🔍 Interactive Magnifier Tool for Image Inspection

Hi everyone,

I wanted to share a new experiment I’ve been playing with recently, a custom magnifying-glass inspection tool built with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, then embedded into Rise 360 using a Storyline block.

This idea came from reviewing an AI-generated laboratory image that looked perfectly fine at a distance, but the closer I examined it, the more inconsistencies and small “AI giveaways” I found. That sparked the idea for a scenario-based inspection activity, where learners can zoom in to look for issues, hazards, or clues.

🔧 What it does

The interaction uses a hexagonal lens that lets learners:

• Toggle Inspect Mode on/off
• Move a magnifying glass across an image
• Zoom in with the mouse wheel
• Zoom using keyboard shortcuts (+ and −)
• Navigate smoothly across very large, detailed visuals

It works brilliantly for:

• Spot-the-issue / observational tasks
• Quality assurance or audit simulations
• Safety checks
• Equipment-familiarisation exercises
• Any situation where learners must analyse detail

🎨 Customisable

If you’d like to adapt it, you can easily modify:

• The shape of the magnifier
• The image
• The zoom strength
• The toggle button
• The colours and frame styling

I’ll include instructions in the shared example so you can download the code, replace the image, or restyle it however you like.

💡 Why I’m sharing it

Like many of you, I love finding ways to push what Rise + Storyline can do together. This tool combines accessibility, usability, and custom code in a way that still fits neatly inside the Articulate ecosystem — no outside hosting needed.

Would love to hear any thoughts, suggestions, or creative variations you might come up with!

🎁 If you'd like…

I can also generate:

• A compressed ZIP of the interaction
• A Storyline .storyfile with everything preconfigured
• A variation with hotspots that react when the lens passes over them
• A version that reveals information only when inspecting certain regions
• An accessibility-first version with keyboard-draggable magnifier

Have a play

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