How to stop users from just clicking next in simulations?

[angieo19642594]

I've completed a software simulation but the users don't have to do as directed, they can just click "play" to proceed to the next slide. How do I lock down the slides so that if I say, "now click search", they actually have to "click search"?

[Lilybiri]

Do you mean that you provide a playbar? That makes it not easy at all, why not just keep with the default design of software simulations where the user can only proceed by clicking on the correct hotspot? If you insist on having a next button that appears only after the task has been done, you'll need to get rid of the playbar, add a Next button on each slide that appears after the pausing point of the click box that was added to the slide when capturing the simulation. Moreover you have to change the action triggered by the Click box from 'Go to Next Slide' to 'Continue', so that the playhead will remain on the slide.

[angieo19642594]

Thanks for the response but I didn't change the default design of the Software Simulation, I do want the user to only proceed by clicking on the correct hotspot. I recorded the simulation in assessment mode then added it to my draft captivate project. When I look at the Adobe online tutorials on software simulations the playbar does appear, and I would like to include a playbar in the published version. Could there be a setting that I'm missing?

[Lilybiri]

If you use the playbar, the user can use the Next button at any time, or even scrub the progress bar. Most tutorials show that playbar without telling you what the consequences are. You can take out the Forward, Fast Forward button to avoid using those buttons, but you cannot disable them without the need of a programmer. Even then, the progress bar will still be active and can be scrubbed to skip slides. If you do not want that, do not use the playbar.