6 Replies Latest reply: Sep 18, 2014 9:48 PM by eLearner2000 RSS

    Play narration only once- Captivate 7

    eLearner2000 Community Member
    eLearner2000 Aug 25, 2014 10:01 PM

      Hello.

      I am hoping someone can help me with the following:

      I have a Menu Slide which has narration. The user will have an opportunity to jump to different parts of the project using this Menu Slide.  However, once finish with a specific part they will have to come back to this menu slide and choose the next section.  My issue is that this Menu slide has narration, so every time the user returns to this slide, the narration is heard. What I want to achieve is to construct some conditional statement indicating for the narration to be heard only once.

      Also, currently I already have a conditional statement that will place a check mark on the appropriate icon of the section that has been completed. I don't know if I can add another conditional action to this, or if I should construct a brand new action.

      I know I can duplicate this menu slide and remove the sound, but was wondering if there was any other way to approach this.

       

      Thank you!

        • 1. Re: Play narration only once- Captivate 7
          RodWard CommunityMVP
          RodWard Aug 25, 2014 10:08 PM (in response to eLearner2000)

          You can add the voiceover audio to an object on the slide instead of to the slide itself and then hide that object when your learner revisits the slide a second time.  Use a variable to track the visits to the slide and test for the value of this variable in a decision block added to the conditional action you already have set up to execute on slide enter.  You can have dozens of decision blocks in a conditional action.

          • 2. Re: Play narration only once- Captivate 7
            Lilybiri CommunityMVP
            Lilybiri Aug 26, 2014 1:32 AM (in response to RodWard)

            Actually, since you are on CP7 there are more possibilities to achieve this. The solution described by Rod has a detailed description in some of my blog posts, here is one link: Audio Objects: Control them! - Captivate blog It is perfectly possible to add that to the existing conditional action, you only have to be careful with the sequence of the decision blocks. You have only one event On Enter for that menu slide, you cannot add two actions to one event. Be sure to have 7.0.1 because there were several interesting features added for advanced/shared actions.

             

            However there is also the (new) command 'Play Audio', with its counterpart 'Stop Triggered audio', that you could use to have the same effect.

             

            The problem with both methods is that you cannot have automatic CC as you can for slide audio. The advantage is that you do not have to change the slide duration to adapt to the length of the audio clip. Do you need CC?

             

            Lilybiri

            • 3. Re: Play narration only once- Captivate 7
              eLearner2000 Community Member
              eLearner2000 Aug 30, 2014 2:27 PM (in response to RodWard)

              Thank you RodWard. This is definitely something to consider. I am new to Captivate and conditional actions is something I need to get better at. If you know where I can see an example of how this works, or have an example of how this if and then condition would work, that would certainly be appreciated.

               

              Thank you!

              • 4. Re: Play narration only once- Captivate 7
                eLearner2000 Community Member
                eLearner2000 Aug 30, 2014 2:34 PM (in response to Lilybiri)

                Thank you Lilybiri for posting additional solutions to my little conundrum. I have actually been to your blog and have found it very helpful with other matters, since I am fairly new to Captivate and developing elearning material. I was not aware you had a post regarding audio objects, but will definitely check it out. Before posting, I did try to add to my conditional action using the "Play audio" and "Stop Audio" commands (found them by pure luck), but it did function as expected.  I will try again once I have had an opportunity to go to your link. Maybe if it does not work, I can post a screenshot of my decision block, for your review.  Your help is truly appreciated!

                Thank you!

                • 5. Re: Play narration only once- Captivate 7
                  Lilybiri CommunityMVP
                  Lilybiri Aug 31, 2014 4:37 AM (in response to eLearner2000)

                  That post describes the situation you want: playing the audio object only on first visit of the slide.  You were asking for an example, right?

                  • 6. Re: Play narration only once- Captivate 7
                    eLearner2000 Community Member
                    eLearner2000 Sep 18, 2014 9:48 PM (in response to Lilybiri)

                    Thank you for your comment.

                    I apologize for the late reply I had been having problems getting online. Now that I am able to log-in I will follow up with looking at your post more closely.