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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

Introduction


Articulate Quizmaker is an application for creating Flash-based quizzes, assessments, and even training courses. Unlike Presenter, Quizmaker is a standalone application, which can be used either independently or in conjunction with Presenter. This product does not require PowerPoint or Presenter to function. However, quizzes created in Quizmaker can be easily imported into Presenter.

Although the focus of this program is to create quizzes and assessments, it is possible to create entire courses purely in Quizmaker, without the use of Presenter or any of the other programs in the Articulate suite.

To open Quizmaker, you need to click on the icon on your desktop or program menu. This will open the program and a welcome dialog box. The box that will appear gives you three basic choices, as follows:

  • Create a new quiz

  • New from quiz template

  • Open a recent quiz

If you have quiz templates installed or have used the program recently, the names of those files will show up under the heading...