Principles of branching
Basic branching is present in most e-learning courses and is commonly disguised as navigational choices. In its simplest form, branching helps break away from strictly linear courses to interactive courses where the learner can make a decision of some form.
Examples of navigational branching include menus that present topic choices, areas of interest, or job roles where a learner can decide how they would like to proceed. Depending on their choice, they are taken down one of several available learning paths; as in the following example where the learner can choose the character Samantha or David, or they can decide to review basic information by clicking on the sticky note instead.
With Storyline, creating this kind of basic branching is straightforward, and you've practiced this with the sales training course created in the previous chapter.
The same techniques can be used for complex branching when the learner needs to make a judgment call, or they have a decision...
