Storyline - what is the best solution for dial-up users?
Jan 21, 2015
Help eL Heroes,
I have just completed two lessons in Storyline. One is 20 MB, the other 30 MB. I've just sent it our for user/technical testing to my pilot group across the company. No issues except for the locations in very remote areas. They are on dial-up internet connections. The lessons each have audio narration throughout and a small video clip. Is there an easy solution? I do not want to change the lesson for the 1,000's of employees without issues, but I do need to accommodate this handful of users.
- Is the solution to make a 2nd version for slow connections (no audio, video, maybe no photos)? If videos are removed what do these users get on these screens as replacements?
- Is the solution to publish some kind of HTML version? Will my interactions (ie. drag n drops work or make any sense)?
I do not want to send out printed versions of the lessons. All my assets are optimized well and I am happy with the output for majority of users.
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Have you considered publishing one version for CD and send that to the remote locations? Here is some info on this publishing option: https://community.articulate.com/series/4/articles/publishing-a-course-for-cd-or-another-local-source
There are problems with the CD option for manadatory courses. These have to be tracked and scored. Any other ideas?
Hi Vanessa,
Although the CD courses wouldn't track and report information automatically you could include a "print results" at the end - and leave it up to the user to have to send a copy of the HTML page that is generated with their score and answers to the administrators who need to see their score.
An original solution you can use is to distribute the course on cdrom. And propose the mandatory tests on an LMS !
Quizzes are usually lighter than the course itself and could be compatible with dial-up or mobile network.
So you can check learners have reach the training goal and their understanding by measuring their quiz result.
Check out Elearning Enhanced PreLoader widget.
https://elearningenhanced.com/products/articulate-storyline-preloader-progressbar
I like the progress bar Michael.
For my dial up users (less than 5 users), I made a "low bandwidth" version - text only no graphics no video. This worked for these lessons, but won't work for every lesson. Hopefully my dial up users will be phased out very soon.
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