When adding a Quiz slide, Storyline includes the trigger "hide this layer" before the trigger for jumping to next slide. When testing my quiz, I see a brief flash of the base layer when clicking Continue. I assume this is "hide layer" trigger ends up showing the base layer before jumping to the next slide. It's brief, but annoying.
What is the purpose of including the "hide layer" trigger on a layer with a button that goes to the next slide?
Is there any reason that I should not just delete that trigger to avoid the brief flash? And won't any trigger placed after the "Jump to slide" trigger be ignored? Is there any reason to place "hide this layer" after the Jump trigger?
The "Hide Layer" trigger is standard on all Feedback Layers, including the "Try Again" layer. If you're using the "Try Again" layer, then the "Hide Layer" trigger would ensure the learner returns to the question slide. In this case, it sounds like it's more of an inconvenience in your learning than beneficial, so I'd agree that deleting this trigger is the correct approach.
Please let me know if you have any additional questions!
It turned out there was a transition on the quiz slides, so the "hide layer" on Correct/Incorrect before the Jump-to-slide caused the base layer to display for a short time. I understand why "Hide Layer" is on the Try Again layer. But I don't know what Hide Layer is standard on Correct/Incorrect layers.
What is the purpose of hiding a layer before the "Jump to slide" trigger?
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Hello Sally!
The "Hide Layer" trigger is standard on all Feedback Layers, including the "Try Again" layer. If you're using the "Try Again" layer, then the "Hide Layer" trigger would ensure the learner returns to the question slide. In this case, it sounds like it's more of an inconvenience in your learning than beneficial, so I'd agree that deleting this trigger is the correct approach.
Please let me know if you have any additional questions!
It turned out there was a transition on the quiz slides, so the "hide layer" on Correct/Incorrect before the Jump-to-slide caused the base layer to display for a short time. I understand why "Hide Layer" is on the Try Again layer. But I don't know what Hide Layer is standard on Correct/Incorrect layers.
What is the purpose of hiding a layer before the "Jump to slide" trigger?
If nothing else, it means the learner will return to the quiz, not the feedback layer, if they navigate back to this slide.
It's actually pretty standard anytime a jump is done from a layer.
Thanks Walt, that makes sense. I know its standard, but I wasn't sure what the benefit was. Now I get it.