NOOB: Rise vs. Storyline

Mar 29, 2017

Hey Everyone, 

My Question: Do I have to buy Articulate, plus Parallels, Windows, and MS Office in order to create courses in Articulate? (Or do I just have to buy Parallels and Windows?)

Brand new to Articulate-land. I work in a Mac environment, but am working on a project for a client that pretty much requires me to use Articulate. I was excited to see the versatility of Rise, but it won't be able to do everything I'm looking to do. (For example, I'm converting a day-long training into 30-60 minute e-learning modules. With that, the primary component is the audio which drives the interaction and flow of the learning).

Thanks in advance for your advice. 

-Steve

6 Replies
Steve Rice

Thanks. I did sign up for a trial of Articulate 360. That's when I realized I couldn't run the full suite on a Mac. Looks like I will have to buy Parallels and Windows to try it out.  Too bad the whole product wasn't designed to be cloud-based.  

Does anyone know if MS Office (ie PowerPoint) is required to run the Articulate 360 suite as well?  Or can I run Storyline 360 without PP?

Steve Rice

Ugh!  Thanks so much, Michael. At some point it becomes just less expensive to buy a cheap PC versus all this additional software.  I'm going to try to limp by without having to buy an Office license too.

I know I'm not the "norm" as most people creating courses use PC or have access to one in the office environment.  

Thank you. I do appreciate your quick responses to my questions. I'll work on this over the next day or so and see if I can get it all up and running as it should.

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