Hide a Next Button Using Advanced Actions in your Adobe Captivate eLearning

[@CaptivateTeacher]

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[@nicholasandriani]

Paul, I just have to say THANK YOU. For everything. I'm transitioning into a career in eLearning and instructional design and your tutorials have provided as much or more support for my comprehension as I've gathered throughout my academic program. Than you! Cheers.

[@CaptivateTeacher]

Very welcome

[@tedvillella3988]

This is a very instructionally sound approach to M/C answer feedback. I had done it in Captivate several years ago, at least I thought I had and forgotten how. Thanks Paul, a very good one. Be nice if you did advanced versions of some of your videos, you are so very thorough, which new users are sure to appreciate. I often find myself skipping ahead to where the "meat" because I know it is always there. Keep it up.

[@CaptivateTeacher]

I'm going back to answer older questions not just for the original person but for others who read these questions today. One of the challenges for me is finding that balance of teaching to different levels with one video. Some people need more context than others so I try to keep it as short as a topic needs to be but still include the background. Thanks for watching.

[@GeoffBurt08]

Paul, you're my go-to guy for Captivate. Thumbs up!!

[@CaptivateTeacher]

Thanks Geoff

[@Net-New]

This was super helpful!!! Thank you for your most helpful tutorial.

[@CaptivateTeacher]

Renee Hensley you’re welcome

[@dannielletib]

Thank you! This was so helpful!

[@CaptivateTeacher]

You're welcome.

[@Phtephknee]

very helpful! thank you so much!

[@CaptivateTeacher]

You're welcome.

[@butchcros]

Using a single variable is a little bit more efficient. In your action on each page entry, simply increment the variable by one. In the conditional action IF variable is greater than or equal to four, show button.

[@butchcros]

***** good point. I was over simplifying

[@CaptivateTeacher]

I believe my older comments are missing. Sorry for adding comments on such an old comments.

[@CaptivateTeacher]

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[@peter71641]

Thank you Mr. Paul Wilson. Sir, is this video meant for hiding a NEXT BUTTON in a video player??

[@CaptivateTeacher]

peter71641 no it's just for this situation which is a multiple slide tabbed content.

[@peter71641]

@@CaptivateTeacher Thank you.. I just want to install a PLAY BUTTON, NEXT BUTTON & FAST FORWARD BUTTON alone for a video, without even a SCROLL BAR.. Sir, so is it possible to have these independently??

[@CaptivateTeacher]

It depends on a number of things. First, what type of video are you adding to this slide? *Event Video* has its own playbars that you can add from the Properties Inspector *Slide Video* (formerly known as Multi Slide Synchronized Video) can use the same play bar as Adobe Captivate or you can create your own controls using the actions found in the Actions tab of your button's Properties Inspector Internet video placed in a *Web Object* is more difficult to control but you might be able to do something with JavaScript commands.

[@peter71641]

@@CaptivateTeacher Thanks a lot Mr. Palul Wilson ..that was a ton of info..thank u....Sir, am developing an android app.. i require a video player of the aforesaid specs... thats how it is... am anxious about its possibility....!!!!???

[@CaptivateTeacher]

@@peter71641 I think when people learn that Adobe Captivate can publish out to iOS or Android, they assume its a good mobile app development tool. If I was going to make an eLearning course for a client who primarily wanted to distribute it from a learning management system but also wanted to publish it as an app for the small percentage who don’t have access to the company’s LMS, I think that would be fine. But if I was tasked with developing an exclusive Android or iOS app to function solely as a standalone app, I would use the tools that are available for proper app creation. In other words, Android Studio or XCode for Apple.

[@sivarocks92]

Hi Paul, This was very helpful. Thank you so much. I have the following issue. I have created two videos on the same slide. How can I play a particular video in a full-screen mode on clicking the video? Can you help me on this? Thanks.

[@CaptivateTeacher]

If you need your videos to play full screen mode, I suggest opening them in a new window from a button or other interactive control.

[@sivarocks92]

Thanks for getting back to me so quickly. I'm using Adobe Captivate CC. I tried, but I am not able to do it. Do you have any example tutorial to implement it in my environment?

[@CaptivateTeacher]

There is no such version as Adobe Captivate CC.

[@jenniferrumfieldlandau1123]

Thanks for the great tutorial. I do have a question. Question, how would restrict users from clicking on Tab 2, Tab 3, & Tab 4 until they visit Tab 1 and so on.

[@CaptivateTeacher]

+Jennifer Rumfield That's easy. on the tab 1 page just uncheck tab 2, 3, and 4 use as button checkboxes and so on.

[@jenniferrumfieldlandau1123]

That makes sense! However, what if I took the tabs and changed them into a menu with button 1, button 2, button 3, & button 4. Each button jumps to a section. Such as button 1 goes to section 1. There will be a back button that jumps back to the menu. I would like the users to be forced to go through each section in order and at the end section for they will have a continue or next button. Once they watch all sections they are free to view the sections in any order. Any ideas?

[@CaptivateTeacher]

+Jennifer Rumfield what version of captivate do you have?

[@jenniferrumfieldlandau1123]

Right now the school district I work for only has Captivate 7. Hoping to upgrade to 9 by the end of the summer.

[@CaptivateTeacher]

+Jennifer Rumfield 9 would be ideal because you could have multistate objects do most of the work for you. I should have said on Slide 1 (tab 1) you would disable the ability to click on slide 3 and 4, obviously they should be able to click on the next tab and so on. Once the user gets all the tab visited you can then use the same actions and variable to reveal the button like demonstrated in the video.

[@eagercrafter_9014]

I love this idea, but how do you create the tabs on slide 2?

[@CaptivateTeacher]

This video was a lot of years ago so not sure but they probably are shapes used as buttons.

[@mikebentley8861]

Hi Paul, great video. I am trying to set up something similar, but with three objects that must be clicked in a single slide before the "next slide" button shows. I followed the steps exactly in your video, but I cannot ever get the next slide button to appear. Thoughts? Thanks for any help.

[@CaptivateTeacher]

It's difficult for me to know what may not be working in your version.

[@Tdstrange]

I am having literally the exact same problem. I am unsure as to how to assign the Click variables to the objects that are needing to be clicked so that the increments can raise when they are clicked on, and therefore reveal the button to the next page.

[@CaptivateTeacher]

Part of the reason I create these videos so that I don't have to explain these procedures over and over again. Like I said above, it's difficult for me to know what's not working for you without seeing what you have done or not done. My suggestion would be to watch the video another time and make sure you have followed all the steps. Certainly watch from around the 14-minute mark or so to see how I apply the advanced actions for each to the tab buttons across the top of each page.

[@cherylbroadhurst7221]

Hi Paul, Great video! I am attempting to recreate what you've done here but instead of moving to different slides I want to keep it all on one. I've managed to get most of it working but I cannot get the Next button to show! Any ideas?

[@CaptivateTeacher]

At the time that I recorded this video I was using *Adobe Captivate 8*. If you wanted to create a single page of tabbed content you would have to write an advanced action that was a series of *show / hide* scenarios. I find these a pain in my behind so I generally went with the easier approach of creating multiple slides for each tab. Another reason I would use multiple pages is because of the narration. While you can record separate narration for each *show / hide* situation, this would be asynchronous and therefore not compatible with *Closed Captioning* which is something you would need to be accessible or 508 compliant. Today I would do things much different. Today I’m using *Captivate 9*, which now has multi state objects and therefore it would be much easier to have all these pages on a single slide, like what you want to do. You can do with *Captivate 8* it by writing your advanced action to have a series of *show / hide* advanced actions but I never enjoyed creating those. Here is a video where I did something similar for another viewer, however I may create a new video on this topic at some point. kzbin.info/www/bejne/iqucd5ygYs6dY6c

[@cherylbroadhurst7221]

Thanks for getting back to me so quickly. I'm using Adobe Captivate 9. I've used show/hide and everything works accept for the Next button. Once I've clicked on the three items on the screen that I need to I expected the next button to show, (i've used the same advanced action that you use in your video here and applied it to 'On Enter', as you've done. I can keep clicking on the items with the show/hide as many times as I like but the Next button refuses to show. I'll have a look at the video you suggest. Many thanks

[@cherylbroadhurst7221]

That has worked!!!! :-) :-) :-) wonderful thank you

[@jesseeberenz8604]

Hey Paul, awesome video! Quick question: I noticed in the Filmstrip that when you hovered over your buttons, they showed off their different state effects. How did you accomplish this? Currently, if I want to preview the effects, I have to preview/export the project. Thank you!

[@CaptivateTeacher]

This is a feature that was deprecated upon the release of version 9, in favour of other improvements to multi-state objects.

[@jesseeberenz8604]

Ahh - that explains it! Thanks for the response, Paul!

[@CaptivateTeacher]

You're welcome.

[@20aleinad]

Hello I have one question can we do the same things as you have in your tutorial but instead of jumping to a new page can we change the state of an object and after all states have been play can we show the next button. I try to do it but for some reason is not working for me. By the way I love your tutorials

[@CaptivateTeacher]

Sure. You can create an advanced action for what you're describing.

[@20aleinad]

+Paul Wilson eLearning Development I found the solution :) actionClickBox1first tab in the conditional action: if varClickBox1 is equal to 0

[@lashondracherry8552]

Hi Paul! This video was SO helpful. I am trying to set up a condition that when the user passes the quiz a text box appears that says "you may now exit the course". I set up the conditional advanced option: If all condidtions are true cpQuizInfoQuizPassPoints greater or equal to 80 Show text box 13 When I preview the project, no matter if I fail or pass the quiz the text box does not show. Do you know what I could be doing wrong?

[@CaptivateTeacher]

I think you will find that this procedure will achieve what you need. Check it out: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bWPZhJR8hZhra68

[@lashondracherry8552]

Thank you so much! You are always so helpful!

[@CaptivateTeacher]

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[@dornika1826]

Hello Thank you for the training but when I use the button, These buttons do not let my project continue

[@CaptivateTeacher]

Double-check what action your Next button is set to perform. If you still have trouble with this, you can purchase some one-on-one time with me, and I can review it with you. bit.ly/Cp1on1

[@lindycarter3001]

Thanks, Paul. This is very instructive. I'm trying to hide a button until an animation has run (it's a quiz, and so is not time based). I don't want the user to be able to click past the animation, but can't work out how to do it. Any suggestions? Lindy

[@CaptivateTeacher]

This might be surprisingly simple a solution but why not have a blank slide that contains the animation just before the question slide. Don't have any navigation controls on the animation slide except maybe a replay button and perhaps a back button on the question slide if the learner would like to watch the animation again.

[@lindycarter3001]

+Paul Wilson eLearning Development Thanks for the quick response Paul. I didn't give enough information about the animation. It's a self-contained swf file. The user needs to find 12 relevant objects on an office desk. As each object is clicked a callout confirms it. When all 12 are selected a congratulations box appears. I've had to add the Action Pause on Entrance or it goes straight through to the next slide. Then no matter what I put on Exit nothing happens. I tried making a Next button appear at the end of the animation, without success. I can only make it appear from the start, which would allow users to not use the animation. Is there anything else you could suggest? BTW, I'm Australian, and I really like your voice!

[@CaptivateTeacher]

+Lindy Carter So this sounds like a very specific example of an evaluation. I could make some recommendations but I still feel I don't know enough about this. If you wish to email me the details I would be happy to consider it further. That said, if you have all the images that make up the SWF animation, why not import them as images into your Adobe Captivate project file. Perhaps you could use the objects to create a drag and drop or perhaps a hotspot question. Again, let me know what the animation does and what it contains and perhaps I can make a better recommendation.

[@spunktspunkt]

Dear Mr. Wilson, great video! I've seen some of your Adobe Captivate tutorials and have a question about Adobe Captivate. I noticed you are an Adobe Captivate expert and it would be great if you could answer my question(s). Thank you in advance. So here are my question(s): Is it possible to add buttons to quizmaster slides? All buttons I want to insert are blocked. I need this button on the result slide of the quiz to set a button "Quit quiz" to end the module. I also added a button to repeat the quiz. This also works, but exactly the same quiz questions are asked again. However, I would like other questions from the question pool to be asked. (I have already set up 3 question pools: Easy questions, medium hard questions and hard questions. These questions are also all set up on random question slides. If you click on "Repeat Quiz", it would be great if other questions from the respective question pool also appeared and not always the same ones. I would be very happy if you could answer me and maybe even help me. Best regards, Sarah Schiebel

[@CaptivateTeacher]

Sarah Schiebel, This is a little more than I usually answer in the comments of my videos and falls into consultation. Take a look at the options on my website where you can have me consult with you a number of different ways. Here is the link: captivateteacher.com/how-i-can-help/

[@sunnynavnit4151]

hi Paul, do you know how to review only wrong answers while reviewing a quiz?

[@CaptivateTeacher]

Sunny Navnit Perhaps you could create an advance action on slide entry that checks if you're in review mode and if the answer was correct, then GOTO next slide. Not 100% sure but that's what I would try if I want sitting on the beach right now, 1000 miles from my computer.

[@rakeshwaghmare2466]

Hello.. I kept three magnifying glass on one slide.. and i want after clicking 3 of them 'CONTINUE' button will appear.. is this possible?

[@CaptivateTeacher]

+Rakesh Waghmare Yes it is. Try watching this video and see if that helps you... kzbin.info/www/bejne/f3jdq5yiarRpnrs

[@courtkneeyo]

Paul - It looks like this isn't how you would hide the next button in a quiz slide. Is that correct? Do you have a video in that scenario? I'm using captivate 8 and I would like to have the next button appear after the user has hit submit. Thanks for everything 🙏🏻

[@CaptivateTeacher]

Can't add buttons to question slides. I don't recall but either in Cp8 or Cp9 Adobe added the ability to use Smart Shapes as buttons. You could do the same thing with a Smart shape used as a button.

[@courtkneeyo]

K thanks! I'll try that out tomorrow. Fingers crossed :)

[@courtkneeyo]

So it looks like captivate 8 you can use smart shape as button on quiz slide. Only bad thing is... the submit button can't be deleted and remains on top layer. You can't send it to the back to have a next smart shape pop up. It seems.

[@CaptivateTeacher]

I have a premium (paid) tutorial that shows users how to create their own quiz questions in Adobe Captivate 2017 using the new Fluid Boxes features. If you ignore the Fluid Box portion of the course, this would teach you everything you need to make your own multiple choice questions that would contribute to your user's final score. The advantage is that you won't have to rely on the default way that Captivate 8 questions work. You can access it here if you want: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z3bamJpsapdqqJY

[@courtkneeyo]

Thanks Paul! If and when I get upgraded I would definitely be interested in a paid tutorial. Do you have any paid ones that are captivate 8 at the moment?

[@scubagirl608]

What if your users do not click the buttons in order?

[@CaptivateTeacher]

They don't have to.