My first Storyline project.... feedback welcome :)

Oh and also.. how do I get the Exit button to close the browser window??!

Looking good, Ant. Really love the way you ramp into the video selection screen. For the exit button to take, you need to launch in a child window (popup). Most browsers don't want to close parents because of the potential for annoying misuse and manipulation.

I thought it worked fine in IE, but needed the child window approach was required for Firefox/Chrome?

Bruce

Hey Ant!

I loved that .

Great instructional videos, lovely design, and I love the "Navigation Menu"!!  :D  :D

Great job.

Bruce

Really liked it Ant!  I liked the use of the phone for the menu too.  Everything was really clear and simple.  Thanks for sharing. Great to see what others are doing with Storyline.

Very nice Ant. I rally liked the simplicity of the screens. So many times we see screens with a clutter of extra stuff.

 I also liked the way the videos were used. Was that an interaction or just web objects for putting in the videos?

Thanks

Greg

Great project!  I have yet to figure out the text entry and variable tools used on the first two slides.  I'm curious to know how your videos were captured and edited.  Did you use I-Movie?

I like it.   Loved the phone as a navigation menu...very clever!   It works well on tablets (I used a Xoom), also, after getting past the text entry at the beginning.

Really nice Ant, It froze once for me, but I wonder if this is firefox and not your project.  Looks great

thanks

for sharing, font changes often happen when using variables but I didnt see any

Thanks to everyone who fed back - some really positive comments which has put a spring in my step this morning

@Steve - that makes sense, I have been selecting this to launch in  the parent window (I always hate pop-ups myself!), but I will make a note of that for when I add the project into an LMS

@Bruce/Debbie - thanks for the comments :)

@Greg - it wasn't a web object or an interaction - it was just a new layer with a video added onto the layer

@Jason - yep I just knocked the videos together using iMovie.. pretty quick and dirty but do the job!

@Lynda - am surprised to hear it worked on your tablet.. obviously luck rather than judgement! But pleased that it did!!!

@Phil - thanks Phil.. I have had a few issues with the player not loading on certain computers (weirdly it doesn't seem to be one particular browser that has the issue). Re. fonts, it does seem to be variables that are having the issues.. is this a known bug?

good

I dont think they would call it a bug, it looks like Storyline does not embed the fonts for variables.  So if you do not have the font installed on your machine and you use text entry or references the font displayed is different.

I would call it a bug

Hmm.. me too - its maybe not officially a bug, but it is a bit of an issue. I just tried it on my ipad and the same issue occurs there.. 

Hmm - I'll create another thread on the Software Support - see if we can get an answer

Hi Ant, did you ever find a solution or work-a-round for your variable font issue?  I am having the same problem.  When I add a varaible to any location in my text box it changes the entire font for the whole text box. 

The only thing I was going to try is to create two seperate text boxes; one for the variable, and one for the rest of the text.  That way only the variable looks different.

Nope I'm afraid not - apparently it's not something that can be fixed or changed either.. I added a feature request, but I have a feeling it is out of Articulate's hands.

Good luck with your plan and let us know how it goes

Hello Ant,

I am i little late .... very good design! I love the combination of the styles. 

What font did you use for placing the name?

Have fun with future courses!

Ronald de Goede

The Netherlands

Very nice!