Hi Joanne, I definitely want to share how we did everything! The bringing data back in is all with functions that exist outside of Storyline in a separate JavaScript file that is linked to the story_html5 file.
Thank you! In fact, we did a lot of research on choosing the colors of the avatars for this project. We involved three different focus groups in order to make a decision. At first we had skin tones but we could not possibly represent everyone and to make multiple versions of avatars takes several hours of work (each avatar has to be animated, stills have to be created, and code is written to pull them back in), so we moved past that idea.
Next, we created a variety of colors and looks but it felt too cartoonish to the audience.
Finally, we landed on yellow like the emojis are (plus it is a complimentary color to the purple so that was a bonus) and it was a consensus to go in that direction, please see this article:
I am a HUGE proponent of representing diversity in courses. I also included Jaime as a non-binary character in the video. I have intentionally represented Jaime with gender neutral pronouns such as, they.
A lot of thought and research had gone into these decisions. I hope that answers your question.
Hey thanks for this Melissa, it makes perfect sense and your findings are enlightening.
I used to work for a big company and we always did focus groups to validate our design assumptions, but since I have been working as a freelancer this has fallen by the wayside.
You're welcome! I need to write some posts about our process and explaining some of the choices we made/what we would do differently. Definitely a lot to share!
10 Replies
Hi Melissa, this is fantastic! Will you share how you bring data back into the project? Especially for how many people answered each question.
Hi Joanne, I definitely want to share how we did everything! The bringing data back in is all with functions that exist outside of Storyline in a separate JavaScript file that is linked to the story_html5 file.
That will be great! I am looking forward to learning from it!
I really like this Melissa, but I am wondering why all the avatars look the same (no diversity).
Very good job. Waiting for the further info to learn how to do it.
Thanks for sharing
Hi Nancy,
Thank you! In fact, we did a lot of research on choosing the colors of the avatars for this project. We involved three different focus groups in order to make a decision. At first we had skin tones but we could not possibly represent everyone and to make multiple versions of avatars takes several hours of work (each avatar has to be animated, stills have to be created, and code is written to pull them back in), so we moved past that idea.
Next, we created a variety of colors and looks but it felt too cartoonish to the audience.
Finally, we landed on yellow like the emojis are (plus it is a complimentary color to the purple so that was a bonus) and it was a consensus to go in that direction, please see this article:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.vice.com/amp/en_us/article/wd7ejm/emoji-shouldve-made-all-their-characters-yellow-408
I am a HUGE proponent of representing diversity in courses. I also included Jaime as a non-binary character in the video. I have intentionally represented Jaime with gender neutral pronouns such as, they.
A lot of thought and research had gone into these decisions. I hope that answers your question.
Thank you, Serkan! I do hope to share tutorials on a lot of the work we did.
Hey thanks for this Melissa, it makes perfect sense and your findings are enlightening.
I used to work for a big company and we always did focus groups to validate our design assumptions, but since I have been working as a freelancer this has fallen by the wayside.
You're welcome! I need to write some posts about our process and explaining some of the choices we made/what we would do differently. Definitely a lot to share!
Is the story template something you would be willing to share? I like the use of the stars specifically and would love to incorporate just that piece.
This discussion is closed. You can start a new discussion or contact Articulate Support.