Advice/Demos for Max User Interaction...

[SaraB]

Hello,

I'm trying to find out tips and tricks to get the most out of a lesson as far as user interaction. I recently saw a demo with a different software company where the lesson had a video playing (not in a video box) with the person walking from side to side on the page talking to the user and posing questions. As the user answered the questions (by selecting options on the page) the person in the video had immediate responses based on the answers. The user didn't navigate to a new page, rather the video responded immediately to the user. It was very interesting and kept my attention. It's like a decision tree or a "choose your own adventure" for old school readers.

So - does anyone know if Lectora can accomplish these types of interactive pages? Either with video or flash animation? I'd love to hear and also see examples.

Looking forward to your help!

Thanks,
Sara

[Wee]

That does sound really cool. Would that course be something you can share a sample of? Would love to see what you're talking about. Thank you.

[clammers]

The whole 'Choose Your Own Adventure' metaphor made me think: this could probably be accomplished using flash commands and Actions with time delays. After the first question is asked, the video pauses and the question appears on screen. Dependent on the answet, the user's selection would then jump to another point in the video where the corresponding feedback is loacted.

1. Record your video with the individual asking all questions and providing feedback to the user's answers.

2. Import this as an .swf and check the Auto Start box.

3. Create the following Action on this video - On: Show, Pause: This Object, Delay before action: (length of time it takes the first question to be asked).

4. Create Action Group, name it 'Correct'.

5. Create the following Actions in the 'Correct' Action Group -
a. Action: Flash Command, Target: (flash video name), Command: Go to Frame, Number: (frame number where the individual starts stating the correct answer feedback).
b. Action: Pause, Target: (flash video name), Delay before action: (length of time it takes the feedback to be played).
c. Action: Flash Command, Target: (flash video name), Command: Go to Frame, Number: (frame number where the individual starts stating the next question), Delay before action: (length of time it takes the feedback to be played).

6. Create Action Group, name it 'Incorrect'.

5. Create the following Actions in the 'Incorrect' Action Group -
a. Action: Flash Command, Target: (flash video name), Command: Go to Frame, Number: (frame number where the individual starts stating the incorrect answer feedback).
b. Action: Pause, Target: (flash video name), Delay before action: (length of time it takes the feedback to be played).
c. Action: Flash Command, Target: (flash video name), Command: Go to Frame, Number: (frame number where the individual starts stating the next question), Delay before action: (length of time it takes the feedback to be played).

7. Create the question and uncheck the Initially Visible checkbox.(When creating the question, you can choose to leave the question text field blank and just supply the answers, or provide the entire question text.)

8. Locate the radio button corresponding to the correct answer, and on the 'On Select/Change' tab, input the following - Action: Run Action Group, Target: Correct.

9. Locate the radio button corresponding to the incorrect answer(s), and on the 'On Select/Change' tab, input the following - Action: Run Action Group, Target: Incorrect.

10. Repeat Steps 5-9 for each question.

So, you could film an individual asking a dozen questions, one right after the other, and then record correct and incorrect feedback ("That is correct"/"Sorry, that is incorrect") at the end. When the video starts playing, the first question would be asked. When the individual stops speaking, the video is paused and the question choices appear on-screen below the video. When the user chooses their response, they video will jump to the frame (near the endof the video) where the applicable response is loacted. The answer is played out, and when the response is finished, it jumps back to the point in the video where question 2 is asked.