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Allow editing while in Preview for Storyline
When previewing a course, it would be nice to edit the .story project at the same time.
Currently, I preview a course, note everything that needs correction, then go back and edit once I'm finished with the preview.
It would be much easier & faster if we were able to edit and preview at the same time.
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That would be pretty neat. I'm a fan of OneNote's checkbox feature to create a giant to-do list as I go through a course.
How might the timeline work though? Previewing a slide typically triggers its timeline to play, so I expect it would be challenging to edit an image if it's animating across a screen, or change a text box before it fades out.
Hi Troy_Dunton_MA, thanks for sharing your thoughts here.
I understand how switching between Preview and Edit mode can slow things down, especially when you’re trying to make quick adjustments during a review. I also appreciate AndrewBlemings- calling out some of the timeline considerations that could come into play with this kind of workflow.
I’ve shared this with our product team so they’re aware of the workflow challenge you’ve described.
Here's what I do: Publish the course to Review 360. Then I step through the course in my browser, with the .story file open for editing. That lets me fix most things as I go through the course.
Another option: publish the course for the web, and launch the files from your local drive. (I used to do that before Review 360 was available.)
I've generally used a mix of the good ideas that JudyNollet & AndrewBlemings- shared: writing to-do lists for shorter projects and fully publishing to review when I really need a side-by-side comparison.
In another e-learning authoring tool, we had the ability to Preview in Browser, which was a shortcut to publishing/launching from the local drive. This allowed you to fix the project while the version of the project before editing played separately.
