Are there variable to specify if a course is being watched on a tablet or mobile phone and if it is in portrait or landscape?
I'm sure there would be plenty of uses for this but I'll describe my own scenario to clarify what I mean.
In most of my courses I include a slide that explains how to navigate the course and this includes an indication of where to find the CC button. However, the position of the CC button changes if you are watching on a mobile phone. Where it appears in the bottom right on desktop and tablet, it is either bottom left (portrait) or top right (landscape) on a mobile.
I would like to use a variable that specifies the type of device and view so that I can change the instructions dependent on the variable.
Storyline doesn't offer that, perhaps there's a way to do something like that with JavaScript.
You could create a slide with a layer to represent the various modes and then have them self select and deliver the instructions that way.
Another consideration is to look the aspect ratio for mobile. For example, since Storyline slides scale and don't responsively reflow, it may make sense to lock it to landscape only. And that eliminates instructions for portrait.
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Storyline doesn't offer that, perhaps there's a way to do something like that with JavaScript.
You could create a slide with a layer to represent the various modes and then have them self select and deliver the instructions that way.
Another consideration is to look the aspect ratio for mobile. For example, since Storyline slides scale and don't responsively reflow, it may make sense to lock it to landscape only. And that eliminates instructions for portrait.
Thank you for the quick reply.
Is there a way for me to add this to a feature requests?
There are number of built in variables that are prefaced with 'player' (E.g., player.FullScreenMode) so I'm assuming it would not be difficult to do.
You can submit a feature request here
https://access.articulate.com/support/contact/feature-request