rewind button

Oct 01, 2014

When I publish my project the rewind button doesn't seem to do anything.  I can drag the audio line back to the beginning but that would not be intuitive for a student.  I've looked at the Player features to see if I've left anything un-checked but don't seem to have.  What am I missing?

By the way I've only posted two questions since I've started with Storyline but have been very impressed with the speed of response AND those responses have caused me to branch into topics I didn't even know I wanted to learn like - making the cogs of a wheel spin in opposite directions.  I've already incorporated that idea into my own project.  Terrific!

1 Reply
Emily Ruby

Hello Mary!

In some cases, you may notice that the Rewind button at the far right end of the seekbar doesn't actually start the slide over from the beginning.

The behavior of the Rewind button is determined by the “When revisiting” property for each slide. There are three options to choose from:

  • Automatically decide: This is the default option, and it means Articulate Storyline will decide automatically whether to rewind the slide or not. Here's the logic: If the slide contains just simple objects and audio but no interactivity, Storyline will rewind the slide to the beginning of the slide’s timeline. However, if the slide contains any interactive elements, such as buttons or any other object that includes a visited/selected state, Storyline won't rewind the slide.
  • Resume saved state: This option will always prevent the slide from rewinding.
  • Reset to initial state: This option will always force the slide to rewind.

To change the “When revisiting” property for slides in your course, see this tutorial.

Let us know if you need anything else!

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