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Branching back and forth using Variables
I've done something similar, for 3 vertical markets (Education, Healthcare, Human Services). At the beginning, a variable (txtCourseTrack) is set and the course goes merrily along until it encounters a slide which has been "split" for the 3 verticals. On that slide, there are 3 layers (Education, Healthcare, Human Services) corresponding to the 3 markets, with 3 triggers on the Base Layer:
Show layer Education
When the timeline starts on this slide
if txtCourseTrack = value ED
Show layer Healthcare
When the timeline starts on this slide
if txtCourseTrack = value HC
Show layer Human Services
When the timeline starts on this slide
if txtCourseTrack = value HS
This works in my situation because the 3 tracks are otherwise parallel, with market-specific visuals, video, and/or text. It may or may not work in your particular situation.
@Joseph - thanks for the idea - I will be keeping that in mind for future courses. That solution may not work for this particular course. We're in rapid development, building the plane as we're flying as the saying goes, and I do not know if on the slides were the tracks differ, that content will be similar enough to use layers. Could be....but I'm not 100% sure. However, I will be keeping that in mind as a potential solution.