I'm guessing that when you say "chapters" you're referring to what are officially known as scenes.
Scenes are simply a way to organize related slides by grouping them in a separate area.
For example, it's quite common to create a scene for each section (or topic or module or chapter or whatever one wants to call them) in a course. Or different scenes might be used for different scenarios.
Some people (myself included) put all lightbox slides into a separate scene.
The title of a scene automatically becomes the section title in the built-in Menu.
Be aware that a "jump to next slide" trigger on the last slide of a scene would not advance the user to the next scene. You could specify to jump to a specific slide in another scene. You could also use a "jump to scene" trigger.
Story View shows the overall arrangement of scenes in a project. For example, the image below shows the Story View for a project with six scenes.
FYI: Here's a link to more info about scenes in the User Guide:
Perhaps your colleague is thinking about books, not visual hypermediums. Remember chpaters don't makes books better, or even easier to read. They serve to help us find certain spots in the text, or give us convenient stopping places along the way.
In the same way, the biggest benefit from scenes (like Judy said) is to help the developer organize things, making it easier to find things. Good design presents the learner with the concept of a single piece of information, of which all parts aer equally accessible in an easy and logical manner.
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Hi, Tina,
I'm guessing that when you say "chapters" you're referring to what are officially known as scenes.
Scenes are simply a way to organize related slides by grouping them in a separate area.
Story View shows the overall arrangement of scenes in a project. For example, the image below shows the Story View for a project with six scenes.
FYI: Here's a link to more info about scenes in the User Guide:
https://community.articulate.com/series/articulate-storyline-360/articles/articulate-storyline-360-user-guide-how-to-use-story-view#scenes
Hi Judy
Thanks so much - I do understand about scenes but thought I was missing some knowledge when a colleague referred to chapters rather than scenes!
Thanks for your answer
Perhaps your colleague is thinking about books, not visual hypermediums. Remember chpaters don't makes books better, or even easier to read. They serve to help us find certain spots in the text, or give us convenient stopping places along the way.
In the same way, the biggest benefit from scenes (like Judy said) is to help the developer organize things, making it easier to find things. Good design presents the learner with the concept of a single piece of information, of which all parts aer equally accessible in an easy and logical manner.