Next button

[Lisa!!]

I have created a module with forced audio, so that the next button does not display until the audio for that page is done playing. That works well... What I need to find out is how to show the next button on all the pages once the learner has completed the course/page to allow them to move freely throughout the course without having to listen to the audio again.

Any ideas?

[timk]

This forum is for sharing Tips & Tricks. The General Lectora Forum is meant for asking questions.

To solve your problem create a variable, e.g. audio_done

Add an action to each of your sound files:

On: Done playing
Action: Modify variable
Target: audio_done
Value: a (Use a unique letter for each page / soundfile)
Change: Add to variable

The variable will now save whether the respective soundfile has been listened to until the end.

Add an action on the toplevel of each page:

On: Show
Action: Show
Target: Next Button

Condition: Only if "audio_done" "Contains" "respective letter for the page".

The variable will contain the letter if the sound file has been "done playing" on a previous visit.

Tim

[benpitman]

If you have lots of these (say more than 15), I have another solution that involves using my Tracking Pages Visited add-on.

[casperoo]

Tell us more Ben, how did you organise that?

I had quite a 'lame' way of adding in an extra 'NEXT' button which is permanently enabled using cookies because a variable called 'PermanentNextUnlock' (for example) is on the _following_ page so I don't have to worry about the initial next button which is disabled until, says, the Captivate flash file is successfully completed.
(IE: Once people go to the page after where the NEXT button is disabled, they've enabled another one on that page that they can then use 'forever'*)

I can imagine doing it this way is a bit long winded but works fine for me at the moment, is your method simpler?

*until they clear their cookies.

Thankyou Ben.

ps: in my example for the my 'system' to work, i have to have a the initial next button always hidden upon visiting and only unlock onTimer for when the Flash file sends javascript to IE. Otherwise i would obviously use 'remember between sessions' for the initial NEXT button's variable, rather than creating 2 next buttons in the same place on one page with one permanent variable like i have.

[benpitman]

Well, cookies are for those without an LMS. If that is you, then all the rules are generally simialr to an LMS until someone clears cookies.

The basic way I do it is to have two next buttons. The one on top is disabled and displays a msg when clicked telling the user what to do. Once the learner has passed the page, a variable contains a code that indicates the page is complete. Then if the user returns to the page, an On Show action checks the variable and if it contains the code, then the disabled Next button is hidden enabling the real Next button.

For more details on how I set the code, please contact me directly using the information below. Glad to share it.