Learning Articulate Storyline

361 Pages·2013·11.48 MB·English

by  Stephanie Harnett

Table of Contents
Learning Articulate Storyline
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
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Preface
What this book covers
What you need for this book
Who this book is for
Conventions
Reader feedback
Customer support
Downloading the graphics and exercises of the book
Errata
Piracy
Questions
1. Creating a Story
Launching Storyline
Creating a new story
Storyline interface
Story View
Normal View (also known as Slide View)
Preparing a story
Story size
Adjusting the story size
Creating a story based on a template
Importing content from external sources
Importing PowerPoint content
Selecting slides
Importing Articulate Quizmaker content
Importing Articulate Engage content
Importing Storyline content
Saving a story
Give it a try
Summary
2. Adding Content into your Story
Working with the Timeline
Controlling the appearance of objects
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Reading the Timeline
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Inserting content into a slide
Grouping objects
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Working with text
Scrolling panels
Slide notes
Working with pictures and screenshots
Inserting a screenshot
Adjusting the properties of pictures and screenshots
Visual help
Working with slides
Organizing slides in Story View
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Customizing slide design
Slide Masters
Design themes and backgrounds
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Adding animations and transitions
Previewing your work
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Summary
3. Adding Interactivity
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Working with states
Working with triggers
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Adding hyperlinks
Adding buttons
Button icons
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Quick publishing
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Summary
4. Adding Characters and Audio
Examples of the human touch done well
About Storyline characters
Character states
Adding a character
Adding a state to a character
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About character conversations
Speech bubbles
Adding a speech bubble
Audible conversation
Recording narration
Importing an audio clip
Editing an audio track
Accessing sound tools
Synchronizing objects and narration
Adding cue points
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Creating interactive conversations
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Summary
5. Extending Slide Content
About layers
Adding a layer
Adjusting layers
Ordering layers
Editing the properties of a layer
Formatting a layer
Adding visibility of base layer objects
Adding consistency with master layouts
Adding content to a layer
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Showing and hiding a layer
Displaying a layer by mouse action
Hiding a layer
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Features that extend a slide's content
Hotspots
Adding a hotspot
Markers
Adding a marker
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Button sets
Turning a set of objects into a button set
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Lightbox
Triggering the display of a lightbox
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Summary
6. Using Variables to Customize the Learning Experience
Storyline variables
Types of variables
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Part 1 – creating a new project and adjusting the slides
Part 2 – Adjusting formatting
Part 3 – adding new slides and previewing functionality
Creating variables
Using variables
Inserting a reference to a variable
Data Entry
Inserting a Data Entry box
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Part 1 – adding a Data Entry box to solicit learner thoughts
Part 2 – adding a Data Entry box to collect a learner name
Refining action based on conditions
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Part 1 – setting up variables and tracking progress
Part 2 – controlling learner navigation to prevent skipping
sections
Summary
7. Creating Learning Paths
Principles of branching
Controlling presentation order
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Understanding slide properties
Slide advances
When revisiting
Slide navigation controls
Player features
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Customizing slide navigation
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Summary
8. Testing Learner Knowledge
Question categories and types
Creating, editing, and customizing questions
Creating graded or survey questions
Initial setup of graded or survey questions
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Configuring graded or survey questions
Question feedback
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Scoring, results, and review
Inserting a result slide
Customizing feedback further
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Converting static content
Freeform question types
Pick One, Pick Many, and Text Entry
Text Entry and hotspot
Drag-and-drop
Shortcut key
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Customizing your quiz
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Summary
9. Adding Visual Media to a Story
Working with visual media
Supported media
Bringing media into a story – part 1
Video
Inserting video to a story
Editing video
Basic tasks
Inserting video from a website
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Bringing media into a story – part 2
Flash files
Adding Flash to a story
Web content
Adding web content to a story
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Screen recordings and interactive simulations
Recording a screen
Steps to record a screen
Step-by-step recordings inserted in View mode
Step-by-step recordings inserted in Try mode
Step-by-step recordings inserted in Test mode
Fine tuning the recording
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Creating emphasis with pans and zooms
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Tips on working with video
Summary
10. Publishing your Story
Previewing projects
Customizing the Player
Player properties review
Features
Menu
Resources
Glossary
Colors and effects
Text labels
Other
Current Player
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Publishing
Published output
Publishing to the web
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Publishing with tracking
Considerations when tracking
Other publishing options
Considerations when working with HTML 5 output
Summary
11. Rapid Development
Concept of reusability
Leveraging existing assets
Importing external content
Considerations when importing
Build once, and reuse many times
Question Banks
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Interaction templates
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Reusing glossaries and resources
Reusing characters and images
Creating images from video
Best practices for organizing assets
Productivity boosters
Top 10 Storyline productivity boosters
Summary
A. Appendix
The Articulate community
Design and development
File locations
Flash, HTML and mobile feature comparison
Creating your own keyboard shortcuts
Player color customization
Story size and dimensions
Designing for multiple devices
Player size considerations
Working with media
Assets and templates
Accessibility
Inspiration
Index
Learning Articulate Storyline
Learning Articulate Storyline
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