e-learning for primary students - buttons question

Hi Tristan

Couple of ways I would go about it.  I am assuming there is no audio and also assuming there was no initial intro to the module that told them to click on the ? when they saw it.

I would put an instruction under the text on the left ...Click the ? to learn more (or whatever it is they will do by clicking on that ?

As well I would have a popup that displays 'Not yet - there are things you have missed by not clicking on the ? if they try to leave the screen without having clicked the ?

Could you animate the ? If they go to leave the slide without having clicked it 

Thanks Wendy,

You're right no audio in this module and no instructions screen as I thought it was obvious, although again not the audience I normally design for.

I started with adding instruction on the first slide that contains the question mark button to point it out but then decided to change it all together and put the buttons inside the text section using a descriptive square button similar to the back and next. 

I don't like locking down the navigation especially as we hope non-students will also use this module for general knowledge.

Hi Tristan,

I second what Wendy is saying. If that doesn't work you could try 

1- Have a navigation screen in the beginning  that outlines all the cool buttons and stuff or

2- Add a blink animation half way in that draws attention to the "?"

Hi Kai,

As a general rule I try and avoid having a navigation screen and design my courses so that the navigation is intuitive, however given the audience I can see it could be beneficial.

Although not completely happy with the solution I think this will work best for the audience.

I would have thought the nav was obvious as well. I probably would have a pop up instruction  the first time the question mark appeared.

Hi Nancy, That's what I did at first after posting my question, then changed to the example above... 

I think possibly the question mark didn't pop enough against some of the other pictures although the first time it was used was on a black and white photo so I personally thought it stood out enough.

I did find the feedback odd, as my observation of children using tablets etc even before they have learnt how to read and write they can still work out the navigation and make things work.