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Articulate Storyline Essentials

By : Ashley Chiasson
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Articulate Storyline Essentials

By: Ashley Chiasson

Overview of this book

<p>Storyline is a powerful e-learning authoring tool that allows you to take your creativity to the next level and easily author your own stories. It helps you to leverage built-in development functions to quickly create interactive and engaging e-learning experiences.</p> <p>This book will walk you through the life cycle of a story, from creating a new story up to publishing and sharing your story.</p> <p>You will be taken on a tour of how to effectively enhance your story, including how to add images and audio, how to add triggers and assessment items. You finally round off by learning how to customize the player to suit your purposes.</p>
Table of Contents (14 chapters)

Telling your story


When you develop e-learning projects, you're essentially telling a story. It might be the story of how to remove or install the rotor blades of an aircraft, or it might be a story about how to prevent workplace violence. Whatever story you're going to tell, Storyline has a variety of content options that will facilitate your storytelling.

Adding and formatting text

Adding text is essential to any course; I am yet to see one that doesn't make use of text…don't quote me on that.

To add text, you will need to access the Insert tab and then select Text Box as shown in the following screenshot:

Note

Alternatively, you can use the shortcut key combination Ctrl + T, and a textbox will magically appear on your slide.

Once you have added some text to your screen, you can select the text to format it. You have several options for formatting, and I'll provide you with a brief summary of these options:

  • Option 1: From the Home tab, you can highlight your text and adjust the size, the appearance...