Remove restrictions after completion
Feb 23, 2023
Hi everybody,
I've a course which has restrictions so learners will have to go through all the slides without skipping any audio or interaction for completion. So they are allowed to go to the next slide after the audio is over. I used here triggers to disable the next button and enable it after the timeline is over. In the last slide I have exit button which will complete course. The LMS gets the information and recognizes that the lesson is completed. But, I would like also that learners will be able to freely use next button and skip slides in the lesson if they want to review it after completion. That means instead of resuming the course and using previous button, they would restart the course and next button will be available in this case. That doesn't work. Once they have completed the lesson and want to restart it again it resets all settings. Can you help me understand if it is possible?
Thank you in advance!
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You don't need any triggers to disable the NEXT button when the timeline starts nor to enable it when the timeline ends. That will happen automatically if you set the course navigation to Restricted. And the program will only disable the NEXT button the first time the user visits the slide. This image shows the steps to restrict navigation:
BTW, here's more info about different ways to control the NEXT button:
https://community.articulate.com/discussions/articulate-storyline/tip-controlling-the-next-button-101
Note, however, that if a learner RESTARTS the course after exiting, navigation will be restricted again. However, they would be able to freely navigate the course if you let them RESUME it.
The easiest way to let them freely navigate the course after resuming is to include the built-in MENU in the Player. That would be available every time they take the course.
If you don't want to include the built-in Menu, you could add a button on the last slide that jumps back to the start of the course. If there are multiple scenes/sections, you could add a button to each one. That would make it easy for them to review what they want without using the PREV button.
Here's a bit more info about the settings for what happens when a user returns to a course.
Here's more info: https://community.articulate.com/series/articulate-storyline-360/articles/articulate-storyline-360-user-guide-how-to-change-the-resume-behavior