I'm working in Storyline and have found that it does not display slide numbers. I've looked around on some of the other blogs about this and have come to the conclusion that it is not an easy task. Can anyone advise me on how to insert slide numbers without having to put a text box into every single slide? My projects are over 150 slides and that is just not feasible.
This is a great thread with very insightful ideas and solutions.
I need to add Slide numbers against my recommendation to the customer...
I am trying to move away from 'linear' web based training to a more organic flow were the learner takes control and navigate the learning > a great challenge for the developer !
I find the slide numbers bring this back to a slide-by-slide situation that can be less engaging. I find the slide numbers really useful for the review phase, the feedback relates to a slide number makes the updates much quicker to apply. I would prefer to remove them from the finished product.
My understanding is that Articulate purposefully removed the slide number function, but by popular demand will they put it back in.
Anything is possible:) The team could add page numbers but because there are so many possible structures and paths, the implementation is likely to disappoint someone.
I still contend that adding your own page numbers through a variable trigger on each slide is quite fast and the presence of this variable value adds a few benefits. For example, if I wanted to track progress via an array through JavaScript.
It's really not that difficult or time consuming and it's even faster if it's planned for ahead of time. Have a 300 slide module and the client added 5 slides at the beginning, deleted slides 22 and 23? Still not something that will take more than 10 minutes to fix using story view.
While built-in page numbers would be a nice addition, I'd still probably use my own declaration for the flexibility it provides.
I didn't buy SL 2 so I could be a programmer. The suggestions are greatly appreciated. However, they are all too complicated for me. I just want to number the slide, not engineer a solution. Please address this ASAP. A real drawback.
As you can see it's been a common topic, but I don't have any additional information to share. You're welcome to share your thoughts here in regards to this as a feature.
I think the problem is that one size won't fit all when it comes to a solution. Any feature that the Articulate team may add to number slides might work for you but not for the next guy.
The best example that I can give is that not everyone wants every single slide in their course to be numbered or to add to the total number of screens. Maybe an option could be to have a slide number variable that can be accessed and have a checkbox for each slide to add/remove it from the screen count.
Thanks David for weighing in here and sharing another idea for how this may be set up. Always feel free to post those here and send along as a feature request.
Seems poor that Articulate hasn't implemented some version of Randall Sauchuck's well laid out suggestion for developer accessible system variables after so many years. If this was a 'popular feature request' you'd think they might have done something about it...
We've discussed the system variables as a team and documented our current thinking here. Not to say this won't change, but currently it's not something we're set up for.
Disappointing. So short-sided. Who doesn't want a page count easily available to them in even the most basic of eLearning tools? Besides all of the other useful system data ... Captivate has tons of system variables.
Hi, Mark -- So sorry to hear that you are disappointed that we are not able to offer what you are looking for at this time but your input is valued, and if you would like to express your sentiments to our Product Development team, you are welcome to use this form to share.
I did a feature request. Won't hold my breath. I'd love to talk to a real person about the resistance to this obviously needed feature. I'm sure there's some reason ...
Hey, Mark! What we're looking for no longer exists :-( This current crop of development tools pale in comparison to the powerhouses of the 90's and early 2000's. Seemingly-innocuous built-in variables like PageCount and CurrentPageNum are foreign, and functions are completely MIA. Too many people have bought into the hype that anyone can be an eLearning Developer, and these tools reflect that "PowerPoint-ization" and dumbing-down of what is still the realm of Instructional Designers and eLearning Developers. Could be why articles abound which discuss how NOT to create awful, mind-numbing page-turners...
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Thanks Ron for sharing here - I know that there are always a lot of users looking to add slide numbers to each slide.
You can also find a slide counter that does not require javascript through this post.
Steve
Thanks for sharing Steve.
This is a great thread with very insightful ideas and solutions.
I need to add Slide numbers against my recommendation to the customer...
I am trying to move away from 'linear' web based training to a more organic flow were the learner takes control and navigate the learning > a great challenge for the developer !
I find the slide numbers bring this back to a slide-by-slide situation that can be less engaging. I find the slide numbers really useful for the review phase, the feedback relates to a slide number makes the updates much quicker to apply. I would prefer to remove them from the finished product.
My understanding is that Articulate purposefully removed the slide number function, but by popular demand will they put it back in.
Anything is possible:) The team could add page numbers but because there are so many possible structures and paths, the implementation is likely to disappoint someone.
I still contend that adding your own page numbers through a variable trigger on each slide is quite fast and the presence of this variable value adds a few benefits. For example, if I wanted to track progress via an array through JavaScript.
It's really not that difficult or time consuming and it's even faster if it's planned for ahead of time. Have a 300 slide module and the client added 5 slides at the beginning, deleted slides 22 and 23? Still not something that will take more than 10 minutes to fix using story view.
While built-in page numbers would be a nice addition, I'd still probably use my own declaration for the flexibility it provides.
I didn't buy SL 2 so I could be a programmer. The suggestions are greatly appreciated. However, they are all too complicated for me. I just want to number the slide, not engineer a solution. Please address this ASAP. A real drawback.
Hi Daniel,
As you can see it's been a common topic, but I don't have any additional information to share. You're welcome to share your thoughts here in regards to this as a feature.
Wow Amazing, i can able to do it within two minutes, thanks for sharing divine knowledge
Glad this thread helped you out Mohamed.
I think the problem is that one size won't fit all when it comes to a solution. Any feature that the Articulate team may add to number slides might work for you but not for the next guy.
The best example that I can give is that not everyone wants every single slide in their course to be numbered or to add to the total number of screens. Maybe an option could be to have a slide number variable that can be accessed and have a checkbox for each slide to add/remove it from the screen count.
Thanks David for weighing in here and sharing another idea for how this may be set up. Always feel free to post those here and send along as a feature request.
Seems poor that Articulate hasn't implemented some version of Randall Sauchuck's well laid out suggestion for developer accessible system variables after so many years. If this was a 'popular feature request' you'd think they might have done something about it...
Hi Steve,
We've discussed the system variables as a team and documented our current thinking here. Not to say this won't change, but currently it's not something we're set up for.
What Randall Sauchuck said is really nice. Please let us know whether the same is taken care of by articulate.
Hi Rabi!
Did you check out Ashley's solution shared right above?
Why don't we have system variables in SL yet? Geesh!!!
Hi Mark,
We've batted around the idea of system variables, and ultimately our team has decided not to reveal those at this time.
Disappointing. So short-sided. Who doesn't want a page count easily available to them in even the most basic of eLearning tools? Besides all of the other useful system data ... Captivate has tons of system variables.
And for the record, SL isn't basic, but no system vars is huge to me, and likely many many others.
Hi, Mark -- So sorry to hear that you are disappointed that we are not able to offer what you are looking for at this time but your input is valued, and if you would like to express your sentiments to our Product Development team, you are welcome to use this form to share.
I did a feature request. Won't hold my breath. I'd love to talk to a real person about the resistance to this obviously needed feature. I'm sure there's some reason ...
Even if they are read-only. Just can't understand how it could be that difficult ...
Hey, Mark! What we're looking for no longer exists :-( This current crop of development tools pale in comparison to the powerhouses of the 90's and early 2000's. Seemingly-innocuous built-in variables like PageCount and CurrentPageNum are foreign, and functions are completely MIA. Too many people have bought into the hype that anyone can be an eLearning Developer, and these tools reflect that "PowerPoint-ization" and dumbing-down of what is still the realm of Instructional Designers and eLearning Developers. Could be why articles abound which discuss how NOT to create awful, mind-numbing page-turners...
I hear ya, Joe! Ahhhh the Good Ol' Days ;)
Is it possible to add slide numbers as a 2-digit number? i.e. "01"
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