I would like to ask the learner in slide 1 to enter his/her name and re-use this name later in the course, in different slides / layers coming later in the course.
Add a text entry field, to display the name in the course add a reference from the insert menu (you can see the variable name on the slide with your text entry field (good practice to rename it) or just type it like this
Hi Noemi, you start by inserting a text entry field on your slide. Put an instruction asking the user to enter his or her name. If you look at the trigger, you will see the the field is called TextEntry.
On the screens where you want the name to display, add a text box with the following text. %TextEntry%
Not sure if this is a change with SL2, but I had to add a number for the above instructions to work. %TextEntry1% If you edit the Text Entry trigger, you will see it's full title.
If you've added in the text entry and that's what it was titled that's what you'd need to use as the reference but I've used "Text Entry" before in Storyline 2 and haven't had a problem. Glad you were able to work it out though.
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Add a text entry field, to display the name in the course add a reference from the insert menu (you can see the variable name on the slide with your text entry field (good practice to rename it) or just type it like this
%yourVar%
Of course if you are using an LMS you can just pull the name from the LMS using javascript
Hi Noemi, you start by inserting a text entry field on your slide. Put an instruction asking the user to enter his or her name. If you look at the trigger, you will see the the field is called TextEntry.
On the screens where you want the name to display, add a text box with the following text. %TextEntry%
Phil types faster then I do
LOL, same content yours is just more legible
Phil, i'm interested in doing this for one of my courses. Do you have a guide available on how it works?
Sorry for posting on your thread neomi, I do it the same way as described by Nancy above
Here is a file that has the javascript in https://www.dropbox.com/s/ew2quhv2kt0q6h0/Name%20JS%20Demo.story
Not sure if this is a change with SL2, but I had to add a number for the above instructions to work. %TextEntry1% If you edit the Text Entry trigger, you will see it's full title.
Hi Tracy,
If you've added in the text entry and that's what it was titled that's what you'd need to use as the reference but I've used "Text Entry" before in Storyline 2 and haven't had a problem. Glad you were able to work it out though.
How can I do this in Rise?
Hello there, Juan!
Right now, there isn't a variable or text input feature in Rise 360.
One idea is to use a Storyline block, but it would be contained inside the block. Here is a neat certificate generator built by Phil:
I'll leave it to the community for any other concepts!
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