Storyline: Drop Shadow Button UI Set
Create a consistent look and feel in your next e-learning project with this delightful button set. Explore this project. This amazing download is part of our Four Weeks of Fun Freebies. Find more free goodies like this right here and stay tuned to #4weeksoffreebies to scoop up all the latest stuff.Storyline: Nature-Themed Intro Slides
Check out this sleek template, which includes an intro slide, course objectives slide, and a menu with a clean layout over an image background. It’s a great way to jump-start your course with a polished-looking introduction. See it in action. *This template will work for folks using Storyline 360, the continuously updated version of Storyline included in Articulate 360. Want to try it out? Get a free trial of Articulate 360 right here.Using Interactive Dials as Draggable Menus in E-Learning #355
Using Interactive Dials for Navigation #355: Challenge | Recap Interactive knobs and dials are a great way to simulate real-world objects and tasks in your e-learning courses. To see how course designers use interactive dials, check out the examples in this challenge recap. But what happens when the dial uses a custom graphic or image and is scaled well beyond the slide size? Let’s take a look at a couple of examples. Dials as Draggable Menus In this example, the dial is filled with a custom image and scaled well beyond the slide size. This creates an exciting approach to menu navigation. View the project | Joanna Kurpiewska Dials as Draggable Timeline Interactions Here’s another example using similar techniques. In this case, the custom dial is a circular timeline interaction that lets learners drag through a series of dates. View the example | Eric Chamberlin Challenge of the Week This week, your challenge is to share an example that shows how custom dials can be used for draggable navigation. Resources You can learn more about working with Storyline’s dials in the following articles and webinars. Storyline 360: Working with Dials How I Designed This Interactive Dial Matrix Using Dials to Design Interactive Infographics #261 Webinar: Using Dials in Storyline 360 Share Your E-Learning Work Comments: Use the comments section below to share a link to your published example and blog post. Forums: Start your own thread and share a link to your published example.. Personal blog: If you have a blog, please consider writing about your challenges. We’ll link back to your posts so the great work you’re sharing gets even more exposure. Social Media: If you share your demos on Twitter or LinkedIn, try using #ELHChallenge so your tweeps can track your e-learning coolness. Last Week’s Challenge: Before you dial into this week’s challenge, check out the colorful ways designers are using Pantone’s 2022 color of the year in e-learning: Pantone's 2022 Color of the Year RECAP #354: Challenge | Recap New to the E-Learning Challenges? The weekly e-learning challenges are ongoing opportunities to learn, share, and build your e-learning portfolios. You can jump into any or all of the previous challenges anytime you want. I’ll update the recap posts to include your demos. Learn more about the challenges in this Q&A post and why and how to participate in this helpful article.Moving Beyond E-Learning's Next Button #462
Beyond the E-Learning Next Button #462: Challenge | Recap The “Next” button often gets a bad rap in e-learning. It’s commonly associated with linear, information-heavy courses that promote passive learning, leading learners to click through screens without truly engaging with the content. To be fair, the blame doesn’t lie with the Next button itself. Blaming the Next button for boring e-learning is like blaming the Play button for a boring video. For course designers, a good design exercise is to reimagine course navigation without relying on the ubiquitous next button. How would your learners navigate forward and backward? Can you integrate the course content into the navigation? Can interactive objects like sliders, dials, or text-entry fields be used in place of next and back buttons? 🏆 Challenge of the Week This week, your challenge is to show alternatives to using the next button. You can create something new or rework an existing project. Please include the original with your entry if you modify an existing project. Seeing both examples will help users connect the dots between where you started and where you finished. And if you have time, create multiple variations to show how clicks, slides, hovers, drags, and typing can advance learners through the course. 🧰 Resources Check out e-learning challenge #144’s examples to get an idea of what designers came up with in a related challenge. Slide, Drag, and Hover Past the Next Button #144: Challenge | Recap Using Circle Menus in E-Learning #406: Challenge | Recap Interactive Documents with Sliders #300: Challenge | Recap ✨ Share Your E-Learning Work Comments: Use the comments section below to link your published example and blog post. Forums: Start a new thread and share a link to your published example. Personal blog: If you have a blog, please consider writing about your challenges. We'll link to your posts so your great work gets even more exposure. Social media: If you share your demos on Twitter or LinkedIn, try using #ELHChallenge so your tweeps can follow your e-learning coolness. 🙌 Last Week’s Challenge: Before you slide into this week’s challenge, check out the audio interviews your fellow challengers recorded in last week’s challenge: Interviews with E-Learning Challengers RECAP #461: Challenge | Recap 👋 New to the E-Learning Challenges? The weekly e-learning challenges are ongoing opportunities to learn, share, and build your e-learning portfolios. You can jump into any or all of the previous challenges anytime you want. I’ll update the recap posts to include your demos. Learn more about the weekly e-learning challenges in this Q&A post. 📆 Upcoming Challenges Challenge #463 (05.24): Using progressive disclosure in e-learning. Challenge #464 (05.31): Labeled graphics and interactive markers 🚨 2024 Articulate User Conference Call for Proposals We’re now accepting proposals for this year’s in-person user day conference co-hosted at DevLearn in Las Vegas. Learn more about the proposal process.Automatically Uncheck Restrict Next/Back When Selecting Free
I just discovered this little UX/UI issue! If you have content Restricted with ☑️Restrict Next / Previous selected, as such: And then select Free from the dropdown: It doesn't show that checkbox for Restrict Next / Previous, but it still behaves as if the buttons are restricted when published. To change, you have to go back in, select Restricted from the dropdown, uncheck⬜ Restrict Next / Previous, then re-select Free from the dropdown. My expectation was that, because the checkbox disappeared, selecting Free would automatically disable the restriction of the next and back buttons. It also is not intuitive to fix - I was very puzzled why I couldn't find the setting until I retraced my steps - why would someone change settings to disable a checkbox specific to that setting? An alternative would be just having Restrict Next / Previous not tied to any Menu Navigations Restrictions state.
