Hi everyone, I am very new to Storyline, in fact only started last week. so the answer might seem obvious to most of you.
I have just created a button with "restart course" trigger. (My slide revisiting states are a combination of "reset to initial" and " resume as saved". ) However, I noticed that this function will reset every page to its initial state regardless the slide property setting on revisiting, EXCEPT the page that the user clicked restart button from (if it is set as "resume as saved" on the revisiting property).
Has anyone else encountered this problem or is this intended? Many thanks in advance.
That would be the expected behavior as it's restarting the entire course and overriding any slide properties or triggers. Sanal's recommendation would be what I would also advise if you wanted you users to go back through the entire course and see the slides in the state that they left off. Hope that helps!
What is your intended result? Are you wanting to restart the course?
It sounds like the order of the triggers and would be the expected behavior since you are ON the slide when you reset and you're visiting at the same time.
If you wish to go to the beginning, it looks like Sanal has shared a solution. If you wish for the course to re-start, you could have the trigger to Restart when you go back to the first slide to avoid the issue you are having with the slide.
Many thanks everybody, I think I haven't explained my problem very well.
The intended result is for the "restart course" button overriding all slide property, making all slides to be "reset as initial state" regardless of what they were before. In another word, the student could have a clean slate when they restart the course.
However, at the moment, every page behave as expected (i.e. overriding the property) Apart from the page where you click on the "restart course" button from. For some reason this will remain as its original slide property( which is "resume as saved").
Hi Ashley, overriding is what I am trying to achieve, however, the page I click the restart button from, the overriding is not happening for some reason, it switch to the slide's default revisiting property. I got a feeling that no one else seems to have this problem...
The intention is to restart the course fresh. By using the "Restart course" trigger, the course does jump to the beginning, however when you get to the page where you clicked the restart button from, that particular page will resume as saved rather then reset as intended. All the other pages are correctly behaved.
It sounds like you've got the set up you need - but if you'd like for us to take a look at what was happening in your course we're always happy to. You'll want to look at sharing the .story file here with us using the "add attachment" button.
I am experiencing the same problem with a project I am working on. I have tried resetting slide to initial state and the slide will still reflect what was just done. If you found a solution to this problem, would you let me know what worked? Thank you!
This thread is a bit older, but are you seeing the same thing on a slide that you've used the "restart course" trigger on? In that you return to that slide and it's in the "resume saved state" set up? If your set up is a bit different can you share some more detail here? If your set up is the same, I don't believe we saw Jiayu's file - so you're welcome to share yours here or reach out to her directly using the "contact me" button on her profile.
I have been searching for an answer and have found no success as of yet. I am not using a restart course trigger, although my issue is still the same as Jiayu's. In my course, I am trying to have our staff not retake a section that has been completed if the next section in not completed.
Attached is the course I have. What I am trying to accomplish is that staff do not have to retake "Accounts" if "Services" is incomplete. However "services" slide does not go back to initial state.
Hi, I had a quick look of your file, from what i can see your slide property "when revisiting" on the account and services slide are both "automatically decide", don't know if setting that to "reset to initial" will resolve your problem (that is if I understood your problem correctly).
Thank you for getting back to me. I have tried to set the slide properties to "reset to initial state" and the slide does not reset. There are many layers as well, I have attempted to set the properties of those to "reset to initial state" and that was not successful either.
My apologies - I don't know how I missed your post a few days ago. Can you share what the slide numbers are? It's a bit tricky for me to follow based on the branching you've set up.
Are you testing this in preview or in the published environment?
No worries! Slide numbers; 1.10 Services, 1.13 Loans, and 1.14 Investments. I set all slide properties to "Automatically decide" before I uploaded the file. I have tested this in preview only so far.
I'll admit I'm beyond lost in your file with all the branching, slide layers, states and variables being adjusted, and I don't even know the answer to any of the questions to test out what's occurring. This may be a bit beyond my capacity based on the structure you've used and how you've designed it. I did want to note, that if you're looking for the slide to reset - using the "reset to initial state" would be the correct property for slides and layers. You also have a number of variables and state adjustments, and those variable values and states would only be reset if it was adjusted based on a timeline element such as when an objects timeline started. If you adjusted it by clicking on a button that is not undone by revisiting the slide.
I'm sorry I wasn't able to offer more help, but hopefully one of our community super stars can see something I didnt!
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Hi,
Instead of the "Restart Course" trigger you can use "Jump to slide" trigger and set your starting slide (for eg: slide1.1). Hope this helps.
Sanal
Hi Jiayu,
That would be the expected behavior as it's restarting the entire course and overriding any slide properties or triggers. Sanal's recommendation would be what I would also advise if you wanted you users to go back through the entire course and see the slides in the state that they left off. Hope that helps!
Hi Jiayu!
What is your intended result? Are you wanting to restart the course?
It sounds like the order of the triggers and would be the expected behavior since you are ON the slide when you reset and you're visiting at the same time.
If you wish to go to the beginning, it looks like Sanal has shared a solution. If you wish for the course to re-start, you could have the trigger to Restart when you go back to the first slide to avoid the issue you are having with the slide.
Many thanks everybody, I think I haven't explained my problem very well.
The intended result is for the "restart course" button overriding all slide property, making all slides to be "reset as initial state" regardless of what they were before. In another word, the student could have a clean slate when they restart the course.
However, at the moment, every page behave as expected (i.e. overriding the property) Apart from the page where you click on the "restart course" button from. For some reason this will remain as its original slide property( which is "resume as saved").
I couldn't figure out why, any ideas?
Hi Ashley, overriding is what I am trying to achieve, however, the page I click the restart button from, the overriding is not happening for some reason, it switch to the slide's default revisiting property. I got a feeling that no one else seems to have this problem...
Hi Leslie,
The intention is to restart the course fresh. By using the "Restart course" trigger, the course does jump to the beginning, however when you get to the page where you clicked the restart button from, that particular page will resume as saved rather then reset as intended. All the other pages are correctly behaved.
Hi Sanal,
Many thanks for your reply. I found that Jump to slide trigger wouldn't reset all the slides back to its initial states, which is what I am after.
Hi Jiayu,
It sounds like you've got the set up you need - but if you'd like for us to take a look at what was happening in your course we're always happy to. You'll want to look at sharing the .story file here with us using the "add attachment" button.
Hi Jiayu,
I am experiencing the same problem with a project I am working on. I have tried resetting slide to initial state and the slide will still reflect what was just done. If you found a solution to this problem, would you let me know what worked? Thank you!
Hi Justin,
This thread is a bit older, but are you seeing the same thing on a slide that you've used the "restart course" trigger on? In that you return to that slide and it's in the "resume saved state" set up? If your set up is a bit different can you share some more detail here? If your set up is the same, I don't believe we saw Jiayu's file - so you're welcome to share yours here or reach out to her directly using the "contact me" button on her profile.
Hi Ashley,
I have been searching for an answer and have found no success as of yet. I am not using a restart course trigger, although my issue is still the same as Jiayu's. In my course, I am trying to have our staff not retake a section that has been completed if the next section in not completed.
Attached is the course I have. What I am trying to accomplish is that staff do not have to retake "Accounts" if "Services" is incomplete. However "services" slide does not go back to initial state.
Thank you!
Hi, I had a quick look of your file, from what i can see your slide property "when revisiting" on the account and services slide are both "automatically decide", don't know if setting that to "reset to initial" will resolve your problem (that is if I understood your problem correctly).
Hi Jiayu,
Thank you for getting back to me. I have tried to set the slide properties to "reset to initial state" and the slide does not reset. There are many layers as well, I have attempted to set the properties of those to "reset to initial state" and that was not successful either.
Hi Justin,
My apologies - I don't know how I missed your post a few days ago. Can you share what the slide numbers are? It's a bit tricky for me to follow based on the branching you've set up.
Are you testing this in preview or in the published environment?
Hi Ashley,
No worries! Slide numbers; 1.10 Services, 1.13 Loans, and 1.14 Investments. I set all slide properties to "Automatically decide" before I uploaded the file. I have tested this in preview only so far.
Thank you.
Hi Justin,
I'll admit I'm beyond lost in your file with all the branching, slide layers, states and variables being adjusted, and I don't even know the answer to any of the questions to test out what's occurring. This may be a bit beyond my capacity based on the structure you've used and how you've designed it. I did want to note, that if you're looking for the slide to reset - using the "reset to initial state" would be the correct property for slides and layers. You also have a number of variables and state adjustments, and those variable values and states would only be reset if it was adjusted based on a timeline element such as when an objects timeline started. If you adjusted it by clicking on a button that is not undone by revisiting the slide.
I'm sorry I wasn't able to offer more help, but hopefully one of our community super stars can see something I didnt!
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