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Feedback comments not linked
Hi everyone, we've had some feedback from SMEs on some draft training materials, but the comments they have made don't indicate the sentence to which they are linked. Is there something I'm missing? David
Review 360 can't link a comment directly to a word, phrase, or sentence like MS Word Comments can.
Comments on a Storyline course are only "linked" to a given slide. That means SMEs have to explicitly describe the changes they want to ensure it's obvious what they mean.
It gets even trickier with a Rise course, because it's not always obvious what block someone is commenting on. In my experience, the part of the course that gets "attached" to the comment can vary quite a bit, based on the person's browser width, as well as the length & type of the blocks.
Personally, I find it's better to create a separate review file in Word. I use a 2-column table. In the left column, I insert screenshots of each slide or block, one per row. For interactions, I use multiple rows, so that each part of the interaction (e.g., layers in Storyline) is in its own row. I also include notes about how the interactions work. The SMEs enter their comments about a given screenshot in the right column.
- Obviously, this takes time to prepare. But it ensures that the SMEs' comments will be associated with the correct part of the course (though it still doesn't provide sentence-specific granularity).
- Another advantage is that this allows someone to review the content without having to step through the course. (Very handy if a course has to be reviewed by Legal folks.)
