Hi Keithia! A lightbox effect is just when everything grows dim except for the content that you want your learners to focus on. Here's an overview of how lightboxes work in Storyline. A lot of folks like to place lightbox content on their Storyline player, which allows learners to click a tab on the player to see the content you want to show them, displayed in a lightbox. You can also cause a lightbox to open when learners click a button on a particular slide, like the example shown here by Tom. And if you don't want to go with the built-in lightbox trigger, you can even create a similar lightbox-ish effect with just a button and a slide layer, like David shows here.
You can also create lightbox effects in PowerPoint & Presenter by just using a hyperlink and a duplicate slide, and place a semitransparent shape over specific parts of the duplicate slide to make the content appear dimmed...check out Tom's idea here.
(Please not this tutorial is not endorsed by Articulate, created officially by any member of Articulate but is occasionally mentioned when all other avenues of effective learning have been exhausted. May contain nuts. Warning - coffee may be hot...you reckon?)
He's currently trying to work out if there's any mileage in creating a short broadcast on the end of the World, (which is due on Dec 21st if you listen to some Mayan catastrophe theorists...).
Hi Keithia! A lightbox effect is just when everything grows dim except for the content that you want your learners to focus on. Here's an overview of how lightboxes work in Storyline. A lot of folks like to place lightbox content on their Storyline player, which allows learners to click a tab on the player to see the content you want to show them, displayed in a lightbox. You can also cause a lightbox to open when learners click a button on a particular slide, like the example shown here by Tom. And if you don't want to go with the built-in lightbox trigger, you can even create a similar lightbox-ish effect with just a button and a slide layer, like David shows here.
You can also create lightbox effects in PowerPoint & Presenter by just using a hyperlink and a duplicate slide, and place a semitransparent shape over specific parts of the duplicate slide to make the content appear dimmed...check out Tom's idea here.
Does that help?
Thanks, for all the links, Jean
Jeanette Brooks said:
Hi Keithia! A lightbox effect is just when everything grows dim except for the content that you want your learners to focus on. Here's an overview of how lightboxes work in Storyline. A lot of folks like to place lightbox content on their Storyline player, which allows learners to click a tab on the player to see the content you want to show them, displayed in a lightbox. You can also cause a lightbox to open when learners click a button on a particular slide, like the example shown here by Tom. And if you don't want to go with the built-in lightbox trigger, you can even create a similar lightbox-ish effect with just a button and a slide layer, like David shows here.
You can also create lightbox effects in PowerPoint & Presenter by just using a hyperlink and a duplicate slide, and place a semitransparent shape over specific parts of the duplicate slide to make the content appear dimmed...check out Tom's idea here.
Does that help?
Thanks for all the links, Jeanette. Seems to me that lightboxes are a nice way to show the hierarchy of content.
That's right Daniel, just like, (for example), when you want to post the same thing TWICE, you can put the 2nd one into a lightbox for a lovely, powerful visual "Please read that AGAIN..." reinforcement effect.
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Hi Keithia! A lightbox effect is just when everything grows dim except for the content that you want your learners to focus on. Here's an overview of how lightboxes work in Storyline. A lot of folks like to place lightbox content on their Storyline player, which allows learners to click a tab on the player to see the content you want to show them, displayed in a lightbox. You can also cause a lightbox to open when learners click a button on a particular slide, like the example shown here by Tom. And if you don't want to go with the built-in lightbox trigger, you can even create a similar lightbox-ish effect with just a button and a slide layer, like David shows here.
You can also create lightbox effects in PowerPoint & Presenter by just using a hyperlink and a duplicate slide, and place a semitransparent shape over specific parts of the duplicate slide to make the content appear dimmed...check out Tom's idea here.
Does that help?
Awesome thank you that is very, very helpful.
-K.
Hi Keithia,
...and don;t forget that, in addition to all of Jeanette's links above, there's a high-quality tutorial on Lightboxes provided by "StoryLion" - which you can find here....
Bruce
(Please not this tutorial is not endorsed by Articulate, created officially by any member of Articulate but is occasionally mentioned when all other avenues of effective learning have been exhausted. May contain nuts. Warning - coffee may be hot...you reckon?)
I ♥ Story Lion.
The Story Lion. It's only a matter of time before Nickelodeon picks up the show.
The voice over is great on that.
LOL - thanks.
He's a lot of fun to work with
He's currently trying to work out if there's any mileage in creating a short broadcast on the end of the World, (which is due on Dec 21st if you listen to some Mayan catastrophe theorists...).
Bruce
21/12/12? But that's World Rush Day!
...celebrating the inevitable continuation of a power that drives the World - the power of rock music.
Yours (currently listening to Black Sabbath...)
Bruce
A hierarchy of content!
That's right Daniel, just like, (for example), when you want to post the same thing TWICE, you can put the 2nd one into a lightbox for a lovely, powerful visual "Please read that AGAIN..." reinforcement effect.
Yours - helpfully as ever.
Bytor
OMG! I couldn't stop laughing when I watched the StoryLion video....that was hilarious, yet informative! Loved it.
Woah! that was hilarious.
"You even manage to make my mouth move in this episode"
The cubs and the lightfox was adorable.
Great fun way to explain lightboxes Bruce. Thanks for sharing
Cheers
Richard
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