I have seen various threads on this one but I am not sure what the current situation is.
Is there a list, official or unofficial, of system variables that I might read with a view to copying to a user variable e.g. current slide name or current layer name.
Storyline isn't currently set up to expose System variables as the link shared above referenced, so again I'd have to defer to the community for additional help here.
So to be clear, and to be sure I'm asking the right question, there is no way to display the slide name on the slide without manually inserting it on each one?
There isn't a way to display the slide name or number on each slide unless you were to manually insert it. You could include them in the listing of the menu as detailed here.
Let's say I wanted to display a slide layer in the Conclusion slide that contains text based on what the user's score is in the module (with questions throughout the module). Is there a way to have a trigger that says, "display layer x if score > 80" and another that says, "display layer y if score < 80"? I was hoping to do this to provide a more personalized response based on the user's score.
Sure Darin - you could create your customised layers and then add the triggers using the result variables.
These are the result variables that are created when you add a result slide to a quiz so you could pull those variable references to use in triggers. Similar to how the success/fail layers display on the result slide using the > than < less conditions.
Thanks for your reply. As I look at your example and the variables on my Results slide, I notice they have periods in them. When I try and create a variable, however, it does not seem to let me add a period to the variable name. Am I missing something?
You don't need to create the variables. They are created when you create a results slide. To use them the way Wendy suggested, you create a condition for the trigger, and they will be listed among the other variables.
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Ok, so I had a Results slide but no system variables. I guess they got erased somehow. As such, I deleted the existing Results slide and created a new one. Bingo! System variables showed back up in my Variables list. I was then able to use them successfully in my trigger. Thanks.
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Hi Brian,
There is no official list of these, as for an unofficial list I'll defer to the community for their expertise.
I have exactly the same question. Is there an answer to this?
Hi Jeff,
Storyline isn't currently set up to expose System variables as the link shared above referenced, so again I'd have to defer to the community for additional help here.
So to be clear, and to be sure I'm asking the right question, there is no way to display the slide name on the slide without manually inserting it on each one?
Hi Jeff,
There isn't a way to display the slide name or number on each slide unless you were to manually insert it. You could include them in the listing of the menu as detailed here.
Let's say I wanted to display a slide layer in the Conclusion slide that contains text based on what the user's score is in the module (with questions throughout the module). Is there a way to have a trigger that says, "display layer x if score > 80" and another that says, "display layer y if score < 80"? I was hoping to do this to provide a more personalized response based on the user's score.
Sure Darin - you could create your customised layers and then add the triggers using the result variables.
These are the result variables that are created when you add a result slide to a quiz so you could pull those variable references to use in triggers. Similar to how the success/fail layers display on the result slide using the > than < less conditions.
Wendy,
Thanks for your reply. As I look at your example and the variables on my Results slide, I notice they have periods in them. When I try and create a variable, however, it does not seem to let me add a period to the variable name. Am I missing something?
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You don't need to create the variables. They are created when you create a results slide. To use them the way Wendy suggested, you create a condition for the trigger, and they will be listed among the other variables.
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Ok, so I had a Results slide but no system variables. I guess they got erased somehow. As such, I deleted the existing Results slide and created a new one. Bingo! System variables showed back up in my Variables list. I was then able to use them successfully in my trigger. Thanks.
Great news Darin!
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