'd like some reference material for true/false variables. I'd be happy to help get you the information!
Here is an article on How to Use a True/False Variable and for a little inspiration here are 31 Dynamic Ways to Use True/False Variables.
I hope this helps and thanks for reaching out!