Change an Action is used to change the properties of an Action item. Some of the properties that you might change are the position or content of an Image action, the position or content of a Text action.

There are some advantages to using Change an Action instead of adding new actions to an Action list:

  •  If you would like to remove an image or text segment from the screen and then display a new image or text segement, it is more efficient to Change an Action than Hide the original action (using Hide or Show an Action ) and then add a new action.
  •  All of the properties of the original Action are replicated in the new Action - only the properties that you change will alter (this can speed the process of creating new Elements).

Like the Hide or Show an Action button, you are not limited to the Actions defined in the current Element. You may also change the properties of Actions/Buttons that you have defined previously as part of the overall Lesson characteristics (Background and Foreground).



  

This means that you can define an Action item at some point in a Lesson, set the Action to the Foreground or Background, and then change its properties from within another Element of the Lesson.

For example, you could change the colour or picture contained in the Background  at any stage during the Lesson. You may also change the properties of an Action in the current Element - for example, at this point in the Element, the colour of a line of text will change.

To change an Action:

  •  Highlight the position in the Action list where you want the Action to occur
  •  Click the change Action button in the Action toolbar.

The Change an Action dialog will appear.

  •  Select one of the Background, Current element or Foreground options

The list will display all Actions and buttons/fields whose properties can be changed.

  •  Highlight the item in the list that you want to change and click the OK button.

The dialog box appropriate to the Action or Interaction item you have chosen to change will appear with the settings specified when the Action or Interaction item was first created.

Make your changes to the desired properties and click the OK button to return to the Action list.

The icon of the original Action or Interaction item will appear in the Action list with an overlayed spanner icon, indicating that you have changed the properties of the previously defined Action or Interaction item.

When the Lesson runs and encounters the change Action, the Action or Interaction item will change to reflect the new properties you specified within the change Action.