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How Can I Create a Spotlight on a Slide to Highlight Some Information?

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A great question surfaced in a training class a couple of weeks ago – “How can I create a spotlight on a slide to highlight some information?” Storyline has some great ways for you to highlight information: Zoom Region, Zoom Picture, creative animations, markers, and state changes; just to name a few. There is a cool spotlight annotation in Studio 360, but there is not a built-in spotlight widget in Storyline. So, let’s show you one way you may accomplish this in Storyline. Step 1 Find or create a slide

How Do I Change the Scene Numbers in My Storyline 360 Project?

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NEW! As of August 2022, an Articulate-360-exclusive feature is now the most streamlined way to reorder scenes in Storyline 360. Learn how here! Developers using Storyline 3, however, read on and follow the steps listed below. In a previous blog entry, we addressed this and many other things to consider as you create your course. But this question comes up again, and again, so I wanted to revisit it, and provide you with yet another reason why it can be important. I like order rather than chaos. I like straight

Can I Make a Dial Look Like a Timer in My Course? (Part 2)

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In our last entry, we discussed how to make a dial look like a timer in a course. Because we know that there’s never any ONE way to do things in Storyline 360, this entry will focus on using some advanced options to make the timer user-controlled rather than timeline-based. When might we want the learner to be in control of the timer? Perhaps the question isn’t for assessment purposes, but more for self-reflection or challenging oneself. This allows the learner some freedom while incorporating time sensitivity. Note: This exercise

Can I Make a Dial Look Like a Timer in My Course? (Part 1)

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Dials are one of the more versatile interactions in Storyline, as you may have seen in Articulate’s Challenge #151: Using Interactive Dials and Knobs in e-Learning. But did you know that dials can also be used in other creative ways, even if the learner never directly interacts with them? In a recent custom virtual training session, a student asked if a dial could be used to look like a timer on her question slide. Not only can this be done, but it can be accomplished easier than you might think!

How Can I Ensure Content is Selected in Order?

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During Storyline training, we learn how to customize a course to ensure that learners view all the content on each slide. Depending on the situation and the type of content, there are a variety of strategies that can be used. One question that is often raised is, “How do I ensure my learners view all of the interactive content on a slide before moving on?” That’s a pretty popular question and David Anderson does a great job explaining how to do that here. However, sometimes the request is more specific.