Adjusting Accordian Headers/Titles
I wanted to check whether it's possible or not to adjust the font of the accordion title/header in Rise 360? Specifically, I have a situation where I need to use the header/title: <version>i (Incremental Update) Additionally, it would be great to have the option to unbold the text in general. If anyone has insights or updates on this, I’d greatly appreciate your input! Thank you!Sequence drag and drop colours
Hello, I'm working in a storyline document a previous colleague built. I'm trying to edit the design of the sequence drag and drop. There are limited things you can do to the design right? When i select an item to drag it turns light purple. How do you change the colours of a selected item? There is no state on this layer, it doesn't even open up to select individually. Interested to know if someone can help with this. Thank you!Closed Captioning in Education — the DCMP
I need to start by saying, without hesitation: I believe Storyline is simply the best in eLearning development environments, and Articulate's dedication to accessibility is just one of the reasons. So please don't forget that as I go on to point out an area where it still needs a great deal of improvement: the closed captioning system. Since the implementation of AI voices I've been quite surprised to discover it fails to remove SSML markup, starts sentences inside captions and splits them at unpredictable, often awkward places within sentences. Captions are too small by default, and the opaque background quite simply is far short of best practice. Please hear me out. The Described Media and Captioning Program (DCMP) has put over two decades of research into their Guidelines and Best Practices for Captioning Educational Video, available at https://dcmp.org/learn/captioningkey To achieve captions that approach DCMP standards for "Quality Captioning" I still use the free open source program SubtitleEdit, available on GitHub https://github.com/SubtitleEdit. The software can be set to reflect line length and readability standards such as estimated rate (wpm), and to start new captions after end-of-sentence punctuation — even to automatically split lines at conjunctions, which is considered a must for achieving AAA success for those with reading challenges and cognitive disabilities. It even lets me save a slightly different configuration of these elements for French language eLearning I also produce. The arrival of an AI assistant seems to offer Articulate an opportunity to merge this knowledge into your products. I set the magnification in the Modern Player to 180%, (I also use the highly readable font, PT Sans Caption, but the default sans-serif is fine) and with a plain text editor running as Administrator, Find the following line in "C:\Program Files\Articulate\360\Storyline x64\player\unified\html5\lib\stylesheets\mobile.min.css" and [same path to]\desktop.min.css: .caption p{margin:0}.caption>div{pointer-events:none;width:100%;text-align:center}.caption>div>p{display:inline-block;pointer-events:none;padding:10px;text-shadow:-1px 0px #000,0px 1px #000,1px 0px #000,0px -1px #000;color:#fff;border-radius:4px;background:#31373a;margin:0 0 10px 0;padding:10px;text-align:center;line-height:1.5} and then Replace it with: .caption p{margin:0}.caption>div{pointer-events:none;width:100%;text-align:center}.caption>div>p{display:inline-block;pointer-events:none;padding:10px;text-shadow:-1px 0px #000,0px 1px #000,1px 0px #000,0px -1px #000;color:#fff;border-radius:4px;background:rgba(33, 33, 33, 0.81) !important;margin:0 0 10px 0;padding:10px;text-align:left;line-height:1.15} This assures the captions are left-aligned per best practice, readable by those with vision challenges (now set within the Player, not the above CSS), and translucent, as the DCMP recommends in order that content isn't obscured. Where I live, my own work in eLearning is public-facing and therefor overseen by the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) and the Ontario Human Rights Code. As I work for one of the agencies mandated and defined within the latter, I am heavily invested in this knowledge. I'd like to offer these observations as enhancement suggestions (I know there's a separate area for that, but don't hesitate to remind me precisely …where!?) I'm happy to provide fellow Heroes with greater details and answer any questions. Thanks for providing such a great 21st century tool and supportive community! All the best!Closed Captioning for videos created in Storyline
Hello! I am creating a series of short platform demonstration videos using Storyline, as it provides me the ability to enhance sections, add text, animations and more! Where I am struggling is with the closed captions generated by SL for the video. The font is large and white, which does not display well with the platform design. I have tried changing the font and background colour in the Player, however, that does not change the closed captions in the VTT file for the video. Is there something I can do to work around this? Thank you in advance :)Small gap between slide content and player
This is something I've noticed in Storyline for a few years now. 9 times out of 10, there is usually a small 1px gap between the edge of my slide content and the player, making it impossible to create seamless content. The small gap also shows some content, but not others. The location of the small gap also seems to be random across the 4 sides. For example, below is a screenshot from one of my latest courses (in both Chrome and Edge). You can see the small gap between all edges of the slide and the player, with the edges more prominent in Chrome. The gap does appear slightly in the Storyline Preview, but is much worse in published content (either to SCORM or Review 360). The slides are 1080x1920. For reference, the below screenshots were all taken on a 4k monitor at 100% page zoom. It appears to be a responsive scaling issue, as the gaps change affect edges depending on the window size, the browsers zoom, etc. To try and mitigate this issue, I extended the edges of the blue rectangle shapes outside of the slide bounds, but those objects get culled so you can see the gap, but some objects that are beneath those objects are still visible. Has anyone else come across this issue (my entire team have), and if so, have you tried anything that has fixed the issue? Making edits to the SCORM package JS or CSS sheets isn't a viable workaround, as it needs to be corrected in the Review 360 versions (for client reviews). Additionally, can anyone at Articulate touch on whether this is a known bug and/or if its on a patch roadmap? Please note: I can't upload the Storyline file due to privacy, however, I can confirm this has happened in almost all of the Storyline modules we produce across multiple versions, browsers, and operating systems. Above: Storyline Preview. Very small gap between the left and right edge of the blue banner at the bottom. Above: Review 360 - Chrome. Very visible gaps along all edges of the slide, where you can also see objects that go outside the edges of the slide. Above: Review 360 - Edge. Barely visible gaps along the blue edges of the slide. Above - Left: Zoomed in screenshot of the bottom of a slide with custom navigation arrows, where you can see the button between the bottom of the blue rectangle and the player. Above - Right: Zoomed in screenshot of the Master slide showing the blue rectangle is extended past the slide bounds completely covering the bottom of the button so its not visible. The blue bar has been moved on the right edge to show where the edge of the slide is, purely for the purpose of the screenshot. Note: Interestingly, when I tried to screenshot the button being visible in the gap, if the browser window lost focus, the button would disappear from the gap.Interactivity in Rise Custom Blocks
While understanding that interactivity in custom rise blocks is still in development or at least in discussion, I would like to suggest some features that may or not may not be in the planning. I acknowledge that these functions can be completed in Storyline and imported into Rise. However, their are problems that can arise e.g. block loading times (can excessively slow down the learning), corrupted storyline files that fail to work after time, time frame for creation, insertion and testing. 1) Custom built slides, that function similar to an image carousel. Currently I build these in Photoshop or Illustrator and the whole process is very time consuming (e.g. develop, resize, save, upload). Also placing content text into images is not best practice (of course there exceptions). It would also make custom slides so much easier to edit (rather than editing in PS or Ill, saving and uploading etc.) 2) The ability to have learners click an object which opens another. This would be similar to layers in Storyline. Creating custom popups would allow for a far more interesting and engaging learner experience than a Hotspot interaction. 3) Built in voice overs / text to speech. However, this would need to be done well and on par with services such as ElevenLabs. By this I mean that voices will need to be natural sounding while providing an exhaustive array of accents. The system would also need to prioritise plenty of features to punctuate and provide realistic annunciation. Adding voice overs / text to speech in features such as those listed in points 1 and 2 above would further enhance Rise's popularity and increase business potential. Having this feature built into Rise would be a game changer for Articulate. 4) Data input fields with the ability to hold variables (e.g. short answers to questions) and use them later in the course. For example, you may ask learners one or more questions about their job role or personal experiences to which they provide a response. After they have completed relevant learning content, you could then display their original responses and ask them to answer the same questions again. This allows you to determine whether their understanding or perspective has changed as a result of the training. It is also a great opportunity for learners to self reflect. I'm sure I will have more but these would be a good start. Happy to elaborate if required. Thanks, Tony Thomas Senior eLearning Designer Simtars QLD, AustraliaAlternative to clear cache request
We have courses which with a requirement to retrain annually, and a consistent issue is that cached data on their computers interfere with quizzes and interactions. We find most people use the same computers, and we would like to find a solution besides requesting that they clear their browser cache (or using a private winder or using a different browser). Some solutions I have found in the discussion board has been to issue a unique URL, to remove the option to resume a course, but we do not want to upload unique URLs when courses are updated for many reasons, and we would like to coninue offering endusers the option to resume. Is it possible for cached information to be removed upon course completion so it does not interfere with the next retraining. Is there any other recommendation besides clearing the cache?
