Inserting Engage as Flash object in Presenter

Feb 25, 2011

Donna Pepper
By Donna Pepper

I'm not sure where to post this question since it's related to Presenter and Engage but thought I would start here. There was a conversation in the old forums at http://www.articulate.com/forums/articulate-engage/16923-inserting-engage-flash-object-presenter.html#post78034 on Inserting Engage as Flash object in Presenter. It was just what I was looking for and had a helpful Screenr from David Anderson. I've watched the screener several times and have been able to get the process to work a couple times but not always. I think the issue is that I'm not sure what the sequence of steps should be. Is this conversation available in the new forums or what is the best way for me to ask for specific help on the process?

Thanks for all the resources and help.

4 Replies
Donna Pepper
13 years ago03/01/11 at 6:27 pm (UTC)

Thanks for your replies, Joe and Robert. I had also seen David Fair's (articulatedf) post at https://player.vimeo.com/video/143915670 which includes information on linking to Engage interactions within Presenter as Web objects. That ended up seeming to be a little more straightforward and is working fine (after David helped me work out a couple kinks with that process). It's nice to know there are so many people willing to help in working through all the possibilities.

blair parkin
13 years ago03/01/11 at 6:45 pm (UTC)

Hi Donna

There is also a useful screenr from Tom on how to create a master slide for inserting interactions as flash objects. Definitely useful if you want to hide the "Next Slide" button

In terms of steps here is what I always do:

  1. Create presentation as per normal
  2. Create Engage interactions and publish them to my project folder. I have a seperate project folder for each module/presentation I am working on.
  3. The published interactions will all be called "engage". If you are inserting more than one flash interaction you will need to rename the "engage.swf" and "engage_content" folder. Replace "engage" with something relevant to each interaction. e.g. if your interaction was about a house you would have "house.swf" and "house_content"
  4. Insert the interactions as falsh objects as in the screenrs above
  5. Publish your presentation/module
  6. copy the _content folder into Data > swf folder of your published course. Your flash interaction will be in there, renamed with "fm" at the beginning of the file name e.g. fm_house.swf" and "fm_house_content"
  7. rename the _content folder you just copied in with "fm_" at the front to match the flash interaction. 

Hope this helps in terms of written instructions

Blair

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