Working with Branches

You can use interaction and standard pages to create branches within your course. Branches allow users to choose where in the course they want to go and these choices are specified when you create the branch. The choice will cause the user to take a side road in the content. Based on input provided by the user, and the nature of the branch, the user can then return to the main flow of the course after all pages in the branch have been visited. Branches allow you to give a variety of options to your end users, which allows them to partake in the eLearning course based on their personal needs.

Creating a Branch

1. Select Insert > Page.
2. Enter a name in the Name field.
3. Select the Branching stencil.
4. Click OK.
5. Click on the {Enter question text here} field.
6. Enter a question.
7. Click the radio button next to the preferred choice:

   If You Want To	Description
   Allow the user to choose which page to visit	Select the No Default Choice (User must choose) radio button.
   Determine which page the user will visit next	Select a one of the custom choice radio buttons.

8. Click on the Choice 1 field.
9. Enter text for the choice.
10. Click on the Choice 2 field.
11. Enter text for the choice.
12. Choose from the following options:

    If You Want To	Then
    Add more choices	Enter text for the choice in the blank field.
    Adjust the content areas	Hover over the slider bar and content area to adjust the size. NOTE: Changes are only visible in the Editor. Published content will not be affected.

13. On the Course Pane, right-click on a choice within the branching page.
14. Select Insert Page....
15. Enter a name in the Name field.
16. Refer to Selecting a Course Stencil to choose the appropriate stencil.
17. Click OK.
18. Edit the stencil using one of the procedures in Editing and Formatting: Courses.
19. Repeat steps 13 - 18 to create additional pages within the branch choice.

Editing Branching Page Properties

1. Right-click on a choice within a branch.

   NOTE:

   To edit branching properties, a choice must contain one or more pages.

2. Select Edit Page....
3. Select Termination in the left pane.

   NOTE:

   The General tab is read only. The page name is not editable through the properties window.

4. Choose from the following options:

   Field	Description
   Terminate course on this page	Select the Terminate course on this page checkbox to end the course once the user has completed this page.
   Send score to LMS	Select the Send score to LMS checkbox to send the page score to a registered LMS.
   Send score as	Select a score to be sent to the LMS.

5. Click OK.