I need to figure out how to lock the seekbar in Storyline if at all possible. I want the user to see their progress through the videos playing, but I don't want them to skip to the end.
Currently, you cannot lock the seekbar in Storyline. It would be a nice feature request, though.
I was able to find a thread that provides some suggestions on working around this. Have a look. Maybe one of these options will help you with what you'd like to accomplish.
Bump** We really need to apply the Menu permissions to the seekbar so students can seek back and review then seek forward to the point of progression and not cheat forward through the rest of the presentation.
Has the seekbar issue been updated yet? Ideally, I would like the seekbar to display (slides with audio narration) as a means of showing progress, but not allow the user to skip ahead in the slide.
Hi Wade! Nothing has changed as far as the actual seekbar is concerned, but you could check out this thread for additional ideas on displaying progress through the course.
The built in seekbar doesn't have any new functionality since Leslie's last post, but I just shared with you in another thread a link to the Storyline SDK in case you were looking to modify the player and customize it. Also, as Leslie shared, there are a number of custom progress bars in that thread.
Is there a plan to enhnace the functionality to display and disable the seekbar to not allow skipping ahead? I would like learners to see the progress of the slide and videos and not have remove the seekbar as the only means. This is a pretty important feature and I hope "fix" is in the works. Thanks.
I don't have information to share in regards to if such a feature might be included in the future, but the best thing to do is submit a feature request as those go to our product development team. I'd provide as much detail as possible about how this feature would assist, such as what you wrote here to help our team see the value in this feature for different users.
If you're using Storyline 2 you can set the seekbar to read only, meaning the user will be able to see it but they won't be able to drag it or move it to fast forward through the slide.
I am familiar with this read-only seek bar. To enhance this feature it would be nice if it can be controlled on an individual slide basis or scene basis. You provide the option to hide or show the seek bar, but what I like to do is require our students to go completely through the course once and then provide a review scene that allows them free navigation where we turn the menu on and advancing through the seek bar. We would like to provide them some sort of idea of time when in the required section and the seek bar provides that. However, we only have one setting for the player for the entire story.
It's not an option to change the player set up based on when/how many times they've access it - but it is certainly something to share in the form of a feature request.
I agree with Christopher. The seekbar has a way of destroying a slide especially with multiple layers and narration. People that seek backwards break the entire slide from my experience. Would be nice to have the seekbar locked based on individual slides and not an 'all-or-nothing' setting as it is now.
The seekbar issue and how it could behave with audio/video elements added is something our team has been working on per the response in this thread. You could look at removing the seekbar from particular slides - and then allow the slides that you want to have the seekbar use the default player setting for read only or not.
There isn't a way to change the seekbar within the player based on the user viewing it another time, but it may be something folks in the community have modified with code or using a custom seekbar, so hopefully they'll be able to share that here with you.
I want to have the seek bar as read only for when the learner goes through the course the first time and cant skip ahead, however I was wondering if there was a way to have the seek bar become available to drag so they can go back and just look through the content freely without restrictions? Almost like the restricted menu where the learners are not able to click on menu to skip ahead until after the learner has done all the requirements to move on to other slides allowing the learner to go back to those slides if needed?
Great question and I could see that being helpful to a lot of other users. At this time it's not a feature of Storyline's seekbar, but I think it would be worth telling our product team about it here!
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Hi Nicole,
on your slide, you see the little cogwheel.
When you click on it, you can alter the player features for the slide in question.
In the listbox Player features, you select custom for the selected slide.
One of the options is to disable (render invisible) the scrubbar
Hope it helps
Geert
Hi Nicole,
Currently, you cannot lock the seekbar in Storyline. It would be a nice feature request, though.
I was able to find a thread that provides some suggestions on working around this. Have a look. Maybe one of these options will help you with what you'd like to accomplish.
Have a great day!
Bump** We really need to apply the Menu permissions to the seekbar so students can seek back and review then seek forward to the point of progression and not cheat forward through the rest of the presentation.
Thanks,
Tom
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Bruce
Hello,
Has the seekbar issue been updated yet? Ideally, I would like the seekbar to display (slides with audio narration) as a means of showing progress, but not allow the user to skip ahead in the slide.
-Wade
Hi Wade! Nothing has changed as far as the actual seekbar is concerned, but you could check out this thread for additional ideas on displaying progress through the course.
Hi Leanna,
The built in seekbar doesn't have any new functionality since Leslie's last post, but I just shared with you in another thread a link to the Storyline SDK in case you were looking to modify the player and customize it. Also, as Leslie shared, there are a number of custom progress bars in that thread.
Is there a plan to enhnace the functionality to display and disable the seekbar to not allow skipping ahead? I would like learners to see the progress of the slide and videos and not have remove the seekbar as the only means. This is a pretty important feature and I hope "fix" is in the works. Thanks.
Hi Jesse,
I don't have information to share in regards to if such a feature might be included in the future, but the best thing to do is submit a feature request as those go to our product development team. I'd provide as much detail as possible about how this feature would assist, such as what you wrote here to help our team see the value in this feature for different users.
Hello,
I know this is an old thread but is there an update on the students clicking through within the seekbar?
Hi Neil,
If you're using Storyline 2 you can set the seekbar to read only, meaning the user will be able to see it but they won't be able to drag it or move it to fast forward through the slide.
Hope that helps!
Hi Ashley,
I am familiar with this read-only seek bar. To enhance this feature it would be nice if it can be controlled on an individual slide basis or scene basis. You provide the option to hide or show the seek bar, but what I like to do is require our students to go completely through the course once and then provide a review scene that allows them free navigation where we turn the menu on and advancing through the seek bar. We would like to provide them some sort of idea of time when in the required section and the seek bar provides that. However, we only have one setting for the player for the entire story.
Thanks!
Hi Christopher,
It's not an option to change the player set up based on when/how many times they've access it - but it is certainly something to share in the form of a feature request.
I agree with Christopher. The seekbar has a way of destroying a slide especially with multiple layers and narration. People that seek backwards break the entire slide from my experience. Would be nice to have the seekbar locked based on individual slides and not an 'all-or-nothing' setting as it is now.
Hi Martin,
The seekbar issue and how it could behave with audio/video elements added is something our team has been working on per the response in this thread. You could look at removing the seekbar from particular slides - and then allow the slides that you want to have the seekbar use the default player setting for read only or not.
Is there any known way to have the seekbar be read-only upon initial view, then unlocked during subsequent views?
Hi Jacqui,
There isn't a way to change the seekbar within the player based on the user viewing it another time, but it may be something folks in the community have modified with code or using a custom seekbar, so hopefully they'll be able to share that here with you.
Hi All,
I want to have the seek bar as read only for when the learner goes through the course the first time and cant skip ahead, however I was wondering if there was a way to have the seek bar become available to drag so they can go back and just look through the content freely without restrictions? Almost like the restricted menu where the learners are not able to click on menu to skip ahead until after the learner has done all the requirements to move on to other slides allowing the learner to go back to those slides if needed?
Hi Nikki,
Great question and I could see that being helpful to a lot of other users. At this time it's not a feature of Storyline's seekbar, but I think it would be worth telling our product team about it here!
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