{"id":7638,"date":"2026-05-20T08:46:27","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T07:46:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jollydeck.com\/academy\/?page_id=7638"},"modified":"2026-05-20T08:46:28","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T07:46:28","slug":"how-can-i-create-branching-scenarios","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.jollydeck.com\/academy\/help-centre\/creating-content\/how-can-i-create-branching-scenarios\/","title":{"rendered":"How can I create branching scenarios?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>While a traditional decision-tree element isn\u2019t available, scenarios in JollyDeck can be built using different interactive elements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Interactive links<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jollydeck.com\/academy\/creating-content\/what-are-interactive-links-and-how-do-i-create-them\/\">Interactive links<\/a><\/strong> let you branch learners from the main course flow into optional paths, such as different outcomes, \u201cwhat if\u201d scenarios, or additional explanations. Learners can then return to the main storyline if needed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn more about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jollydeck.com\/academy\/creating-content\/interactive-links-adding-optional-paths-to-your-course-flow\/\">using interactive links to create optional learning paths here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Question-based branching<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>You can also simulate decision logic using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jollydeck.com\/academy\/creating-content\/how-do-i-create-interactive-questions-and-rich-media\/\"><strong>interactive questions<\/strong><\/a>. Based on a learner\u2019s answer, you can direct them to different feedback or explanations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn how to add <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jollydeck.com\/academy\/creating-content\/what-is-an-explanation-after-the-answer-in-a-question-and-how-do-i-add-it\/\">different explanations based on answers here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Interactive video scenarios<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition, you can use <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jollydeck.com\/academy\/text-to-video-in-e-learning-the-future-of-course-authoring\/\">interactive videos<\/a>, where a narrator presents a scenario and on-screen buttons allow learners to choose different paths that lead to different video segments or follow-up slides.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">See it in action<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>You can see these approaches in practice in our <strong>free showcase course<\/strong>:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/demo.jollydeck.com\/trial\/small-talk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>No more awkward silences: Master virtual small talk<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While a traditional decision-tree element isn\u2019t available, scenarios in JollyDeck can be built using different interactive elements. Interactive links Interactive links let you branch learners from the main course flow into optional paths, such as different outcomes, \u201cwhat if\u201d scenarios, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jollydeck.com\/academy\/help-centre\/creating-content\/how-can-i-create-branching-scenarios\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"parent":1370,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"loop-academy-entry.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7638","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jollydeck.com\/academy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7638","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jollydeck.com\/academy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jollydeck.com\/academy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jollydeck.com\/academy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jollydeck.com\/academy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7638"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.jollydeck.com\/academy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7638\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7645,"href":"https:\/\/www.jollydeck.com\/academy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7638\/revisions\/7645"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jollydeck.com\/academy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jollydeck.com\/academy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}