Forum Discussion
Can you copy a Zoom Region?
I can't overstate the importance of a decent Zoom feature. These days everyone is becoming more and more aware of user accessibility, and Articulate promotes some accessibility features.
While a lot of e-learning works along the line of PowerPoint on steroids, with bullet point lists, interactive tools, etc.
Many developers are also creating e-learning modules to train the use of Computer Software and they/we often will make use of the Storyline player to wrap around the subject matter/Software images, with SL menu items and a table of contents, etc. This border takes up screen space that reduces the available space for the image of the subject being discussed, resulting in smaller text and objects - often to the extent that these are no longer legible.
This effect worsens when we consider Accessibility for learners with visual impairments.
In these scenarios it is really important to have the ability to zoom in on specific regions of the subject image, to clarify and highlight the current topic of interest.
Thankfully Storyline does do this.
However, it is often necessary to keep the zoom area fixed over a number of slides. And by not having any numerical means of setting/matching the zoom areas, Developers either have to do this by eye- which can result in unprofessional and jerky slide transitions. Or they need to duplicate the first zoomed slide and base the rest of them on it.
This of course may be acceptable when creating new eLearning modules from scratch, but it can be very, very time-consuming when updating pre-existing modules.
Having a zoom feature was one of the main requirements my colleagues and I had when we decided to subscribe to the Articulate software suite of products.
Please Fix this issue.
Many thanks