Getting Started - First time user of Storyline

Hello Casandra and welcome. There is only one thing you need consider when building out slides in Storyline, and that is your imagination.

Hi Cassandra, welcome to Heroes! You are absolutely in the right place!

If you are a beginner, I think the best place to start is the free e-books offered on this very site: https://community.articulate.com/e-books  

Try: 'E-learning for beginners'; 'Getting started with Articulate Storyline'; 'The Insider’s Guide to Becoming a Rapid E-Learning Pro'; and since you are using video, try 'The Secret to Create Great E-Learning Videos' That said, I would read all of them: they are super informative and engaging to read (I've read them all).

That should give you a great start. 

And, here is a fantastic article on using videos interactively: https://community.articulate.com/articles/interactive-video-quizzes-storyline 

Good luck!

Hi Casandra, welcome to the forum! This community is definitely the place to be to learn about Articulate. If you are looking for more of an end to end course, try lynda.com, they have some courses there on the tool. It is not free but I do believe that they have a free trial that you could use. Enjoy!

Welcome to the community! I would agree with the comments above. The free eBooks are a great resource. Also, David Anderson has some great content regarding interactive video here: https://community.articulate.com/articles/interactive-video-quizzes-storyline.

Also, if you know how to use Camtasia, you should have no issues with Storyline. It allows you to do more with interactivity...but there's plenty of tutorials here.

Hi and welcome, Casandra!

I think that you will find that Storyline 2 will meet (and exceed) your expectations. In addition to the above links, I would like to point you to the Storyline 2 User Guide and especially the tutorials for adding and editing screen recordings found at https://community.articulate.com/series/4/articles/recording-screencasts (tutorial sections 84-88). This also explains how to split your video over multiple slides - and you can see how easy this is to do!

Also, while having a storyboard is certainly a good idea, please do not get the impression that "without a storyboard, you cannot start working". That is certainly not the case - you can start creating a course right away, although you will probably have to rework it if you do not have a clear concept (aka "master plan", aka "storyboard") in mind when you start :-).

I recommend installing the 30 day trial and running through some examples of what you plan to do and see if you can achieve this using Storyline (my 99% guess is "yes, you can"). And if there are any open questions, simply post to the community - we are here to help each other!

Hi Cassandra, I would have a look at the challenges on this site and you could get a good idea of the capabilities of Storyline.  Also have a look at the downloads section.

I try and avoid storyboarding wherever possible and build directly in Storyline, I would also echo Sean the Lynda course is very good.

All great recommendations. Another link that might be helpful is this one to Storyboard Templates for E-Learning - It was one of the e-learning heroes challenges that a lot of folks found helpful!

Hi, Cassandra and welcome to the best community ever! :)

One of my favorite places for all things storyboarding is The Storyboard Depot by Connie Malamud here: http://theelearningcoach.com/resources/storyboard-depot/.  She has amassed a huge collection of storyboards, some specific to Articulate.

Thanks and hope this helps!

When I'm stuck I always refer to this book...

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Non-Designers-Design-Book-Robin-Williams/dp/0321193857

It is a great help

Thank you so much for your kind response. I am going to be busy watching videos the rest of the afternoon!

Looks like my library has this book! I will definitely check it out…thank you for the tip Luke!

Just an FYI Cassandra, responding via email includes your signature here so you may want to visit this forum thread page and use the "Edit" functionality to remove it from the thread if you'd prefer it's not listed here. It's entirely your call though. 

Hello Everyone,

I'm back, Thanks Ashley for the heads up on signature footer. We are one step closer to finally going with Articulate 360! I am super excited.

Awesome Cassandra and so happy to hear it! When you're ready, feel free to reach out to our Success team and they can walk you through the upgrade path.