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BaileyDupuis's avatar
BaileyDupuis
Community Member
2 years ago

Help with True/False Variables for Conditional Navigation

I'm trying to set up one of my slides so that the Next button doesn't appear until 3 buttons on the slide have been clicked.  I've tried starting the Next button off as Hidden or Disabled and use True/False variables for it to appear, but I cannot get the state to change correctly. I also want the next button to jump to a new slide once it appears and has been clicked on. I have layers set up for the three boxes that will display the text for the Reply, Reply All, and Forward options, and I want the Next Arrow button to appear once every box has been clicked, preferably in order. Any help would be greatly appreciated! 

Here is the link to the project I'm working on now. This is my first ever project in Articulate, so any other feedback would be greatly appreciated! 

This is the trigger I currently have, and what I created based on a video I watched about conditional navigation.

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  • MichaelHinze's avatar
    MichaelHinze
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    What changes the title variables? Is it button clicks, or a they changed at the beginning of slide's timelines? Also, your current Change State trigger would only execute if title1 variable is changed on that specific slide and title2 and title3 are true already. Is that what you want?

    • BaileyDupuis's avatar
      BaileyDupuis
      Community Member
      2 years ago

      Button click makes the changes. And no, I don't think that's what I'm wanting. I'm very new to using these variables, and followed a video to the T that did exactly what I'm trying to accomplish, but it did not seem to work. 

  • MichaelHinze's avatar
    MichaelHinze
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    If the button click occur on this slide, then you need to duplicate the Change State trigger twice and adjust the conditions, one for when title2 changes and one for when title3 changes.

    • BaileyDupuis's avatar
      BaileyDupuis
      Community Member
      2 years ago

      I managed to figure it out without using the T/F variables. Thank you for you help. I think that this is something I need to practice with more before trying to use it in projects to ensure I'm doing it correctly. 

  • WaltHamilton's avatar
    WaltHamilton
    Super Hero
    2 years ago

    If it works, it can be used without more practice. It's a question of how it acts in the hands of the learner, not how easy it is for you to create it. It depends on its adherence to pedagogical principles, not your comfort in creating it.

    There are lots of methods for accomplishing things, and the one that you should use is the one that gets the results you want. (It occurs to me that it may sound as if I am advocating the ends justifying the means. That is acceptable only for things like program design, it is the not acceptable to determine moral and ethical actions.) As you get more practice, you may find faster/easier methods of achieving the same results, or you may be able to accomplish the same method in less time.

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