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Customizing Storyline Interactions for Rise 360 Templates #306

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4 years ago

Using Storyline Blocks in Rise 360 #306: Challenge | Recap

The great thing about Rise 360 is that it’s super-fast and easy to create fully responsive e-learning courses. The best part about Storyline is that you have endless possibilities to create whatever you can imagine. And with Storyline blocks in Rise 360, you get the best of both worlds: custom interactivity in a fully responsive course. 

In a previous challenge, we looked at inserting Storyline blocks into Rise 360 courses. We had just released the Storyline block, and this challenge provided designers an opportunity to practice working with this exciting new block type. As always, the examples shared were terrific.

Building a Cohesive Visual Design with Storyline Blocks

With Rise 360, the blocks are visually designed to always look consistent and intentional. A common design challenge is applying the same intentional designs to your Storyline interactions. Since Rise 360 uses light and minimalist designs, your Storyline interactions should also share similar design elements.

This card trick demo from Own Holt is an excellent example of customizing Storyline interactions to align visually with Rise 360 blocks.

View the example | Owen Holt

Using Rise 360 Templates

A great way to practice designing Storyline interactions for your Rise 360 courses is to start with the built-in, customizable templates. The templates include relevant headings, imagery, and interactions. This makes it easy for you to focus on your Storyline interactions.

Challenge of the Week

This week, your challenge is to share an example demonstrating how Storyline blocks can be customized and used in Rise 360. You can use your own content or start with one of the Rise 360 templates. 

Articulate Training

Looking to learn more about using Storyline blocks in Rise 360? Check out this on-demand webinar to learn how to set up your Storyline interactions to use in Rise 360.

Share Your E-Learning Work

  • Comments: Use the comments section below to share a link to your published example and blog post.
  • Forums: Start your own thread and share a link to your published example..
  • Personal blog:  If you have a blog, please consider writing about your challenges. We’ll link back to your posts so the great work you’re sharing gets even more exposure.
  • Social Media: If you share your demos on Twitter or LinkedIn, try using #ELHChallenge so your tweeps can track your e-learning coolness.

Last Week’s Challenge:

To help you rise to this week’s challenge, check out the interactive cooking examples your fellow challengers shared in last week’s challenge:

Online Cooking Recipes and Interactions #305: Challenge | Recap

New to the E-Learning Challenges?

The weekly e-learning challenges are ongoing opportunities to learn, share, and build your e-learning portfolios. You can jump into any or all of the previous challenges anytime you want. I’ll update the recap posts to include your demos.

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  • Hello!

    I really enjoy using Storyline blocks in Rise and here's an old favourite of mine, a course on RISK MANAGEMENT that I built for CE Learning: Online. Fans of the board game Mousetrap will appreciate this!

    https://bit.ly/elhc306

    Unfortunately, I can't grant everyone access to the full course here, but this video should give you a good idea of how it works. You'll note that progress to the next section is locked until the user sucessfully navigates each trap.

    I find that square Storyline blocks work best across a range of screens and devices.

    Happy to answer any questions you have.
    • Ron_Katz's avatar
      Ron_Katz
      Community Member
      Great example Jonathan! I love how you took a game people were familiar with and wove it into your risk management theme.
    • Ron_Katz's avatar
      Ron_Katz
      Community Member
      Great lesson, Eric. I could not get any right on the quiz because, even when they were right, you were looking for a capital at the beginning of the sentence and a period at the end.

      Perhaps you could have it be a fill in the blank question (or a drop down or a drag and drop) and only seek the French numbers versus the complete sentence. Just a thought.
      • EricChamberl186's avatar
        EricChamberl186
        Community Member
        Ron, that is strange as I put several variations of the correct answer in as correct, then have just one listed as feedback if it’s incorrect. I’ll review to make sure it’s set up correctly. Thanks for checking it out :)
  • JodiSansone's avatar
    JodiSansone
    Community Member
    Las Meninas Updated
    Demo: https://tinyurl.com/y65ogk3e

    Here's a makeover of my ELC #226. That challenge was about zooming in on content. I used a Rise labeled graphic to go deep on my favorite painting Las Meninas. I also included my original Storyline interaction as a block so you could see how the two different interactions work. I still feel bad about putting markers on such a beautiful work of art!
    • JenniferEdgerto's avatar
      JenniferEdgerto
      Community Member
      I really like the new presentation, Jodi. You were able to zoom in much closer to the content you were trying to highlight and I think it was very effective.
    • KatelinJordan's avatar
      KatelinJordan
      Community Member
      Nice!

      I would give you a slack parrot dancing, but no emojis here on ELH yet!
    • JenniferEdgerto's avatar
      JenniferEdgerto
      Community Member
      Love the format of your SL block, Kimberly. I really like how you used it to make the knowledge check a multiple-choice question, but presented it as a fill in the blanks. It's nice to be able to read the entire paragraph with the options I selected. I also like how you presented the correct/incorrect feedback.
  • Does this mean I've already submitted my entry for this challenge? Thank you for the shout out David!
      • DavidAnderson's avatar
        DavidAnderson
        Staff
        Looking forward to your example, Katelin! If you get stuck or need a kickstart, use one of the placeholder templates in Rise and build your Storyline file around the imagery shown in the example. You don't need to rework the content. Just build from the structure that's already in place. Just an idea. You can do anything you like.
    • JodiSansone's avatar
      JodiSansone
      Community Member
      Terrific example, Owen. Before I spend time on my demo, do you (or David) have any secret on how to avoid having the "play" screen pop up over a storyline block when it loads? I would use this feature more if I could figure it out. I'm rusty on this.
      • DavidAnderson's avatar
        DavidAnderson
        Staff
        Owen's correct re: the play button. It's unavoidable on mobile but you can hide it by using a static slide on your first slides