Getting Started with Articulate AI in Storyline

Introduction

We’re proud to announce that Articulate AI features are now available in Storyline! These new tools make it easier than ever to create and perfect your courses. 

Not sure where to start? We’ve put together a Storyline practice file you can use to get to know the AI Assistant. Whether you’re an experienced AI user or totally new to it, you can use these resources to improve your skills. 

Ready to jump in? Download the storyline file and follow the directions below. You can also follow along with a webinar on the Articulate Training site.

Create AI Voiceovers

AI Assistant can help you create lifelike voiceovers in a snap. You can also generate automatic captions to improve accessibility. Follow these steps to learn how:

1. In Slide View, go to the Home or Insert tab on the ribbon. From there, there are three ways to access the feature:
• Click Insert Audio to open the Generate AI Audio window with the Text-to-Speech tab selected.
• Click the Insert Audio dropdown menu and select Text-to-Speech.
• Open the AI Assistant tab on the side panel  and click Generate text-to-speech.
2. In the Generate AI Audio window, select a voice from the voice dropdown menu. To preview a voice, click the play button.
3. Insert text. You can also adjust Stability, Similarity, Style exaggeration, and Speaker boost under Advanced settings. 
4. Click Generate speech.
5. Click Insert to add your narration to a slide.

Write and Edit Inline

Generating and refining content has never been easier. AI Assistant can help you update tone, check grammar, improve readability, reformat copy, expand ideas, and more. Practice in your file with these instructions:

1. In Slide View, go to the Home or Insert tab on the ribbon and click Insert Text.
2. Type a prompt in the text-entry field or let your AI Assistant help you generate content in various formats.
3. When you’re done, click the paper plane icon to start the text-generation process.

You also have multiple ways to start editing with AI:

• In Slide View, go to the Home or Insert tab on the ribbon, select the text object, then click Edit Text. Click a prompt that suits your needs. 
• Highlight the text and click the sparkle icon in the floating toolbar that appears.

Generate Images

AI Assistant can create high-quality images in various prebuilt styles–or, enter your own style preferences and create endless imagery for your courses. Get started by following these steps:

1. In Slide View, go to the Home or Insert tab on the ribbon and click Insert Image. Or, go to the AI Assistant side panel and click Generate image. You can also right-click on an existing image and select Replace Picture, then select Generate Image with AI.
2. In the Generate AI Image window, type a prompt in the description field. Select an image style from the Style drop-down list and choose the aspect ratio: landscape (16:9), square (1:1), or portrait mode (9:16).
3. Click Generate Image to start the image-generation process.

To add an image to your media library, hover over an image and select the media library icon. Or, select Add all to media library in the bottom right corner of the generation panel.

To view enlarged versions of each image, hover over an image, click the view button, then use the navigation buttons to view each result.

1. If you don’t like any of the results, click Generate Again. Try adjusting your prompt for different results. 
2. Click Insert Image to add an image to your slide. If you’re replacing an existing image, click Replace. You can select multiple images by pressing Ctrl+Click or Shift+Click, then insert them all simultaneously.

Generate Knowledge Checks

Want to find out what your learners retained? AI Assistant can help you quickly create questions, answers, and feedback. Try it for yourself using these instructions:

1. In Slide View or Story View, go to the Home or Insert tab on the ribbon and click Question. Or, go to the AI Assistant side panel and click Generate question.
2. In the Generate Question window, select the content you’d like the AI to incorporate into the knowledge check. Click Continue.
3. Type a topic in the prompt field.
4. Use AI Assistant to modify the draft. 
5. When your draft is ready, click Insert to insert the knowledge check as a new slide.   

Additional Features

AI Assistant offers even more ways to help optimize your Storyline workflow! Open up one of your courses and try these other features:

• Quiz generation. AI Assistant can incorporate content across different slides to create a comprehensive quiz. 
• Summary Generation. Use AI Assistant to create a snappy wrap-up of your course based on multiple slides.

Wrap-up 

These practice materials will guide you through the fundamentals of using AI Assistant in Storyline. Did you know you can also use AI Assistant in Rise? Go to your Rise dashboard and download “Getting Started With AI Assistant in Rise 360” to learn and practice more. 

This template will work for folks using Storyline 360, the continuously updated version of Storyline included in Articulate 360. Want to try it out? Get a free trial of Articulate 360 right here. And subscribe to our newsletter to find out about other helpful downloads.