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GeorgVolmer
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5 years ago

Progress bar in Articulate Storyline: Easy solution, using only one built-in variable

Hey everyone, I have created a video on how to create a progress bar in Storyline 360 - using only one built-in variable. I'm using the built-in variable Menu.Progress in the slide master. Prior t...
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ehawkins
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2 months ago

Hi, 

 

I'm trying to create a progress bar on my course using the Menu.Progress variable, however when I add anything to the master slide, like a progress bar rectangle, it doesn't pull through on any of my other slides linked below. 

I'm wondering if it's the way the course pulled through from PPT as it created multiple master slides but I deleted them all and edited them so they were all under 1 master. I created a separate test version using draft slides and it worked perfectly which is how I've noticed the difference. 

Does anyone have any advice? I've attached a screenshot, the green line is what I'm trying to add to the course. 

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    GeorgVolmer
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    2 months ago

    Hi ehawkins, i've looked at your project and the problem is that there are pictures on the master slides that are obstructing the view onto the progress bar. On the master slides there are pictures above the progress bar rectangle, which you can see for example on the 4th slide in your master where picture 6.png is in the way. i would recommend to move the rectangle all the way to the bottom of your slide and then to crop or resize the pictures, like i have done in the attached project file. I hope this helps. All the best, Georg

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      ehawkins
      Community Member
      2 months ago

      Hi George,

      Exactly what I was looking for thank you! I do have a couple more questions if you don't mind: 

      1. My menu.progress variable only appears until the questions come up - should I still be able to get the progress bar during the questions and is there anything blocking them from appearing? 
      2. Because I want the progress bar on all 27 slides, how should I split the states up? And should I match it to the % that the menu.progress variable says when I preview the course? 

      Now I've got the progress bar on all the slides, it's still not pulling through so wondering if it's something to do with the above. 

      Thanks!

       

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        GeorgVolmer
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        2 months ago

        Hi ehawkins, glad i could help you. Regarding your first question i would need to take a look at your project, to figure what is going on. So if possible, please share it again. 

        Regarding the number of states: this really just depends on how fine tuned you want your progress bar to be. The number of states doesn't have to match the number of slides in your project. This approach really gives you much more flexibilty. Just think how fine tuned you want your progress bar for your project? 10 steps may be enough, or you could work with 20 or 25. Then the percentages are easier to work with, for 20 steps they would be: 0%, 5 %, 10% and so on.

        Cheers, Georg