player tab and return to slide triggers

Sep 20, 2021

Hi there! I've tried searching for an answer to this, but not finding it successful so sorry if this has been answered before.

I just figured out I can add a custom link to a slide in the player using the "add" feature for the player tabs. This was a great discovery because I had plans to use the Resources tab as a sort of Works Cited option, but finding it is a bit too restricted for my needs and the types of resources we have. I thought I could create a slide with our resources on them using this feature. However, I'd like to figure out a trigger option that allows someone to return to whatever slide they were on in whatever part of the course they were in when they clicked the link to that particular slide. Is there some way to accomplish this that I'm not realizing?

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Judy Nollet

I like using custom Player tabs. But if you don't want to do that, I think Phil's suggestion is the best option. The lightbox makes it obvious that the user is temporarily stepping away from the main slides. 

The "jump to previous slide" trigger goes to whatever slide the user came from. So another option is to use the built-in PREV button on your Works Cited slide (with no Next button). Or don't use the built-in nav; just add your own "Return to Previous Slide" button.