As heard in training...

How would I create my own slide transition?

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The user’s understanding of the subject matter is the chief objective when building e-Learning. Still, once we are positive that we have built something in which communication of the material is effective, there’s still that lingering element that every designer always covets: a little magic, otherwise known as the Wow Factor. One way that we like to play magicians at Yukon Learning is by crafting our own custom slide transitions, outside of what Storyline already offers. For example, the learner selects an object, and the items on screen linger for

How Can I Use the “=NotAssignment” Trigger in Storyline 360?

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Although not used as often, the “=NotAssignment” (also known as “Toggle”) variable/trigger can be a great way to help you create engaging interactions for your learners! I was recently asked about a potential use for this trigger in class and, although there are other ways you could use it, I came up with the following example. We’re hopeful that this example and blog post not only accomplishes my goal of showing the use of the trigger, but also succeeds in wishing you Happy Holidays! One Button vs. Two Buttons A

What’s the Best Way to Copy and Paste in Storyline?

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Quite often in class, and in actual development, you’ve made something super awesome on the slide, and you need more of it. This could be buttons, shapes, markers, text boxes–you name it! And shortcuts are a great way to cut down development time. Make it once, make sure it works and looks the way you expect it to, then DUPLICATE it! One of our trainers even has the catch phrase, “Make it great, then duplicate!” During the training, we must copy and paste a thousand times! Okay, maybe that’s exaggerating

How Can I Highlight Important Information when Users Review Content?

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In a recent custom virtual training, a student asked for help in creating scenario-based courses in Storyline. When the scenario arrived to a point where the learner received a quiz question, they wanted the learner to not only be able to review content they had already seen, but to also highlight important information. The main consideration here was that they did not want the information highlighted on the original slide, only when being reviewed. While there are several ways one might accomplish this, one of the easiest ways is to

Why Does My Custom Menu Lose Track of My Progress?

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This question was sent to me just this month after a training session. Let me set it up for you… In our advanced class, we teach the students how to build a custom menu and control the navigation of that menu using True/False Variables (aka, Boolean–for the nerds out there). You can view a simplified version of the course HERE. You can also download that .story file at THIS LINK. What is happening in this example is the “visited” states of the buttons are designed to look like an “in progress”