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Articulate Studio Cookbook

By : Robert Kennedy III, Robert Kennedy
Book Image

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


Video is a great tool for any training or marketing application. We've already seen how video can be used in Articulate Presenter; now we're going to add a video to Quizmaker. The process is very similar to what we did in Presenter.

Getting ready

You'll need to have a quiz available to add the video to. If you have saved the quiz that we've been working on, you already have something available. If not, open Quizmaker and create at least one question. You need to be on the question window in order to add video.

How to do it…

Adding a video to a slide is very similar to adding a picture. However, there are some important differences, especially in selecting how the video will play. Perform the following steps:

  1. Videos can be added in either Form View or Slide View. We're going to work in Slide View so that we can format the video, moving it to the exact location where we want it on the slide. If you are not currently in Slide View, click on Slide View in the ribbon.

  2. Click on the Insert...