Default Timeline Setting

Hello Kim!

You can set the menu options in the player to "free" to allow users to click the next button before the timeline ends. You could also manually move the timeline to a shorter time on one slide ,then duplicate the slide.

You can also add a custom next button on the slides to allow them to go to the next slide before the timeline ends.

I appreciate the feedback. However, we develop many courses using the Menu option and keep the Player option set to Restricted so the students can't skip ahead in the course. With that said, setting the player to FREE will not always work for us.

We are running to a LOT of problems when converting our large library of courses from S1 to S2 due to the default timeline setting. At this time, we are having to manually update the timeline on all of the slides.

Can we put in a request for FUTURE update to have somewhere in SL2 a place to change the Default Timeline setting of 5 seconds? This would allow a global update to courses rather than the manual functions you mentioned.

Thanks so much!

Hello Kimberly,

If you would like the default timeline to be something different than 5 seconds, you could submit the feature request through this form here.

I'm using Articulate '13 and my timeline runs for 10 seconds.   Is that something i can change in '13?

Hello Teri,

In Presenter 13, the default timeline is 5 seconds. This can be changed by adding audio/video. If you would like to change this default we welcome a feature request.

Thanks Teri for the info.  I am in the same boat as Kimberly.  We want to restrict the menu, but allow them to click "next" whenever they want no matter where the timeline is.  I used this extensively in Storyline 1, now that seems to be impossible with Storyline 2 without using some workaround.

I sent in a feature request. 

Hello Joe,

Thanks for submitting the feature request. The restricted navigation is different in Storyline 2, as it does affect both the menu and the next button. You can shorten the timeline, or use custom buttons, or you can check out the workaround here.

I have been shortening the timeline down to about 1 second but it would be REALLY nice if there was a way to change the DEFAULT timeline of 5 seconds so we could make the time setting we want to apply to all slides instead of having to manually change each slide. I have several projects that are quite large so the manual change is quite time consuming.

Hi Kimberly,

The more feature requests the better, so hopefully others will send some along for this as well.

I sent a feature request as well.  I am having the exact same issue as Kimberly.  I've got a huge course library that I am have to update courses for SL1 to SL2 and it is very time consuming to change all the timelines manually.  Very frustrating indeed.  I really hope this will be changed in an update soon!

Thanks for submitting the request Denise!

This thread is 10 months old, but I am not sure if a solution has not been found/created. As a precaution, I will submit a feature request as well. 

I am finding the biggest impact is actually in my quizzes. I want the learners to wait until the end of the timeline to advance on all other slides. On the quiz however, the default timeline for the feedback is 5 second. My feedback simply says "Correct" or "Incorrect" so 5 seconds is overkill. I have had to manually change my correct, incorrect, and try again feedback timelines for each question. 

If anyone has a better solution/temporary fix I would appreciate it! Is there anyway to set only select slides to "free"

Hi, Erika -- Thanks for reaching out with your question! To confirm, have you had an opportunity to check out the information on Slide Properties and Controlling How Slides Advance? Please feel free to share your file if you would like so we can get a better idea of how things are currently set and can possibly offer additional suggestions. :)

I've also submitted a feature request, as I run into the exact same problem.

Thanks Sara for submitting the feature request! If you're looking for other creative solutions for your current situation, perhaps you'll be able to share a bit more here and then folks can offer ideas and expertise. Also feel free to start a new discussion with your example of what you're trying to accomplish as well.