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Branching for Captivate 8

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March 22, 2018
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I'm kind of in panic mode right now!

I need to have Captivate 8's Branch Mode ready for review.

1. In order to make some of the Branch Mode work I must duplicate certain slides... correct?

2. How do I make a non managers slide progression stop at a certain slide?

I am branching for managers and non managers. The non managers can't see 5 of the slides that managers will see.

Does this mean that I have to duplicate all of the slides for the non managers because the slides will end at a certain point?

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Stagprime2687219

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A thought...

As far as the branching goes, this might possibly be accomplished if, on the first slide, you ask for some sort of validation. This may or may not be practical depending on how you validate or if the number of individuals is too great.

10,000 foot view...

For example, suppose I have some sort of employee number that the user is supposed to enter. When they submit the information, validation determines if their number is on manager list or not. If it is on the manager list, we branch in one direction, if they are not on the list, we go down the other branch.

You would need a unique identifier for this purpose (preferably unknown to the others like a password). You would not want the non-managers accessing the manager side. It could be something that already exists or something you generate.

There would be no need to duplicate slides but you would have to labor over the logic a bit. If the information is not sensitive in nature, you may not need to worry about that.

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AnotherMeAuthor

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Stagprime wrote
A thought...
As far as the branching goes, this might possibly be accomplished if, on the first slide, you ask for some sort of validation. This may or may not be practical depending on how you validate or if the number of individuals is too great.
10,000 foot view...
For example, suppose I have some sort of employee number that the user is supposed to enter. When they submit the information, validation determines if their number is on manager list or not. If it is on the manager list, we branch in one direction, if they are not on the list, we go down the other branch.
You would need a unique identifier for this purpose (preferably unknown to the others like a password). You would not want the non-managers accessing the manager side. It could be something that already exists or something you generate.
There would be no need to duplicate slides but you would have to labor over the logic a bit. If the information is not sensitive in nature, you may not need to worry about that.

That's a good suggestion but I doubt my supervisor will want to use it. But thank you for your suggestion.

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AnotherMeAuthor

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Do I start a new thread? I'm more confused than ever now.

Lilybiri

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I don't know what you mean by 'Branch mode(, is a new word for me in connection with Captivate.

If you mean you want to create a course where only part of the slides are visited, depending on a choice at the start, you will have to get rid of the playbar and create custom navigation. If you have to report a score for each learner, you'll have to turn on Branch Aware in Quiz Preferences. Have a look at:

Webinar Shared Actions

Depending on the setup you'll create the Branching view panel could be useful:

Unknown is Unloved (Flemish Proverb): Branching View - Captivate blog

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AnotherMeAuthor

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Thanks.

So for now I have to duplicate certain slides as well correct?

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AnotherMeAuthor

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Maybe you could ask to have a proper training for Captivate I have tried to help you with questions multiple times, but that is not the most efficient way of learning an app that has so many features and possibilities.

You cannot combine the two scenarios without having conditional shared (will be better than advanced) actions, based on the value of a user varianble that is populated when the choice has been made. To make that choice on the first slide, you could go with what StagPrime suggest, but honestly I believe that is way above your present skills. It would be much easier to use the approach I explained in the Blog post 'Branh aware'. The try to group the slides. You may have 3 types of slides:

Slides to be viewed by both groups of learners
Slides to be viewd only by the first group
Slides to be veiwed only by the second group.

Group those 3 types of slides. That will make the branching easier. Since I don't know anything about the sequence of those slides, cannot explain more at this moment. THe first group of learners should skip all slides of type 3, the second group should skip all slides of group 2.

Lilybiri wrote
Maybe you could ask to have a proper training for Captivate I have tried to help you with questions multiple times, but that is not the most efficient way of learning an app that has so many features and possibilities.
You cannot combine the two scenarios without having conditional shared (will be better than advanced) actions, based on the value of a user varianble that is populated when the choice has been made. To make that choice on the first slide, you could go with what StagPrime suggest, but honestly I believe that is way above your present skills. It would be much easier to use the approach I explained in the Blog post 'Branh aware'. The try to group the slides. You may have 3 types of slides:
Slides to be viewed by both groups of learners
Slides to be viewd only by the first group
Slides to be veiwed only by the second group.
Group those 3 types of slides. That will make the branching easier. Since I don't know anything about the sequence of those slides, cannot explain more at this moment. THe first group of learners should skip all slides of type 3, the second group should skip all slides of group 2.

I'm afraid you misinterpret my questions. I have been using Adobe products for many, many years and I am quite competent in all of them. Adobe Captivate is my newest tool and I do admit I ask many questions here. Sorry for being somewhat frustrating with my posts. Perhaps the diagram below might help.

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