How do I rewind the audio in the middle of the slide?

Oct 04, 2018

Hi!
I'm having some issues with the audio in a presentation in Articulate storyline 3. I've added a seekbar, and the paus button works perfectly fine, but the rewind button only works if you let the entire audio play to the end first. If the button is pressed prematurely, the audio bar (I think that is its name?) restarts, but the audio keeps playing until it's finished. I know you could go to the next slide and then back to listen again, but I also want the course-takers to be able to go back just a few seconds if they miss something, since most slides have a lot of information. 

8 Replies
Alyssa Gomez

Hi Alina!

It sounds like you want your learners to be able to go back just a few seconds on the seekbar if they miss something in the audio. To do that, simply click on the seekbar itself (not the rewind button), and the seekbar will jump back to the place where you clicked. 

Let me know if that's what you had in mind!

Alyssa Gomez

Hi Alina!

Thanks for sending over your file. Check out this short Peek screen recording of my testing. 

As you can see, when I click on the seekbar, the audio jumps back to that specific place in the timeline. 

Let's double check that you and I are using the same update of Storyline 3. Click the Help tab, then click About Storyline. Is this what you see there? Update 5: 3.5.16548.0

Becca Levan

Thanks for following up, Sharria!

Since this discussion mentions Storyline 3 and is a tad outdated, I'd like to gather clues to help better:

  • Are you currently working in Storyline 3 or Storyline 360? I tested this out in Storyline 3 and Storyline 360 and started the audio over by clicking the rewind button and dragging the seekbar.
  • If you're working with Storyline 3 — do you have audio on a quiz slide? We have a report open for audio on a quiz slide not replaying when clicking the player rewind button.

If possible, could I have you share your file with us so we can dig in deeper? I'd love to help get to the bottom of this with you!