Currently we're having our SMEs review and supply feedback of a course via the word published version of the storyline course. Is there a better way for SMEs to review courses that would show the narration and also let them provide feedback as needed?
If you have Articulate 360, your reviewers can use the Review site to log feedback on each slide in "real time" as they view them. I have found this to be the best method for reviewing.
If you don't have 360, you have a few other options.
You could publish your course to Articulate Tempshare, a free cloud based storage site which will store your course for 10 days.
You could upload it to your LMS for them to preview.
You could meet in person to review it together (this is also a great way to get feedback, when it's feasible to meet in person).
Publishing as a Word doc doesn't allow reviewers to see all of the "bells and whistles," and my reviewers often don't understand how the interactions will work when they only see the Word doc. However, the Word doc is a great place for them to record feedback if you don't have Articulate 360 and Review.
I invite other folks in the community to share what they've done to make the review process easier, and hopefully these links will get you started in the mean time!
From a SME's point of view. I prefer seeing the content after being loaded in the LMS. This way, I can thumb through everything and put myself in the seat of the learner.
As far as notes and feedback a word document could suffice or, it would be a follow up phone call, video conference or in person meeting.
If you have 360, but the SMEs who need to review your module do not, can they still use the Review site to log feedback on each slide as they view them?
Your reviewers do not need a subscription to Articulate 360, nor do they need an Articulate ID. Simply go to the Share tab and mark the box to Allow comments without signing in. See this article for details!
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Hi Lisa,
If you have Articulate 360, your reviewers can use the Review site to log feedback on each slide in "real time" as they view them. I have found this to be the best method for reviewing.
If you don't have 360, you have a few other options.
You could publish your course to Articulate Tempshare, a free cloud based storage site which will store your course for 10 days.
You could upload it to your LMS for them to preview.
You could meet in person to review it together (this is also a great way to get feedback, when it's feasible to meet in person).
Publishing as a Word doc doesn't allow reviewers to see all of the "bells and whistles," and my reviewers often don't understand how the interactions will work when they only see the Word doc. However, the Word doc is a great place for them to record feedback if you don't have Articulate 360 and Review.
Hi there Lisa!
Is your narration text within the Notes section? If so and you're publishing to Word, you'll want to be sure the "Show slide notes" option is checked.
I also wanted to point you to a few articles that relate to this topic, in case you're interested:
I invite other folks in the community to share what they've done to make the review process easier, and hopefully these links will get you started in the mean time!
Hi Lisa
From a SME's point of view. I prefer seeing the content after being loaded in the LMS. This way, I can thumb through everything and put myself in the seat of the learner.
As far as notes and feedback a word document could suffice or, it would be a follow up phone call, video conference or in person meeting.
If you have 360, but the SMEs who need to review your module do not, can they still use the Review site to log feedback on each slide as they view them?
Hi Liz!
Your reviewers do not need a subscription to Articulate 360, nor do they need an Articulate ID. Simply go to the Share tab and mark the box to Allow comments without signing in. See this article for details!
thanks! I have Storyline 3, is the review option described above also available in SL 3?
Hi Veronique!
Great question! This tool isn't available for Storyline 3. Review 360 is included with an Articulate 360 subscription.
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