Hi - I know these instructions are here somewhere on this site, but I couldn't find them.
I have images of documents in my course. It's not possible to read the text on the images because it's too small. How do I insert a zoom interaction so that my users can click to see the document up close and personal?
Attached is a sample with a couple of different ways to zoom. One uses the built-in zoom, which is not as flexible. The other uses a custom built method.
If it's just one page, you could add hotspots to different parts (e.g., each paragraph) and have those open a layer with a legible image of just that part of the page.
If it's a longer document, it might be better to just attach a copy. That would let the users open the file in a separate window.
There is a Zoom Picture tool on the Picture Format bar. However, you need to insert the picture as large as possible and then shrink it down after you put it on the slide so that when the learner clicks on it, the picture will zoom to the original size that it was inserted as. You can't scroll around and it won't be any bigger then it was when it was originally inserted. That being said there are a number of ways this can be done but I like Judy's suggestion best because you can control whether or not the learner can advance based on the views of the slide layers with triggers. So if each paragraph is one layer, they can't go on until they at least visit each layer or however you set it up.
Hi Judy - I like this idea. However, when I searched for how to insert a hyperlink to a document, I found this: Atriculate Storyline - attach document - Articulate Storyline Discussions - E-Learning Heroes , which seems to be outdated, When I created a button (or selected the image of the document), I didn't see the dialog box from that article ... just the usual trigger wizard, which doesn't have anything about opening a pdf ...
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Here are the instructions:
https://community.articulate.com/series/articulate-storyline-360/articles/articulate-storyline-360-user-guide-how-to-add-zoom-regions
Attached is a sample with a couple of different ways to zoom. One uses the built-in zoom, which is not as flexible. The other uses a custom built method.
Hi – thanks for this, but I’m looking for a user-initiated zoom rather than one that comes and goes based on the timeline.
Lerissa
If it's just one page, you could add hotspots to different parts (e.g., each paragraph) and have those open a layer with a legible image of just that part of the page.
If it's a longer document, it might be better to just attach a copy. That would let the users open the file in a separate window.
Hi Lerissa,
There is a Zoom Picture tool on the Picture Format bar. However, you need to insert the picture as large as possible and then shrink it down after you put it on the slide so that when the learner clicks on it, the picture will zoom to the original size that it was inserted as. You can't scroll around and it won't be any bigger then it was when it was originally inserted. That being said there are a number of ways this can be done but I like Judy's suggestion best because you can control whether or not the learner can advance based on the views of the slide layers with triggers. So if each paragraph is one layer, they can't go on until they at least visit each layer or however you set it up.
That's my two-cents worth. Hope it helps.
Tracy
Hi Judy - I like this idea. However, when I searched for how to insert a hyperlink to a document, I found this: Atriculate Storyline - attach document - Articulate Storyline Discussions - E-Learning Heroes , which seems to be outdated, When I created a button (or selected the image of the document), I didn't see the dialog box from that article ... just the usual trigger wizard, which doesn't have anything about opening a pdf ...
Help?
Ah-ha! Never mind! I found the Open URL/file option. :-)
Thanks, everyone!