What is the best way to handle navigating backwards in the course? We are wanting to have users be able to go back to previous content that they've viewed and revisit it using the menu. Do we set the slides setting at "Automatically Decide", "Reset to Initial State", or "Resume Saved State"?
The options you mentioned really apply to how the slide loads, rather than navigation. It also depends on how you want that content to behave when it's viewed again.
If you want the slides to completely reload or start from the beginning, you'll want to choose "Reset to initial state". This means that the learner will see the slide and all of its content from the beginning of the timeline - as if they'd never seen it before.
If you want states, progress, etc. to remain the same, you'd want to choose "Resume Saved State". For example, say you have a lot of state changes on a slide and you want final states to be displayed when learners view the slide a second time. This is the option you'd want to use - this also comes in handy for reviewing material that learners have already submitted as well.
It's pretty much situational and comes down to how you want learners to see what's in the slide(s) when they move back through the course.
Automatically decide: This is the default choice, and it means Storyline will decide automatically whether to resume or reset the slide when users view the slide again later. Here's the logic: If the slide contains just simple objects and/or audio but no interactivity, Storyline resets the slide to the beginning of the slide’s timeline each time users view the slide. However, if the slide contains any interactive elements, such as buttons or any other object that includes a visited or selected state, Storyline resumes at the slide’s current state if users view the slide more than once.
Resume saved state: Use this option if you always want the slide to remember the state it was in previously when users return to it. In other words, this allows users to pick up where they left off if they leave the slide and come back to it.
Reset to initial state: Use this option if you always want the slide to reset to its initial state when users return to it. This means every time users view the slide, it will restart at the beginning of the slide’s timeline, and any interactive objects will return to their initial states.
If you haven't already, you may want to take a peek at the following tutorial:
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Hi there BV,
The options you mentioned really apply to how the slide loads, rather than navigation. It also depends on how you want that content to behave when it's viewed again.
If you want the slides to completely reload or start from the beginning, you'll want to choose "Reset to initial state". This means that the learner will see the slide and all of its content from the beginning of the timeline - as if they'd never seen it before.
If you want states, progress, etc. to remain the same, you'd want to choose "Resume Saved State". For example, say you have a lot of state changes on a slide and you want final states to be displayed when learners view the slide a second time. This is the option you'd want to use - this also comes in handy for reviewing material that learners have already submitted as well.
It's pretty much situational and comes down to how you want learners to see what's in the slide(s) when they move back through the course.
If you haven't already, you may want to take a peek at the following tutorial:
Controlling a Slide's Advance Behavior and Other Slide Properties
I hope this helps! :)
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