Alright! You've installed Articulate Storyline 2, and you are either testing out the trial version or you're interested in using Storyline and want to find out how easy (or hard) it's going to be. Don't fear; I'll make things super easy for you! I can assure you that Storyline is a powerful tool that will likely address all of your e-learning development needs.

So, what is Storyline? Storyline is an authoring tool that allows you to challenge your creativity to produce high-quality, interactive e-learning in a very easy manner! With a user-friendly interface and an incredibly active online community, you can create just about anything your imagination drums up (or reach out to the community if you run into a Storyline situation you're not quite sure how to handle). Having worked with many other authoring tools, I can confidently say that Articulate Storyline is one of my favorite products to author e-learning projects, largely because it is the easiest and most efficient tool I've used, so I think it will quickly become your favorite tool too!

There are some primary differences between Storyline 1 and Storyline 2, which are mentioned here:

If you've been working in Storyline 1, you should definitely check out Storyline 2 by downloading the trial version; you can run both programs independently, so you don't need to choose between one or the other. The trial will put you in the driver's seat and allow you enough time (30 days) to try out the new features, in an effort to help you determine whether Storyline 2 is right for you!