Extra layer on results slide - is it possible?

May 24, 2016

I wanted to have an extra layer on a results slide ((ie in addition to the pass and fail layers) that would display if a particular variable were true.

However, I'm having no luck making it work and am wondering if it's actually possible?

The results slide doesn't seem to recognise that the necessary variable has changed, although it definitely has.

Am I wasting my time here?

13 Replies

cheryl hartley

almost 8 years ago05/24/16 at 11:37 pm (UTC)

Check your Slide Layer Properties - possibly the Hide other slide layers option is checked?

Wendy Farmer
Hero

almost 8 years ago05/25/16 at 1:17 am (UTC)

Hi Katherine

here is a sample of what I think you mean

Katherine-Result_xtra_layer-WF.story

Christie Pollick

almost 8 years ago05/25/16 at 4:48 pm (UTC)

Hi, Katherine -- Thanks for reaching out, and I see that you have some ideas you can try! But, if you had something else in mind, it might be most helpful if you were able to share your .story file if you already have one created. Simply use the ADD ATTACHMENT button in the bottom left of the reply box and upload from there! :)

almost 8 years ago05/26/16 at 5:25 am (UTC)

Thanks Wendy - that's pretty much what I did (albeit with many other variables in use as well) but the results slide wasn't picking up the change in the true/false variable so the variable-driven layer wasn't appearing.

One of the Articulate helpdesk folks suggested changing the true/false to a number variable, which has now worked (although now one of the other variables isn't working...). I've no idea why this works when the true/false one didn't or why the other variable now doesn't work, but hopefully the Articulate guy will fill me in.

almost 8 years ago05/26/16 at 5:30 am (UTC)

Hi Katherine

it's always hard to assume what else is in the file so I took a stab, and yes either a number or T/F variable should work - it's not your trigger order that is giving you grief with the other variable not working - can you reference it and see it changing?

Leslie McKerchie
Staff

almost 8 years ago05/26/16 at 2:08 pm (UTC)

Hi Katherine! Thanks for sharing an update and letting us know that you are working with support as well. I'm quite sure they will assist you ;)

Katherine Redfern
Author

almost 8 years ago05/27/16 at 5:40 am (UTC)

Thanks Leslie - the support team haven't been able to sort it either. Currently we're looking at abandoning the course, which is weeks of mine and my colleagues' time wasted. Not impressed.

Leslie McKerchie
Staff

almost 8 years ago05/27/16 at 1:35 pm (UTC)

Would you be be able to share your case number with me so that I could take a look? I'm not able to locate it.

Katherine Redfern
Author

almost 8 years ago05/30/16 at 2:04 am (UTC)

Hi Leslie

It's 00793422

Thanks for your help. It's frustrating to see so much hard work go to waste. It seems as if every time I try to fix the problem something else goes wrong. Having recreated the whole quiz I'm now finding the layers in the results slide don't display as expected.