First Things You Do When Starting a New Storyline Project

Nov 27, 2012

Hi!

I'm helping a local company adopt Storyline. As such, I'm beginning to document/link to some important resources for them.

Question--when you start a new Storyline project, what do you do first before you start creating new slides?

Here are mine.

1) Make sure the right page size is selected first. Changing this later can be sometimes be troublesome.

2) Make sure I have the right color scheme chosen. If I need to create a custom one, I do it now. Changing a color scheme mid-stream can also often be troublesome.

3) Make sure I have the right template(s) to use. If I have create a new one and base this on a PowerPoint presentation, I'll import it in and create a new Storyline template.

4) Make sure the main template has the all elements I need. This includes modifying the master as needed, adding things like buttons or other objects, adding new text areas, etc.

5) Set things up locally for work. This means creating a separate project folder for the course and then adding subfolders underneath that folder for things like Narration, Music, Videos, etc.

Anyone have any other things they do when starting a new project?

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Jeff Kortenbosch
Hero

over 11 years ago11/27/12 at 7:44 am (UTC)

What about: Determine your output (Desktop: Flash, iPad: HTML5)

It's important to know what you want to do because not everything will work and look the same. Once you make your choice you can take in account what options you can/cannot use.

Gerry Wasiluk
Author

over 11 years ago11/27/12 at 8:06 am (UTC)

Good one, Jeff!

Jesse Spinella

over 11 years ago11/27/12 at 8:18 am (UTC)

If you're not going from a template, having a completed outline of the direction you're going will save a lot of time in the construction phase. Outlining the items you need for each scene and generally story boarding your idea often times speeds up the "what am I doing next" delays you'll inevitably have.

Geert De Rycke

over 11 years ago11/27/12 at 11:33 am (UTC)

Gerry,

In addition to all of the above

We're working in a multi-language environment, so language issue (length of controls etc.) have to be taken into account as well
Does the application run on an LMS, it must be check how to report to the LMS Pass/complete - incomplete/complete
Are there visually impaired ? If so you'll need to see about 508

Cheers

Geert

Gerry Wasiluk
Author

over 11 years ago11/27/12 at 11:42 am (UTC)

Hey, Jesse and Geert! More great responses. THANKS!

Sayuj Ravindran

over 11 years ago12/03/12 at 7:19 pm (UTC)

Gerry Wasiluk said:

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5) Set things up locally for work. This means creating a separate project folder for the course and then adding subfolders underneath that folder for things like Narration, Music, Videos, etc.

I usually follow a folder structure like this:

Input Files: Contains all the files sent to us by the client & SME

Working Files: Contains all the Project Files (Articulate or Captivate mainly)

Support Files: Images, Music, Audio, Video, Fonts, etc will be the subfolders

Quality & Monitoring: Checklists for Quality Check and Course Delivery Schedule

Output Files: Published Outputs which are finally sent to the client (saved with a version tag)

Thats my two cents...

Barbara Maroney

over 7 years ago09/08/16 at 7:52 pm (UTC)

I am building a checklist for our department. This is very helpful.

Thanks

Ashley Terwilliger-Pollard
Staff

over 7 years ago09/09/16 at 10:59 am (UTC)

Glad even these older threads are helping out Barbara!

First Things You Do When Starting a New Storyline Project

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