Course Navigation

Hi Kate,

As per your requirement this will help i think so..

Player templates > Navigation > User navigation is : Restricted - Can only view current and prev slides

Thank you for your suggestion, but we don't want restricted navigation in our course and it would still present the same problem that when they go back certain sections would appear "locked" even though they completed them and "unlocked" them.

Another thought might be to create a second, unlocked version of the course.  When they reach the end, you could link out to the unlocked one.

Some raw thoughts here:

If you hide the navigation panel, they won't be able to navigate ahead except for where you provide them the opportunity.  When you want them to review, allow them to go back to new slides, that look like the old but have hyperlinks to the other sections.

This would require a lot of branching and could get real confusing (for you the designer) real fast, but I think it will serve your desired functionality well and will appear seamless to the user.

Can you do this?

1. Copy the first page of the course where it says everything is locked
2. Paste it at the end of the course and remove the "locked" verbiage
3. Link to this new "unlocked menu" page after they complete the course

Will that work?

Oh that's a great idea David!  I misunderstood - I thought there'd be parts throughout the course where some things would be locked and others wouldn't - thus creating the need for multiple navigation slides.

Are you talking about 2 separate visits to the training? Example- on the first pass they learn the material and unlock each level, but can return to view an unlocked version to use as a resource.

From the first menu have a button for First Time Viewers and another for Returning Guests 

Then you can choose how you want it set up. Once you have created all of the slides and added any links/branching for the locked version, copy/paste the whole set of slides and remove any "locked" elements. Link that set up to the Returning Guests button.

Yes, they could potentially choose the Returning Guest button from the get go. I've found they don't actually do that very often, though, since they don't know in advance what the difference is. 

Thank you all for your ideas. I think the only way I could figure out doing it was to copy and paste the slides again so that once the user completes the course they would click back on what would be a duplicate of a familiar slide, but really a new set of slides that shows that everything is done. I appreciate all your help!

Kate