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Ending A Storyline Slide Preference
Design survey. Have slide content fade out, end with whatever is on screen last or add a prompt? What do you prefer?
Jessica,
Sorry, I didn’t read your post well enough.
I seldom create slides that automatically advance. Even if a slide has nothing on it but text to read, I want the learner to take some action on each slide. So unless there is audio or video that demands more time, I usually use short timelines. That means I can’t use fades, because they will fade when the timeline ends.
Additionally, in our internet world, people feel abused if they click and have to wait more than .1 (or sometimes .01) sec before something happens. I opt for click and see instantly. I will use fades for something that appears later or disappears sooner than other objects. By the way, I don’t use the fancy, glamorous animations, because they don’t all work well in every browser.
Thanks for the longer reply Walt. Yes, it's hard to wait. Even for .01 secs LOL. My current project has 10 slides of heavy content with 2 minutes of narrations on each, followed by a quiz. It has lots of animations and objects appearing and disappearing. Navigation is restricted and does not auto advance, so when the individual slides end, I can't decide if I want to fade out nothing, have whatever's on screen stay there, or something else. There is a lot of content on each slide, and it seems a little weird (not sure why) to leave the last thing. Fading also is problematic in case they look away and then everything is gone. Usually, I leave the last thing on screen but was wondering if others have clever solutions. Thank you for your input!
