Moving learners ahead in tabbed training with next button hidden in Storyline 1
Jul 27, 2015
Apologies if the title makes little sense! I'm working on a tabbed training in Storyline 1 - having scoured the training help archives it's clear to me that my problem would be very easily fixed if I had Storyline 2, but I don't, so... please help.
Here's the issue: I've built a tabbed training on 5 different topics, and I need my learners to fully watch all 5 lessons then proceed to the next slide which will be an assessment slide. To keep them from just skipping the training all together, I've hidden the next button from my primary slide, however now I don't know how to get them through to the assessment slides while ensuring that they've reviewed all 5 tabs in the lesson.
Ideally, I would like to set a trigger that states "jump to next slide when user has viewed all layers" but that's not an available option. So, how do I get around this? I'm sure the streamlined functionality of next button modifications is a big selling point for Storyline 2, but there still has to be a way (perhaps a somewhat cumbersome way, but a way just the same) to accomplish this with the original program... right?
Thank you!
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Hi, E, and Welcome to the community! :)
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I can do that if someone who thinks they know how to fix my problem thinks that would help, but I don't see why it would be of benefit. I created a tabbed training directly from the tutorial videos (http://www.articulate.com/support/storyline-2/creating-a-tabs-interaction-sl2) so it looks/works exactly like the training on that page, save the fact that my training has pictures of vegetables instead of a cityscape.
Specifically, at the 6:40 mark of the second video, he sets a trigger that says "change state of next button to normal when the state of all buttons on the page is/are visited" to ensure that the user views all the tabs prior to clicking the next button and moving on in the training. This is a feature that's in Storyline 2 and isn't in Storyline 1 (or if it is, it's not done in this same way). Basically, all I need to know is how I ensure that users look at all tabs before proceeding in a training in Storyline 1. If the answer is "there's no way to do that in Storyline 1, which is one of the reasons why you should keep petitioning your employer to upgrade your software" please tell me that so I can scrap this training and build it a different way.
Hi, E --
This article on How to Disable the Next Button Until Learners Finish Interacting with a Slide may work for what you are trying to achieve. Please check it out and let us know if you still need further assistance.
Thank you, Christie. That link I think was just what I was looking for, though I wasn't able to fully understand what I was doing in that process so it didn't end up working (I'd imagine that's one of the reasons the functionality was upgraded for Storyline 2).
I tried to develop a workaround to my problem, but the training is still not functioning in the manner I'd hoped. I posted a new question about this on the discussion groups with my training file included, so if you're able to view that and provide assistance I'd greatly appreciate it!
New link:
https://community.articulate.com/discussions/articulate-storyline/tabbed-layers-triggers-not-behaving-as-expected-in-storyline-1-help
Hi, E, and thanks for the update. We address threads in the order in which they are received, but we will be happy to check out your new post/file as soon as possible. :)
Hi, E --
I clicked on the link you provided above and it appears that the link is no longer available. Have you removed the post, by chance? I checked our SPAM filters to set if it accidentally got flagged and I did not see it in that folder. Please feel free to repost if you would still like help. Thanks. :)
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