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Integrated Notebook Course Player Tab for learners to take notes and access throughout course
Hi,
I'm trying to add an integrated notepad into my course that learners can access throughout to input their own notes at any point as and when they desire.
To achieve this, I've created a Notebook Slide with a text entry field which I've inserted into a scrolling panel so there's ample room for text. Then, I've added a lightbox to the course player as an additional tab (from the Features tab in player properties). I've called my tab 'Notebook' and the lightbox trigger opens the correct 'Notebook' content slide. When I preview my project and click on my newly added 'Notebook' tab it works perfectly on the first visit. However, if I continue on with the course and try to click on it again to continue adding notes, it comes up blank and the navigation is disabled.
I've removed the navigation from my notepad slide and have also set the slide properties to 'resume saved state when revisiting so previous notes won't be lost. What am I missing? Can anyone help please?
I kept trouble shooting and turns out it was an easy fix. All I did was change a setting in the Trigger - I unticked 'Use navigation controls' under options and it now works perfectly throughout my course. I've added an email option which I will test out next. Adding a print trigger didn't seem to work so well. Anyone else have any suggestions/advice on adding print and/or email functionality so users can keep a record of their notes for future reference?
Hi Caroline,
Curious if you found a way for the learner to print the Notebook and did the email option work for you? I'm creating a similar option where I added a lightbox for the learner to capture notes as they navigate through the lesson. I haven't had much success.
thank you for your time,
Annette
Hello Annette-West,
Happy to help while you're waiting for a response from CarolineFerres! If your slide is formatted so that the text in your Notebook fits in the slide, you can use the "Print slide" trigger to print the content.
The send email trigger should work if you have an email client like Microsoft Outlook installed on your computer. I hope this helps!
Hi Jose,
Thank you for your input. My text is formatted in a scrolling panel. I have found the Print Slide doesn't work for that format.
Appreciate your response and trying to find a solution.
Annette
