Needing to delay Set Focus after a state change BUG?
I've been working on a small interaction where there are 2 choices. The choice they select fills the top box, and the choice they didn't select auto fills the bottom box. After doing so, they can swap the boxes around if they think they made the wrong decision. Each box is just a shape with 3 states. Normal, Choice 1, Choice 2. When a state changes I've set focus to the top box to be read out. The thing is the top box would always read the wrong state alt-text, while the bottom box would always read out the correct alt-text for its state For example TOP BOX is set to state Choice 2 (reads out Choice 1 alt text) BOTTOM BOX is set to state Choice 1 (reads out Choice 1 alt text) as it should And yes the Set Focus was always the last trigger in order of operations. So state would change and then set focus would occur. What I have learnt today is that the top box is not reading the wrong state, it's reading the previous state it was on. So to fix this I've had to create a hidden shape that when the boxes are swapped, an invisible object moves along a motion path for half a second and after the motion path has ended it sets focus to the top box and now reads out the correct state alt-text. I don't know if this is fixable, but I'd love to not have to create my own timer delay just to set focus on the correct state.Rise 360 Sorting Activity-issue
Hi, We’ve received quite a lot of feedback about the sorting activity in Rise 360. Many participants struggle to drop cards accurately because targets register based on the mouse pointer position rather than the card’s frame. As a result, a drop can fail if the pointer (or a finger on iPad) isn't inside the drop-target frame when released. Request: Please update the drop-target logic so hits are detected using the dragged card’s bounding box/frame instead of the pointer location. Why this matters: Reduces failed drops and user frustration Improves accessibility and touch interactions (iPad/phones) Aligns with common drag-and-drop UX patterns Also, providing the option to let the learner see the activity-progress would be a useful addition. Thanks for considering this improvement. Happy to provide examples or help test a fix.Player icon images
Does anyone have tips for taking screenshots of the player icons for a navigation slide? It seems like it should be simple, but since the player icons don't scale up with the window size they always come out blurry when blown up for easier viewing. You'd think it would be easy to find the Articulate player icons in the 360 icon library, but I always end up having to search for a while just to find ones that looks similar.Problem with Set Focus trigger
I have a Storyline slide that has 4 tabs on the base layer and 4 layers: each tab when selected displays a unique layer. Each tab selection also has a Set Focus trigger to a text box within that layer. The intent is for those using a screen reader, they select the tab, the text box is read. Issue: When selecting a tab, a yellow line flashes at the edges of the slide (for both screen reader and non-screen reader users). Occasionally, a rogue highlight appears in various locations (see screen capture). The flashing and the rogue highlight seem to disappear when the layer's text box is removed from the focus order: but then the screen reader never reads the text box, even though it receives the focus. Any ideas?Dark mode for Storyline 360
Hi there Just wondering if there is a way now (or will be...) in SL360 settings to have the build tool adjustable to a dark grey background and tool bars like in the MS Office suite and Adobe CC programs. I jump from those with a nice dark grey to Storyline 360 and it's bright white window is a bit of a jolt on the eyes... Cheers SimonAuto-Link Feature Generates Broken Links
Hi, I frequently discuss file types in my courses like "image.png" or "file.zip". Whenever I type a "." after any text, and it has text immediately after, it turns it into a broken hyperlink. Example: So far I've had to manually highlight the text and click Unlink to prevent those automatically broken links from forming. It's been pretty disruptive to my development. Is there a way to turn off that automatic link feature?Grammar Exercise Drop Down activity.
Hello All, I am starting new project where I need to create Grammar related Paragraph and I have to give Drop down in between for learners to answer to complete the paragraph. I have already created one Activity but it's TDS work to do as I have lot's of Paragraph Which need to be created. Anyone having new technic where I don't need resize dropdown box and shapes every time for each word's. Thanks In Advance Amit PI want to change my Storyline player for a more personalized one... How do I do it?
I was searching online and found this course. I noticed it had a different player, so I looked within Storyline's tools, but I couldn't find the option to configure it the same way. There were some similar options, but I didn't like the final result. Does anyone know how to get a player like this? (Is Java necessary, or is there a template you could provide?) The idea is that the user can return to any point on the timeline they want.🎨 New in Storyline 360: Toggle Closed Caption Text Shadows
We’ve heard from authors that certain color combinations for closed caption text and backgrounds can look… well, rough. Especially when the default text shadow is doing its thing. So we added a simple toggle that lets you turn caption text shadows on or off. The attached gif shows where to locate the new shadow toggle in the "Colors & Effects" tab of the Player Properties dialog. If you’re using the default white-on-black captions, you probably won’t notice a difference. But if you’re customizing caption colors for style or branding with, say, light blue text on a light gray background, you’ll definitely see it. Shadows can make those combos look blurry or muddy, and now you’ve got full control over that. Of course, color contrast isn’t just about aesthetics. Good contrast is key for accessibility, and some of the combos that look bad with shadows also don’t pass a11y contrast checks. But we want to give authors the flexibility to meet their stakeholders’ style and color requirements while keeping courses as accessible as possible. Check it out in the latest update of Storyline 360 👇 Storyline 360 Version HistoryClosed Captions Enabled/Disabled… (Custom xAPI)
A frequent question my customers ask is, “Can xAPI track students' use of accessibility features?”. Yes! Storyline included. Obviously, you can manually add controls with triggers for custom xAPI, like a “D” link to a long description popup, for example. However, Storyline also has a couple of out-of-the-box functions too. The controls on the courseware player for Storyline packages has five built-in variables you can use as triggers: Player.AccessibleText Player.BackgroundAudioVolume Player.DisplayCaptions Player.FullScreenMode Player.ZoomToFit The system variable Player.DisplayCaptions also matches the xAPI Profile template Enable Closed Captioning. So, I'll show you how to use that. The Storyline player has a Closed Captions (CC) control and a separate menu of more “Accessibility controls”, including Zoom to fit, Accessible text, Keyboard shortcuts, and Background audio. I'll show you how to track when the student clicks the CC button. In Storyline, open your course. In Story View, select the first slide. Create a new trigger. In the Trigger Wizard, change the Action to More > Send xAPI Statement. In the Statement, click + xAPI…. In the xAPI Statement Editor, replace the JSON code with this: { "verb": { "id": "http://adlnet.gov/expapi/verbs/interacted", "display": {"en-US": "interacted"}}, "object": { "objectType": "Activity", "id": "%Project.ActivityId%", "definition": { "name": {"en-US": "Enable/Disable Closed Captioning"}, "type": "https://w3id.org/xapi/video/templates#closed-captioning"}}, "context": { "contextActivities": { "parent": [{ "objectType": "Activity", "id": "%Project.ActivityId%", "definition": { "name": {"en-US": "%ActivityName%"}, "type": "http://adlnet.gov/expapi/activities/course"}}], "grouping": [{ "objectType": "Activity", "id": "%Project.ActivityId%", "definition": { "name": {"en-US": "%ActivityName%"}, "type": "http://adlnet.gov/expapi/activities/course"}}]}}} Click the OK button. In the Trigger Wizard, change the When to Control Events > Variable changes. Change the Variable to Player.DisplayCaptions . Click the OK button. Click the Manage project variables button. In the Variables dialog box, double-click the Default Value of ActivityName , and enter the name of your course. Click the OK button. Select the trigger and click the Copy the selected trigger button. Select another slide you wish to apply the trigger to and click the Paste the copied trigger to the selected object button. Repeat step 14 as needed for all affected slides. This trigger only detects changes to the CC button in the Storyline courseware player. It doesn't show if the button is on or off. The xAPI statement will say, “Enable/Disable Closed Captioning”. The parent and grouping in this JSON are generic for the entire course. If you want, you can customize the parent context to reflect each scene and slide, so you can track exactly where the student clicked the CC button.
