Create a custom rewind button?

Mar 04, 2014

Vaughan Martin
By Vaughan Martin

Folks,

I'm surprised I haven't seen this question asked before, so I'm hoping its something so simple and basic its not worth mentioning.

I have a need to restrict my users from fast forwarding through a presentation (regulated type training). As such, I need to supress the seekbar. unfortunately, when I restrict the seekbar I disallow the ability to rewind. I need to restrict the fast forward function but it would be nice to still allow rewind.

I created a custom pause button based on opening a slide layer where the layer pauses the timeline. This is done via a slide master; however, I haven't figured out a way to create a rewind button (or jump back X seconds) via a slide master.

Has anyone else solved this? Is there a way to have a rewind or jump back x seconds function while still suppressing the seekbar.

THanks,

31 Replies
Diane Galloway
5 years ago01/30/19 at 12:23 pm (UTC)

I have a Storyline 360 video, recorded as a screen recording to demo software and with voiceover included.  When the user plays the video, I definitely want them to be able to rewind a couple of seconds/minutes in case they miss anything but when dragging the seekbar, the bar moves but nothing changes, the voiceover and the video carry on regardless. If I click pause and then drag the bar all the way to the end, it makes no difference.  I have watched the conditional seekbar help and everything is set that way but I still can't rewind.  Is this a feature request or is there now a different way to do this?

Thanks

Diane

Ashley Terwilliger-Pollard
5 years ago01/30/19 at 7:45 pm (UTC)

Hi Diane,

Have you set up the conditional seekbar on that slide? If so, the learner won't be able to rewind until they've watched to the end at least once.

If you're still having trouble, with your permission, I'd like to take a look at your project file to investigate what's happening. You can share it publicly here, or send it to me privately by uploading it here. 

I’ll delete it when I’m done troubleshooting. 

Michelle McKinney
4 years ago04/21/20 at 9:57 am (UTC)

Hi all, 

I've made a workaround for myself as I'm using Storyline 3 so don't have access to the conditional seekbar.

I put my video on the base slide with no controls or seekbar, though I did add custom "Pause" and "Resume" buttons. The video plays automatically and the "Next" button is set to disabled.

I also created a layer called "replay", which is triggered to appear when the video is completed. This layer contains the same video but with the video control bar (added via the "video tools" tab). This video only plays when clicked. The "Next" button is changed to "Normal". The learners are advised that they can now review any parts of the video they wish using the control bar, or press "Next" to continue.

This may be a useful workaround for other, like me, who are in compliance and have to ensure learners view the entire video, but want to give them opportunity to rewatch parts of the video.

I've added a sample story with a 20 second video - I just came up with this workaround this morning so there may still be some rough edges on it.

Anup Jartarghar
over 2 years ago12/17/21 at 4:58 am (UTC)

Hi,

I am using SL3 where i want to add 10sec rewind & 30sec forward buttons to the seekbar. Currently this feature is available in Storyline 360 but not found in SL3.

Whether it is possible to use javascript or can I use any triggers to match my requirement?

Any kind of help would be greatly appreciated.

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