Design Updates

Mar 7:
Learn about variables
  • adding a name 
  • using a name
  • %name% = project variable

Formatting!!! 😭

Design question:

How to:

- remove the menu from the player view
- confirm the menu isn't showing in the player view
- remove the auto-advancing features. I think I've built in animations somewhere but I can't figure it out

ID Reflection:

I'm spending hours on what seems to be small, trivial details. That's the most frustrating part. Like, for instance, sticking pictures into a box so that they're all cohesive and pleasant to the eye.

* best practices:: change name of triggers/layers/features in case you want to refer back to them later

ID trick: Use the "notes" section in the slide to jot notes about ideas for slide

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Who Can Practice slide (notes)

this slide will feature drag-and-drop. 
the user will add the icons on the left to the right. if they’re incorrect, a “”No,__user name, that’s incorrect” can appear and bounce back into place

can “Everyone” have a scrolling effect? then “What do you say” appears afterwards,

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Can I disable the slides I don't want to use in the Publish yet? I want them included, just not yet active.



3-15
Time to re-organize. Now that I have an idea of the material and how I want to use it. 

How can I incorporate interactivity into the material I want to share? 



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