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3 TopicsRise 360: Control Course Navigation
There are lots of reasons to control navigation in your courses. Like you want your learners to take the course in a certain order. Or maybe you don't want them to be able to search for answers or you're creating a branched scenario. Whatever the reason, Rise 360 gives you plenty of options. Keep reading to learn how to control course navigation. Access Navigation Controls Disable Navigation Show or Hide the Sidebar Restrict Navigation Turn the Search Feature On and Off Mark Lessons as Complete Disable Video Playback Speed Turn Off Previous and Next Buttons to Create Branched Scenarios Turn Off Lesson Numbers Use Continue Blocks to Reveal Content Use Button Blocks to Branch from One Lesson to Another Access Navigation Controls Most navigation controls are found in the theme menu under navigation. Navigation changes are persistent across themes. Disable Navigation Disabling navigation is easy to do. Click Theme in the upper right corner of the course editor, then select Navigation. Scroll past the navigation options and toggle the Navigation option to Off. Once navigation is disabled, you can no longer select navigation display options. Menu options like search visibility, which are navigation-dependent, are hidden. With navigation turned off, learners can only start the course from the cover page and won't see the course outline. Click Save to commit your changes. Show or Hide the Sidebar The sidebar is open by default and learners can close it as needed. On small screens, such as smartphones, the sidebar automatically collapses to give your content more room, and learners can open it when they need it. To hide the sidebar by default, select Sidebar in the Navigation menu to see available options. Below the appearance options list, toggle the Begin with sidebar open option to Off. Click Save to commit your changes. Restrict Navigation By default, learners can move freely throughout a course. But sometimes you may need them to view lessons in sequential order. Just change the navigation mode! With Restrict Navigation toggled to On, learners have to take lessons in order. Selecting this also disables search and the ability to mark lessons as complete. Turn the Search Feature On and Off Search is active by default in new and existing courses. To disable search, toggle the Search option to Off. If you've turned off the sidebar for your course, you won't see this option. Mark Lessons as Complete If you let learners navigate freely, you can also allow them to mark unfinished lessons as complete in the sidebar without viewing the content. You might allow this, for example, if you’re creating a refresher course and learners are already familiar with some topics. To enable this, toggle the Marking Lessons Complete option to On. Note: Quizzes can’t be marked complete. Disable Playback Speed Playback speed lets learners select a playback speed that’s comfortable to them, from 0.25x up to 2x, they just need to click the icon to the right of the time remaining. It's enabled by default. Toggle the Video Playback Speed slider to Off to disable this option for all videos in the course. Note: Disabling this option may affect your course's accessibility for some learners. Turn Off Previous and Next Buttons to Create Branched Scenarios If, instead of using scenario blocks, you want to make your entire course a branched scenario, limit navigation to button blocks. It’s a fun way to create content where learners must make decisions in order to progress. The key is to disable the default navigation buttons that appear at the top and bottom of each lesson. Select the Buttons tab, then toggle the Previous/Next Lesson Buttons option to Off. (When this option is switched on, the buttons show the titles of the previous and next lessons.) To ensure the only way your learners can navigate your course is via your button blocks, disable navigation. Or, you can provide another way for learners to navigate the course by setting the sidebar style to not display automatically so it's still available when learners need it. Turn Off Lesson Numbers When lesson numbers don’t fit your course content, toggle the Lesson Count Labels option to Off in the lesson headers menu. This removes the Lesson # of # label at the beginning of each lesson. It's particularly handy when you’ve created a branched scenario that doesn’t require numbered lessons. Use Continue Blocks to Reveal Content Use continue blocks to progressively reveal content or require learners to complete interactions before moving on. Just insert a continue block in a custom blocks lesson where you want navigation to pause, then choose a Completion Type to determine how the continue block behaves. There are three completion types: None means learners simply need to click the button to continue. There are no other requirements. Complete Block Directly Above means learners must complete the interaction immediately before the Continue button. Complete All Blocks Above means learners must complete all interactions above the Continue button to proceed. You can use continue blocks to require learners to complete carousel blocks, checkbox lists, audio blocks, video blocks, accordions, tabs, labeled graphics, processes, sorting activities, flashcards, knowledge checks, and scenario blocks. (Although button blocks and attachment blocks are interactive, you can’t require learners to click them.) Use Button Blocks to Branch from One Lesson to Another Use button blocks to branch learners to other lessons in the course. For example, if you reference a topic discussed elsewhere in the course, you might give learners a button that jumps to that topic. Just insert a button block or a button stack in a lesson, then choose a Destination for each button. The destination can be another lesson in the same course or an external web page. You can also use button blocks to exit the course.1.6KViews0likes0CommentsEngage 360: Setting Playback Mode
Engage 360 lets you control how learners navigate through an interaction. Here's how: Click Interaction Properties on the Engage ribbon. Select the Playback tab on the left edge of the window that appears. Choose one of these playback modes: Interactive: Select this option to let learners freely navigate in any order. If you choose this playback mode, you'll also have the option to Show previous/next buttons on the player. Linear: Select this option to restrict navigation to the order in which you've designed your interaction. Learners must use the previous and next buttons. Presentation: Select this option to automatically advance through the interaction in the order you’ve designed without any involvement from learners. Each step will display as long as it takes to complete the audio or video for that step. Steps that don't have audio or video will display for the number of seconds you specify. If you're building a circle diagram or pyramid, you'll see a section called Segment Order where you can specify the starting point for the interaction and the direction in which it advances. Click OK to save your changes.25Views0likes0CommentsPresenter 360: Managing Slide Properties
You have total control over each slide in your course, including navigation, player features, presenters, and playlists. To access these properties, go to the Articulate tab on the PowerPoint ribbon and click Slide Properties. When the Slide Properties window opens, change the behavior of individual slides or all of them. It's your choice. Viewing Larger Slide Thumbnail Images Changing How Slides Advance Locking the Player Controls for Some Slides Assigning Different Presenters to Different Slides Adding Playlists to Slides Adding Branched Navigation Hiding the Previous and Next Buttons Managing Player Features for Each Slide Customizing the Course Menu Viewing Larger Slide Thumbnail Images To see a larger version of a slide thumbnail, just hover over it. Changing How Slides Advance By default, slides advance automatically upon completion, but you can change it so learners control when slides advance. To change this behavior for an individual slide, do either of the following: Click the Advance hyperlink next to any slide thumbnail. It'll toggle between Auto and By user. Select the slide and click the Advance hyperlink on the right side of the window. It'll toggle between Automatically and By user. To edit multiple slides at the same time, do any of the following: All slides: Press Ctrl+A to select all the slides, then click the Advance hyperlink on the right side of the window. Consecutive slides: Select the first slide in the series, hold down your Shift key, and click the last slide in the series. Then click the Advance hyperlink on the right side of the window. Non-consecutive slides: Select the first slide, hold down your Ctrl key, and click the others. Then click the Advance hyperlink on the right side of the window. Tip: The duration of each slide is controlled by its audio, video, and animations. Slides that don't have audio, video, or animations default to the number of seconds you specified in Presenter Options. Locking the Player Controls for Some Slides There may be times when you need to lock the player controls for a slide to prevent learners from navigating away too soon. Locking a slide means learners can't advance by clicking the player controls or the slide titles in the menu. To navigate away from a locked slide, you'll need to provide one or more hyperlinks that jump to other slides in the course, or set the slide to advance automatically (see above). To lock a slide, do either of the following: Click the padlock icon next to any slide thumbnail. It'll toggle between locked and unlocked. Select the slide and click the Navigation hyperlink on the right side of the window. It'll toggle between Locked and Free. To edit multiple slides at the same time, do any of the following: All slides: Press Ctrl+A to select all the slides, then click the Navigation hyperlink on the right side of the window. Consecutive slides: Select the first slide in the series, hold down your Shift key, and click the last slide in the series. Then click the Navigation hyperlink on the right side of the window. Non-consecutive slides: Select the first slide, hold down your Ctrl key, and click the others. Then click the Navigation hyperlink on the right side of the window. Tip: To restrict navigation for an entire course, see this user guide. Assigning Different Presenters to Different Slides Feature the narrator’s photo, bio, and contact information in the sidebar of your published course. It's a great way for learners to connect with the presenter of a course. A course can feature one presenter for the entire course or different presenters for different slides. First, you'll need to add one or more presenters to your library. See Managing Presenters Bios to learn how. To display the same presenter throughout your course, simply choose that presenter when you publish. If you'd rather feature different presenters on different slides, do either of the following for each slide in the Slide Properties manager: Click the Presenter hyperlink next to any slide thumbnail. It'll reveal a drop-down list. Choose one of the presenters from your library. Choose None if you don't want to display a presenter for the selected slide. Select the slide and click the Presenter hyperlink on the right side of the window. It'll reveal a drop-down list. Choose one of the presenters from your library or choose None if you don't want to display a presenter for the selected slide. To edit multiple slides at the same time, do any of the following: All slides: Press Ctrl+A to select all the slides, click the Presenter hyperlink on the right side of the window, and choose a presenter from your library. (An even easier way to feature the same presenter throughout an entire course is to choose that presenter when you publish.) Consecutive slides: Select the first slide in the series, hold down your Shift key, and click the last slide in the series. Then click the Presenter hyperlink on the right side of the window and choose a presenter from your library. Non-consecutive slides: Select the first slide, hold down your Ctrl key, and click the others. Then click the Presenter hyperlink on the right side of the window and choose a presenter from your library. Tip: In order to feature a presenter in your course, you must enable the presenter panel in your player. See this user guide to learn how. Adding Playlists to Slides Add background music or sounds to your course. Playlists are separate from slide narration; they play in the background. They can even play continuously across multiple slides. First, you'll need to add one or more playlists to your library. See Managing Playlists to learn how. Then, assign a playlist to a slide in the Slide Properties manager. Do either of the following: Click the Playlist hyperlink next to any slide thumbnail. It'll reveal a drop-down list. Choose one of the playlists from your library. Choose None if you don't want the selected slide to have background audio. Select the slide and click the Audio Playlists hyperlink on the right side of the window. It'll reveal a drop-down list. Choose one of the playlists from your library or choose None if you don't want the selected slide to have background audio. To edit multiple slides at the same time, do any of the following: All slides: Press Ctrl+A to select all the slides, click the Audio Playlist hyperlink on the right side of the window, and choose a playlist from your library. Consecutive slides: Select the first slide in the series, hold down your Shift key, and click the last slide in the series. Then click the Audio Playlist hyperlink on the right side of the window and choose a playlist from your library. Non-consecutive slides: Select the first slide, hold down your Ctrl key, and click the others. Then click the Audio Playlist hyperlink on the right side of the window and choose a playlist from your library. Adding Branched Navigation Build non-linear scenarios with easy-to-use branching options. By default, the Prev and Next buttons on the course player jump to the previous and next slides, but you can branch to any slides in your course. Here's how: Click one of the Branching hyperlinks beside a slide thumbnail or on the right side of the window. Choose the slide to which you want to branch. If you need to switch back to the default branching behavior, choose Previous slide or Next slide at the top of the list. Hiding the Previous and Next Buttons Want to hide the previous and next buttons on your course player? Easy. You can hide one or both on a slide-by-slide basis. Do either of the following: Click the Controls hyperlink next to any slide thumbnail and uncheck one or both boxes. Select the slide and uncheck one or both navigation boxes on the right side of the window. To edit multiple slides at the same time, do any of the following: All slides: Press Ctrl+A to select all the slides, then uncheck one or both navigation boxes on the right side of the window. Consecutive slides: Select the first slide in the series, hold down your Shift key, and click the last slide in the series. Then uncheck one or both navigation boxes on the right side of the window. Non-consecutive slides: Select the first slide, hold down your Ctrl key, and click the others. Then uncheck one or both navigation boxes on the right side of the window. Tip: If you include Articulate Engage interactions in your course, the previous and next buttons for those slides will be controlled by the playback mode in Engage. In other words, the Engage settings will override the Presenter settings for showing/hiding the navigation buttons. Managing Player Features for Each Slide By default, each slide will display the features you've chosen to include in your course player, but you can show or hide the following player features on a slide-by-slide basis, too. Menu Glossary Resources Notes Seekbar Play/Pause Logo To change the player features for an individual slide, select the slide and click the On/Off selectors in the lower right corner of the window. On (default) means that the feature is enabled in the course player. Off (default) means that the feature is disabled in the course player. If you select a default option, the feature will always match the setting in the player, even if you change the player settings later. To edit multiple slides at the same time, do any of the following: All slides: Press Ctrl+A to select all the slides, then click the On/Off selectors in the lower right corner of the window. Consecutive slides: Select the first slide in the series, hold down your Shift key, and click the last slide in the series. Then click the On/Off selectors in the lower right corner of the window. Non-consecutive slides: Select the first slide, hold down your Ctrl key, and click the others. Then click the On/Off selectors in the lower right corner of the window. Tip: If you change your mind, click the Reset hyperlink beside the Features section header to revert back to your player defaults for the selected slide(s). Customizing the Course Menu To customize the menu for your course, click Edit Menu in the lower left corner of the Slide Properties window. The Player Properties window will open to the Menu editor. See this user guide for details on customizing the menu. You Might Also Want to Explore: Managing Presenter Bios Managing Playlists Choosing Player Features Customizing the Player Menu123Views0likes0Comments
