Engage | Spotlight on Timeline Interaction
This is Part 6 of an 11-part series on Engage Interaction Types – More Than Meets the Eye.
Back in April when I first got my hands on a pre-release version of Engage, the interaction that immediately jumped out at me was the Timeline interaction. I first used it to create a brief history of my home, which included photos of all the improvements I’d made to my house since I bought it. I was having fun and was instantly hooked.
Although a history of Gabe’s house will probably never be featured in your corporate training program, I share this story to illustrate the flexibility of the Timeline interaction.
Whether it’s outlining your corporate history or the schedule for a project plan, the Timeline can be used for anything that needs to mark dates or events on a continuum.
Here are some unique ways to use the Timeline interaction:
- Month-by-month tasks for a particular job
- Employee benefits enrollment key dates
- Revision history for a particular product
- A forward-looking product road map
- A history of when your employees were hired
- Staffing or resource projections
- Equipment or hardware life cycle
- Phases of the new employee training process
How have you used the Timeline interaction?
An 11-Part Series: Engage Interaction Types – More Than Meets the Eye
- Engage Interaction Types – More Than Meets the Eye
- Engage | Spotlight on Process Interaction
- Engage | Spotlight on Labeled Graphic
- Engage | Spotlight on Tabs Interaction
- Engage | Spotlight on Circle Interaction
- Engage | Spotlight on Timeline Interaction
- Engage | Spotlight on Media Tour
- Engage | Spotlight on FAQ Interaction
- Engage | Spotlight on Pyramid Interaction
- Engage | Spotlight on Guided Image
- Engage | Spotlight on Glossary
4 responses to “Engage | Spotlight on Timeline Interaction”
I’ve used it to build a case study. I created a year in the life of an employee who is learning something. There are “peeks” into various events that highlight certain interactions.
My group has used the timeline interaction to display new features/enhancements of new product releases. We apply categories to a list of features/enhancements and use the category name in the Period title. We use the individual features/enhancements as Events. The timeline interaction is a great way to show any information that can be categorized.
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