Zooming with Hotspots
Feb 06, 2017
Hello all,
I have created a quiz in Quizmaker and imported it to Storyline. Many of my slides involve hotspots. I would like to be able to add a Zoom button to change the state of these slides so that the image is zoomed in. Issue is, when I do this, the hotspots do not zoom along with the image. Is there a way to do this? (Please note that I am a beginner with regard to this program so please be specific!)
thanks so much!
Jess
9 Replies
Hi Jess,
Hotspots do not group with other objects. So you can't do something like group hotspots with an image and then apply a zooming effect to them to also zoom the hotspots. You can however use slide layers to simulate a zooming effect and resize the hotspots accordingly.
I have attached an example that uses hotspots and slide layers to achieve the effect you might be looking to achieve. It zooms in on a red arrow when it is clicked on. Then you can click on it when zoomed in on and it will zoom back out.
The zooming effects take place on the slide layers. And you will be replacing an image wherever you see the red arrow with the image you choose. And in some of those places you will need to add animations the same way I did with the red arrow.
I would recommend looking into learning about the program a little more if you find this example confusing (since you said you were a beginner). And let me know if you have any additional questions about this example.
Thanks so much for the response! I think I understand where you are going with this. My supervisor is a bit more experienced with Articulate...I will see if she can help me to be successful (she didn't know the answer to my question, but hopefully with your response she can help me to figure it out).
Also instead of a hotspot you could use a transparent shape so that the shape itself can be grouped with other objects and zoomed in, since as Daniel mentioned you can't group a hotspot with other objects.
DANIEL!!! Thank you SO much! My supervisor was able to decipher your suggestion for me (sorry, I'm a bit slow with Articulate). It worked! You rock! :)
We are all learning everyday Jessica :) Thanks for the update and welcome to E-Learning Heroes!
Thank you!
Jessica Cratty
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thanks! I guess it shows I am a newbie! :)
Happens to many - no worries on our part. I just like to be sure that the users are aware :)
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