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Articulate Studio Cookbook

By : Robert Kennedy III, Robert Kennedy
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Articulate Studio Cookbook

By: Robert Kennedy III, Robert Kennedy

Overview of this book

More and more companies find they need to build their training courses internally. They are turning to tools like Articulate Studio because it is easy to use and doesn't have a steep learning curve. If you are familiar with Microsoft PowerPoint in any way, you should feel right at home with Articulate Studio."Articulate Studio Cookbook" will get you ready to add Articulate Studio to your enterprise toolkit. This book gives you detailed yet simple steps to complete your training course. By following the clear steps in each chapter, you will gain an understanding of the software but also be able to complete specific tasks and common activities.The good thing about this book is that you can start anywhere and get the information that you need for a specific activity. Cross-references are provided if there is a skill located elsewhere that you need to complete a task.It can be frustrating to pick up a new piece of software and not know where to begin. With Articulate Studio, there is a whole suite of software to work with. You need to know how to work with Presenter, Engage, Quizmaker and Encoder to make great Articulate courses. Then, you'll need to know how to put them all together in a way that makes a professional looking, cohesive and smooth-flowing course. We'll make it easy to follow step by step until you have a professional course."Articulate Studio Cookbook" will help you go from Studio newbie to Studio guru. Dive in and choose your recipe.
Table of Contents (15 chapters)
Articulate Studio Cookbook
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Adding video from the Web


There may be times when you want to add a video from the Web to your presentation, rather than something that is available locally. There is a lot of good video content on websites such as YouTube and Vimeo, many of which are useful for training and other purposes.

Getting ready

You'll need a presentation that you can add a video into. If you still have the presentation that you used in the last recipe, you can continue working with it.

How to do it…

Any video that can be accessed online can be added to your Articulate presentation, and not just those that are available on YouTube and Vimeo. To add a video from the Web, perform the following steps:

  1. You will find the Web Object button in the Insert section of the Articulate ribbon. Clicking on this button opens the Insert Web Object dialog box:

  2. This is a fairly straightforward dialog box that allows you to create a hyperlink to the web object and make the necessary settings to have it functioning in your Articulate Flash...