Hi - I'm brand new to Articulate products but have a client request and a short timeline, so thought I would come straight to the experts first. What is the best practice for using a PPT as the foundation of an eLearning course? I've been told that I should import the PPT in Storyline and go from there, but another contact has recommended an add-on product from an external vendor, Omniplex Glide. I would like to use what's available in Articulate products. Can you direct me to the best resources or demos for this?
Hi - I'm brand new to Articulate products but have a client request and a short timeline, so thought I would come straight to the experts first. What is the best practice for using a PPT as the foundation of an eLearning course? I've been told that I should import the PPT in Storyline and go from there, but another contact has recommended an add-on product from an external vendor, Omniplex Glide. I would like to use what's available in Articulate products. Can you direct me to the best resources or demos for this?
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I’m glad to hear that you are interested in using Articulate products to create eLearning courses from your PPT presentations. Articulate Storyline 360 is a powerful and easy-to-use tool that allows you to import your PPT slides and add interactivity, media, quizzes, and more. You can also use Articulate Studio 360, which is a suite of applications that work within PowerPoint to create presentation-based courses.
There are many resources and demos available to help you learn how to use Articulate products and convert your PPT to eLearning. Here are some of them:
Turn PowerPoints into E-Learning Courses Fast with Studio 360 - Articulate https://articulate.com/360/studio: This is the official website of Articulate Studio 360, where you can find an overview, features, and examples of courses created with Studio 360.
From a technical perspective, importing a PowerPoint file into Storyline 360 is both fast and easy. The steps take just a few clicks and are outlined in this article. So if you want to kickstart production by reusing some or all of your PowerPoint slides as the starting point for your e-learning slides, you don't need any additional products or add-ons to make that happen.
That said, from a training design perspective, it's also important to think about what's different about learning from a PowerPoint deck versus an e-learning course. PowerPoint decks can be fantastic for accompanying a live presenter. But they don't have much interactivity and don't give learners much choice in how they go through content. Those are things that e-learning can do exceptionally well.
So to get the most value from the e-learning format, you may want to do more than simply import your PowerPoint slides. You'll also want to consider what you can change, remove, and add to your slides to take advantage of the different functionality e-learning offers and help your course content click for people.
When you have lots of design and development time, sometimes this means completely reworking the course content. This article has some tips on doing that. But you mentioned you're in a time crunch, so here are some tips on smaller-scale renovations that can help a lot in the process:
People like having choices. So if your course sections don't have to be completed in a specific order to make sense, consider building a main e-learning menu where people can choose what order they go through each section.
Is there information in your course that would benefit from interactivity—either to encourage people to think about the information in new ways or just to break up text-heavy slides and make them easier to take in? Consider changing those sections of the course into interactive activities. To do that quickly, try using the freeform questions feature and free interaction templates included in Storyline 360.
This is also a good time to assess the course content to see if there are opportunities to streamline the course information. Look for opportunities to trim out unnecessary content and trim down the text you choose to keep.
If your slides are very text-heavy, you might have an easier time moving your course into Rise 360 instead of Storyline 360. You can't auto-import the content, so you do have to copy and paste your text. But Rise 360 is well-suited to courses that use a lot of text and multimedia. Also, Rise 360 development tends to be faster than Storyline 360 since it handles much of the visual and interaction design work for you. So that's an alternative option to consider.
Best of luck with this project and keep us posted if any other questions come up along the way!
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Hello,
I can see your query, I will give you a solution. Please see below and follow the instructions...
I’m glad to hear that you are interested in using Articulate products to create eLearning courses from your PPT presentations. Articulate Storyline 360 is a powerful and easy-to-use tool that allows you to import your PPT slides and add interactivity, media, quizzes, and more. You can also use Articulate Studio 360, which is a suite of applications that work within PowerPoint to create presentation-based courses.
There are many resources and demos available to help you learn how to use Articulate products and convert your PPT to eLearning. Here are some of them:
Turn PowerPoints into E-Learning Courses Fast with Studio 360 - Articulate https://articulate.com/360/studio: This is the official website of Articulate Studio 360, where you can find an overview, features, and examples of courses created with Studio 360.
How to Convert Your PowerPoint Presentation into an Elearning Course https://blogs.articulate.com/rapid-elearning/how-to-convert-your-power/DogNeedsBest/point-presentation-into-an-elearning-course/ …: This is a blog post by Tom Kuhlmann, a renowned eLearning expert and the chief learning architect at Articulate. He shows you how to transform a PPT presentation into an engaging eLearning course using different techniques and ideas.
I hope these resources are helpful to you. If you have any other questions, please feel free to ask me. 😊
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Booker EVail
Hi Laura and welcome to the community.
From a technical perspective, importing a PowerPoint file into Storyline 360 is both fast and easy. The steps take just a few clicks and are outlined in this article. So if you want to kickstart production by reusing some or all of your PowerPoint slides as the starting point for your e-learning slides, you don't need any additional products or add-ons to make that happen.
That said, from a training design perspective, it's also important to think about what's different about learning from a PowerPoint deck versus an e-learning course. PowerPoint decks can be fantastic for accompanying a live presenter. But they don't have much interactivity and don't give learners much choice in how they go through content. Those are things that e-learning can do exceptionally well.
So to get the most value from the e-learning format, you may want to do more than simply import your PowerPoint slides. You'll also want to consider what you can change, remove, and add to your slides to take advantage of the different functionality e-learning offers and help your course content click for people.
When you have lots of design and development time, sometimes this means completely reworking the course content. This article has some tips on doing that. But you mentioned you're in a time crunch, so here are some tips on smaller-scale renovations that can help a lot in the process:
Best of luck with this project and keep us posted if any other questions come up along the way!