Storyline for term long courses?

Hi Steve 

Yes, I believe Storyline is perfect for longer courses (particularly for interactive elements), and can support the development of quality eLearning materials in longer courses. 

This links shares some recent comments.  https://community.articulate.com/discussions/building-better-courses/word-conversion-text-based-template#reply-384699

Regards Christine

Hi Steven,

I think it depends on what you are planning to put into these courses. If you want to insert videos you might have to split it into smaller pieces, because unlike programs like adobe, storyline inserts the video completely as a file and doesn´t only link to it on your network while working in the storyline file. So the more videos you insert, the bigger your storyline course, the longer may be the loading time. (Tip here: Insert the videos at the end of the course developement, opening and saving time will increase pretty much.)

We have videos in all of our courses, I think the longest is a 3 day course. We had to split it into seperate pieces because of uploading problems. But I think smaller pieces (like 45min/1h) are better to work with. If you have a 3 month course in one file the learner could be discouraged, because he doesn´t see the end coming soon. :) If you have smaller courses the learner can pick like 1 or 2 for one day and has a better overview of where he stands. But thats only my opinion.

Btw we use Moodle as LMS. We are happy with it and the certificate function is pretty neat. We have a final quiz the learner has to pass with like 80% and when he does the learner can download an automatically created pdf with his name and customized content of the course in 2 languages.

Susi

I think you are asking if it would be ok to cram 5 modules with 10 lessons each (50 lessons) into a single Storyline file?

If that is what you are asking, then from both a development and maintenance perspective, I think it would be wise to do a one-lesson-one SL file approach. That would make it easier to develop (split up development among multiple developers, faster load, Preview, and Publish times, and so on) and easier to update portions of the course over time (update a smaller file rather than pieces of a large file).

Also, from a learner's perspective,  as Susi said, individual lessons would provide the learner with a sense of progress, as they complete each lesson they are getting closer to the end. Plus it would be easier for them to maneuver through a smaller lesson and review info than it would be with a huge monolithic course file.

I would use one SL file per lesson, and organize and manage the lessons as a course in the LMS.

If that is not what you were asking, then never mind. :)

Chris

hi Christine

Susi is on the money with her answer.

I would go with short courses and add videos.  If you have a modular approach people can see they are making progress.  You have heard of death by powerpoint, be careful of death by e-learning.

The videos can be people explaining the the next part of the course of doing a round up key learning points.

peppering continual assessment will give the learner more drive to complete the course as everyone likes a better than 50% score on their screen

Communicate the roll out as well, and also offer assistance to learners.

Try to avoid the approach of here is a 3 month training course - and get on with it

Hope this helps

Malcolm 

i would make it blended with the articulate modules was the back bone of the series