Flow Chart activity

First, as I read your latest post, Option 1 and option 2 are the same.

As far as tedium, Instructional Designers are paid the big bucks to do tedious work to make learning easier for learners. :) It goes with the territory. Personally, I like the idea of the learner taking a specific action to indicate they are finished with this data and are ready to move on to the next.

Here are a couple of ideas that may get you started. The difference is that when boxes are revealed on slide 1, they are persistent, while those on slide 2 can be clicked again and hidden.