Michael Shannon
Michael Shannon
Instructional Designer at idbyms
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Michael Shannon replied to the discussion Trigger issue when revisiting slide
"Can you share your file? A couple of things regarding your button states and triggers: Don't use the visited state if your users are g..."
  • over 6 years ago08/30/17 at 6:23 pm (UTC)
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Michael Shannon replied to the discussion Seekbar on Single Layer?
"The seekbar is a part of the base layer so you don't have the option to add it to other layers independently. "
  • over 6 years ago08/30/17 at 6:17 pm (UTC)
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Michael Shannon replied to the discussion Please help! Creating a trigger won't work!
"Hey Flora. Not sure why you're having problems with SL but I would suggest a restart of your OS and SL. That usually clears up issues lik..."
  • over 6 years ago08/30/17 at 6:14 pm (UTC)
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Michael Shannon replied to the discussion Restrict Menu Navigation on Some Slides
"Then the only way left would be to use another course and link to it. The menu is hard-coded into the xml when you publish. We don't hav..."
  • over 6 years ago08/30/17 at 5:43 pm (UTC)
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"Hey Vanessa. Walt's suggestion solves this issue well. You'll have to do this for all of your buttons. Another way, although I wouldn't n..."
  • over 6 years ago08/30/17 at 5:39 pm (UTC)
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"This type of trigger has tripped me up more than once. There are two issues with your setup: If the media completes before the user ha..."
  • over 6 years ago08/29/17 at 9:17 pm (UTC)
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Michael Shannon replied to the discussion Disabled Button - Rollover Text
"My first recommendation is to not use hover states to trigger anything you consider important. The reason is mobile devices have no hover..."
  • over 6 years ago08/29/17 at 8:31 pm (UTC)
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Michael Shannon replied to the discussion Tracking Decisions in Branching Course
"It really is dependent upon your LMS but yes, Storyline does track the answers to any graded question. Yes, that's the way you would have..."
  • over 6 years ago08/29/17 at 8:03 pm (UTC)
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Michael Shannon replied to the discussion Using an Ipad for Articulate Training
"If you're referring to using Storyline to create training then the answer is yes. You just make sure to check the HTML5 box on publish of..."
  • over 6 years ago08/29/17 at 7:53 pm (UTC)
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Michael Shannon replied to the discussion Restrict Menu Navigation on Some Slides
"That's a tall order Nancy. We can't use vars and triggers to do anything with it. And I understand why you wouldn't want to use a custom ..."
  • over 6 years ago08/29/17 at 7:43 pm (UTC)
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Michael Shannon replied to the discussion Next button will not revert to normal state
"Hey Rebekah. Sometimes seeing it is easier than explaining it. Here's a very simplified version of what you're trying to accomplish using..."
  • almost 7 years ago05/23/17 at 7:30 pm (UTC)
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Michael Shannon replied to the discussion No Mac versions?
"Hey Guy. Fellow Mac user here. Unfortunately that is the way it goes and probably no change in the future (I'm not speaking for Articula..."
  • almost 7 years ago05/23/17 at 6:55 pm (UTC)
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Michael Shannon replied to the discussion Web object and PDF
"A few notes on PDFs You won't be able to view a PDF inside an iframe (scrollable window) on the iPad. It's been a problem for a while...."
  • almost 7 years ago05/23/17 at 6:48 pm (UTC)
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Michael Shannon replied to the discussion Forced Learning with Buttons
"It looks like it's working now. "
  • almost 7 years ago05/23/17 at 6:16 pm (UTC)
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Michael Shannon replied to the discussion Forced Learning with Buttons
"Don't know what happened to that file but I'll try again. I don't have the menu restricted but as Wendy said the next button is tied to t..."
  • almost 7 years ago05/23/17 at 6:16 pm (UTC)
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"Sorry Robin, I can't view your course in SL2 since you've either used 360 or SL3 to create this. "
  • almost 7 years ago05/22/17 at 7:31 pm (UTC)
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Michael Shannon replied to the discussion Scale Interaction
"If you have a set number of ways the user can drop things on your scale you can accomplish this with states. One state for each and chang..."
  • almost 7 years ago05/22/17 at 7:03 pm (UTC)
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Michael Shannon replied to the discussion Forced Learning with Buttons
"Hey Heather. If I understand you question/challenge I think what you're looking for is something like this. It uses button states and tri..."
  • almost 7 years ago05/22/17 at 5:37 pm (UTC)
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"Hey Leo. I publish to Flash and HTML5. I test on tablets, including the iPad. When using the above  instructions I have had no trouble vi..."
  • almost 7 years ago05/22/17 at 4:22 pm (UTC)
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Michael Shannon replied to the discussion Suggestion re: Preview feature
"Lisa. I wholeheartedly agree. I made the suggestion to the team here. "
  • 7 years ago03/29/17 at 7:27 pm (UTC)
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Michael Shannon replied to the discussion Invalid or corrupt file error
"Hey Chuck, I get the same error. Not sure why that may have happened. You may have more help from one of the Articulate staff. "
  • 7 years ago03/29/17 at 7:23 pm (UTC)
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Michael Shannon replied to the discussion Rollover Pop Up Text boxes on screen
"Hey John. There are several ways you can do this. The simplest way is to use the hover state.  Click on one of your graphics/buttons t..."
  • 7 years ago03/29/17 at 7:20 pm (UTC)
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Michael Shannon replied to the discussion Need help with button actions
"Hey Elizabeth. You have two things going on here that are very simple to fix.  Remove the "jump to next slide when timeline ends" trig..."
  • 7 years ago03/23/17 at 8:30 pm (UTC)
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Michael Shannon replied to the discussion Next Button after Video Completes
"As Leslie stated, you can't tie variables to a video event if it's a web object. Some video streaming services offer APIs that allow you ..."
  • 7 years ago03/23/17 at 8:04 pm (UTC)
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"Looks like this was created using SL360. Sorry, can't help you with this one. "
  • 7 years ago03/23/17 at 5:13 pm (UTC)