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Mastering Articulate Storyline

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Mastering Articulate Storyline

Overview of this book

Storyline is a powerful e-learning authoring tool that allows you to take your creativity to the next level. However, more often than not, projects don't require such complex interactions, leaving Storyline's full capabilities untapped. This book will provide you with the information you need to take your Storyline development up a notch by leveraging the full suite of possibilities Storyline has to offer. You will be provided with a refresher of the key concepts before we take you deep into the exciting world of enhanced interactivity, variables, and even some JavaScript—oh my! With downloadable activities, you can either follow along and compare your output, use the activities as they are, modify the activities to suit your own needs, or reverse-engineer the activities to better understand how they were developed.
Table of Contents (15 chapters)
Mastering Articulate Storyline
Credits
About the Author
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Preface

Chapter 4. Engaging Your Learners with Interactivity

Now that you understand ways in which Storyline can help you grab your learner's attention, you're ready to knock their socks off by doing some really cool things, which will make sure to keep their attention! In this chapter, you will learn how to create interactivity using essential elements, such as triggers, and other Storyline functionality, such as buttons, markers, sliders, and animations.

The purpose of this chapter is to show that you can easily keep your audience engaged with your story by providing them with sample opportunities to interact with the story's content. Very few people enjoy passively learning and filling their brain with content, with no opportunity to apply the newly learned information. Instead, you will learn how Storyline can easily provide your learners with the ability to be a part of your story.

This chapter will show you how to apply the concept of interactivity in an easy and logical manner. With many opportunities...