2 Qs: Saving Time & Publishing
Feb 03, 2022
I'm new to SL and having a bit of a hard time understanding it all. My latest question (I've been posting a lot!) is this: Is there any way to "save timings" in a narrated SL course? In PPT, I can record narration and choose to "save timings" so that whatever and whenever I click something while recording narration, PPT saves that timing, and that's the pace that the course progresses at when someone views it as a video I've uploaded. Is there anything similar in SL? I know that I can adjust the timing of what would have been each individual trigger or interaction, but that seems time-consuming and tedious. Surely there's some other way?
My other question is, considering the following circumstances, is video publishing my only option? I'm a college professor who is looking to get into ID. I'm using the 30-day trial to learn SL (although now I realize it will take me WAY more than 30 days). I've been trying to recreate some old PPT lessons into SL as a way to learn it. In reading about how to publish a project, though, I realize that there's no way for me to share my creations with my current students to get their feedback and reaction. From what I understand, I can publish to an LMS, but for me, that probably isn't an option (I'm not sure how my College would feel about that. We use Blackboard and have an overstressed IT staff already who wouldn't welcome another challenge). I don't have a web site, so I'm assuming publishing to the web is out. With all that in mind, would you agree that my only option is publishing each project as a video? In that case, my project might not be much better than PPT since there would be no interactivity, right?
Thanks in advance!
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Hi, Vickie,
I'm not sure exactly what you're asking to do with "save timings."
If you're recording a screencast, you can narrate at the same time. See the User Guide for more info:
https://community.articulate.com/series/articulate-storyline-360/articles/storyline-360-recording-your-screen
If you just want the easiest way to match triggers to certain points during the audio, use cue points. They'll look like this in the timeline:
In the image above, I also outlined the Play button for the Timeline (lower left). As you play the Timeline, press "C" to add cue points. You can fine-tune their positions later by dragging them.
FYI: You can also add cue points by clicking a point in the timeline and then pressing "C."
You can have triggers run when the timeline reaches a certain cue point. Then, even if you move the cue point indicator on the timeline, the trigger will still run at the changed cue-point time (i.e., you won't have to edit the trigger to revise the timing).
As for publishing: If you want some quick feedback from your students but don't have a website, you can publish to Review 360. That content will eventually be deleted if you don't purchase a license, but it'll work for now.