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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.

Stagprime2687219

Legend

Stagprime wrote
One might give an example of both the manager and non-manager being on slide 9 and the manager pressing the next button and going to slide 10 because they are a manager but the non-manager goes to slide 11 because they do not need to see slide 10. All from hitting the same button. The key is that we need to tell Captivate who is a manager and who is not.
This is where the actions placed on the button come in and the need to differentiate between the two come in.
If you want to explore this idea further - just let me know.

This sounds interesting.

OK - I did a little write up with an example.

Hopefully it helps.

Branching Navigation - eLearning

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?

Lilybiri

Legend

I never duplicate slides at all to achieve branching scenarios. It is possible to skip slides, to jump to slides, why do you have to duplicate slides that are used in both scenarios? Can you please first read those blog posts?

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