Newbie stumped for days on radio button navigation

Apr 17, 2016

I have a review slide with four radio buttons. I created four separate slides for the learner to see depending on which button is clicked. That part seems to be working. Problem is, I don't know how to navigate from the sub-layer back to the base layer with the four buttons. The sub-layers each have PREV NEXT buttons but they don't do anything.  This is my first module and I've been able to troubleshoot everything but this. Help, thanks!

4 Replies
Wendy Farmer

Hi Laurie

depending on what the learners are doing on the layer

1. you could create a close button that the user clicks to return to the base layer.

2. If there is audio or video you could create a trigger to hide layer when the media completes

3. You could have a trigger to hide the layer when the timeline of the layer ends - this can get dangerous as the user is waiting for something to happen and might be trying to click the prev or next to progress.

hope that helps - If not feel free to upload your story file and someone can offer some other solutions for you.

brian taylor

Hi Laurie

I am fairly new to SL2 myself but some of my mistakes may be able to shed some light.

I believe you have some radio buttons on the base and choosing one will take you to a layer but then you are unable to get back.

I believe you could have used the previous button if you had used separate slides for the responses rather than layers.

As you have used layers, I assume each button "shows" a layer when the radio button is clicked. Is seems to me that you need a close button on each layer of some sort with a trigger that will hide the layer which will leave the base layer visible.

I have gone through a similar process and I have eventually decided to use 5 slides with radio buttons on the first, each of which opens a "lightbox slide" with the correct response. The lightbox has a close bottun built in and when pressed you will be taken back to the original slide.

I hope some of this may be helpful and good luck with the project. Others may have more incisive advice.

Best wishes

Brian

 

 

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