I was wondering if anyone has some tips on how to create a closed captioned pop-up text box that won't cover up a lot of the course real estate. I put a scroll bar in the text box, but the narrower the box, the more herky jerky the text is when scrolling. I saw a course where the opened CC text box actually pushed the rest of the course up. Not sure how to accomplish that or if it's feasible. All your wonderful suggestions are greatly appreciated.
Robbin, I don't use a box on the actual screen, but I do turn the notes section into closed captioning by changing its name in the player and enabling it. It hangs out at the top of my course and I mention it in the course instructions.
Robbin, I don't use a box on the actual screen, but I do turn the notes section into closed captioning by changing its name in the player and enabling it. It hangs out at the top of my course and I mention it in the course instructions.
Kimberly... how do you change the name... the other day I thought about changing the name of my notes tab and it looked like it was locked.
Some folks think this method adds a lot of work. In Story view, it's really pretty quick. I like to have style and placement control over common elements in the master slide, so the trade-off is worth it for me.
Robbin, I don't use a box on the actual screen, but I do turn the notes section into closed captioning by changing its name in the player and enabling it. It hangs out at the top of my course and I mention it in the course instructions.
Kimberly... how do you change the name... the other day I thought about changing the name of my notes tab and it looked like it was locked.
You change the name by clicking on the Player tab and then clicking Text Labels. Look down the list until you find the label for the Notes tab and edit the text in the Custom Name column.
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I was also wondering if there are any plans to add buttons/triggers to the player in the near future?
Robbin, I don't use a box on the actual screen, but I do turn the notes section into closed captioning by changing its name in the player and enabling it. It hangs out at the top of my course and I mention it in the course instructions.
You have to manually build the captioning. Here is one example. I am not sure who created this one but it shows how to synch the captions.
Here is another example. This one I created. It uses variables that keep the cc box open across screen once clicked.
Steve Flowers also did a cool one where he used a variable to change the text but I can't find it.
Kimberly... how do you change the name... the other day I thought about changing the name of my notes tab and it looked like it was locked.
Here's the one I built.
http://community.articulate.com/forums/t/14677.aspx
Some folks think this method adds a lot of work. In Story view, it's really pretty quick. I like to have style and placement control over common elements in the master slide, so the trade-off is worth it for me.
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