What publishing options to choose

Hi Paolo!

If you don't need to track course completion for your learners, then web publishing is a good option. To learn how to publish Storyline content for web distribution, see this tutorial. 

After you publish, you'll want to upload the published files to a web server. If you don't have access to a web server, Amazon S3 offers free hosting with generous usage limits. See this video tutorial by Tom Kuhlmann to learn more about Amazon S3.

Thank you Alyssa. I was thinking of publishing for LMS as I will be hosting the lessons on my own LMS platform which will manage users through their lessons. 

It does leave me with some questions however:

 1.      As I want to use each scene as an individual lesson for users to access and complete, I assume I will have to copy each scene to its own individual story and then publish each story so the lessons remain as individual lessons.

2.      If I do point 1 above, what do I need to do to ensure my quiz (which is in scene 5) still picks up the questions that appear in earlier scenes?

Can you advise me of the best publishing options so as to get the result I'm looking for? 

Hi again, Paolo!

You are correct - if you want to publish each scene separately, you'll want to either open a new file and import the slides from the scene 1 into the new file, or do a "Save As: Scene 1" of the original file, then delete all but scene 1 in the new file. I'd recommend those options over copy/pasting slides from one file to another, as that can sometimes cause unexpected behavior. 

And by the way, in case you're using Storyline 360, you can publish one scene at a time. 

It sounds like you'll want to use a question bank for your quiz in scene 5, and include all of the questions from the previous scenes. You can choose the option "Draw Questions Randomly" if you'd like a random sampling of those questions.

Thank you Alyssa. 

Should I consider using Storyline 360? Are their significant benefits compared to the Storyline 2 I'm currently using?

Hey Paolo, great question! My colleague Ashley wrote a fantastic comparison of Storyline 2 vs. Storyline 360, where she explains the benefits of using Storyline 360 over Storyline 2. I'd encourage you to check that out! 

And for a quick look at all the new features Storyline 360 has to offer, take a look at this table. 

I hope this is helpful, and please let us know if you have any other questions!

Thank you. That is very useful.

You're welcome! Always happy to help. :)