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Using Storyline as a presentation
I'm developing a 4 hour course and that will be presented virtually. I thought that using storyline to create the slides would be helpful and a really cool idea. I was wondering if anyone has done t...
I think there could be advantages to using a published Storyline (SL) project instead of a PPT. For example, if you might need to jump around to different slides/scenes, it'd be easy to use the built-in Menu (instead of having to program links in a PPT). Just move the Menu so it only appears as an above-the-slides Player tab (instead of always appearing on the left). Or add a custom menu on the Master with a button to show it when needed.
The main disadvantage is that an SL course doesn't have a "Presentation" mode that lets you display the full slides on one screen while displaying the slides with notes (that is, your script for the presentation), along with a preview of the "next" slide, on another. However, depending on your set up, you could follow a custom script in Word—or even one that's printed out.
Yes! This is what I was thinking. I'm planning to add a 'menu' button to the slides that I want to return to the 'main menu'. This also allows me the ability to cover sub topics within a bigger topic using icons for navigation. The presentation takes on a branching appearance instead of a straight vertical line. I also like the idea of using states for icons so they appear greyed out when I've finished showing them to the audience.
The script will be on a separate screen, so I'm not too worried about that.
What I am worried about though, is allowing text to appear on the screen when I want it to. If I set it to appear after I click a button, ALL the text appears and not line by line. How can I make text show up easily when I want it to and not all at one time?If the text is all in one text box, you could have it animate on by paragraph (instead of as one object).
FYI: when you do that, the text becomes a Group in the Timeline, and you can adjust the timing of each paragraph individually.
Another option would be to put the text in separate objects, and then cue their appearance by clicking separate buttons. Or have the first one animate on when the button is clicked, and have the subsequent ones animate one when the animation completes on the previous one.
Just make sure your script includes info about what to do on each slide to show the content.
