New Tutorial! Build Dynamic Animated Bar Charts In Storyline Using JavaScript
Hi Heroes, I’m excited to share the latest episode of my Storyline Magic Series with you all! In this episode, I'll be showing you how to create dynamic animated bar charts in Articulate Storyline 360, using standard Storyline shapes, variables, and a touch of JavaScript magic. 📊✨ One of the highlights of this technique is that your chart animations are controlled using Storyline number variables, and bar shapes will adjust their height beautifully across all screen sizes, ensuring consistent results for all users. By the end of the tutorial, you’ll have a reusable template that you can apply to any bar chart designs you want to bring to life in Storyline! Check out the full tutorial below, along with a link to all previous episodes in the series: Watch the full series here - https://lnkd.in/dNvyD7wv --- My name's Chris Hodgson, an eLearning developer and software trainer based in the UK. I enjoy creating fun, unique, and engaging online experiences using Articulate software! Connect with me on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrishodgson44/
(loading) speed of Storyline 360 slides
Hi all, Does anyone know what influences the loading time of storyline 360 slides? We are creating educational games with storyline, and are trying to figure out how we can decrease the amount of loading (with the three loading dots) between slides. I have a few ideas on what impacts the slide loading time, for example: Amount of layers on a slide Amount of objects on a slide Amount of images in a slide The length of javascript functions The amount of audio files The size of audio files The amount of video files And maybe other that I haven't thought of yet.. And a few questions: Does it matter if you put objects / images / video / audio on timeline start, or after let's say 1 second? How does Storyline internal "pre-load" slide work? I have read somewhere it makes an educated guess which slide comes next, and preloads it. But, as we make a slide selection based on variables, that won't work. Is there any way we can feed storyline information about the upcoming slide, so it can preload it already? I'm very curious to your insights. I will also do some research myself the next few months, and share the outcome, but it will help to gather some input and thoughts from other users before diving in further!Always on top
I just set myself the challenge of having elements that are "always on top". I've worked on a handful of courses in the past, that had an irregular shaped header graphic (sometimes with drop shadow), where it would have been great to be able to set some elements in the Master Template to appears always on top of other elements within the module. For those courses, I had to create a slice of the header (the irregular shaped part) and paste on each slide, where the header appeared over another element on the slide. I have had some success, and of course it is a JavaScript implementation. This is very much an ALPHA release. Here's the implementation if interested in having a play with it or extending it. I'm sure there will be some elements, that I haven't played with, that may need some extra logic in the JS. For each element you would like to appear always on top, add the string "{AOT}" in the "Alternative text" field. If the element is decorative, you can just add "{AOT}". This will be taken care of during processing (removed, and set to aria-hidden=true). If the element is non-decorative, for example an exit button, you would just add "{AOT}Exit" to the alternative text. This would also be process, and "{AOT}" removed and "Exit" retained in the ALT text. Add the following script to the "timeline starts" on the SLIDE MASTER. This ensures that the script will process on every slide. const init = () => { // inititial value for z-index let z = 999; // get all elements with data-acc-text attribute starting with "{AOT}" const elements = document.querySelectorAll('[data-acc-text^="{AOT}"]'); // loop through each element elements.forEach(element => { // get the modelId and accText from the element's dataset const { modelId, accText } = element.dataset; // get the root element with the same modelId const rootElement = document.querySelector(`[data-model-id="${modelId}"]`); // set the z-index of the root element (incrementing by 1 each time) rootElement.style.zIndex = z++; // get the alternative text by removing "{AOT}" from accText and trimming the result const alt = String(accText).replace('{AOT}', '').trim(); // get the alt element with the id "acc-${modelId}" const altElement = document.getElementById(`acc-${modelId}`); // set the alternative text to the element's dataset element.dataset.accText = alt; // re-write the inner text of the alt element altElement.innerText = alt; // if the alternative text is empty (decorative), set the aria-hidden attribute to true and the z-index to -1 if (!alt) { altElement.setAttribute('aria-hidden', 'true'); altElement.style.zIndex = '-1'; } else { if (altElement.hasAttribute('aria-label')) altElement.setAttribute('aria-label', alt); } }); }; requestAnimationFrame(() => { init(); }); I've also including a very simple example file. This just demonstrates that the designated "Always on top" elements will appear over the image on the slide.How To Embed An ElevenLabs Conversational AI Widget Into SL360 Using JS!
Hi Heroes, It feels like something new and exciting is always around the corner in the world of generative AI technology, and this week ElevenLabs put themselves firmly in the driving seat of the agentic AI revolution with their new Conversational AI toolkit. If you haven't heard of this yet, check out this video which explains it all: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-EYzZCLF48&ab_channel=ElevenLabs The interactive, animated widget that this toolkit provided is easy to embed anywhere, including directly within an Articulate Storyline 360 project slide! If you're interested in how to get started, I've written a blog post that includes all the steps, including an Execute JavaScript snippet you can use to effortlessly get your agent loaded into your activity: https://discoverelearninguk.com/how-to-set-up-elevenlabs-conversational-ai-widget-in-articulate-storyline-360/ I'm also currently experimenting with the API for the new Conversational toolkit to understand how I can implement it into my eLearning Magic Toolkit plugin for Storyline + WordPress, potentially opening the door for developing real-time voice activated automation all within a Storyline-built eLearning activity! Much more to come very soon. 🚀 --- My name's Chris Hodgson, an eLearning developer and software trainer based in the UK. I enjoy creating fun, unique, and engaging online experiences using Articulate software! Connect with me on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrishodgson44/Get learnername, coursename and coursedate from Cornerstone LMS
I have been tinkering to get the learername, coursename and coursedate from cornerstone lMS ( Cornerstone on demand) but am unable to make it work. i have made it work in Scormcloud but am unable to find the correct way. can someone be of help. thnxRIVE animations in Storyline
I was curious if anyone has used RIVE for interactive elements in Storyline. I know they can be imbedded in the JavaScript, but I was wondering if you could use the listeners for interactivity within a Storyline project. Any guidance would be appreciated. I'm not sure if I'm barking up the wrong tree or not.Exporting Storyline variables to Google Sheets
Hello everyone, I have no programming background and would appreciate some help. I am trying to export variables from Storyline to a Google Sheet. The course is published on the reach 360 platform. I used the following code for the ExcuteJavascript trigger: console.log("JavaScript from Trigger is running!"); var player = GetPlayer(); $(document).ready(function() { $.ajax({ url: "https://script.google.com/macros/s/.../exec", type: "POST", dataType: "json", contentType: "application/json", data: JSON.stringify({ "FullName": player.GetVar("FullName"), "Quiz1.ScorePercent": player.GetVar("Quiz1.ScorePercent"), "Quiz2.ScorePercent": player.GetVar("Quiz2.ScorePercent"), "Quiz3.ScorePercent": player.GetVar("Quiz3.ScorePercent"), "Quiz4.ScorePercent": player.GetVar("Quiz4.ScorePercent"), "Quiz5.ScorePercent": player.GetVar("Quiz5.ScorePercent"), "Quiz6.ScorePercent": player.GetVar("Quiz6.ScorePercent"), "Quiz7.ScorePercent": player.GetVar("Quiz7.ScorePercent"), "Quiz8.ScorePercent": player.GetVar("Quiz8.ScorePercent"), "Quiz9.ScorePercent": player.GetVar("Quiz9.ScorePercent"), "Quiz10.ScorePercent": player.GetVar("Quiz10.ScorePercent"), "Quiz11.ScorePercent": player.GetVar("Quiz11.ScorePercent"), "Quiz12.ScorePercent": player.GetVar("Quiz12.ScorePercent") }), success: function(data) { console.log("Data sent successfully:", data); }, error: function(error) { console.error("Error sending data:", error); } }); }); return false; I receive the following response in the console: Javascript from Trigger is running! and immediately after that the error: actionator::exeJavaScript - $ is not defined I read the thread: https://community.articulate.com/discussions/articulate-storyline/exporting-variables-into-a-google-spreadsheet But because the course is published on the reach 360 platform, I have no idea how to get to the files: story.html and story_html5.html to add the missing JQUERY library as explained in the thread in the link. I would appreciate any help. What can I do?
