I'm new to this and could really use your help. I'm an instructional designer and so far only worked with Moodle. I have a new job now and soon they are implementing Oracle Taleo in the company, which I know absolutely nothing about. Also, in other departments I heard people talking about purchasing a Storyline license. I thought this could also be beneficial for my department. Can anyone please explain to me what are the advantages of Storyline over online eLearning tools?
using these online Elearning tools, which are integrated in LMS-applications offer you a very limited range of possibilities.
Storyline has a timeline, you can use different interactive elements (triggers) and you can work with graphics.
Means: With these online eLearning tools you can deliver static content and you can easily create questions.
But:
if you want to create interactive content (which is more than using a continue-button) and fancy-looking content you should use Articulate Storyline.
From my personal experience I know that these LMS-generated content has the tendency to look equal on every slide because you only have reduced features.
My name is Gene DeMarco and I work for MRCC. We are a full service custom eLearning provider and I saw your posting. I was curious if you have entertained outsourcing the project to a vendor or at maybe just a part to get you started. We'd love to help We offer in certain cases up to 70 percent savings over most vendors. We have trained Instructional Designers, Rapid Development Tool i.e. Storyline, Captivate, Lectora experts, Graphic Designers, Animators, Project Managers, and all staff required to make your learning engaging . Our customers include Whirlpool, FINRA, Papa John's, Kellogg's, Pearson, Cengage, and Hunter Douglas just to name a few. Please let me know if this is something you’d wish to explore. Let me know.
An LMS is a tool that you can load courses to. It's primary function is to organize, allow for assignments, and track learner progress and completion.
An authoring tool is something you actually create the courses in, then typically upload to (or host on) an LMS.
Moodle is both an LMS and essentially an authoring tool. You can actually create courses on Moodle, that then the LMS side of Moodle tracks and does all the admin pieces of it.
Most LMS' on the market only host courses you create outside of the LMS, and don't have a built in authoring tool.
Taleo has an extremely extremely limited course "creation" ability from what I recall, so you will typically need to create courses in an external software (e.g. Articulate Storyline) and upload it to the Taleo LMS.
Thanks Rachel! I do know the difference between the two, however I appreciate your clarification. I was asking about authoring tools as I understand other LMS' don't really provide a built-in authoring tool (I'm gonna miss Moodle!). Thank you for the information about Taleo. I know realise I can't rely on it to create eLearning and will learn more about Storyline, as it seems like the best solution for our needs.
Oh gosh I'm sorry, I'd completely misunderstood your post! Articulate
Storyline and Adobe Captivate are the two standards, but I prefer Storyline
without a doubt. You may want to get trials of both and see how you like
each.
In Present E learning industry, Storyline is very good tool to create a course. It support animations, audio, video, for desktop and android and ios versions.
Taleo Learn also very good LMS . It has many features.
Hi, Venu -- Thanks for reaching out with your input, and I see that you shared a similar opinion over here regarding Taleo Learn, so I wanted to be sure to link the 2 threads for anyone who is following along. I also wanted to mention that you are welcome to reach out to any of the participants in this thread directly using the 'Contact Me' link on their profile page (as they may no longer be subscribed to this thread).
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Hi Savannah,
using these online Elearning tools, which are integrated in LMS-applications offer you a very limited range of possibilities.
Storyline has a timeline, you can use different interactive elements (triggers) and you can work with graphics.
Means: With these online eLearning tools you can deliver static content and you can easily create questions.
But:
if you want to create interactive content (which is more than using a continue-button) and fancy-looking content you should use Articulate Storyline.
From my personal experience I know that these LMS-generated content has the tendency to look equal on every slide because you only have reduced features.
Best regards
Ralf
Hi Savannah
My name is Gene DeMarco and I work for MRCC. We are a full service custom eLearning provider and I saw your posting. I was curious if you have entertained outsourcing the project to a vendor or at maybe just a part to get you started. We'd love to help
We offer in certain cases up to 70 percent savings over most vendors. We have trained Instructional Designers, Rapid Development Tool i.e. Storyline, Captivate, Lectora experts, Graphic Designers, Animators, Project Managers, and all staff required to make your learning engaging . Our customers include Whirlpool, FINRA, Papa John's, Kellogg's, Pearson, Cengage, and Hunter Douglas just to name a few. Please let me know if this is something you’d wish to explore. Let me know.
Gene DeMarco
gdemarco@mrccsolutions.com
Savannah -
A point of clarification that may help you.
An LMS is a tool that you can load courses to. It's primary function is to organize, allow for assignments, and track learner progress and completion.
An authoring tool is something you actually create the courses in, then typically upload to (or host on) an LMS.
Moodle is both an LMS and essentially an authoring tool. You can actually create courses on Moodle, that then the LMS side of Moodle tracks and does all the admin pieces of it.
Most LMS' on the market only host courses you create outside of the LMS, and don't have a built in authoring tool.
Taleo has an extremely extremely limited course "creation" ability from what I recall, so you will typically need to create courses in an external software (e.g. Articulate Storyline) and upload it to the Taleo LMS.
Thanks Rachel! I do know the difference between the two, however I appreciate your clarification. I was asking about authoring tools as I understand other LMS' don't really provide a built-in authoring tool (I'm gonna miss Moodle!). Thank you for the information about Taleo. I know realise I can't rely on it to create eLearning and will learn more about Storyline, as it seems like the best solution for our needs.
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Thank you very much, this is very helpful!
Oh gosh I'm sorry, I'd completely misunderstood your post! Articulate
Storyline and Adobe Captivate are the two standards, but I prefer Storyline
without a doubt. You may want to get trials of both and see how you like
each.
Hi Savannah,
In Present E learning industry, Storyline is very good tool to create a course. It support animations, audio, video, for desktop and android and ios versions.
Taleo Learn also very good LMS . It has many features.
Hi, Venu -- Thanks for reaching out with your input, and I see that you shared a similar opinion over here regarding Taleo Learn, so I wanted to be sure to link the 2 threads for anyone who is following along. I also wanted to mention that you are welcome to reach out to any of the participants in this thread directly using the 'Contact Me' link on their profile page (as they may no longer be subscribed to this thread).
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