Share your brilliance - how to set up learner-directed navigation?
Nov 10, 2012
By
Betsy Nyman
I really like giving folks the ability to self-direct their navigation and using a visual 'map' of the course. Right now I have a course with two main topics. Each main topic has two sub-topics. This is my first time using story line to build a course. Any suggestions/best practices would be most appreciated .
Do I create the 'navigation slide only once and loop back to it? Is there a way to 'gray out' places already visited? Does anyone have a good template for this? Right now I'm realizing I should probally scrap the black arrows... Any and all insights would be appreciated.
6 Replies
Hi Betsy,
Have a look at the attached Menu file - does it help in any way?
Bruce
Hi Betsy - There are so many ways you can do this. In addition to Bruce's great example, check out this post as well. Graham has created a nice dropdown menu that supports sub-topics.
Oops I forgot the link. Here it is:
http://community.articulate.com/forums/p/14284/116427.aspx#116427
Nancy Thanks for your post. Its given me lots of fun ideas.... hummmmm, what to do first?
Bruce - this is just the type of thing I was looking for. I couldn't figure out the best storyboard approach. I've been doing it the hard way for too many years with PPT linked slides.
Thanks!
Betsy
Hi Betsy...
Glad that was useful.
As you will have figured by now, this example locks the Navigation into a sequence around the Menu.
If you change the button Initial States to "Normal", and take out the Triggers that change the State depending on Completion of previous Variable, then you can have a simple menu that just puts in check-marks to indicate completion.
That way you can show progress, and allow the navigation to be totally opened.
Hope this helps.
Bruce
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