Creating Synchronous Interaction

Hi Laura!  Great question.  Articulate software is designed to help you quickly build engaging asynchronous training...for everyone out there:  meaning, the learner is not bound by the trainer's time or schedule.  Learners can access a course independently rather than attend a webinar or a class.  Gabe makes a great distinction here.

So, even if you have that content hosted in your LMS, each user's browser is accessing that course independently of anybody else.  Any "bookmarking" or saving progress that occurs will happen either with the LMS (specific to each user's login) or in the browser of each user.  Everybody has a unique experience with the course.

You can host your course in Adobe Connect, but it will still function asynchronously for each user.

By the way, be sure to update your Storyline to the latest version!  Currently, we're on Update 11, and you can download it right here.  I wouldn't want you missing out on all the improvements!  :)

Crystal,

Thanks for the insights. I do understand the benefits of asynchronous learning. However, in this case, the instructor wants all the students to participate in the activity together so they see what the other students are doing.

Are you saying that it is NOT possible to build a Storyline module and post it so it can be used synchronously?

Thanks,
Laura

Exactly right, Laura.  Storyline doesn't create interactions that can be hosted and accessed synchronously.

Has this changed?  Is there an option out there that will enable you to do this?

Hi Angela. We haven't changed Storyline to allow for learners to interact with each other in the same instance of a course. Tell us more about your use case, either here or in a feature request!