I have a presentation in Storyline that uses no sound or animation. I would like to put a minimum timing which 'forces' the reader to stay on each slide before he is allowed to read the next one (go to the next slide is "by user"). This to avoid a 'click click click' from the start to the end. For example : 8 secondes minimum by slide and then the reader can go further.
Storyline hotspot interaction with conditional advance to next slide.
I did something similar with a hotspot interaction in Storyline.The slide has 8 hotspot items; each item has its own content layer. I needed to be sure the learner viewed and heard the content of each hotspot layer before being able to advance to the next slide. That would prevent their ‘click-through’ without absorbing any of the knowledge! Though intended to be sequential, the hotspots can be selected and viewed in any order.
On the hotspot base layer, I created unfilled outline shapes around, i.e., behind, the hotspots to have something I could change the state of (color) to show ‘selected’ and ‘viewed’ states.When a hot spot is clicked, its layer is shown and a trigger changes the state of the outline to ‘selected’.The layer plays out – animations, audio, video, Flash bits, whatever. When the selected layer’s timeline ends, a trigger on the layer changes the state of the outline to ‘viewed’ (change color, fill, mostly transparent). The ‘viewed’ state of the outline shape is the visible indicator that the layer has run to completion.
From slide properties, I deleted the Next button from the player for that slide.I then created a new button on the base layer with trigger to advance to the next slide, but it appears only after all eight hotspots are viewed.That is, the new “next slide” button is hidden (initial state) until the states of all eight hotspot outlines are ‘viewed’.When that condition is met, my “next slide” button appears (i.e., state changes to normal).
After all hotspots have been viewed and the “next slide” button appears, the user can still click on any hotspot item again to review in. That's important here. States of the other outline shapes remain ‘viewed’, allowing advance to the next slide at any time after they’ve all been viewed once.
It was somewhat complicated to work this out the first time with minimal guidance. It may not be elegant, but it works.I suppose I could upload a two-slide project if anybody wants to use / see it in action.
We're always happy to take a look at additional examples or methods to deal with a particular situation so if you can share the slide(s) here that would be great.
Ok, Ashley, I'll try uploading the 5 MB, two-slide example here. The main slide has nine layers, eight are triggered by selectable hot spots. Four of the layers have Flash movies inserted. Every layer has audio voice-over instructions or narration. That's why two slides make such a large file. There's nothing proprietary in the content.
See my post above for explanation of why I needed this and descriptions of how things are supposed to work.
Thanks, Ashley. I'm glad to be able to work various other resources like these Flash animations into a Storyline project rather seamlessly. The animations are Flash movies from files created by my predecessor as long as 10 years ago, BA (Before Articulate!). Old school stuff, re-cycled for current use. I added the narrations and tweaked some formatting, but I barely learned to do that, self-taught with tutorials.
Thank you so much for this tip! I downloaded your example, followed your logic and was able to do just what we needed to do. Thanks for taking the time to educate us.
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Hi Etienne.
One way is to disable the built-in "Next" button, and just create a custom button that comes in after 8 seconds on the Timeline.
Another option is to keep the NEXT button as is, but add conditions for it to work.
Have attached a demo where you the NEXT button only works when the red banner has disappeared from the screen (after 10 seconds).
Conditions work effectively with shapes (as above) and variables.
Bruce and Simon,
Thank you for replying. How simple it can be ... for experts.
Kind regards.
No worries - glad we could help.
We all start somewhere, but this Forum is all about helping people, so never feel that you cannot ask something.
Hi Etienne,
I'm glad you got the helped you needed here from Bruce and Simon - and I couldn't agree with Bruce more!
If you need anything else just give us a shout!
Storyline hotspot interaction with conditional advance to next slide.
I did something similar with a hotspot interaction in Storyline. The slide has 8 hotspot items; each item has its own content layer. I needed to be sure the learner viewed and heard the content of each hotspot layer before being able to advance to the next slide. That would prevent their ‘click-through’ without absorbing any of the knowledge! Though intended to be sequential, the hotspots can be selected and viewed in any order.
On the hotspot base layer, I created unfilled outline shapes around, i.e., behind, the hotspots to have something I could change the state of (color) to show ‘selected’ and ‘viewed’ states. When a hot spot is clicked, its layer is shown and a trigger changes the state of the outline to ‘selected’. The layer plays out – animations, audio, video, Flash bits, whatever. When the selected layer’s timeline ends, a trigger on the layer changes the state of the outline to ‘viewed’ (change color, fill, mostly transparent). The ‘viewed’ state of the outline shape is the visible indicator that the layer has run to completion.
From slide properties, I deleted the Next button from the player for that slide. I then created a new button on the base layer with trigger to advance to the next slide, but it appears only after all eight hotspots are viewed. That is, the new “next slide” button is hidden (initial state) until the states of all eight hotspot outlines are ‘viewed’. When that condition is met, my “next slide” button appears (i.e., state changes to normal).
After all hotspots have been viewed and the “next slide” button appears, the user can still click on any hotspot item again to review in. That's important here. States of the other outline shapes remain ‘viewed’, allowing advance to the next slide at any time after they’ve all been viewed once.
It was somewhat complicated to work this out the first time with minimal guidance. It may not be elegant, but it works. I suppose I could upload a two-slide project if anybody wants to use / see it in action.
HI Frank,
We're always happy to take a look at additional examples or methods to deal with a particular situation so if you can share the slide(s) here that would be great.
Ok, Ashley, I'll try uploading the 5 MB, two-slide example here. The main slide has nine layers, eight are triggered by selectable hot spots. Four of the layers have Flash movies inserted. Every layer has audio voice-over instructions or narration. That's why two slides make such a large file. There's nothing proprietary in the content.
See my post above for explanation of why I needed this and descriptions of how things are supposed to work.
Thanks for sharing here Frank - I like your animations too!
Thanks, Ashley. I'm glad to be able to work various other resources like these Flash animations into a Storyline project rather seamlessly. The animations are Flash movies from files created by my predecessor as long as 10 years ago, BA (Before Articulate!). Old school stuff, re-cycled for current use. I added the narrations and tweaked some formatting, but I barely learned to do that, self-taught with tutorials.
Flash animations made new again! A little sprucing up goes a long way.
Thank you so much for this tip! I downloaded your example, followed your logic and was able to do just what we needed to do. Thanks for taking the time to educate us.
Glad that this thread was able to assist you as well Elisabeth! Thanks for sharing :)
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