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AaronBurgessAU
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2 months ago

Storyline 360 and realising your triggers are a cluster ****

I was wondering what do other people do when they are working on a complex system with triggers that span multiple slides and then half way through you realise you've developed a trigger system that ...
e-learning development
instructional design
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EricSchaffer-d1
Community Member
2 months ago

I like what PhilMayor​ is saying in rebuilding. But I try to avoid this by thinking out my triggers before I lay pencil to paper. What I want to happen and when I want it to happen. But when I get to where you are I rebuild. Working for a Gobal company my story. file may go overseas to be adjusted to the region and revoiced to many different languages, may triggers need to match a best practica. If they are too confusing, I may get asked to rebuild anyway. So, I do a lot more preplanning, and I keep a lot of notes and storyboarding.  Not that it doesn't change most of the time, but it helps. 

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PhilMayor
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2 months ago

I didn't say what EricSchaffer-d1​ said purposefully. I started typing and deleted it. But I agree completely.

I test, test, test! Anything complex is always built as functioning blocks that each work before I move onto the next stage. Planning is important and I would never duplicate without getting functionality working right.