Hi. A client has come back to me to note that the replay button on the right side of the seekbar doesn't work. I've checked it on both the Flash and HTML5 versions. I also can't find any triggers that specify the replay button, when pushed, should replay the audio for the slide. Can you help?
I've wanted this for so long and put a feature request in years ago. I'd love for rewind/replay to automatically start the slide over as if never visited but what I really NEED is to unhook the rewind/replay button choice from the seekbar. I'd wondered but some of my students got very honest with me and told me flat out that they tend to watch the seekbar a lot instead of the slide!!!! Argh. It really stand out now in the modern player with the red moving line against the black. Even distracts me. But kudos on the changes to the trigger wizard - saves so much time!
Hi! We seem to still be having this issue. It seems like some clarity around the "automatically decide" option should be identified within Storyline if that option is NOT going to rewind a slide with an interactive feature.
Automatically Decide is the default option. Storyline will decide whether to resume the slide or reset it based on the objects it contains. Here's the logic:
If the slide has only simple objects—text, images, audio, video, etc—but no interactivity, Storyline resets the slide to the beginning of its timeline.
If the slide contains interactive elements, such as buttons or other objects that have a visited/selected state, Storyline resumes the slide where it left off previously.
Please let me know if you have additional questions!
I'm stunned to read all the community requests and Articulate staff obfuscation about this over several years and threads!
This should be on the roadmap! I would imagine there would be countless more 'votes' for this including in the last 20 days except it's apparent no one's listening now.
I'm using the javascript to hide the button (thanks Stephen), but learners want to click replay/rewind to review a slide, so why can't they?
Has this issue been resolved? I am using the platform to create content for high school students, so I do not want to allow them to just freely use the seekbar to skip to the end of a slide. However, if they've already completed the slide but need to go back to the previous one, I don't want them to have to listen to the audio all over again. So, they need to be able to go back to the resumed state, but have the option to replay the audio if they would like.
I would like to add my vote too. The replay functionality shouldn't be tied to the revisit state on a slide, it just doesn't make any sense. I also agree that it should be independent from the other player controls, so that I could enable or disable it and still keep the seekbar and all its functionality (and the ability to play/pause).
To use an example, sometimes the curriculum I work with can be on the lengthier side, and if I want the learner to be able navigate backward to review anything and give them control over doing so (without having to hear the entirety of a slide from the beginning each time), they're stuck with a Replay button in the player that doesn't work and cannot be removed. It leads to confusion and frustration. Essentially, they can have one QoL improvement or the other (not both).
I die a little bit on the inside every time I have to explain this to superiors/clients/learners because, from my perspective, there isn't a single logical reason why it should be set up this way.
So here's a full list of people who reported their frustration with this problem. It's been years and still doesn't work as it should. Really disappointing.
Hey Community.. Adding to this specific matter.... In my case the replay button is creating kind of a mess with a custom drag and drop interaction where the're are multiple correct answers and "repeated" drop targets. I created a set of control variables and triggers that enabled me to do this, but when I push the replay button, looks like the variables go nuts and the interaction goes straight to the "Correct" slide layer.... due to timing... I'm delivering my project with no seekbar in this slide, but it's crazy how a simple "replay" button can create such a problem in a solution that I created solving a problem Storyline can't still handle by default. We'd appreciate this to be fixed ASAP.
Please add my vote to get this addressed in SL360.
An update to the modern player feature set that separates the rewind button from the seekbar (similar to the play/pause button) is a must for building branching scenarios in SL360 that include video clips and offer the user the opportunity to revisit slides and/or scenes.
I will be happy to submit a feature request if that is the best way to keep this at the top of the requested features list.
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There is at least one other thread on this topic - please also see my detailed comment in this thread:
https://community.articulate.com/discussions/articulate-storyline/replay-button-on-the-seekbar
I've wanted this for so long and put a feature request in years ago. I'd love for rewind/replay to automatically start the slide over as if never visited but what I really NEED is to unhook the rewind/replay button choice from the seekbar. I'd wondered but some of my students got very honest with me and told me flat out that they tend to watch the seekbar a lot instead of the slide!!!! Argh. It really stand out now in the modern player with the red moving line against the black. Even distracts me. But kudos on the changes to the trigger wizard - saves so much time!
+1 (to the now five pages of user requests for what should have been resolved a very long time ago).
We simply need a "rewind/replay slide" button or trigger action that we can link to a button we create ourselves.
Please!
Hi! We seem to still be having this issue. It seems like some clarity around the "automatically decide" option should be identified within Storyline if that option is NOT going to rewind a slide with an interactive feature.
Hi Danielle!
Great question!
Automatically Decide is the default option. Storyline will decide whether to resume the slide or reset it based on the objects it contains. Here's the logic:
Please let me know if you have additional questions!
Please add my vote. People need to have the option of replaying the slide again if they need to re-listen to the audio, or whatever.
Hey guys, any update on this? I see it's been two years since this was brought up and I am currently experiencing the same issue.
I'm stunned to read all the community requests and Articulate staff obfuscation about this over several years and threads!
This should be on the roadmap! I would imagine there would be countless more 'votes' for this including in the last 20 days except it's apparent no one's listening now.
I'm using the javascript to hide the button (thanks Stephen), but learners want to click replay/rewind to review a slide, so why can't they?
Has this issue been resolved? I am using the platform to create content for high school students, so I do not want to allow them to just freely use the seekbar to skip to the end of a slide. However, if they've already completed the slide but need to go back to the previous one, I don't want them to have to listen to the audio all over again. So, they need to be able to go back to the resumed state, but have the option to replay the audio if they would like.
I would like to add my vote too. The replay functionality shouldn't be tied to the revisit state on a slide, it just doesn't make any sense. I also agree that it should be independent from the other player controls, so that I could enable or disable it and still keep the seekbar and all its functionality (and the ability to play/pause).
To use an example, sometimes the curriculum I work with can be on the lengthier side, and if I want the learner to be able navigate backward to review anything and give them control over doing so (without having to hear the entirety of a slide from the beginning each time), they're stuck with a Replay button in the player that doesn't work and cannot be removed. It leads to confusion and frustration. Essentially, they can have one QoL improvement or the other (not both).
I die a little bit on the inside every time I have to explain this to superiors/clients/learners because, from my perspective, there isn't a single logical reason why it should be set up this way.
Has this been resolved? We are also trying to enable the rewind button when the revisiting option is set to resume to saved state. We are using 360.
Thanks in advance!
Hi Cha, and welcome to E-Learning Heroes. 😊
This is still an open feature request with our team.
You mention using resume saved state. This option will always prevent the slide from rewinding.
Storyline 360: Rewind Button Doesn't Start the Slide Over
So here's a full list of people who reported their frustration with this problem. It's been years and still doesn't work as it should. Really disappointing.
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Wish the Rewind button behaved like every other rewind button in any other program or user-interface!
Well it's my turn to join this party...just realized this was a thing. Please add me to the list...
Add my vote to having the rewind button work independently.
Thank you
Please add my vote to have the rewind button behave like every other rewind button.
Any update on this feature in SL360?
I would like to add a vote to have the rewind button function as expected.
Hey Community..
Adding to this specific matter....
In my case the replay button is creating kind of a mess with a custom drag and drop interaction where the're are multiple correct answers and "repeated" drop targets.
I created a set of control variables and triggers that enabled me to do this, but when I push the replay button, looks like the variables go nuts and the interaction goes straight to the "Correct" slide layer....
due to timing... I'm delivering my project with no seekbar in this slide, but it's crazy how a simple "replay" button can create such a problem in a solution that I created solving a problem Storyline can't still handle by default.
We'd appreciate this to be fixed ASAP.
Thanks!!
3 years later and no fix on this issue!! Please address this. Here's my vote.
Please add my vote to get this addressed in SL360.
An update to the modern player feature set that separates the rewind button from the seekbar (similar to the play/pause button) is a must for building branching scenarios in SL360 that include video clips and offer the user the opportunity to revisit slides and/or scenes.
I will be happy to submit a feature request if that is the best way to keep this at the top of the requested features list.
Please can someone from Articulate advise why this isn't on the roadmap, despite being talked about for over 6 years?
https://articulate.com/support/article/Articulate-360-Feature-Roadmap
This helped. I just needed to set the slide state to reset to initial state. Appreciate the help!