E-Learning Heroes - Advice and ideas from the Articulate Community

To get the most out of Quizmaker '09, you’ll need to move beyond the default settings and templates. In this 30-minute video workshop, we’ll show you how to “break the form” and leverage Quizmaker’s slide view to create... Read More

by Community Team Posted 99 days ago

I love Storyline variables . Which might come as a surprise if you know me, because I am SO not a programmer! But that's the cool thing about Storyline—variables and other concepts that used to feel way above my head are now actually really... Read More

by Jeanette Brooks Posted 141 days ago

This 30-minute workshop shows you how to build a working tabs interaction just like the one featured in the Articulate Storyline showcase course: Creating Effective Meetings . You'll learn the basics for creating single-slide interactions, inserting... Read More

by Community Team Posted 171 days ago

Click here to view the e-learning course. Here's a course that uses simple PowerPoint animations, clip art, and the resources of Articulate Studio '09 to create a fun and interesting learning experience. On the launch screen you'll see a unique... Read More

by Community Team Posted 205 days ago

Articulate Storyline's triggers and slide layers make it crazy-simple to build explorable content—like tabs interactions —in just minutes. Often, as folks experiment with creating interactive slides, they ask: "My triggers and layers... Read More

by Jeanette Brooks Posted 235 days ago

It's amazing how much flexibility Storyline gives you when it comes to customizing your course's player! Not only can you choose exactly which player features you include, but you also have total control over every item's color. We've... Read More

by Jeanette Brooks Posted 353 days ago

Creating a tab-style interaction in Articulate Storyline is a quick and easy way to make your content more explorable. By combining the power of slide layers with simple triggers, you can transform static content into a click-and-reveal interaction in... Read More

by Jeanette Brooks Posted 373 days ago

While there are some great examples around using emphasis text , white space and reality TV to design engaging e-learning, the reality is even the best-designed courses become predictable at some point. That's why I'm such a big fan of Dr. Oppelbaumer... Read More

by David Anderson Posted 418 days ago

An Articulate user asked us a great question recently. She wanted to build an Articulate Quizmaker ‘09 quiz consisting of three paths, with each path containing a different group of scenario-related questions. Rather than make all of her learners... Read More

by Jeanette Brooks Posted 450 days ago

Recently I saw an interesting question in the forums here at E-Learning Heroes. An Articulate user was looking for a way to emphasize key words, because her slides contained a lot of text to go with her narration. Now, we all know what the right answer... Read More

by Jeanette Brooks Posted 521 days ago

One of the things I love about the Articulate tools is that they’re flexible enough to do some out-of-the-box things. For example, most people think of Quizmaker '09 as just a quizzing & assessment tool. But in a recent forum discussion... Read More

by Jeanette Brooks Posted 568 days ago

As elearning designers, we don’t always have the final say on what goes into the courses we build. That level of decision-making is usually left up to our clients or stakeholders. This can result in information-heavy courses, making it more important... Read More

by David Anderson Posted 589 days ago

In a recent post , we looked at some ways Snapshots can help us design the right look and feel for our courses. Because Snapshots are polls, they also offer some valuable instructional design ideas for building elearning courses. How? For one thing, their... Read More

by David Anderson Posted 596 days ago

Are you looking for some fresh ways to present data and charts in your course? What about designing the right look and feel for custom courses? Well, USA Today's Snapshots might be just the inspiration you're looking for. "What are Snapshots... Read More

by David Anderson Posted 603 days ago

Click here to view the e-learning course. This creative course by Articulate user Heather Steckley makes great use of several Articulate Studio '09 features, including web objects, hidden slides, branching, annotations, and Engage interactions. You... Read More

by Community Team Posted 626 days ago