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Improving the presentation of complex diagrams
I am an instructional designer, working for an engineering consulting corporate. Often the content and subject matter which the consulting engineers work with, contains complex diagrams such as process flow diagrams of plants/sites (eg a plant on at an oil and gas facility). These diagrams form part of the training material used in virtual instructor led (VILT) and eLearning courses.
Currently, we often include illegible versions of these diagrams in the eLearning (as images inserted into Moodle books), and the VILT training, so that the learners can get an "overall idea of the process". But including illegible assets is not good instructional design practice.
How can I use Articulate Storyline to design something better, and solve this problem?
Thanking you in advance
As i worked on several projects involving complex diagrams like you describe, i found a few solutions for that. Animation can be part of it. Zooming, panning and highlighting/ showing parts of the diagramme can work well. If you share a diagramme / storyline i gladleer show these techniques.
Hi there.
I am sorry for taking so long to respond. Thank you for offering to help me!
I have attached a storyline containing an example of the type of diagrams I work with. I would love to be able to zoom or pan over the diagram to view it in more detail. And then perhaps create some hotspots on the diagram too, which explain or unpack parts of the diagram. I know how to do the hotspots, but I dont know how to zoom in on the diagram.
If you have any suggestions, I would be very grateful.
Thanks
Gonna check it and show some samples how to...
PS. Noticing you use a png. Offcourse this is possible, but especially for zooming in things like this SVG obviously is better. As its smaller in size/kb and better in quality when zooming in.
