Great question! One option would be to insert a transparent shape on top of the answer choices, and stretch the duration of the shape on the timeline to match the duration of the audio. The shape will prevent your users from clicking on the answer choices below until the audio has ended.
I'm sure there are multiple ways to accomplish this, so I'm looking forward to seeing the ideas other community members will share here!
One way to solve this is to create a rectangle that covers everything on the slide. If it is set to have a fill, and set to 100% transparency, no clicks pass through it. (If you make a mistake and set it to no fill, clicks will pass through.)
If its initial state is set to hidden, the user can click on a - e. When they do, the first trigger changes the state of the rectangle to normal, the second one plays the voice over. With the rectangle set to normal, no clicks have any effect. Another trigger sets the state to hidden when the media (voice over) finishes, and the user can click again.
Alternatively, you can play each audio on a layer. You can set each layer to prevent or allow clicks on base layer, and to close when the timeline ends. If clicks are allowed, and layers hide other layers, a user could click in the midst of one voice over, and it would interrupt any other one that is playing.
Glad to hear you could make it work, Roy! Good luck on the rest of your project, and be sure to reach out if you run in to any more questions along the way!
4 Replies
Hi there Roy!
Great question! One option would be to insert a transparent shape on top of the answer choices, and stretch the duration of the shape on the timeline to match the duration of the audio. The shape will prevent your users from clicking on the answer choices below until the audio has ended.
I'm sure there are multiple ways to accomplish this, so I'm looking forward to seeing the ideas other community members will share here!
One way to solve this is to create a rectangle that covers everything on the slide. If it is set to have a fill, and set to 100% transparency, no clicks pass through it. (If you make a mistake and set it to no fill, clicks will pass through.)
If its initial state is set to hidden, the user can click on a - e. When they do, the first trigger changes the state of the rectangle to normal, the second one plays the voice over. With the rectangle set to normal, no clicks have any effect. Another trigger sets the state to hidden when the media (voice over) finishes, and the user can click again.
Alternatively, you can play each audio on a layer. You can set each layer to prevent or allow clicks on base layer, and to close when the timeline ends. If clicks are allowed, and layers hide other layers, a user could click in the midst of one voice over, and it would interrupt any other one that is playing.
Depends on what you want to have happen.
Thank you so much, Walt.
I am still a novice to Articulate but this gave the lightbulb I needed.
I created a slide layer with the transparent rectangle and showed it when timeline started and hid it when the instructional voiceover ended.
Saved me a lot of time. Thanks again for making time to respond :)
Roy
Glad to hear you could make it work, Roy! Good luck on the rest of your project, and be sure to reach out if you run in to any more questions along the way!
This discussion is closed. You can start a new discussion or contact Articulate Support.