Native Storyline calculator (no Flash)

Mar 23, 2014

Hi everyone, my learners will need a calculator in my courses, and I was hoping to find a solution that doesn't rely on a Flash. I was inspired by a project called BetterCalculator that I found on another thread that was originally developed by Dave Mozealous. Unfortunately, that calculator didn't accept decimals - only whole numbers. Also, having to click everything on screen is a bit of a chore, so I thought allowing keyboard entry would be cool too.

Well, here's a working demo of the newest iteration of Dave's calculator, and I've attached the Storyline project for you to adapt/improve as needed.

It includes both keyboard entry and decimal entry (up to 2 decimal places). I hope this is helpful.

nativestorylinecalculator.story

53 Replies

Siobhan Keleher

over 8 years ago11/19/15 at 4:37 pm (UTC)

Is there an easy way to reduce the size of the calculator as I want the question to still be visible when the layer opens

Thanks :)

Ashley Terwilliger-Pollard
Staff

over 8 years ago11/19/15 at 6:15 pm (UTC)

Hi Siobhan,

You may want to look at selecting all the items at once and then moving or resizing as needed - perhaps you could also set the calculator to show on a layer only when the user needed? That way it's not always taking up space on your slide.

Siobhan Keleher

over 8 years ago11/20/15 at 9:31 am (UTC)

Hi Ashley

I tried selecting and resizing but the buttons become very small in relation to the rest of the calculator. I have the calculator on a layer with the mutiple choice questions from the base layer still usable but the question text is quite wordy so it gets hidden.

Ashley Terwilliger-Pollard
Staff

over 8 years ago11/20/15 at 3:17 pm (UTC)

Sorry I'm not more help Siobhan - perhaps you could message the user who originally created it using the "contact me" button on their profile to see if they'd be able to help you recreate? I'm not a designer so it's a bit outside my wheelhouse.

Jennifer Ritter

over 8 years ago12/17/15 at 5:17 pm (UTC)

Just want to say a big "thank you" to everyone who's contributed a calculator to this thread. They're incredibly helpful. Thanks for taking the time to build them.

Ashley Terwilliger-Pollard
Staff

over 8 years ago12/17/15 at 5:31 pm (UTC)

So glad this thread has helped you out Jennifer and it's been a popular one in the forums!

Chris Pearce

almost 8 years ago05/17/16 at 6:14 pm (UTC)

Hi everyone,

I'm trying to create a simple interactive backspace key for a password keypad simulation. I'm trying to utilize the keyboard.story file that Daniel Bond shared on this post some time back.

I was able to add a "Clear" button to the slide using an adjust variable trigger but would love to add a simple backspace button, too. Any tips would be greatly appreciated. I've attached the keyboard.story file here, too. The attached file doesn't include my "Clear" button. It's the original file I'm trying to modify.

Thanks!

keypad.story

marina r

7 years ago04/15/17 at 4:51 pm (UTC)

Hi Everyone,

I am trying to create a walkie talkie radio. See attached powerpoint for a visual. I have figured out how I am going to tackle some aspects of the radio, but I still don't know how to create a window to display the numbers of the number buttons that are pushed.

I am planning on simulating turning the knobs using this technique: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzs7KXC9ZQ0&t=2s . I am planning on creating gifs to simulate the blinking lights of the walkie talkie.

But I can't figure out how to make the numbers appear in the window when they are dialed. I thought it was very similar to your calculators because when you push buttons on your calculator, they appear in the little window to show you what you have "dialed". In other words, when the user presses "1", I want it to show up in the window. If a user pressed 1 then 2, I want 12 to show up. How do I do this? Is there a way to do this without javascript? I don't know how to use it, but I was hoping referencing variables could work. Any ideas are greatly appreciated!!

Thanks,

Marina

walkie_talkie_radio.pptx

7 years ago04/15/17 at 5:02 pm (UTC)

Have a look at this example here. Is this (kind of) what you want? If yes, I can post the .story file.

marina r

7 years ago04/15/17 at 5:11 pm (UTC)

For some reason, when I click on the link, it just takes me to https://community.articulate.com/ though I can see that the link is more detailed. I don't know why it's redirecting for me. I tried it in a couple different browsers.

7 years ago04/15/17 at 5:14 pm (UTC)

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7 years ago04/15/17 at 5:17 pm (UTC)

Sorry, something weird happened with the URL. Try this link here.

marina r

7 years ago04/15/17 at 5:18 pm (UTC)

Actually, that is what I am trying to do. I found the file here: http://dev.keypointlearn.com/xcl71_SL/PhonePad/

marina r

7 years ago04/15/17 at 5:19 pm (UTC)

its exactly what I'm trying to do! Thanks!!

Michael Hinze

7 years ago04/15/17 at 5:20 pm (UTC)

See attached the .story file.

PhonePad.story

marina r

7 years ago04/15/17 at 5:22 pm (UTC)

Sorry, just wondering, why was my post flagged?

marina r

7 years ago04/15/17 at 5:23 pm (UTC)

This post was removed by the author

Michael Hinze

7 years ago04/15/17 at 5:24 pm (UTC)

I think this happens sometimes when you try to post several times within a short timeframe.

marina r

7 years ago04/15/17 at 5:24 pm (UTC)

Thank you so much Michael! I really appreciate your help and quick response! If I end up making this thing work, I will definitely post it here!

marina r

7 years ago04/15/17 at 5:25 pm (UTC)

Oh, ok, I understand. Thanks for explaining. I was nervous for a second, lol!

Leslie McKerchie
Staff

7 years ago04/17/17 at 1:29 pm (UTC)

Glad that Michael was able to assist you here Marina :) I just wanted to pop in to confirm that we do have spam filters in place to prevent users from posting 'too fast', but some of our regular non-spammy users get caught by it during conversations sometimes. I apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused, but it looks like your posts are there now :)