Storyline - Notes, Audio and Levels
May 21, 2012
By
Kim Alison
Hi
Is it possible to have different notes depending on the slide layer not the base slide? Is this possible for audio? Or am I going about it in the wrong way?
I'd like to build a base layer and depending on the button the learner chooses he can learn more on that topic. In powerpoint I would've copied the first slide and hyperlinked it to various other ones. So the learner would think he's still on the same slide, but was actually moving around different ones.
But in Storyline I thought I should do this with layers....
But I can't get it to work..
Can anyone help?
Kim
13 Replies
Hi Kim,
Notes are only on the Base Layer and show through - I certainly requested independant layer text during the beta.
Audio can be made to react "per layer".
Bruce
Oh no! So that means going back to the "old" way? That's a shame!
Kim
Hi
Not being able to have separate text notes for different layers isn't good when you wish to export a project to Word to provide a hard copy, or allow folks with accessibility issues to use the word version to run through their screen reader. I think Bruce's request during the beta should have been addressed.
Regards, Mike, UK
Any chance this will be changing any time soon? I was excited to use fewer slides and try out the layer options, but we have to be able to give the option to view the notes. If all of the notes for all of the layers are in one place, that could be an awful lot of text. It does sound as though we'll have to keep doing things the old way if we want users to be able to see and hear separate narration for seperate layers.
Is this notes/audio issue any different if you use light boxes instead of layers? Or are lightboxes just another name for a semi transparent layer? I don't see anywhere to insert a lightbox, although I see triggers for lightboxes. I'm still searching for a tutorial about how lightboxes are added and how they differ from layers.
Joyce,
See here for lightbox tutorial.
Maybe...
Bruce
Thanks, Bruce. So I could put narration on the light box slides separately, correct? Will the notes for the lightbox slide show while the lightbox is displayed?
Hi Joyce,
Yes, they are just like normal slides except you cannot see the Notes.
Bruce
Hi Bruce, I'm running into the same problem as Kim Alison...I'd like to have a "base" slide where the learner can click on 3 different characters to learn more about those characters. If I use layers I cannot have different narrator notes. If I use lightboxes, same thing, I cannot show the narrator notes.
Can you suggest anything else?
Thanks!
Hi Cynthia,
This thread is a bit older, so I'm not certain Bruce is still subscribed. Could you have the character when clicked show a new slide (keep them all in a separate scene) and the trigger on that slide is to automatically return them to the main slide?
The good news is separate audio and animation works great with the layers, however you are quite correct that only notes from the base layer will show. Hyperlinks to content slides could mimic the layers and give you the functionality of separate notes.
Thanks Lara for another suggestion on how to set this up!
I see this thread is several years old. I was wondering if the text in slide notes still functions the same way as described above (slide notes in base layer only) in 2020 or has it been addressed?
I'm not aware of any changes. It is frustrating... particularly when you want to use layers as a knowledge check. All of the answers (spoken) end up being in the notes!
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