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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...
Amanda, one way I have done this in the past is to place a full-slide hotspot over the slide that shows a layer with the first text object when clicked (that is, the training facilitator can click anywhere on the screen). That layer also has a full-slide hotspot that shows a second layer with the second text object when clicked, and so on. (Be sure to uncheck the default layer property "Hide other slide layers" so that the previous layers of text objects remain visible as the next one appears.)
You can also add keypress triggers (e.g., the spacebar) as an alternative to clicking.
So that sounds like a good idea. It also sounds like I'm creating a lot of slide layers, but not a bad thing. Thank you! I think I'll look into using this!
For me it is about using the right tool for the right job. There is no doubt it would work but is it worth the extra time., and would it look better than a PowerPoint. And my answer for both would be no.
I agree with you, Phil, assuming Amanda's project does not include complex interactions. For the online facilitator-led project I developed, there were interactions the facilitator walked through that couldn't be accomplished in PPT.
And Steve that is a compelling reason to use it. I recently helped someone do a presentation to director level, it looked great. When I asked him how it went, he told me the director said he lived the presentation but wondered about the time spent building it vs time spent doing his job. When J think about it I agree, once finished with thy presentation is redundant.
