TIP: Controlling the NEXT Button 101
It's great to let users explore content on their own. But sometimes you need to ensure they view the full timelines on the slides and complete the interactions. For example, this might be required for compliance/regulatory reasons. In other words, sometimes you need to control when the Next button is disabled and enabled. The attached file demonstrates how to control the Next button in these situations: Force users to view the full timelineon all slides by usingRestricted navigation Force users to complete an interaction byverifying that all of the buttonshave been clicked Force users to view the full timelines on the slide layers by verifying that all of the timelines have been completed The demo also explains how the triggers work. Nothing new here for advanced users. But I hope newbies find thishelpful. By the way, this is about controlling the Next button while the user remains on one slide. If the slide branches to other slides, well, that's a custom menu. You'll find details about those here: https://community.articulate.com/discussions/articulate-storyline/create-a-custom-menu-slideTIP: Build a Rise Course with a Pretest
There is a way to include a pretest in a Rise course! This demo shows how to let a user skip the content if they pass. If they fail, they have to go through the content (which could include a Quiz that they have to pass in order to complete the course). https://360.articulate.com/review/content/7302b067-f903-4cf2-a979-e27d169d76cc/review Rise doesn't have this functionality built in—at least, not yet. But it can be done using a few Storyline blocks, some button blocks, and navigation restrictions. Caveats:The program can't tell the LMS if the user passed the pretest or if they went through the content. And it can't tell the LMS the user's score. But it can tell the LMS that the user "completed" the course. *** UPDATE 2024-01-17 *** As per Ingrid Marcum's comments below, there's another caveat. If a user fails the pretest, exits the course before proceeding to the content, and then relaunches the course, the Storyline block will reset. In other words, the user would be able to retake the pretest. As Ingrid said, the Articulate staff "confirmed that the storyline blocks will always reset when revisiting the page in Rise." So, alas, this method isn't a solution if you're concerned about users doing that.TIP: Track Responses to Custom Questions or Surveys
Do you want to customize a course based on the results of a survey? Do you want to create questions that assign different point values to different responses? In other words, do you want to track responses? You can do that by adjusting the values of number variables based on which buttons are selected. Then add up those values, anduse that "total score" to customize what happens next. The attached demo file shows you how. It includes two examples: how to track multiple single-response items (like a Likert scale) how to track multiple-response slides In addition to the demos, the file explains how the triggers work. I hope this is helpful for those who want to track custom surveys and/orcreate question slides that assign different values to each response (instead of just grading right or wrong).TIP: Multi-character Scenario block
Have you ever wanted to use more than one character in a Rise Scenario block? As Glinda the Good Witch would say, “You had the power all along!” The Rise Scenario block allows you to choose a character and background for each scene. It’s one of those features that’s often overlooked. See a demonstration here: https://360.articulate.com/review/content/ca7a5893-9f69-4daf-a271-ead942b0b553/review The demo in Review also includes some basic instructions. The best to way learn? Try it yourself! If you’re unsure how to proceed, duplicate your scenario block, so you’ll be able to go back to an earlier version if needed. Note: I created the demo after seeing multiple questions in the Forum about using more than one character in Scenarios. But I think Storyline might provide a better experience, since that program gives you more control than Rise. The "best" option truly depends on the scenario/situation you want to show.TIP: Create a Custom Menu Slide
Do you want to create your own Menu slide? Do you want to ensure that the user can't advance to your summary and/or quiz until they have visited all of the other scenes in your course? Well, you're not alone. This topic comes up quite a bit in the Forum. Here are the basic instructions for creating a custom menu slide: Create a T/F variable for each scene (topic, module, branch, or whatever you want to call it). Set the initial value be False to represent that the user hasn't yet completed the scene. On the last slide of each scene, create a trigger that adjusts the corresponding variable to True when the timeline starts or ends (depending on your preferred restrictions). Alternately, add the trigger to the Next button.But if you do that,be sure the trigger appears before the trigger that jumps to the next slide. On the custom Menu slide: Add a trigger to change the state of the Next button to Disabled when the timeline starts. Include conditions so this trigger executes if anyof the variables =False.(Tip: Be sure to connect the conditions with "OR" instead of "AND.") Add a trigger to change the state of the Next button to Normal with the conditions that all the variables are True. (Tip: Be sure to connect the conditions with "AND" instead of "OR.") To ensure this trigger executes every time a user returns to the custom Menu slide, have that slide "Reset to initial state" when revisiting. Or, if there are animations on the timeline that you don't want to repeat on revisiting, do this: Put the trigger on a blank layer, and set the Layer Properties to "Reset to initial state." You'll also need a trigger on the base layer to show that blank layer when the timeline starts. By the way, you can use the same basic instructions even if you don't include a Next button on your custom Menu slide. To do this, disable and enable whatever button you have for advancing (for example, a Go to Quiz button) using the steps above that describe how to disable and enable the Next button. If you're not familiar with variables and conditions, I highly recommend that you check out Articulate's tutorials and user guides (https://community.articulate.com/articles/tutorials-and-documentation). They provide the real power in the program. *** UPDATE *** I attached a file that demonstrates and explains how this works. If you scroll down in the comments, Sarah Hodge's comment links to an example that shows how to make the user go through the scenes/sections in order. *** UPDATE *** Articulate added the "Else" option to triggers with conditions. So instead of two triggers controlling the NEXT button (one to disable and one to enable), you can use one trigger with an "Else" statement.Beginners Tutorial
Is there a true beginner's tutorial? I watched the webinar this morning "Getting Started with Rise 360" and I was trying to duplicate the steps on one screen while watching the webinar. It was kind of advanced training and way too fast of a presentation to allow the viewer to duplicate the motions. Some learners are hands on and learn through repetitive motions. Maybe a tutorial with the basic for people that just started to try to use your product, that explains things like "what is a block" and how did the instructor get from one screen to the next. Slow down. Maybe 90 minutes instead of rushing through 60 minutes. When the instructor started to talk about the "Feedback" part of the training, I got lost. By the time I found the items to click on my screen, the instructor was on a completely different screen. Otherwise, I think the material was very helpful, just hard to keep up. ThanksUse triggers and variables to cycle through multiple layers in sequence
Hello, I have 73 images that I want to show in sequence to animate the wrapping function for the unit circle. I know that there are several ways to do this, but I'm not sure which is most efficient and easy to replicate. I have created a .story file to test the different methods using only 6 images. As far as I can tell, here are my options: Option A Create a slide with a layer for each image and create a trigger that displays the layers in sequence (see slide 1.3 Layer_TriggerShowLayer) Option B Create a slide with one image and create states for each of the other images. Option B.1 Use a slider to show the states in sequence, which is easy to setup. However, I cannot figure out how to make the slider move automatically through every state using triggers based on the timeline. I would love to have the states appear in 1 second intervals. I’m not sure this is even possible (see my attempt on slide 1.1 States_Slider) Option B.2 Use triggers and timeline markers to move the states in sequence (see my attempt on slide 1.2 States_Trigger_Timeline) The best effect so far is Option B.2, but it will require a lot of timeline markers to make all 73 images appear. Is there a way to do this using a variable that is linked to the timeline?Or maybe one of the other methods will work better with some tweaking? All advice is appreciated. I am also happy to watch any training videos that may help me make this smoother. Thanks in advance!Best way to get feedback/workshop content with SMEs
I'm starting a project that involves a lot of SMEs contributing content, and I know there will be plenty of back and forth to get the language just right. What’s the best way to handle this? In the past, we’ve used Word storyboards with track changes, but it’s hard for SMEs to visualise, and it takes ages to format. I’ve also used Review 360 in Rise, but the feedback screenshots often end up in the wrong spot, making it confusing to know what the SME is referring to. A colleague suggested Storyline might be better for reviews. Is that true? Or should I just export as a PDF and get feedback that way?
