I'm a bit late to this, but made quick animation this week to jazz up a boring explanation. I've cut most of the text on the slide out, except a generic version of what the slide is trying to convey. I wanted tot have text move, and fade into the screen, but only at a certain point but not like a transition or a regular fade animation. I was able to layer the background image to get the effect I wanted, and use motion line animations to make text move.
Truthfully the animation doesn't add anything to the learning, but this is a boring, text heavy course so I'm trying some stuff to add spice. The good news is that the animation is technically 508 compliant because no one needs to see it to understand the content (my courses require 508 compliance).
https://360.articulate.com/review/content/6c867089-d0a5-436f-9c92-3790179663ed/review