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Simple Progress Bar Help!

May 4, 2012 12:49 PM

Tags: #help #bar #percentage #captivate_5.5 #course #progress #progress_bar

Hi all!

 

I'm working on several eLearning projects and I'm hoping someone can help with a simple course progress bar.  I have 5 images that I'm using to show the learner's progress through the course.  I need to be able to drop this into multiple courses with varying lengths so, I was thinking I could have it update based on the percentage of the course viewed. 

 

The first image looks like this:

pBar_0.png

and finishes looking like this:

pBar_4.png

I've been toying around with Advanced Actions to try and make this work but, Ive reached a point where I'm stumped.  Any help and suggestions are greatly appreciated.

 

Thanks!

820 Views   11 Replies   Latest reply: mfubib, May 22, 2012 4:26 PM
 
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  • Lilybiri
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    1. Lilybiri,
    May 4, 2012 1:21 PM   in reply to Chad Luke
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    You say that you already have tried with Advanced Actions? How would you define the 'percentage of course viewed'? Is that based on the number of slides (would be easiest) or on the duration as is visible in the TOC (more complicated)? And please tell which version of CP you are using.

     

    Some system variables that could be useful are: rdinfoCurrentSlide and rdinfoSlideCount (if number of slides used for percentage), rdinfoCurrentFrame, rdinfoFrameCount and rdinfoFPS if you want % duration. Have a look at my blog post:

    Display Time Information

     

    You will have to use an advanced conditional action on entering each slide to check the progress. And the possibility to show/hide objects that are set to display for the rest of the project.

     

    Answer my questions and I'll try to help.


    Lilybiri

     
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  • AndyKingInOC
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    2. AndyKingInOC,
    May 4, 2012 1:23 PM   in reply to Chad Luke
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    this might help you:

     

    http://blogs.adobe.com/captivate/2011/10/show-me-the-progress-bar.html

     
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  • Chad Luke
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    3. Chad Luke,
    May 4, 2012 1:34 PM   in reply to Lilybiri
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    Thank you for the swift replies. 

    To answer your questions:

     

    I'm using CP 5.5. 

    My thoughts around using "percentage of course viewed" is using a show/hidw function for each image based on how far into the course the user gets so, at 25% the next image shows, then at 50% the next, until the progress bar is full at 90% (showing outro slides).

     

    Here's a screenshot of my Advanced Actions.

    AdvAct_Screen.PNG

    I am going thru your blog now.

     

    Thanks for your help.

     
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  • Chad Luke
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    4. Chad Luke,
    May 4, 2012 1:36 PM   in reply to AndyKingInOC
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    AndyKingInOC,

     

    I looked at this link earlier and downloaded the CP file.  It's based on actions by the learner.  I'm looking for somerthing that updates as the learner views the course.  Thank you for your response.

     
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  • Lilybiri
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    5. Lilybiri,
    May 4, 2012 2:31 PM   in reply to Chad Luke
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    OK, I see that you want the percentage based on the Frames, not on the slides. But you need to calculate the percentage on entering each slide. And then check if it is between two values (0-0.25; 0.25 - 0.50...). You have to be aware that the percentage will not change within a slide, only on entering a slide.

     

    Create a user variable v_perc to store that percentage, and a user variable v_start to store the first frame of each slide. Both variables will be reused on each slide.The total number of frames in the project is fixed and = rdinfoSlideCount. It is now pretty late here (almost midnight), do not feel up to really creating the action, but you'll need several decisions:

    Decision 1: mimicked standard action by using IF 1 is equal to 1, THEN Assign v_start with rdinfoCurrentFrame; Expression v_perc = v_start/rdinfoSlideCount

    Decision 2: IF v_perc <= 0.25 ....

    Decision 3: IF v_perc >0.25 AND >=0.50 ...

    Decision 4: IF V...

     

    Hope you get the idea?

     

    Lilybiri

     
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  • Chad Luke
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    6. Chad Luke,
    May 7, 2012 10:29 AM   in reply to Lilybiri
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    Hi Lilybiri,

     

    How are you?  I hope your weekend was a good one.  Your suggestions were great!  With a little tweaking I was able to get it to work!  Your article on Hide and Seek from your blog helped with how I needed to set up my graphics do display properly. 

     

    I did want to mention that I had to use the following expression:

    Expression v_perc = v_start/rdinfoFrameCount

    Instead of:

    Expression v_perc = v_start/rdinfoSlideCount

     

    Once I plugged it in... it worked like a charm!  Thank you for pointing me in the right direction!

     

    Cheers to you!

     
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  • Lilybiri
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    7. Lilybiri,
    May 7, 2012 11:10 AM   in reply to Chad Luke
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    My bad, that was a typo. I'm very tired at this moment

     

    Lilybiri

     
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  • Chad Luke
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    8. Chad Luke,
    May 7, 2012 1:03 PM   in reply to Lilybiri
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    No worries.  I appreciate your time to help me out.  Thank you.

     
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  • mfubib
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    9. mfubib,
    May 21, 2012 9:46 PM   in reply to Lilybiri
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    Hi Lilybiri,

     

    I'm also interested in creating a custom progress bar like chadluke_zones, however I'm confused about how to go about setting this up. 

     

    Is there a tutorial somewhere that steps through this whole process? 

     

    Thanks,

     

    Matt

     
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  • Chad Luke
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    10. Chad Luke,
    May 22, 2012 8:15 AM   in reply to mfubib
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    I will be posting this process soon.  I'm setting up a test project without using corporate graphics to avoid legal issues.  I'll re-post to this thread once I have it set up.

     
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  • mfubib
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    11. mfubib,
    May 22, 2012 4:26 PM   in reply to Chad Luke
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    Wonderful! Thank you chadluke_zones, I look forward to learning how to do this.

     
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