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Require PDF to be read by learner?
Working on a course (Storyline 360) that has to require that the learner read an entire pdf as a part of the course for compliance purposes (they have to read a specific policy and acknowledge that they did read it). I couldn't find a good way (we don't want it to be a resource tab) to insert the pdf, so I just copied the policy and pasted it into a scrolling panel. But, what I need is for the "next" button, or "move ahead" to be at the end of the pdf so that the learner at least has to scroll to the bottom of the pdf before they can move ahead. Is this a way to do this? The compliance people are adamant that they learner must acknowledge that they read the entire pdf as a part of the training course. ANY help that you could give would be AMAZING! Thanks a bunch!
Check out this post, where I provide an example of how to trigger off of the scroll position of a scroll panel.
Scroll Triggers | Articulate - Community
This would allow you to do what you are describing.
Here's another way I've seen to ensure users scroll all the way through a panel: At the bottom of the scroll panel, put a button that must be clicked before they proceed.
- That could be a custom "Next" button to click to jump to the next slide (instead of using the one in the Player).
- Another option: call the button "I have read this content" (or something else that the compliance folks would appreciate). Clicking that could change the Player's Next button to Normal.
Can you maybe help me to understand how to put the button (or where) at the bottom of the scroll panel? That's what I was originally trying to do - was to put the button right at the bottom of the text inside the scroll panel, but I couldn't make it go with the last bit of text - it always showed up as separate from the text within the scroll panel.
I find the easiest way to put multiple items into a scrolling panel is to set them up to the side of the slide, stacked in the proper order. Then select those items (you could temporarily Group them, if that seems easier), and move them into the panel.
Nathan, Thank you for your swift help! I am going to download that and check out how you set up those triggers - but that might be what I need!
I came across this in one of the old client compliance courses. It aligns with Judy's Option 2 and offers a very simple yet elegant solution, where the state of the checkbox controls the state of the 'Next' button.
I like that - due to the length of the policy that is required for compliance - I might have to break it up into separate slides, or maybe layers. Do you happen to have this slide in a format that is sharable with me? The one you show has 7/11, which might work out very nicely for what I'm looking for!
Hi Jack,
Sorry for the confusion. This is actually just one slide with the checkbox; the other slides are unrelated to this agreement. I no longer have that file—it was a screen recording from the old course. I brought it up as a good example and to inspire ideas on how you could create a similar interaction. If the policy is too lengthy, I would definitely break it up into separate sections/layers and insert a checkbox on the final section/layer. I’ve attached a .story file with a similar concept that you may find useful.Edit: I just checked Judy's example, and it is definitely worth considering.
