Manage slides with the Interactive Narrative Editor

Manage slides with the Interactive Narrative Editor

Managing the slides of your interactive narrative is performed using the Interactive Narrative Editor.

This editor can be accessed from either the Content Repository or the Lesson Editor (check out Author an interactive narrative to learn how to access this editor).

With the Interactive Narrative Editor, you can perform the following slide management tasks:

• Create a new slide

• Add content to a slide

• Edit slide layout

• Set a start screen

• Apply a theme

• Rename a slide

• Re-arrange slides

• Delete a slide

Create a new slide

You can create a new slide for your interactive narrative in four ways using:

• The default template

• A selected template

• Content import

• Cloning

Default template

1. Click New from the Slides pane to create a new slide that uses the default template.

2. Your new slide is added to the end of the slide list.

Selected template

1. Click the option arrow of the New button from the Slides pane to reveal the slide template menu.

2. Click on the slide template that you want to use for your new slide.

3. Your new slide is added to the end of the slide list.

Content import

1. Click Import from the Slides pane to create a new slide that's structured around imported content.

2. Select the check box of the piece of content you want to add to the new slide and click Import.

3. Your new slide contains the selected content and is added to the end of the slide list.

Cloning

1. Click the option arrow of the slide you want to clone to reveal the slide editing options.

2. Click Clone to copy the selected slide.

3. A clone of the selected slide is added in the position below the original slide in the slide list.

Add content to a slide

Use the provided Visual Editor to author a slide on the slide editing page.

Edit slide layout

In addition to the functionality of the Question Editor toolbar, you can hover your cursor over a slide element to reveal a layout editing menu.

Depending on the selected element, you might have the following editing options:

• Click the add transition icon to select the element that you want to add slide transitions to.

• Click the edit styling icon to edit the styling of the element (Example — width, background color, border style, etc.).

  • Make your styling edits in the Properties window that appears and click OK.

• Click the edit arrangement icon to edit the arrangement of the selected element and add elements to the selected element.

  • Choose from:

  Options	Description
  ← Column	Add a new element to the left of the selected element.
  Column →	Add a new element to the right of the selected element.
  Column Group ↑	Add new element above the selected element.
  Column Group ↓	Add new element below the selected element.
  Line (Top) ↑	Add a text line at the top of the element.
  Line (Bottom) ↓	Add a text line to the bottom of the element.
  Line (Above) ↑	Add a text line outside and above the element.
  Line (Below) ↓	Add a text line outside and below the element.
  Match Height	Make all elements in the same row have the same height.
  Respace Row	Make all elements in the same row have the same width.

• Click the delete element icon to delete the element.

  • Then click Confirm to approve the element deletion.

  • Or, click Cancel to keep the element.

Set a start screen

You can specify the start screen—or preview image—for your interactive narrative that will be displayed when your presentation is loaded, but before Play is pressed by the student.

To set a start screen:

1. Right-click the transition marker in the waveform bar of a selected slide that represents the point in time that you want to set as the start screen.

2. Click Start Screen.

3. This transition marker is assigned as the start screen and indicated with a border around the transition marker.

Apply a theme

An applied theme affects the visual design of all slides within the interactive narrative.

To apply a theme to your interactive narrative:

1. Click Theme.

2. Click-and-drag the desired theme from the Available Themes column to the Applied Themes column.

3. Click Apply.

4. The selected theme is applied to every slide in your interactive narrative.

Rename a slide

To rename a slide:

1. Click the option arrow of the slide to reveal the slide editing options.

2. Click Rename to edit the name of the selected slide.

3. Define a new name for the slide and click Rename.

4. The selected slide now displays its new name.

Re-arrange slides

Click-and-drag the slide in the slide list to re-arrange the slide sequence in the interactive narrative.

Delete a slide

1. Click the option arrow of the slide to reveal the slide editing options.

2. Click Delete to delete the selected slide from the interactive narrative.