I am trying to attach a sound to a button in Storyline. Basically adding a button click sound to a button once it's pushed. I have applied a trigger to move to a new slide and then added a "play media" trigger to the same button, it will not play the sound once published. In preview it plays the sound. Any thoughts?
Hmm tried switching the order, didn't work (good idea). I cannot put it at the end of the timeline as I want the user to select an answer, like yes, No, I Don't Know. I am simply trying to add a sound to an action on a button. When you click you here a click, seems so basic. I am a bit frustrated with the limitations of Storyline at the moment!
Right that's what I did, but I also need it to go to the next slide after the user hits the button. So I have Play media and then Jump to Slide, I'm guessing it can't do two things :(
Sunday - often it's just working out the combination of SL features to use.
It has very few "limitations", however, it does have a few things such as trigger sequences and combinations that require a little experimentation to get correct.
Ah Ok I will try that thanks! Bruce, there are a lot of limitations I have run into on my little demo project, mostly around animation features 9or lack there of). I like the product just think it needs more work! For instance the trigger order, where oh where does it tell you these things? it's frustrating, and a time suck!
The animations in SL are currently limited, but that will hopefully change in upcoming releases and versions.
I think it's important to remember that this product has made some significant advances in eLearning authoring, and I guess some of the features that come as standard in PowerPoint got moved to accomodate the significant features such as Triggers, Conditions, Variables and States.
Some of the Trigger stuuff just comes from using the product, and using th Forums - there's too much to go into any one manual or book. A lot of the subtle ways you can use the product come from experimeentation, and also from people who are more used to programming/syntax than many usual eLearning producers (certainly me anyway!).
There are some subtle issues, for example, about when to use States vs. Variables, and even when to use a Custom state vs. the "Visited State".
Hope you are feeling a little less frustrated - there's normally always a way to do it in SL :D
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Hi Sunday.
I think this is because once the move to new slide happens via the Trigger, that's it for the "actions".
You could add a new "Play media xxx when timeline starts" Trigger to the second slide, and see if that works instead.
The order of triggers is very important, and I think that's what is happening here.
Bruce
Hi Sunday,
You could also put the jump to slide trigger at the end of the timeline of the click sound :
jump to slide / slide / when timeline ends / click sound
Hope it helps, have a nice day!
Annie
Hmm tried switching the order, didn't work (good idea). I cannot put it at the end of the timeline as I want the user to select an answer, like yes, No, I Don't Know. I am simply trying to add a sound to an action on a button. When you click you here a click, seems so basic. I am a bit frustrated with the limitations of Storyline at the moment!
OK...try this...
Insert your button.
Insert your audio
Set up a trigger as below:
Bruce
Right that's what I did, but I also need it to go to the next slide after the user hits the button. So I have Play media and then Jump to Slide, I'm guessing it can't do two things :(
Yes Sunday, you can add many triggers on the same element.
Hi have made a test with this one and it works well.
Tell me if it can work for you!
Thanks Annie - that sequence seems to do the job.
Sunday - often it's just working out the combination of SL features to use.
It has very few "limitations", however, it does have a few things such as trigger sequences and combinations that require a little experimentation to get correct.
The more you work with it the easier it becomes.
Good luck.
Bruce
Ah Ok I will try that thanks! Bruce, there are a lot of limitations I have run into on my little demo project, mostly around animation features 9or lack there of). I like the product just think it needs more work! For instance the trigger order, where oh where does it tell you these things? it's frustrating, and a time suck!
That worked, thanks a bunch!
No worries Sunday
(Thanks Annie!)
The animations in SL are currently limited, but that will hopefully change in upcoming releases and versions.
I think it's important to remember that this product has made some significant advances in eLearning authoring, and I guess some of the features that come as standard in PowerPoint got moved to accomodate the significant features such as Triggers, Conditions, Variables and States.
Some of the Trigger stuuff just comes from using the product, and using th Forums - there's too much to go into any one manual or book. A lot of the subtle ways you can use the product come from experimeentation, and also from people who are more used to programming/syntax than many usual eLearning producers (certainly me anyway!).
There are some subtle issues, for example, about when to use States vs. Variables, and even when to use a Custom state vs. the "Visited State".
Hope you are feeling a little less frustrated - there's normally always a way to do it in SL :D
Bruce
You're welcome!
Happy I could help. At the same time, I had fun finding the way (or one way) to make it work...
Does this work with video?
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