Variables Visited Slide

Aug 15, 2012

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Hi, I am supposed to do a main-menu with buttons to my slides, but a button should only be clickable if the previous slide is visited. How do i do this? I've figured that it has something to do with variables but I do not understand how it is supposed to work. :o

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Jamie Morgan

Yes, you'll need to use variables. Let's say you have 2 chapters in your course (Chapter 1 & Chapter 2) with 2 buttons on your menu, a button corresponding to each chapter.

You'll need to create a variable in Chapter 1 on the last page of the chapter that will record that the learner has completed Chapter 1. Then, you'll program the trigger on your Chapter 2 button to go to page 1 of Chapter 2 on the condition that your Chapter 1 variable is equal to whatever value represents completed. By doing this, your trigger will only "fire" if that condition is met. You can get more complex if you want and have a pop-up appear that instructs the learner that Chapter 2 is only available once Chapter 1 has been completed if they try to click the button before completing Chapter 1.

Hope that makes sense.

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