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Session #316 BYOL – Elearning Guild DevLearn 2014
Variables: What Every New
Storyline User Wants to Know
Kevin Thorn, NuggetHead Studioz, LLC
http://bit.ly/1wkXHs9
• Worksheet
• Starter practice files
• Completed practice files, and
• Example use case files
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If you…
• understand what variables are and interested in advanced uses,
• comfortable with variables and use them often,
• fully understand what I’m talking about, or
• get excited by the unlimited possibilities using variables,
this is NOT for you.

If you…
• understand what variables are but not sure how to use them,
• dabbled with variables, but not sure how to set up the logic,
• have no idea what I’m talking about, or
• get a headache by the mere mention of the word, “variable.”
this IS for you!

Groups
TYPES
MANAGING
TRIGGERING
USES
CONDITIONS

TYPES 1 Only three Types
True/False Number Text

TYPES 2 Only one value; same Type
TIP:
Can’t fill a Text bucket
with a Number variable.
Can fill a Text bucket
with a numeric value.

TYPES 3 Initial Values
Only the Text variable can
have an empty initial value.

MANAGING 4 Naming the CamelCase way
Cannot use the same name of
a variable more than once.

MANAGING 5 Sort by Name, Type, Value
Sort by clicking header titles.

MANAGING 6 Changes after creating a variable

TRIGGERING 7 Variables need a Trigger to change

TRIGGERING 8 =Assignment same as SET

TRIGGERING 9 =!NOT Assignment same as Toggle

TRIGGERING 10 Trigger stacking of variables
TIP:
If leaving a slide, ensure
the Trigger adjusting the
variable is first.

USES 11 Variables do not have States

USES 12 Number var ≠ Numeric Entry object
By default, the Numeric Entry object automatically generates a variable
of the same name – Numeric Entry. Same for Text Entry.

USES 13 True/False like On/Off switch
Like turning on/off a light
switch when walking in
or out of a room.

USES 14 I’m in control!
Trigger:
Set [varName] equal to the typed value when the CONTROL loses focus.
MOUSE

USES 15 Set & Pass
SET variables:
LessonScore1 = 20
LessonScore2 = 15
LessonScore3 = 10
PASS variables:
LessonScoreTotal = 45
Pass (+Add) a
variable(s) to another
variable with this
trigger(s). Pass as
many as you need.

USES 16 Referencing a variable
variable: FirstName
%FirstName%
To show (reference) a variable on a
slide, flank the variable’s name
with percent symbols.

ADJUSTING 17 Conditional Variables
On the Conditional approval of
Queen Isabella Feona (IF)

ADJUSTING 18 Toggle Boolean variable

ADJUSTING 19 Adjusting Variable based on State

ADJUSTING 20 Adjusting State based on Variable

Kevin Thorn
NuggetHead Studioz, LLC
http://nuggethead.net
@learnnuggets.com
kevin@learnnuggets.com

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