Menus and Tracking

Hi Curtis

You could build something in flash that tracks the users, ideally have a menu slide (locked)(I would use icons, maybe similar to ipad/iphone screen) with all eight options and after each one has been attempted tick the icon and remove the htperlink and once all eight are ticked show a button (possibly another icon) to move to the end of the presentation

We have built something similar in the past, based on James Kinglseys flashvars example on his blog, it worked well

Otherwise this is difficult using articulate out of the box because of the number of options (8) you have

Phil

Does the SME insist that the nav-menu not be visable ALL the time, or only during the non-menu part of the slide.

Because you can switch between views in the slide properties area. (And if under presentation options you remove the "switch views" button, the user will not be able to "open" the navigation sidebar at will)

This way the items are "checked off" by the sidebar, which you only choose "sidebar" view for the menu slide.

Building on Kayla's idea, you could use a custom skin with a popup menu, that track slides viewed

Phil

Thanks for the ideas.  My SME does not want to use the Nav Menu at all, so that option is out for her.  As far as the Flash option, we don't have access currently to Flash, so that one is probmatical at best.  I hate to be ignorant on this, but how would I go about building a custom skin with a pop up menu feature?

Hi Curtis

You still need access to flash to create a custom skin, you can get a developer to build a skin for you or elearning enhanced has a number of skins, you can get them customised as well

Phil