Distribute audio over several files BUT without the forward/back buttons affecting the audio

[his5r2m]

Hello,

This problem has been driving me nuts for a few days now.

My quiz has 5 audios which I need to distribute over 6 slides each.

I also want the user to be able to navigate through the slides without affecting the audio.

The only way I've found to do it is to import background music, but seeing as I need 5 audios, and captivate only appears to allow me one background music file, this option is not possible

Ideally, I'd like:

Background audio 1: slides 3-9

Background audio 2: slides 11-16

Background audio 3: slides 18-22

etc

OR

slide audio 1: slides 3-9 (unaffected by user navigation)

slide audio 2: slides 11-16 (unaffected by user navigation)

slide audio 3: slides 18-22 (unaffected by user navigation)

etc

Any help would be greatly appreciated

Regards,

Rich

[RodWard]

You are correct that only one Background Audio clip is allowed per project file.

What do you mean by "unaffected by user navigation"?  Could you please clarify?

When you spread an audio clip over multiple slides, you have the option of specifying at what point in the audio each slide will begin.  This basically achieves a similar effect to breaking the audio up into multiple clips that are each loaded onto a separate slide, but the audio still plays seamlessly.  However, if the user executes a navigation jump to a different slide in that group, then they also jump to that corresponding point in the audio clip.  This happens because when the audio clip is inserted as Slide Audio, it becomes locked to the slide timeline.  Where a single audio clip is spread over multiple slides, it's locked to the timeline of that series of slides.

If this is NOT what you were wanting to happen, how did you intend it to work?

[his5r2m]

Hi Rod,

Thanks for the response.

I need my users to be able to freely flick forwards and backward through the questions slides without the audio jumping.

In other words, I don't want the audio to be split.

Is this possible?

[RodWard]

You CAN spread a single audio clip over a number of slides, but the effect will be more or less the same if the user jumps from one slide to another.  On arriving at the new slide, the audio will begin to play at the timeline point within the audio clip where that slide is synchronised to begin.  So. whether you spread a single audio clip over multiple slides or break the same audio clip into multiple clips that are each added to separate slide timelines, the end result is pretty much the same.  Each method has some advantages as well as disadvantages.

You mention question slides...

Are these audio clips also covering multiple quiz question slides?  If so, how were you intending to handle the fact that the audio would NEED to pause on those slides anyway while the user answers the question and deals with the feedback?

[his5r2m]

Yes, the 6 slides I want the audio to cover are all question slides.

I've disabled the feedback until the REVIEW QUIZ at the end.

Alternatively...

Can I have all 6 questions on one slide?

[RodWard]

No you cannot have all questions on one slide in Captivate.  Only one per slide for normal quiz questions.  You can potentially create your own quiz interactions on normal slides using buttons, click boxes, text entry boxes etc.  But that's a lot more work and doesn't come up on the Review Quiz view.

Is this audio just voiceover audio or is it just background music of some kind?