Feature Request??? Menu dialog just plain sucks.
Mar 14, 2014
Hello.
I was going to submit a feature request, but I searched for 'feature request' on the Articulate site and it doesn't work. No results. So....I guess my first feature request would be a functioning search feature (this thing has been broken for a loooong time). Moving on...
Now to my ACTUAL feature request, since I couldn't find a form to submit it to:
Storyline is a great tool and I'm using it on a daily basis for the set of courses that my department is tasked with producing. But.....as much as like it, I have found one particular aspect that is extremely cumbersome and counter-productive.
The 'Player' dialog, and in particular the 'Menu' portion of the dialog. Why, oh why, can't we preview the actual slides when editing the menu??? In order to edit a slide's title, I need to see what's on the slide!
As it is, I have to close the dialog, scroll down through 100+ slides, take a mental note of what's on it, then jump back into the Player > Menu dialog and finally edit the title. NOT productive when you're dealing with large courses.
So...my feature request is to please, please, PLEASE include a slide preview (not just a placeholder) so I can edit my menus 1000X faster!!!
Thank you!
Thank you very much!
6 Replies
This may help, If you name the base layer of the slide, this is the title that appears on the menu, this way you don't need to keep going back to the player. It is better to name it this way as if you do it on the menu in the player you cannot change it agin.
Phil,
Thanks for the tip! Yes, I do try and keep track by initially naming everything. But in trying to produce in rapid fashion, I often wind up with duplicated slides that get named after the fact. As well, I regularly have to re-order slides based on feedback /revisions.
Having a preview would alleviate so much frustration when trying to determine what slides are shown/hidden, etc. And in the menu you can create a topic that's simply a (parent) title and not an actual slide; another reason to be able to see what's there.
Thanks for the input.
-Tim
Hi, Tim: Here's the link to the feature requests.
Thanks, Daniel!
Hey Tim,
Out of curiosity, I typed "Articulate Storyline Feature Requests" (w/out quotes) into Google search...the link Daniel gave you was the "hit" at the top of the list!
Hi Tim,
Sorry about the searching feature - it's something our team is aware of, and it's hard to figure out as it's inconsistent for a number of users. As Becky mentioned, Google does a pretty good job of finding things and Adrian has a great screenr here about how to ensure you find things on the Articulate site:
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