Newbie here. I have a unique requirement at work. I am required to Copy/Past our courses to a Word doc to get an "exact copy" of our courses. Why? Because our foreign language translation department will not accept the publish to Word or Export to Word formats. Don't ask me why, they won't.
Is there any way to "print" full copies of courses after they are published?
Speaking as a language teacher, I would recommend a plate of brownies to the foreign language translation department, accompanied by a clear, kind explanation of all the interactions and other data they will miss if all they get is screen shots. I think the word version is the only way to get them all the exact words they need to do a complete translation.
I'm with Walt. One way you can get everything and the interactions is to use something like Screentogif.
Run the course, then do a capture with the app. Interact with everything that needs to be interacted with: tabs, hovers, questions, etc.
When it's complete you'll have thousands of images.
Bonus tip: send them the thousands of images and they'll probably complain and you can send them the Word doc. :)
Otherwise, in Screentogif, you can remove duplicate frames and you basically have every image from the course. Then compile it. I like to bring them into PPT via a photo album and then export the PPT as a PDF
I absolutely agree with Walt that using the built-in Translation export/import feature is the best way to ensure that all of the text is translated and that all of the translations are put into the correct positions.
That said, I have had to create Word docs with all the content from a course for compliance purposes. Here's what I do:
In Storyline, publish to Word, with "Show layers" checked. This will get you the main set of screenshots you need.
For interactions that involve alternate states (which don't show when published-to-Word), preview the interaction and grab each part with SnagIt or other screen-capturing tool.
Create a document to hold the course screenshots. This could be Word or PowerPoint (PPT).
For Word, I put the screenshots into a table with the properties set so a row won't break across a page. I copy and paste the screens from the published-to-Word file and from my screen captures, with one image per row. Then I add notes in the pertinent rows about how the interactions work. FYI: I often use a 2-column table, with the slides & programming info in the left column. The Word file can then be used as a review file, with the right column used for entering notes about updates.
For PPT, copy and paste the screenshots to the slides in the deck.
For both Word & PPT, save the file as a PDF if that's the final format you want.
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Speaking as a language teacher, I would recommend a plate of brownies to the foreign language translation department, accompanied by a clear, kind explanation of all the interactions and other data they will miss if all they get is screen shots. I think the word version is the only way to get them all the exact words they need to do a complete translation.
I'm with Walt. One way you can get everything and the interactions is to use something like Screentogif.
Run the course, then do a capture with the app. Interact with everything that needs to be interacted with: tabs, hovers, questions, etc.
When it's complete you'll have thousands of images.
Bonus tip: send them the thousands of images and they'll probably complain and you can send them the Word doc. :)
Otherwise, in Screentogif, you can remove duplicate frames and you basically have every image from the course. Then compile it. I like to bring them into PPT via a photo album and then export the PPT as a PDF
Thanks Walt
Thanks Tom. Sounds complicated, yet I'll take a look.
It sounds more complicated than it is. The tutorial in this post shows the essence of it.
https://blogs.articulate.com/rapid-elearning/heres-an-easy-way-to-update-an-old-course-without-the-source-files/
I absolutely agree with Walt that using the built-in Translation export/import feature is the best way to ensure that all of the text is translated and that all of the translations are put into the correct positions.
That said, I have had to create Word docs with all the content from a course for compliance purposes. Here's what I do:
Awesome! Thanks so much for such a complete and uncomplicated answer!
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