development of package on two licenses

Mar 15, 2012

Jac S
By Jac S

I have been hired to develop an elearning package for a client over the next few months ending in June. They plan to house/publish this package when their LMS is created in November. They currently do not own an articulate license and plan to purchase Storyline (if available) when their LMS is available.

If I develop the package now using my license am I able to transfer the package over to the client in June for them to:

a) store whilst waiting for a LMS/Articulate license until Nov

b) edit and/or publish the package when they purchase their license and the LMS becomes available.

Thanks,

Jac

2 Replies
Peter Anderson
12 years ago03/16/12 at 8:14 am (UTC)

Welcome to Heroes, Jac!

Shouldn't be a problem. When working on an Articulate Presenter presentation in a collaborative environment with other developers, I recommend that you use the following workflow: 


1. Use the Send to Articulate Presenter Package feature to make an exact copy of the project and the included Engage interactions and Quizmaker quizzes per the method in this article. That will allow them to store what is essentially a zip file of all your content until they are ready to edit and publish it.

  • If the project files are already located on a network drive, proceed to Step 2.
  • If the project files are currently located on your local hard drive, skip to Step 6.

2. When ready to edit or publish the presentation, copy the ZIP file (the Articulate Presenter Package) from your network drive to your local hard drive.
3. Extract (unzip) the project files onto your local hard drive. 
4. Edit and / or publish the presentation as necessary.
5. Use the Send to Articulate Presenter Package feature (from Step 1) to make an exact copy of the updated project files.
6. Copy the resulting ZIP file to your network drive for storage and sharing.
7. Repeat Steps 2 through 6 whenever you need to edit or publish the presentation in the future.

By working on the main project files on your local hard drive, you prevent any corruption or erratic behavior of the files that might have occurred by working on a network drive (ie: random backups). Also, this method ensures that all of your Engage interactions and Quizmaker quizzes stay properly linked together.

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