Captivate 5: Audio plays on next slide and it shouldn't
I have a quiz set up that asks students to match audio clips with the musical score that correctly notates the audio. The audio clips are all self-contained SWF movies that I created with 2 slides: the first has a play button; the second has a stop button and the audio file. In this way, students can toggle the audio on or off. Some quiz screens (Matching) have 3 audio files; others (Multiple choice) have 1. Between each quiz screen is a Review screen; if the student got the answer to a quiz question wrong, they are automatically taken to the Review screen where they are shown what their answer was and the correct answer was to the question. The Review screen looks exactly like the quiz question in that I copied background, audio SWF(s), notation graphics, etc from the quiz question, and then also display the correct answer. It doesn't use one of Captivate's built-in quiz screens, but it's mocked up to look like the preceding quiz screen.
My problem is that on the Review screens, if I play then stop an audio SWF, and then click Continue to move on to the next quiz question, that audio file plays unbidden on the next screen. I can then play the audio on that quiz screen and it competes with the audio from the previous screen that shouldn't be playing. I cannot stop the audio from the preceding screen; I can only wait it out. All the audio SWFs are set up on the timeline to last exactly 3.0 seconds, just like every other element on each screen including the Continue button. The problem does not seem to happen on the screens that use a built-in Captivate quiz screen. Can anyone give any insight into why this is happening and what I can do to fix it? I'd be happy to post my Captivate file for anyone willing to help.
Thanks!
Karyn
Hi Karyn,
I would like to have a look at your file.
You can e-mail to my address [email protected]
Thanks,
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quote:
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"100%" for Fill Transparency) ... then position the highlight box
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invisible highlight box which in turn will immediately begin
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Helpful and Handy Links
Captivate Wish Form/Bug Reporting Form
Adobe Certified Captivate Training
SorcererStone Blog
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