Hello everyone, I have a slide which contains a base layer plus 4 additional layers: Phone, Email, Info and a Great Job layer. I would like my participants to be able to visit the Phone, Email, and Info layers in any order they choose and once they are done, I would like to show the Great Job layer. Is this possible? Ideally I would like for the participants to move about the layers at their own pace.
you could set up T/F variables for 'Phone, Email, Info', that start out as False and then trigger to True once the participants visit those layers, then once all three Triggers are true the Great Job Layer could trigger.
Not sure what your navigation is but here is a sample that might help you
My file had used trigger when user clicks - you were using mouseover - so I changed all the triggers to 'when mouse hovered over' - now it works and then the user clicks Next the Great Job layer reveals. Let me know if this is what you mean
Thanks for sharing your .story file here. When I took a look I saw that you could click on something, and then after that not click on any of the other elements on the base slide and were essentially stuck. I took a look at your layers and found an additional background image, that although transparent in portions - was covering the other images you needed to click on. I removed that and then the course proceeded as normal.
your trigger for the next button is to show the layer 'Great Job'...what you might need to do is fade in the text box that you have on 'Great Job' layer - what I mean is move it off it's own layer onto the base layer and have it hidden when timeline starts and then change state to normal when all the triggers are true. Then you can assign your next button to go to the next slide.
That's not a bad idea, Great Job doesn't need to be it's own layer, thanks. I moved the Great Job text box to the base layer, changed the initial state to hidden, assigned the next button to go to the next slide (with conditions) however, I don't see how I woudl go about chaning the state to normal once all the triggers are true.
you could trigger it on 'when timeline reaches xx secs' or 'when timeline ends'...maybe test with a couple of people how long it takes for them to mouseover and read #1, mouseover and read #2, mouseover and read #3, then add a sec or 2 then change state. IMO I would change the colour of the text box of 'Great Job' even if its a shade of existing colour just so the visual alerts the learner that its not the same instruction text that was there.
If you do trigger when the timeline ends, because the user has to 'click the next button' to proceed they will see the text box
Thanks again. My current issue is that I cannot seem to change the state of my "Excellent work" caption. I set the initial state to hidden then added a trigger to change the state to normal when the timeline ends with conditions. The conditions are that my variables must equal true. When I viewed the project, the state of my caption does not change. What do I need to do?
Instead of using the "when timeline ends" what about using the "when variable changes" since it occurs on that slide? I just tested this out with that set up and kept two of the conditions and then the update to the caption occurred.
Hi Ashley, thanks for the reply. That seemed to work out quite well. In case my participants do not click on info last, I created dupe triggers to change the state of my caption whenever any variable on that slide changes.
I am sure it is obviouse that I am a newbie to Storyline but I love it. I am an avid user of Captivate 7 and with what I've seen so far, I've become a bigger fan of Storyline. Not only is the tool amazing but I am impressed by the tutorials and most importantly, the support from E-Learning Heroes.
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Hi Jennifer,
you could set up T/F variables for 'Phone, Email, Info', that start out as False and then trigger to True once the participants visit those layers, then once all three Triggers are true the Great Job Layer could trigger.
Not sure what your navigation is but here is a sample that might help you
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Thank you Wendy. In lieu of buttons, I have images. The T/F variable will work for one but not all three and I can't figure out why.
Hi Jennifer
I updated your file.
My file had used trigger when user clicks - you were using mouseover - so I changed all the triggers to 'when mouse hovered over' - now it works and then the user clicks Next the Great Job layer reveals. Let me know if this is what you mean
Hi Jennifer,
Thanks for sharing your .story file here. When I took a look I saw that you could click on something, and then after that not click on any of the other elements on the base slide and were essentially stuck. I took a look at your layers and found an additional background image, that although transparent in portions - was covering the other images you needed to click on. I removed that and then the course proceeded as normal.
Attached is an updated copy of your file.
That makes complete sense. Thank you SO very much, I appreciate it.
Thank you Wendy. I really appreciate you sharing your expertise with me.
Can I ask you one more question? How do I get my next button to move onto the next slide after they reach the Great Job layer?
Hi Jennifer
your trigger for the next button is to show the layer 'Great Job'...what you might need to do is fade in the text box that you have on 'Great Job' layer - what I mean is move it off it's own layer onto the base layer and have it hidden when timeline starts and then change state to normal when all the triggers are true. Then you can assign your next button to go to the next slide.
Hope that helps
Let me know if you need help with it
That's not a bad idea, Great Job doesn't need to be it's own layer, thanks. I moved the Great Job text box to the base layer, changed the initial state to hidden, assigned the next button to go to the next slide (with conditions) however, I don't see how I woudl go about chaning the state to normal once all the triggers are true.
Hi Jennifer,
you could trigger it on 'when timeline reaches xx secs' or 'when timeline ends'...maybe test with a couple of people how long it takes for them to mouseover and read #1, mouseover and read #2, mouseover and read #3, then add a sec or 2 then change state. IMO I would change the colour of the text box of 'Great Job' even if its a shade of existing colour just so the visual alerts the learner that its not the same instruction text that was there.
If you do trigger when the timeline ends, because the user has to 'click the next button' to proceed they will see the text box
Happy we could help Jennifer!
Thanks again. My current issue is that I cannot seem to change the state of my "Excellent work" caption. I set the initial state to hidden then added a trigger to change the state to normal when the timeline ends with conditions. The conditions are that my variables must equal true. When I viewed the project, the state of my caption does not change. What do I need to do?
Hi Jennifer,
Instead of using the "when timeline ends" what about using the "when variable changes" since it occurs on that slide? I just tested this out with that set up and kept two of the conditions and then the update to the caption occurred.
Hi Ashley, thanks for the reply. That seemed to work out quite well. In case my participants do not click on info last, I created dupe triggers to change the state of my caption whenever any variable on that slide changes.
I am sure it is obviouse that I am a newbie to Storyline but I love it. I am an avid user of Captivate 7 and with what I've seen so far, I've become a bigger fan of Storyline. Not only is the tool amazing but I am impressed by the tutorials and most importantly, the support from E-Learning Heroes.
Glad you got it sorted Jennifer
Perfect Jennifer - and thanks for the feedback too! If there is anything else we can assist with, please feel free to let us know!
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