Really locking down the navigation

Hi there Pam! We're working on a feature now that will allow you to disable forward-seeking in a Rise multimedia video block or video lesson. That feature should be rolling out by the end of this week, so stay tuned! You can keep tabs on all of the exciting new features we're adding to Rise right here. 

Thanks Dave for chiming in here, but Michael posted in the Rise forum, so I suspect he isn't using Storyline. 

Within Rise you can restrict the navigation to ensure that users progress through the lessons that you've set up, but there isn't a setting to force them to press a particular button to advance. The bottom footer to advance to the next lesson isn't something you can currently remove in Rise, although we are working on a feature to allow you to edit course labels such as those ones that'll be released later this quarter. 

So for users to advance in a restricted navigation Rise course they'll use the menu on the left in the order designated or the "next lesson" footer at the bottom of the previous lesson. 

Hi Michael,

Yes, I do this all of the time. 

1. Set the scrub bar to read only (Player setting) - this forces the user to view the entire slide.
2. Set a trigger to disable the next button when the timeline starts on each slide. It is better to disable it than to hide it, as that reduces confusion.
3. Set another trigger to enable the next button when the timeline ends, or just before the timeline ends. I have a requirement to enable the next button 1 second before the end of the timeline, so I use a que point for this. I set the que point, and the set a trigger to enable the next button when the timeline reaches the que point.

Is that what you are looking for?

Hi Ashley,

That is good to know. Hopefully, my company will purchase 360 soon. But for now, since my trial has expired I'm just a Storyline 2 guy. I liked what I saw with the new products though, and I'm looking forward to moving to them.

It would be really useful to have the option of requiring learners to complete an interaction or complete required activities before allowing them to progress. Please can this be considered for inclusion. thanks 

Hi Stephanie,

If you set your Rise navigation to Restricted that would require the users click on the individual elements and/or interact with them on the lesson/blocks page before they're able to advance. If you're using Storyline you can accomplish this through triggers, states and variables. The steps here are for Storyline 2, but you could use the same behavior in Storyline 360 to disable the next button until the user has interacted with those items. 

Hi Ashley 

Thanks for the update.  I use Storyline and know how to lock down the navigation there.  I was referring to Rise - which I really like by the way! The course I am looking to produce at the moment is compliance training and the client wants to be sure the learner has watched an embedded video in full (as far as you can ensure this). As I understand it, at present  I will need to stick with Storyline to achieve this. Thanks again

Hi Stephanie,

Just wanted to share both since Dave before had just mentioned Storyline - ya never know. ;) 

As for the videos in Rise, if you're using the restricted navigation element it'll wait for the user to finish the video until the completion is noted, but there isn't anything to stop the user from fast forwarding the video as it's embedded and counting that as the completion. So as long as you don't think your users would figure that out..? :) 

Otherwise, Storyline has a few other options to prevent that, such as the triggers to do X when the media completes or even something as simple as placing a transparent shape over your video controls in the slide which would prevent the user from fast forwarding. 

Hope that helps clarify! 

Hi Ashley,

I'm doing a free trial of Rise and I was going to purchase it tomorrow if there was a way to restrict fast forward (by taking the controls off) on the video like you can with Articulate Storyline.  Unfortunately, it looks like there isn't.  This is a really important feature to have for compliance.  Legally, you need to prove that the learner took the whole course and didn't just move the line to the end.  In several states, a certain time in training is required and you can't control this without the fast forward being disabled.  Very disappointed because I really like Rise.

Jim

Hi Jim,

How are you inserting or linking your Videos? I tested a video from YouTube and embedded it. YouTube allowed me to choose from options such as stripping out the player controls and that setting carried over with the embed code I used in Rise. The user can still play/pause the video by clicking on it.