Application-based modules

Hi Elizabeth! Not sure what kind of interaction you have in mind, but if you want to build an exercise where learners interact with your content as if they were completing the tasks for a software procedure, the step-by-step Try Mode option might give you an easier way of managing the interaction, without having to create as many custom triggers (since Storyline does the work for you). I'd recommend re-inserting your same video as a Try scene and get a feel for how that behaves, and then you can go with what makes the most sense for your situation.

If you do decide to stick with a video on a single slide instead... regarding the pause media trigger - yeah, that won't pause the entire timeline of the slide, it'll only the video. You could experiment with the technique that David describes here, though - that might give you just what you're looking for.

As far as examples of step-by-step screen recordings, see if this demo helps. Use the sidebar menu to jump to the section called "Software Simulation." It includes both a step-by-step View Mode video and a step-by-step Try Mode video.

Hi Jeanette - this is helpful.  We are in the process of creating some templates and guidelines to use for a massive production of software-based eLearning modules. Any other samples users have to share would also be helpful. I have a feeling the method of making these interesting may be a bit limited.

Thanks!

One thing that might be interesting is to use a "tour" approach, like the [super-simple] example shown here.

You might also want to take a look at the Sales Orientation training in the Storyline Showcase. (At the beginning of the course, choose to apply for the Sales Admin position.) A beta user created this cool course, and it walks through how to perform some tasks in Salesforce.

Hi Jeanette - another question for you.  I really like the Sales Orientation you pointed me to in the Storyline Showcase. I am trying to recreate something similar.  I have created my template and I want to use the Screen Recording tool to put my capture in.  Very similar to how the laptop displays the capture in the lower left-hand portion of the screen in the orientation.

When I use the Test Step-by-Step modes, the captures come in full screen and I don't seem able to resize them.  Is there a way to resize it and to have the capture go into a specific size/location every time or is that a manual process?  

Thanks for your help

Hey Elizabeth - great question, and it's actually quite clever, what Tim did to create that effect.

Normally, when you insert a step-by-step video, if you record the video at a smaller size than your slides, the video clips will be inserted in the middle of the slide and can't be repositioned. (This is only true for step-by-step videos... if you insert the video as a "Video On a Single Slide," the movie can be sized and repositioned, just like any MP4.)  

Anyway, the step-by-step video slides that you see in that course are actually the same size as the slide... all of the background items (such as the tablet screen, the cube wall, the whiteboard, the post-it note, etc.) are actually part of the video; they're not objects on the Storyline slide. What Tim did was create the graphic that he wanted to use as the background, then positiioned the SalesForce application window on top of that graphic to make it look like it was displaying on the tablet screen, then created his screen recording of the entire design. I

Jeanette - I think I figured out another way to do it!  

I did my screen capture and brought it into the file in Step mode.  Then, I resized the project to expand the background area around it.  I had to copy and paste the slides into another project and resize again to create the affect I wanted (I don't think you can resize the same project twice?) but it worked!

What I love about Storyline . . . . where there's a will, there seems to be a way.

I spoke too soon.  I had a beautiful result, but then I went to publish and I got a message - something to the effect of "Upgrading video from an older recording" and it dropped a duplicate screen recording in the middle of my project.  It doesn't appear in the timeline, but it is extremely visible and the wrong size.  I quickly canceled and closed out of my project without saving changes, but the damage had been done.  Is there any way to get rid of that?  Is there any way to prevent it from happening again? 

Very sad . . . . 

Hmm, I'm not sure Elizabeth. Is there any way you could replicate the issue in a screencast for our support folks? When you submit a support case, you have an opportunity record a private screencast that only the support engineers would see... that would help them diagnose what might happening.