Problem with Non-Linear Structure
Feb 09, 2015
By
Bill Creger
I am trying to create a non-liner course using the light-box feature and am struggling. Here is what I am trying to do...
- Opening slide pauses - goes to first quiz slide (as light-box)
- Answer question and hit "Submit" and light-box slide should close and return to main slide
- Main slide continues then pauses - goes to second quiz slide (as light-box
- Answer question and hit "Submit" and light-box slide should close and return to main slide
- At end of main slide go to results slide
However, it keeps wanting to not go back to the main slide but play both quiz slides in a row.
I have attached my storyline file - if someone could point out what I am doing wrong - I would greatly appreciate it!
Bill
8 Replies
Hi Bill
What's going on is that having removed the feedback from your question slides the Submit Interaction trigger has inbuilt functionality that moves you onto the next slide, so it never reaches the Close Lightbox trigger.
To get round this you should have feedback but remove everything from the feedback layers - change the layer layout to blank and delete the other items - and then reduce the layer time line to as short as possible. Then move your Close Lightbox trigger to the layers and have it work on the timeline.
I've done a quick demo version for you here.
Hope that helps
Helen
Hm, I tried your file and it works for me. I see the first question in a lightbox, click submit, the second question is displayed in a lightbox, I click submit, then I see the results slide. Is that not what you want?
I should have mentioned, I opened your file in Storyline 2, maybe that changes ('fixes') the behavior of your file.
Hi Michael
I think it was the gap between the two questions that was missing, and by adding the feedback layers you get that gap appearing where the original slide continues along it's timeline somewhat before opening up the second question.
H
Okay - I see how it works so now I have modified the file - kept the blank feedback - and now does the same thing again - quiz slides play in sequence instead of the first - then back to main - then the second.
I appreciate your help - I wouldn't think this would be that tough!
Bill
This is really weird - put text into feedback spaces and now works but the results slide shows as blank - this is soooo frustrating!!!!
Below if the 4th iteration of this file.
Is there a better way of doing what I am trying to do??
Okay - figured it out - had the results slide appearing at the end of the video which actually extended past all of the other elements which is why I was getting a white screen. Move the trigger to a "fixed" element which I knew where it ended and it works.
Hopefully the last of my problems.
Thank you for all of your help!!!!
Bill
Thanks Bill for the update and I'm happy to hear you were able to fix things.
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