Forum Discussion
Variable Playback Speed
We build our e-learning courses using Articulate Storyline. Recently, a number of our students have asked us if we can provide functionality of increasing the speed of the delivery, the provision that they have in Lynda courses and youtube videos.
So I was wondering there is a provision for the same in Articulate Storyline.
Thanks,
Payal
Hello Everyone!
I'm happy to share that we have released Storyline 360 version 72 (Build 3.72.29654.0).
Included in this release is a new feature where you can let learners explore at their own pace by choosing a course playback speed between 0.25x and 2x.
Now all you need to do is update Storyline 360 in your Articulate 360 desktop app on your computer. You'll find our step-by-step instructions here.
Please let us know if you have any questions by reaching out to our Support Engineers directly.
Have a great day!
This discussion thread has a history of 6 years and still, this feature is yet to implement! with no clear visibility of when we will have it. Wow.
Yeah, Parashuram, I can't tell if they don't want to do it, or if they are unable to do it...
Yes. Please, Articulate.
Well, I emphatically vote "yes". As the functionality already exists in Rise, it seems like "low hanging fruit" to add this functionality to Storyline as well. It sounds like it would make a lot of your customers (and their clients) happy.
I also support the development of this feature. This is something people expect in any video/audo playback nowadays, and something I often make use of myself when viewing videos. I'm astonished that this was suggested so many years ago and has still not been implemented. Thanks in anticipation!
Adding my vote for this feature. From an accessibility standpoint, this is an important feature for users that may be differently abled.
At least one professor at my college has requested this on behalf of students.
I would also like to add my vote to add this functionality. Accessibility and learner preference are both key arguments presented that I agree with. Thank you.
I did a survey of all the people who engaged with my online learning modules in the 2021. Their number 1 request was to be able to speed up the play back speed; at least 65% of the people I surveyed listed this as a request. I have formally requested it through the "feature request" page, but want to add the comment here too, in case it helps!
On another post i mocked up a 'Starwars'-look-a-like intro. The text is set in perspective and with a GSAP timeline animated into the depth.
https://360.articulate.com/review/content/ba69712d-da72-41b0-9326-88523d89a8e9/review
The buttons speedup or slowdown the timeline. Basically this is what should be available in Storyline itself. I didnot have time to dive into the base of Storyline code to get that done. But recreating ( and improving ) any timeline animation you have in Storyline with GSAP as seen here... is easy enough to do. Here you find all about GSAP timelines https://greensock.com/docs/v3/GSAP/gsap.timeline
And if anyone needs help recreating his/her SL timeline animation with GSAP just shout.
Attached the Starwars GSAP timeline.
Kind regards,
MathMath, this is really cool, thanks so much for sharing with us! Is it possible to adjust the speed of an audio file on the timeline as well?
Using Javascript...yes. The GSAP timeline as shown in the Starwars sample is not the Storyline timeline as is. Although i suspect Articulate uses GSAP to convert all the user done on the timeline to convert it to a GSAP timeline. The sample i show uses GSAP to do the animation..and as it is a true GSAP timeline it can be speed up, slowed down , paused, reversed and much much more. Adding video and/or audio with Javascript and GSAP also gives you control over the speed. If you have a Storyline sample setup... i gladly convert it to a GSAP version in Storyline to test and play with.
Math, thank you for your time spent laying this out for us. I checked out your coding (I know very little of JS and nothing of GSAP) and saved it for future. It looks like Green Sock has tutorials on GSAP. Thanks for the new knowledge.
Same over here!
