Forum Discussion
Bookmarking Feature
Thank you HoneyTurner. I love the idea of using variables and triggers to create a custom bookmarking system, especially with the option to add notes per page. That will be super helpful for our learners.
I’m definitely going to give this a try. Do you happen to have any links to screen recordings or tutorials that walk through the setup? That would be super helpful.
I haven’t created a system like this before. But if you’re doing it as a separate page, then I’d think you want some variables:
- a true/false variable for each slide
- a notes variable for each slide
And create a table that includes a new line for each slide
- a button or checkbox to toggle the T/F variable, plus make a visual change
- the slide title. This could be a clickable link to jump to the slide, or you could make a separate jump button.
- a text box to capture the notes. There should be samples of how to update a text box
Depending on the size of your project, you may need to break it into tabs for each scene or add a scroll bar. To make it more compact, you might even be able to turn the numbering system on for the menu, then just use the numbers to identify the slide.
If you were willing to get into javascript, then there's probably a way you could have 2 display formats.
- An initial bookmark page with only the entries that you've bookmarked, including a jump button, the title and the notes, but no edit functionality. Don't forget to have a backup display for when they haven't saved their first bookmark yet.
- A full Table of Contents with the functionality described above.