Guides: Online Tutorials: Tools and Best Practices: Articulate Storyline

What is Articulate Storyline and when should I use it?

Articulate Storyline is a powerful tool for building interactive e-learning modules and online courses. The interface is similar to PowerPoint, but offers significantly more functionality and options for publishing as an HTML5 webpage. Articulate Storyline can be used to produce simulations, quizzes, drag-and-drop interactions, screen recordings, and many other e-learning objects that users can interact with.

Articulate Storyline can be used if you want to create learning modules that present information in a non-linear or unconventional format, or modules that require a significant amount of interactive features.

Example

Introduction to Academic Integrity
Learn about academic research standards and how to avoid plagiarism.

Templates

Articulate Storyline Templates
A collection templates that you can download from the Storyline community with placeholders where your content can be added to create projects quickly.

Training Resources

Articulate E-Learning Heroes Community
Articulate's online community where great ideas, examples and troubleshooting is combined. An excellent resource.
Rapid E-Learning Blog
Also from the creators of Storyline, this blog provides support to get up and running on both Storyline and e-learning, in general. You'll find tips, tricks and, occasionally, free templates, buttons and graphics!

Best practices

Analyse

Analyse needs and objectives to define the learning activities.
Identify which information is essential (vs. 'nice to have').
Consider how interaction can be incorporated.

Plan

Create a storyboard. More on storyboarding.

Create

Start simple (cover the basics) and then add elements to prevent boredom.
Add interaction (quizzes or branching) to ensure understanding.

Articulate Storyline's Accessiblity statements and best practices