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On slide 1.1, the learner can click on the article and hear a summary on a slide layer. When trigger is not working and I can't understand why? I have made similar slides on 2.1 and 2.2 and they work as programmed. What am I missing? Please find the attached file.
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Hey Sarah
I am not seeing an attachment.
Did the attachment come through this time?
yes
On slide 1.1 - the Pause timeline triggers on the layers are preventing the layers from showing. I noticed every slide has a pause timeline trigger . . . I am not sure if I understand the reasoning behind that.
Thank you for mentioning the Pause timeline trigger. I had forgotten to "allow seeking" in the slide layer properties. That allows the slide layers to play.
The pause time line is a one way that our agency tries to adhere to the 508 accessibility and usability legislation. If you do not pause the timeline, a screen reader (for anyone that uses one) and the timeline read over top of each other. This allows the screen reader user or other learner that needs this accommodation to control when the information begins on each slide.
Sounds good. The layers on the slides that were working do not have the Pause timeline trigger. That is why I was curious. Good luck
I would add that the pause timeline on every slide for every user seems to create an awkward user experience for most of your users. Have you considered using a true false variable to pause the timeline only for this using a reader?
In this scenario, you would not want to use the built-in Visited State. Instead, create your own custom state ("Completed") and trigger the state to change when the Visted Layer Timeline ends.
Like this?
Go to Trigger menu
Action: Change state of
Object: (Name my object)
State: Set state to Visited
When: When the time line finishes on
Object: (what would I put here? Am I making this trigger on the base slide or the slide layer?)
Can you share more about your suggestion from above. I am creating a series of courses that build off of each other and this would be a big bang for in my course development process!:
"I would add that the pause timeline on every slide for every user seems to create an awkward user experience for most of your users. Have you considered using a true false variable to pause the timeline only for this using a reader?"
The trigger would be on the Layer. See the 2 images - 1 is the button on the Base slide and the other is the trigger on the layer
