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Course length/total time
Hi-
Does storyline have any kind of feature that can determine the length/time of a complete course (i.e. viewing all the content, etc.)?
Forgive me if this is an old topic, but searching yielded no results.
Besides sitting through the whole thing, any hacks?
Thanks in advance,
Dave
If you click publish then beside the Title you will see a button with an ellipsis (...). Click the button. You can then see duration of the course. This is a rough approximation, some slides may take the learner longer or shorter to go through.
thanks!
It only uses the main timelines and not layers. We've got a lot of content in layers making this very inaccurate unfortunately.
Why not include layers? Seems like another feature request that could be pursued. Not sure I know of a direct way to request a feature or to view existing and +1.
In my case it's common to include tab reveals for more information on layers and those layers have timelines that could easily be calculated to add onto the time estimate, perhaps provide base slide estimate and all slide/layer estimate. Obviously, sending learners to outside resources would need to be calculated by the designer, but with layers the data is already there in Storyline.
Thanks Cary!
That's exactly what I was looking for.
It is based on the timelines of the slides, but if you intend to include any learner actions, it becomes really inaccurate.
Hi Brett,
The Course duration within the publish settings will account for the individual slides and their timelines, and won't take into account any interaction the learner needs to participate in.
It helps to give a rough estimate, but if you've included layers, web objects, or lots of learner interactions those will impact your overall time.
Does this apply when someone else is providing you a Storyline course just for review? Is there a publish option to see the duration that way?
Hi all,
Does anyone know how to establish the duration of each scene?
I need to know so that I can put breaks in at the right time...
At the moment, it only seems to show me the total time, even when I ask it to just publish one scene.
Thanks
Kassy
Hi there, Kassy. Currently, the estimated duration in the project info window calculates the duration of all of the slides' timelines in the entire project. I'll submit a feature request for you to have that field dynamically change if you're choosing to publish a single scene!
Hi Crystal,
I am currently looking for this same feature, timelines for individual scenes. For most Syllabus creation and course approvals, it asks for Chapter/or section timelines. I usually create a new scene for each Chapter or objective. This post says it is from 3 years ago, do you know if this feature was ever added? And if so, how do I get to it? Thank you! Angel
Esther - you have to click on the ellipses at the top by the title, and then you'll see estimated duration. Then you have to MANUALLY type that into the box in the Reporting & Tracking section shown in your image.
Thank you!!!
Me too!! You just made our department's day!!
Just my .02 worth, but is it possible to release a course to anybody without someone going through it from beginning to end, just like a learner will, for QA purposes????
Have that person time themselves, and it doesn't add any time or effort to what should be normal workflow.
