Linking words in Powerpoint to Glossary

[GerryWaz]

Originally Posted by daveperso

By pushing the programs, we are hopefully giving ideas for future releases whenever they may come. Some workarounds are cool and easy and give extra features that the original design hadn't considered. Some, I agree, are not so easy and then they become less workarounds and more complicated 'hacks'.

I think some of the workarounds were suggested earlier but could never be implemented because (no knock here) Articulate can only do and support so much in any release. No company has unlimited resources, time, and development talent to do everything users want.

For example, I know that embedding Engage interactions in each other was something we asked for, though late in the beta. Having QM write to a db or a text file was something we asked for since the beginning.

I'm happy and agree that techies can and should push the programs--but, and we've been down this path before, some of us in corporate environments cannot push any solutions involving third-party tools without getting corporate IT approval, which can be a major pain--and, if we do, then usually we have to provide support for that third-party for anyone in our organization who wants to use it for anything.

We need Articulate products both "pushable" by the techies for the future features but Articulate itself must respond appropriately and more quickly to possibly adding some of the solutions offered (and their implementations are usually easier for the non-techies to use).


Best.

- Gerry

[Mischu21]

I'm re-creating an online course from HTML based to Articulate. In the original course, I had rollover words that would show a pop up with the word's definition.

I'm resigned that I may have to have the Glossary pop-up but how do I create it as something that is small and maybe floats above or behind the main screen until the hyperlink is clicked? I'm not so worried about the exact term appearing although that would be nice to anchor the word but I don't want to have the flow of the training disrupted just because someone wants to check a definition.

any suggestions?

Thanks

[Jeanette]

Hi Mischu21 - one option that might work for you is to build your glossary in Engage, and add it as a toolbar tab at the top of your Presenter player. This way learners could click on it anytime, from any slide, to look up the words they need.

Or another option that might work for you is to leverage the Slide Notes for your glossary. You can enable a little button on the lower-right corner of your player, which the user can click on to pop up a small notes panel. You can change the name of the panel to "Glossary" or "Key Terms" or whatever you like. This way, on any slide where a key term is shown, users can easily access the definitions for the keywords on just that slide. Here's a quick screencast on how to enable the notes button:
Screenr - @jeanettebrooks: How to make slide notes or a transcript available to users via a button on your #Articulate Presenter player

Or you could instead build a hidden slide for each definition, and add a hyperlink on the keywords. This would allow users to click on a keyword, so that it would appear as if the definition were popping up when the word clicked.

Here's a good blog post from Tom that covers these ideas & some additional ways to incorporate a glossary into your course:
5 Easy Ways to Add a Glossary to Your E-Learning Course The Rapid eLearning Blog

Hopefully one of these options will work for your needs - let us know how it goes!

[Mischu21]

Thanks, Jeannette!

I'll try some of these out. Articulate is a new tool and I'm still finding my way so I appreciate the suggestions.