Stumped: Can I make a slide-by-slide simulation appear on a slide layer?
Nov 06, 2019
Hi,
I'm working on an eLearning course for a piece of software. The course will use screencasts as one way to communicate workflows. I like Storyline's software simulation options, and stumbled on a really neat project in the eLearning Examples: https://community.articulate.com/e-learning-examples/storyline-photoshop-software-simulation-example.
I think the "Tell Me, Show Me, Try Me" model is brilliant! It addresses multiple learning styles and allows the student to choose the option(s) that best suit their learning needs. I wanted to replicate this approach in my lessons.
I was able to replicate the "Tell Me" part using slide layers. The "Show Me" part has been a little trickier. It looks like the "Show Me" part plays on a slide layer, but I don't see how to insert a View Mode steps simulation onto a layer - looks like the only options are to insert the slides (since the simulation is broken up into multiple slides into an existing scene, or in a new scene.
Any ideas on how to replicate something like the "Show Me" part in this example? Are the instructions that appear when you click "Show Me" on a layer that starts out the "Show Me" scene? If so, how do you get the "Back" button to show up on all the step-by-step slides w/o copying and pasting the button onto each slide?
There is no Storyline project included with this example, just the output. Looks like others have asked for one. I have reached out to the author who posted the example, but the original post is a couple of years old. Thought I'd see if someone can provide some guidance or share a project that does something similar.
Thanks!! The help I've received on this forum has been excellent!! :-)
Regards,
John
8 Replies
Hi John
have you seen this KB article about the different modes that can be used. It may be the 'view mode' is a single video but this article may help you troubleshoot what you need to do.
Hope this helps
Hi Wendy,
Thanks for the feedback. I did see the content in the KB article/Storyline user guide. Just re-read it to make sure I didn't overlook/misunderstand something. Yeah, it looks like I can't insert step-by-step slides onto a slide layer. Wondering what "magic" the author used in the Photoshop simulation example. I'm intruiged!! :-)
Regards,
John
Hi John
Click the authors profile pic and you can click the contact me button to email her.
Yup. Did that. Thanks!
Good luck - if you get an answer John might pay to post the reply here for others who may be interested in this. All the best with your project John :-)
Will do and thanks!
Hi John,
once you have the slides that storyline creates out of your screen record publish the scene as video and then insert that video in one slide of your main project
Hi Stefano,
Thanks. I would like to use the step-by-step slides rather than the video-only option.
Regards,
John
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