Separate Seekbars for Different Slides
Sep 03, 2015
Hi there,
I would appreciate if someone could give me a hint or direction here, so thank you in advance for your help.
I work on a concept for software simulation training. Should be a fairly simple thing really, but ...
Let me explain in a few words. There is a menu on the left. The content (software simulation, clicks and captions) loads on the right.
What I am aiming at should look like that one.
http://www.samsung.com/uk/support/usefulsoftware/KIESTUTORIAL/JSP
What I need is the seekbar to be separate for every tutorial.
I dont think this example was done with Storyline, but I guess one can get to something similar in Storyline too. I have tried the following options.
- Load the tutorial (the piece on the right hand side) as a video. There is a seekbar alright, but I cannot make the highlighs, the captions, etc.
- Load the tutorial as a Web Object - like that I can load a step-by-step flash version of the tutorials, but there is no seekbar option. I can use a seekbar on the main(shell) slide but the seekbar does not affect what is played in the Web Object. In other words, I can click on pause, but the tutorial does not stop.
- I tried also inserting a storyline output as a Flash obect. Nothing can be seen.
Would anyone have similar experience and be so kind to share a tip or two please?
Thank you once again
Bobby
7 Replies
Hi Bobby! Perhaps I am not understanding what you are trying to do.
When you add a video to your course, it will sync with the slide timeline. You can then utilize the timeline to bring in captions, etc if needed.
Hey there Leslie and thank you so much for your kind reply. I am sorry for replying that late.
Maybe I got it wrong but I don't think you can have all of the following. Please correct me if I am wrong:
- Do a software simulation and export it as an mp4 (this is possible)
- Insert this mp4 in a brand new storyline project (this is possible). Like that this mp4 would be on the right hand size for instance and a menu would be on the left hand side. The menu would be part of the new storyline project. The movie would be just an imported object.
- Insert captions at different points on the timeline of the video - of the mp4 itself. I think that this is not possible. It is possible if one exports it as a View mode or as a try me mode but not if it is exported as a pure mp4 file and then imported in a project. I hope this does not sound too messy - I am interested in adding the caption on the mp4 after it has been imported in the new storyline project.
Am I missing something?
Thank you once more !
B
Hi Bobby!
You are correct. Not the the mp4 itself.
You could add text/captions to display at different points of the timeline if the video was synced is what I referred to above.
Perhaps someone in the community has a better idea for your design need and will be able to pop in and assist.
Thank you for that reply Leslie.
No worries Bobby :)
Hi Leslie,
Would like to clarify, if the video is embedded using a web object or video link, it is not synched with the slide timeline. Is there anyway to synch it?
The video is too large to be hosted with the SCORM package, hence it needs to be hosted on other platforms.
Hi Joseph,
You are correct! Videos added from a website will play independently and are not controlled by the timeline. In case this helps, I did locate a thread where some ideas were provided around this type of design for web videos:
Please let us know if you have any questions!
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