I have a slide that has a prompt mid slide that the learner has to click to acknowledge before the Slide resumes. This was easy to set up with a pause slide trigger but because the seek bar is not read only the learner can 'hack' it and just drag the seek bar passed the prompt.
Is there a way to avoid this without removing the seek bar or turning it to read only?
you could put your prompt on a layer that is triggered when timeline reaches cue point or xx secs. On the layer set the option 'pause timeline of base layer' and 'prevent user clicking on baselayer'
I think the issue is that the base layer has the trigger that shows the layer when it reaches a certain time/cue point, and so whenever I use the seek bar beyond that point, the prompt layer pops up no matter what while the base layer moves on with its own timeline.
see what you mean. I even tried moving the welcome message and the prompt to the layer and triggered it to show layer when timeline starts so that the layer with its properties would hopefully kick in but that doesn't work either.
here is something we used to do for a client that wanted a 'disclaimer' at the beginning of their courses. Doesn't mean the user can't drag the seekbar but it is like a double whammy of 'you have read this blah blah'
12 Replies
Hi Eitan
you could put your prompt on a layer that is triggered when timeline reaches cue point or xx secs. On the layer set the option 'pause timeline of base layer' and 'prevent user clicking on baselayer'
That may help
Thanks!
It works if I don't touch the seek bar. If I do, then the prompt layer's timeline takes over.
This happens regardless if the prompt was already viewed and clicked, or if it's the beginning of the slide...
You could set the prompt's layer Allow Seeking to No
Yeah tried that..still same result.
Can you share the slide?
I think the issue is that the base layer has the trigger that shows the layer when it reaches a certain time/cue point, and so whenever I use the seek bar beyond that point, the prompt layer pops up no matter what while the base layer moves on with its own timeline.
Yeah I will share a mockup of it.
Here is a mockup.
Hi Eitan
see what you mean. I even tried moving the welcome message and the prompt to the layer and triggered it to show layer when timeline starts so that the layer with its properties would hopefully kick in but that doesn't work either.
Sorry I can't be more help.
Yeah...I got similar results.
Thanks for trying!
Hi Eitan
here is something we used to do for a client that wanted a 'disclaimer' at the beginning of their courses. Doesn't mean the user can't drag the seekbar but it is like a double whammy of 'you have read this blah blah'
Thanks. Yeah I guess the only proper way to accomplish this is to split this behavior into two slides like you did.
This discussion is closed. You can start a new discussion or contact Articulate Support.