FAQs Archive | LesLinq

E-learning, compliance, and SMS: how does it work at LesLinq?

Carin van den Berg — Wed, 04 Oct 2023 09:11:30 +0000

We often get asked about the benefits of using SMS for the distribution of our e-learning courses. The answer to that question has two aspects:

With SMS, we have a phone number, which allows us to directly identify the learner. As a result, a login procedure is no longer necessary. The phone number serves as the login. This makes it easy and straightforward to enable hard-to-reach employees to engage in learning.
The second reason is more technical. SMS distribution channels (the mobile phone providers) provide us with immediate delivery data. This means that we receive information about the delivered message – the e-learning content – right away. We can see when the message was sent and when it was delivered to the phone. We combine this data with the e-learning course data and log it into our Learning Management System (LMS). This gives us insight into the entire distribution process, which is valuable for compliance, and also helps us track results!

Curious about how this works? We’d be happy to provide you with a demo.

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Can you apply Scenario-Based Learning in LesLinq?

Carin van den Berg — Thu, 28 Sep 2023 10:06:45 +0000

Recently, in a Product Demo from LesLinq (sign up here), we received the following question:
“If someone provides an incorrect answer in LesLinq, can I include a link in the feedback to more information on the topic?”

Scenario-Based Learning:
Yes, in LesLinq, you can design ‘scenario-based learning.’ Because LesLinq offers 100% freedom in design and interaction (the ‘flow’ of the lesson), there are even multiple options available in this scenario.

In LesLinq, you can link an ‘action’ to everything. When you want to use scenario-based learning, you set up an action based on the given answer. If an answer is correct (or incorrect), you can set up a specific flow to, for example, a certain series of slides with more information, a video, images with or without audio, a piece of text, etc. The possibilities are vast.

How does this work?
ACTION

‘ON CORRECT’
‘ON INCORRECT’

The action can be:

Navigate To URL (external link)
Navigate to Page (internal series of slides or individual slide with information)
Change Property (visibility/placement/scale, etc.)
Change Style (color/formatting)
Play Animation (slide/fade/zoom)
Play/Pause/Stop Audio
Play/Pause/Stop Video

At the end of the flow, you can go back to the question, continue with the learning, or proceed with another learning path within the learning, and so on—whatever you prefer.

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Is LesLinq in English?

Carin van den Berg — Tue, 08 Aug 2023 07:21:00 +0000

Yes, the online tool is completely in English.

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How to use text-to-speech technology?

Carin van den Berg — Wed, 19 Jul 2023 11:01:39 +0000

LesLinq integrates with ReadSpeaker, a powerful text-to-speech technology that automatically reads the text on screen aloud. With a wide range of languages and diverse voice options, you can choose between live audio streaming or producing separate audio files for voice-overs. Want to know more? Get in touch with us today!

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After logging in, my projects don’t load. What now?

Carin van den Berg — Mon, 13 Feb 2023 10:58:16 +0000

It sometimes happens that the projects don’t load properly after you’ve logged in. The best thing to do then is to clear your browser cache and delete cookies.

Why Clear Cache and Cookies?

Clearing the cache and cookies from a web browser is an important first-step for almost any troubleshooting for internet browsing. The ‘cache’ is a tool used by your internet browser to speed up the page loading process. However, sometimes it can cause a problem when websites are updated and developed as files saved in the cache may conflict with what’s actually coded into the website. Clearing cache and cookies is often the first step you take to solve problems. By clearing your cache regularly, you force your browser to start over and you can be sure to see the latest pages and data.

Keyboard Shortcut for Most Browsers

If you are using Internet Explorer, Edge, Google Chrome, or Mozilla Firefox you can quickly clear cache with a keyboard shortcut. While in your browser, press Ctrl + Shift + Delete simultaneously on the keyboard to open the appropriate window.

IMPORTANT: Be sure and close/quit the browser and restart it after clearing the cache and cookies.

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What actions can I add to an image?

Carin van den Berg — Thu, 22 Sep 2022 08:06:33 +0000

When you add an image to the canvas, you can add various actions to it. You can choose from the following actions:

Navigate to URL
Navigate to Page
Change Property (move across x and y axis, scale, rotate, transparency or invisible)
Change Style (switch to another image, change fill or stroke colour)
Play Animation (blur, zoom and various options to move the image)
Play Audio
Stop Audio
Pause Audio
Play Video
Stop Video
Pause Video

In the Keyframes you can set at what time the action should occur.

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What is a Keyframe and how does it work?

Carin van den Berg — Wed, 21 Sep 2022 12:09:46 +0000

When you want to set up an Action, you have to deal with Keyframes. Simply put, a Keyframe is a time when one or more actions can be performed. You can add a Keyframe (with Action) to an element (image, button, shape, video, etc) as well as to a page. You can set multiple Keyframes at different times. You can link one or more Actions to each Keyframe. For example, you can set an element to play a video at 1 second, stop the video at 20 seconds and navigate to a certain page at 21 seconds.

Actions you can link to a Keyframe are:

Navigate to URL
Navigate to Page
Change Property
Change Style
Play Animation
Play audio
Stop Audio
Pause Audio
Play Video
Stop Video
Pause Video

When you have set up multiple Keyframes with Actions, you can see them at a glance in the Action Settings. In short, a hugely useful feature, giving you many opportunities to create interactive content

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What is Initial Animation and how does it work?

Carin van den Berg — Wed, 21 Sep 2022 11:32:47 +0000

For each element (image, button, shape, video, etc.) that you add to your canvas, you can control how it appears on screen. You set this via Initial Animation. The settings of Initial Animation can be found in the ‘Properties’ of the element. You open the Properties by double clicking on the element in the canvas, or by selecting the element and clicking on the cogwheel icon in the lower left corner. The property panel will now open.

Scroll down to the Inital Animation Settings and select:

None
Slide in Left
Slide Out Left
Slide in Right
Slide Out Right
Slide in Top
Slide Out Top
Slide in Bottom
Slide Out Bottom
Fade in
Fade Out
Zoom In
Zoom Out
Custom Fade
Custom Zoom

At ‘Duration’, set the duration of the animation
At ‘Delay’ you determine at what time the animation starts
At ‘Ease’ you determine the animation settings at the beginning or end of the animation. You can choose from:

None
Ease on Start
Ease on End
Ease on Start and End
Back on Start
Back on End
Back on Start and End

In this way you can set the Inital Animation of each element separately.

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Can I exclude a page from the default navigation?

Carin van den Berg — Wed, 21 Sep 2022 10:40:37 +0000

LesLinq offers multiple ways to navigate between different pages. For example through the functions ‘Swipe Through’ and ‘Next/Previous’ (you can turn these on and off in the Project Settings). You also have an option in the Actions to navigate to the previous or next page.

You might, however, want to exclude a particular page from the default “navigation flow. This is possible. You can set this per page in the Page Settings. This can be done by checking the ‘Skip Navigation Flow’ checkbox. When the box is ticked, the page is removed from the navigation flow. It will now only be shown when you specifically link to this page (for example by setting the Actions box to navigate to this specific page in case of a certain action).

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How do I add a hyperlink to an element (image, button, shape, video, etc)?

Carin van den Berg — Wed, 21 Sep 2022 08:44:35 +0000

Adding a hyperlink to an element works as follows:

In the canvas, double-click the element you want to add the hyperlink to (the image, button, shape, video, etc). The propery panel will now open.
In Actions, click the VIEW button next to On Mouse Click.
Select ‘ADD KEYFRAME’.
Select ‘ADD ACTION’. Optionally, under Time you can enter a time when you want the action to happen. When adding a hyperlink, Time will usually be set to 00:00:00.
Select ‘Navigate to URL’
If desired, you can give the action a name (optional).
Enter the URL you want to link to.
Klick on ‘Confirm’.
The hyperlink is now added and automatically opens in a new tab.

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