I'm using Storyline's built-in check boxes to track the progression of a users' movement. The story is to have them click on external links read the articles or view the videos and come back to Storyline and check off that they understood what they read or viewed. Once they get to the last link the last check box only then should they be able to progress to the next page which will be an assessment page.
So my goal is to have the last check box have a trigger that will have a statement that will say unless "you must completed all of the check boxes above before continuing on to the next page". Can someone help me build this trigger with variable?
Hi, Maree -- In addition to Leslie's suggestion to share your file so other may offer some ideas, I also wanted to share this post on a somewhat similar topic in case some of the ideas presented may help for what you have in mind.
Each of your checkboxes should have a normal, hover, and selected state. When the user has not checked them, they would have a normal state, and the user could then check them off (i.e selected state). In Storyline 2, it is possible to tie a player navigation button to a trigger and add conditions that need to be met - in this case, all of the check boxes must be selected. See screenshot hide_next_button.png
You would need to also add a trigger to set the initial state of the next button to hidden. See attached change_state_next_button.png
So in order: 1- Add trigger to hide the next button. 2- Create trigger to change the state of the next button to normal when the state on all of the check boxes is selected.
The questionable part here is that your users would still be able to simply check the boxes and then continue to the assessment, but they most likely wouldn't do very well if they hadn't actually reviewed the content.
That said, you could use trigger to change the state of the checkbox to visited when the user clicks on the text box containing the list and assume the user is also following that link. This works if it is okay to just have your users 'say' that they visited the site.
Thank you everyone for your help on this matter. I'm so impressed with the quick turn around in responses! Thank you all so very much. Bret, I will go and try your instructions this evening.
Given that you'd like to have a statement appear that asks the learner to complete all areas before proceeding, you could create a layer with that message and then trigger it to appear when the user clicks the next button if the state of any of the check boxes is still normal (not selected).
I've attached a quick sample in case you're interested.
Jon, thank you so much. This is exactly what I want. Let me try recreating it now and if I need further help I'll ping you right back. Thanks so much! Really!!!! And thanks for the sample file!!!
Maybe you can look at my file and tell me what I'm doing wrong. I thought I had your instructions done but it is not working. Please look at slide number 1.4 - thanks much.
You need to remove the Jump to next slide trigger on the slide and add a close button on the layer with a trigger to hide the layer when the button is clicked. I've made the changes and attached the Storyline file. Let me know if this makes sense!
The only thing I can see is I forgot to add a close button on the layer but that does not effect my triggers on the main slide. I've since added the close button on the layer.
Yea!!! It works like a charm! Thank you Jon so very much you are awesome and wonderful!!! You made my day. Now I can show this in my meeting at 11:00. am PST :)
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Hi Maree!
If you share your .story file, I'm sure someone can assist you with this design :)
Hi, Maree -- In addition to Leslie's suggestion to share your file so other may offer some ideas, I also wanted to share this post on a somewhat similar topic in case some of the ideas presented may help for what you have in mind.
Hi Maree,
Each of your checkboxes should have a normal, hover, and selected state. When the user has not checked them, they would have a normal state, and the user could then check them off (i.e selected state). In Storyline 2, it is possible to tie a player navigation button to a trigger and add conditions that need to be met - in this case, all of the check boxes must be selected. See screenshot hide_next_button.png
You would need to also add a trigger to set the initial state of the next button to hidden. See attached change_state_next_button.png
So in order: 1- Add trigger to hide the next button. 2- Create trigger to change the state of the next button to normal when the state on all of the check boxes is selected.
The questionable part here is that your users would still be able to simply check the boxes and then continue to the assessment, but they most likely wouldn't do very well if they hadn't actually reviewed the content.
That said, you could use trigger to change the state of the checkbox to visited when the user clicks on the text box containing the list and assume the user is also following that link. This works if it is okay to just have your users 'say' that they visited the site.
Hope this helps.
Thank you everyone for your help on this matter. I'm so impressed with the quick turn around in responses! Thank you all so very much. Bret, I will go and try your instructions this evening.
Bret, Christie, and Leslie you are all awesome!
Hi Maree,
Given that you'd like to have a statement appear that asks the learner to complete all
areas before proceeding, you could create a layer with that message and then trigger it to appear when the user clicks the next button if the state of any of the check boxes is still normal (not selected).
I've attached a quick sample in case you're interested.
I'd be happy to explain it further if needed!
Jon, thank you so much. This is exactly what I want. Let me try recreating it now and if I need further help I'll ping you right back. Thanks so much! Really!!!! And thanks for the sample file!!!
Hi Jon,
Maybe you can look at my file and tell me what I'm doing wrong. I thought I had your instructions done but it is not working. Please look at slide number 1.4 - thanks much.
Hey Maree,
You need to remove the Jump to next slide trigger on the slide and add a close button on the layer with a trigger to hide the layer when the button is clicked. I've made the changes and attached the Storyline file. Let me know if this makes sense!
The only thing I can see is I forgot to add a close button on the layer but that does not effect my triggers on the main slide. I've since added the close button on the layer.
Oops. Our mails crossed. Sorry about that. Okay I'll try it. Thank you so much.
Yea!!! It works like a charm! Thank you Jon so very much you are awesome and wonderful!!! You made my day. Now I can show this in my meeting at 11:00. am PST :)
Have a marvelous day!
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