New to Articulate Storyline-coming from a Lectora/Captivate environment. Something very simple. How can I attach a document? I see no options at this point of how to do such a simple thing. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks so much.
Hi Chris, and welcome! There are a few ways to add attachments.
One way is to use the Resources tab on the player. That's an especially nice option if you need a tidy way to attach several documents and make them accessible from various slides within your course.
Hi Jeanette is it possible to hyperlink to a document in the resources tab? I have a competence flowchart on line guide that the user and their Manager works through to support a task book and I wish to provide the competence documents that must be used to assess each competence. I only ask the question as you say that by hyperlinking to a document that storyline will gather and store the documents anyway, so really the only benefit would be that the user/manager can access the files themselves via the Resource tab. No problem with that but still need to ensure that I can hyperlink each competence assessment sheet as required. Hope that makes sense?
Hi Chat54 - Yes, you can do both. If you want the doc available via the Resources tab, you can certainly put it there, but you can also use this method to make the doc accessible via a button.
Jeanette thanks, I am happy that both ways are possible, am I to assume that the documents all end up in the same folder when published? If I remember correctly in Presenter you could hyperlink to the document in the resources tab, i.e. 1 set of documents) could be wrong long time since I used Presenter? I guess I am asking whether I am likley to end up with double the amount of documents so as to speak if I make them available via the resource tab and hyperlink to them? Sorry just a bit confused it is Sunday afternoon?? Thanks for clearing my fog so as to speak! Chat54
Hi Chat, yah, the documents do end up in a folder in your published output called story_content/external_files. Also, if you add the same document to both the Resources and as a hyperlink as mentioned above, you won't end up with duplicate files in that folder... you'll only have one file by that name in your external_files folder, and both the resources and the hyperlink will point to the same one. Hope that helps.
I've read through this and some other threads without finding an answer to my question, which is: how do I attach a document to a Storyline file that is accessible to someone using assistive software? I have developed a short course and have listed a few additional resources at the end of it, but screenreader software such as JAWS is unable to use the hyperlinks. Is there any workaround for this? I really hope there's an answer out there somewhere!
Really sorry for the inconvenience this is causing. Just wanted to confirm for you that our team is looking into this and is working to get it fixed in a future update. In the meantime, would creating a separate Resources slide and inserting jump to: triggers be a viable workaround?
I've tried to do this several different ways, including your suggestion above, and so far nothing has worked. It seems that speech programs such as JAWS cannot detect most hyperlink elements: the menu items, hyperlinks listed in the body of the text, and items listed under "Resources". The guy who tested my course for me reported that he could navigate through the course using the Previous/Next buttons, and his program read the page content to him, but that's all he could do. You can get an idea of what works and what doesn't by tabbing through the presentation; the Menu and Resources containers are highlighted, but the individual items inside them aren't.
I posted in here again just hoping someone might have found a way to get around this, but I don't think anyone has. I've been looking for a solution to the tab order issue as well, with a similiar lack of success. I really hope you guys can fix these issues in an update, because lack of accessibility is a showstopper for me.
Thanks for the details. I shared the original conversation we had with our QA team, and they're working to make it better in the future. And I'm really sorry you're having such a hard time finding workarounds. When I tried putting links right inside my slides, the yellow accessibility box controlled by the Tab button did find the links and open them, but of course I wasn't able to test it with a screen reader, so sorry that wasn't more helpful
It's really important to us that our software is screen reader-friendly, so be sure to follow our Word of Mouth blog to receive information on updates as they happen. Thanks again!
I have tried putting several hyperlinks in one text box, and I've tried putting each link in its own separate text box. I can tab to a text box, but I can't open any of the links. Would you mind taking another look at my course (http://learning.sasktel.com/quicklearn/retirement/story.html) and seeing if I'm doing something wrong or missing something? The links are in the last two slides.
OK, I just threw together a quick test which you can view here. In that test, I used four separate text boxes, three of which contain links. I tested in Chrome and Firefox, and in both browsers, I'm able to tab to all four text boxes and open all three links.
One of the text boxes contains two lines of text, and I'm still able to open the link even though the yellow accessibility box highlights both lines / the entire text box.
I think the issue you're running into is how you're launching the links. In my example I used a trigger on the entire text box, which you can see in the .story file I'll attach. I agree that it would still be nice for the yellow accessibility box to isolate the exact line of text that you'd like to open a link from, but using a trigger on the text box that contains the link seems to work OK for now. Take a look and let me know if I'm misunderstanding something. Thanks!
I think you are absolutely right! It never even occurred to me to attach the link to the text box, but now that I have done so, I can open each of the links. I will asky my tester to try it out on Monday, and let you know how it goes with the screenreading software.
It worked! My tester reported that he was able to open the links on the last page of the course using JAWS. Although I also have these links included in the Resources tab, repeating them in the body of the course benefits iPad users as well as people using assistive software. This is the first course I've created that can be accessed by browsers, iPads and JAWS, so I'm excited even though it's such a simple course.
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Yup!
Via the "Player > Resources" tab/area.
Bruce
Hi Chris, and welcome!
There are a few ways to add attachments.
One way is to use the Resources tab on the player. That's an especially nice option if you need a tidy way to attach several documents and make them accessible from various slides within your course.
Another way is to use the hyperlink option to attach a document to a clickable object on your slide (such as a button or shape).
With either option, the document you attach gets bundled with your published output. Hope that helps!
LOL. Nice Avatar, Bruce!!
Hi Jeanette is it possible to hyperlink to a document in the resources tab? I have a competence flowchart on line guide that the user and their Manager works through to support a task book and I wish to provide the competence documents that must be used to assess each competence. I only ask the question as you say that by hyperlinking to a document that storyline will gather and store the documents anyway, so really the only benefit would be that the user/manager can access the files themselves via the Resource tab. No problem with that but still need to ensure that I can hyperlink each competence assessment sheet as required. Hope that makes sense?
Thanks Chat54
Hi Chat54 - Yes, you can do both. If you want the doc available via the Resources tab, you can certainly put it there, but you can also use this method to make the doc accessible via a button.
Jeanette thanks, I am happy that both ways are possible, am I to assume that the documents all end up in the same folder when published? If I remember correctly in Presenter you could hyperlink to the document in the resources tab, i.e. 1 set of documents) could be wrong long time since I used Presenter? I guess I am asking whether I am likley to end up with double the amount of documents so as to speak if I make them available via the resource tab and hyperlink to them? Sorry just a bit confused it is Sunday afternoon?? Thanks for clearing my fog so as to speak! Chat54
Hi Chat, yah, the documents do end up in a folder in your published output called story_content/external_files. Also, if you add the same document to both the Resources and as a hyperlink as mentioned above, you won't end up with duplicate files in that folder... you'll only have one file by that name in your external_files folder, and both the resources and the hyperlink will point to the same one. Hope that helps.
Jeanette it does and thanks for a prompt response!
I've read through this and some other threads without finding an answer to my question, which is: how do I attach a document to a Storyline file that is accessible to someone using assistive software? I have developed a short course and have listed a few additional resources at the end of it, but screenreader software such as JAWS is unable to use the hyperlinks. Is there any workaround for this? I really hope there's an answer out there somewhere!
Cheers,
Julie
Hi Julie,
Really sorry for the inconvenience this is causing. Just wanted to confirm for you that our team is looking into this and is working to get it fixed in a future update. In the meantime, would creating a separate Resources slide and inserting jump to: triggers be a viable workaround?
Hi Peter,
I've tried to do this several different ways, including your suggestion above, and so far nothing has worked. It seems that speech programs such as JAWS cannot detect most hyperlink elements: the menu items, hyperlinks listed in the body of the text, and items listed under "Resources". The guy who tested my course for me reported that he could navigate through the course using the Previous/Next buttons, and his program read the page content to him, but that's all he could do. You can get an idea of what works and what doesn't by tabbing through the presentation; the Menu and Resources containers are highlighted, but the individual items inside them aren't.
I posted in here again just hoping someone might have found a way to get around this, but I don't think anyone has. I've been looking for a solution to the tab order issue as well, with a similiar lack of success. I really hope you guys can fix these issues in an update, because lack of accessibility is a showstopper for me.
Regards,
Julie
Hi Julie,
Thanks for the details. I shared the original conversation we had with our QA team, and they're working to make it better in the future. And I'm really sorry you're having such a hard time finding workarounds. When I tried putting links right inside my slides, the yellow accessibility box controlled by the Tab button did find the links and open them, but of course I wasn't able to test it with a screen reader, so sorry that wasn't more helpful
It's really important to us that our software is screen reader-friendly, so be sure to follow our Word of Mouth blog to receive information on updates as they happen. Thanks again!
I have tried putting several hyperlinks in one text box, and I've tried putting each link in its own separate text box. I can tab to a text box, but I can't open any of the links. Would you mind taking another look at my course (http://learning.sasktel.com/quicklearn/retirement/story.html) and seeing if I'm doing something wrong or missing something? The links are in the last two slides.
Thanks!
Julie
Thanks for the link, Julie. Got the same results when I tried it. Testing a new project on my end now...
Hey Julie,
OK, I just threw together a quick test which you can view here. In that test, I used four separate text boxes, three of which contain links. I tested in Chrome and Firefox, and in both browsers, I'm able to tab to all four text boxes and open all three links.
One of the text boxes contains two lines of text, and I'm still able to open the link even though the yellow accessibility box highlights both lines / the entire text box.
I think the issue you're running into is how you're launching the links. In my example I used a trigger on the entire text box, which you can see in the .story file I'll attach. I agree that it would still be nice for the yellow accessibility box to isolate the exact line of text that you'd like to open a link from, but using a trigger on the text box that contains the link seems to work OK for now. Take a look and let me know if I'm misunderstanding something. Thanks!
I think you are absolutely right! It never even occurred to me to attach the link to the text box, but now that I have done so, I can open each of the links. I will asky my tester to try it out on Monday, and let you know how it goes with the screenreading software.
Thanks!
Julie
Awesome, Julie! Keep us posted
It worked! My tester reported that he was able to open the links on the last page of the course using JAWS. Although I also have these links included in the Resources tab, repeating them in the body of the course benefits iPad users as well as people using assistive software. This is the first course I've created that can be accessed by browsers, iPads and JAWS, so I'm excited even though it's such a simple course.
Thanks for all your help, I really appreciate it!
Julie
That's great news, Julie! Thanks so much for coming back and checking in. Congrats on the project
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