Our systems have had flash removed as a security precautions. It's not coming back, and this is the case for many other places similar to where I work. Does anyone have any insight on how to continue using Storyline as a development tool? We were thinking that Storyline was the perfect platform because it outputs to HTML 5. We didn't realize that we needed flash as part of the development environment. Alternatives? Flash-free Storyline in the future? Unfortunately, for now we may have to deprecate to PowerPoint "e-learning".
Storyline does not need flash for development. It will produce a folder with Flash bits inside of it because that is the default way it publishes, but if you target the 'story_html5.html' within publish folder you will get VERY GOOD html5 conversion.
In reference to the above question, I am not able to leverage the full functionality of the software without Flash. For example, I cannot access the "Player" function under the "Home" Tab. This is critical to our course development, as it controls what features the students/users will be able to use/access when published. Thoughts?
Storyline does need to have Flash installed on the system to be able to access per the the system requirements here. As for the "future of a Flash free world" it's something we're heard often in the community and our team is continually investigating avenues to ensure our products are available for all different types of individuals on different systems.
Hi Ashley, I came across this thread while wondering about the future of Storyline and the "Flash Free World". Is there an Articulate blog or a newsfeed I can follow from Storyline, to keep up-to-date on this specific issue? My team is currently at a crossroads where Storyline is our best development tool, but current demand for pure HTML5 is pushing us towards different tools and vendors. Our team loves working with Articulate support and the community here. Any information we can mull over while choosing paths is helpful.
Storyline 3 and Storyline 360 actually preview HTML5 output - but you still need Flash installed for authoring purposes. You can publish with HTML5 only so that your users no longer need to have Flash enabled in their browser.s
Thanks for the quick response. Two follow up questions if possible:
1 - If Flash has been disabled by the company I work for, what issues will that cause from an authoring perspective?
2 - Are there any plans to mitigate this issue in a future update between now and February 2018, that is when our company is disabling Flash altogether.
Apologies for the additional questions. As far as authoring in a non-Flash environment, does Articulate Rise require Flash to be enabled in the author's web browser for authoring to be possible, or does it not rely on Flash at all?
No apologies necessary, Gregory! Questions are exactly what we're here for. 😀
Rise publishes HTML5-only courses that work in most modern browsers and doesn't need Flash for the author or viewers. See this article for a list of supported browsers and system requirements for authoring.
I see that the last response to this was a year ago. Is the requirement to have Flash installed on the machine where the course is authored still the case?
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Storyline does not need flash for development. It will produce a folder with Flash bits inside of it because that is the default way it publishes, but if you target the 'story_html5.html' within publish folder you will get VERY GOOD html5 conversion.
Remember, though, when you publish for HTML5 you loose accessibility features.
https://www.articulate.com/support/storyline/storyline-is-508-compliant
In reference to the above question, I am not able to leverage the full functionality of the software without Flash. For example, I cannot access the "Player" function under the "Home" Tab. This is critical to our course development, as it controls what features the students/users will be able to use/access when published. Thoughts?
Hi Richard and all -
Storyline does need to have Flash installed on the system to be able to access per the the system requirements here. As for the "future of a Flash free world" it's something we're heard often in the community and our team is continually investigating avenues to ensure our products are available for all different types of individuals on different systems.
My apologies and condolences to Mr Petrichor. Perhaps a VPN? That IS a circumstantial problem to deal with.
Hi Ashley, I came across this thread while wondering about the future of Storyline and the "Flash Free World". Is there an Articulate blog or a newsfeed I can follow from Storyline, to keep up-to-date on this specific issue? My team is currently at a crossroads where Storyline is our best development tool, but current demand for pure HTML5 is pushing us towards different tools and vendors. Our team loves working with Articulate support and the community here. Any information we can mull over while choosing paths is helpful.
Hi Julia,
Once we do have additional information to share we'll likely include an update here in the forums but you could also look at following along with the Word of Mouth Blog from Articulate and The Rapid E-Learning Blog by Tom Kuhlmann.
Similarly following Articulate on Facebook or Twitter are good places where we share updated information.
I will do that, thanks Ashley!
Has there been any update to this issue? The only information I can find is the following:
https://community.articulate.com/series/130/articles/storyline-3-previewing-a-course
Can anyone confirm if the preview capability in the authoring stage is allowed now without any use of Flash?
Hi Gregory,
Storyline 3 and Storyline 360 actually preview HTML5 output - but you still need Flash installed for authoring purposes. You can publish with HTML5 only so that your users no longer need to have Flash enabled in their browser.s
Thanks for the quick response. Two follow up questions if possible:
1 - If Flash has been disabled by the company I work for, what issues will that cause from an authoring perspective?
2 - Are there any plans to mitigate this issue in a future update between now and February 2018, that is when our company is disabling Flash altogether.
Hi Gregory!
1 - if you don't have Flash installed on the computer, you may not be able to open Storyline or other Articulate tools like Studio.
2 - We know that Adobe is stopping support for Flash in 2020, so that's a date in our mind. I haven't heard anything about early in 2018.
Apologies for the additional questions. As far as authoring in a non-Flash environment, does Articulate Rise require Flash to be enabled in the author's web browser for authoring to be possible, or does it not rely on Flash at all?
Thank you again, I really appreciate it!
No apologies necessary, Gregory! Questions are exactly what we're here for. 😀
Rise publishes HTML5-only courses that work in most modern browsers and doesn't need Flash for the author or viewers. See this article for a list of supported browsers and system requirements for authoring.
Hi everyone,
I see that the last response to this was a year ago. Is the requirement to have Flash installed on the machine where the course is authored still the case?
Hello Mary and welcome to E-Learning Heroes :)
At this time, Flash is still a requirement for authoring. You can see a full list of system requirements for Storyline 360 here.
That being said, we are aware of upcoming changes and you can read our stance here.
Hope that helps :)
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