I would like to include a seekbar and back/next buttons on a few slides in my course. However, by using the built-in playback features in Storyline, on those slides where I don't want to use these features, the space for these features remains. I thought that I might be able to create custom back/next buttons and a seekbar where the learner could go back to the beginning of the current slide, using buttons and triggers.
If you have any ideas, I would truly appreciate hearing from you. Thank you!
Hopefully someone from the community will be able to chime in and assist you here, but you may want to explore the Storyline SDK if you are heading this direction.
One of the things I'll do sometimes is float the seekbar below my own custom navigation frame. I color the HTML background and the player so that everything blends together. This way, if the seekbar is gone it doesn't break the balance and the affordance of scrub is pretty clear.
Thanks for your quick response. I want to reply back to you with screenshots but I don't know how to include screenshots in my reply. I can only add attachments, but I'd like you to see my images directly within this chat box so you don't have to download images. Can you show me how this is done?
So sorry for the delayed response. I've been busy working on this file, and just got a break. Here's a screenshot of what I'm talking about. If one slide in Storyline requires a seekbar and another slide doesn't, the spacing is still accounted for. The design I'm using has the graphics butting to the bottom of the slide window; as such, the seekbar spacing is still intact. I think I might need to either redesign the screens/buttons, or try to mess around with the SDK info that Leslie gave.
Can't seem to get the insert image working...here's an attachment.
Hi Carol, I just wanted to reach out in regards to the "insert image" portion - I know we had some difficulty with that when the ELH2 site first launched, but I was told that was all fixed and haven't run into it personally since then. Can you let us know what browser you're using in the forums in case it's something our web team needs to look into specifically for that browser?
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Hi Carol!
Hopefully someone from the community will be able to chime in and assist you here, but you may want to explore the Storyline SDK if you are heading this direction.
One of the things I'll do sometimes is float the seekbar below my own custom navigation frame. I color the HTML background and the player so that everything blends together. This way, if the seekbar is gone it doesn't break the balance and the affordance of scrub is pretty clear.
And without the seekbar it still works visually:
Hi Steve,
Thanks for your quick response. I want to reply back to you with screenshots but I don't know how to include screenshots in my reply. I can only add attachments, but I'd like you to see my images directly within this chat box so you don't have to download images. Can you show me how this is done?
Hi Leslie,
Thank you for this info. I'm going to read up on it. I'm a novice Flash user, so I'm sure I will need help if I go this route. Thanks again.
Should see an icon in the toolbar for adding an image.
Hi Steve,
So sorry for the delayed response. I've been busy working on this file, and just got a break. Here's a screenshot of what I'm talking about. If one slide in Storyline requires a seekbar and another slide doesn't, the spacing is still accounted for. The design I'm using has the graphics butting to the bottom of the slide window; as such, the seekbar spacing is still intact. I think I might need to either redesign the screens/buttons, or try to mess around with the SDK info that Leslie gave.
Can't seem to get the insert image working...here's an attachment.
Hi Carol,
I just wanted to reach out in regards to the "insert image" portion - I know we had some difficulty with that when the ELH2 site first launched, but I was told that was all fixed and haven't run into it personally since then. Can you let us know what browser you're using in the forums in case it's something our web team needs to look into specifically for that browser?
Hi,
We're currently using IE 9.
Hi Ashley,
Just sent my reply via email.
Thanks Carol - when you reply via email it comes in here into the forums as well - I just tried in IE9 and didn't run into any difficulties.
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