Having been burned in the past by waffling SMEs, I often create a Scene and title it Bullpen (as in a baseball bullpen). It's where I keep 'discarded' slides during the review/SME process. Often, SMEs change their minds or higher-ups in subsequent reviews want the slide restored. I just move the slide from the Bullpen back into the project and it's done.
It's also a good place to keep developer notes for future revisions of the project, especially if it's revised by a different developer. Just create a slide in the Bullpen and title it Developer Notes. Describe the variables, Trigger logic, and so on. A great help 12 months later when the project is updated/revised.
Great advice. I'm new in my role as an instructional designer and using Articulate to create eLearning courses. I have some SMEs along with the IT team waffling about changing the name of a field, and I'm not sure they'll make up their minds by the time I have to roll out this training. So Bullpen it is!
You can also hide it from the publish menu settings. (Remove it from the menu outline, but you can still get to it from buttons or triggers) The user will not be able to see or get to it.
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Hi Roy
it's impossible. You'll find more here.
Thanks, Joanna.
Though after watching the tutorial I concluded that it is possible...
Just make a new scene and put the slides you don't want to use for now there. That is good enough.
Having been burned in the past by waffling SMEs, I often create a Scene and title it Bullpen (as in a baseball bullpen). It's where I keep 'discarded' slides during the review/SME process. Often, SMEs change their minds or higher-ups in subsequent reviews want the slide restored. I just move the slide from the Bullpen back into the project and it's done.
It's also a good place to keep developer notes for future revisions of the project, especially if it's revised by a different developer. Just create a slide in the Bullpen and title it Developer Notes. Describe the variables, Trigger logic, and so on. A great help 12 months later when the project is updated/revised.
That's a really great idea Bob. Thanks for popping in to share your method with everyone.
Great Idea Bob - one I have just implemented in my course. Thanks for the tip :)
If there is no trigger jumping to it (them), the slide(s) just hang around loose, and you don't actually need a separate scene.
But in all cases, remember to take them out of the menu if you use one.
Great advice. I'm new in my role as an instructional designer and using Articulate to create eLearning courses. I have some SMEs along with the IT team waffling about changing the name of a field, and I'm not sure they'll make up their minds by the time I have to roll out this training. So Bullpen it is!
You can also hide it from the publish menu settings. (Remove it from the menu outline, but you can still get to it from buttons or triggers) The user will not be able to see or get to it.
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