I have gotten feedback from SMEs and course reviewers that the left/right navigation in the process lessons throw them for a loop, as they are otherwise used to navigating the course by vertical scroll. Has anyone else gotten this feedback, and is there a way to change the navigation direction in a process lesson?
You might be best just recreating it vertically with the tools/blocks that are there - instead of using the process lesson block. e.g. you could make your own version using continue blocks between each of the steps in the process (renaming 'continue' to 'Next Step'.
I agree with Stuart as a work-around. I've had some SME's go thru it and I haven't encountered any usability issues. I think the big arrows make it easy for the user to know what to do, but I get how it is different than the normal scrolling down motion.
Also one thing I look at from a devil's advocate point of view. When users stumble on a basic nav piece, they typically are those types of users that just whip through content. I tend to mix up elements including navigation to ensure they are really paying attention. We tend to get into a scrolling habit that speeds up as our attention drops.
This element has a huge arrow. Think it maybe a little laziness on their part :)
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You might be best just recreating it vertically with the tools/blocks that are there - instead of using the process lesson block. e.g. you could make your own version using continue blocks between each of the steps in the process (renaming 'continue' to 'Next Step'.
I agree with Stuart as a work-around. I've had some SME's go thru it and I haven't encountered any usability issues. I think the big arrows make it easy for the user to know what to do, but I get how it is different than the normal scrolling down motion.
Also one thing I look at from a devil's advocate point of view. When users stumble on a basic nav piece, they typically are those types of users that just whip through content. I tend to mix up elements including navigation to ensure they are really paying attention. We tend to get into a scrolling habit that speeds up as our attention drops.
This element has a huge arrow. Think it maybe a little laziness on their part :)
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