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Children Characters in Storyline?
Where can I find children/students characters to put in my project?
Thank you
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Hi Fadzil,
This seemingly simple feature request has been requested in the following threads going back to over 8 years ago! They have obviously decided to ignore this request and instead suggest that you pay for custom character designs by other community members.
https://community.articulate.com/discussions/articulate-storyline/younger-characters-for-storyline
https://community.articulate.com/discussions/articulate-storyline/illustrated-characters-kids
https://community.articulate.com/discussions/building-better-courses/child-haracgers-for-elearning
https://community.articulate.com/discussions/articulate-storyline/child-characters
https://community.articulate.com/discussions/articulate-storyline/child-characters-in-articulate-360
https://community.articulate.com/discussions/articulate-storyline/children-character-sets
Hi Jacqueline,
Thanks for taking the time to reach out here and in a few other discussions that asked for a similar feature.
The creation of child or youth characters has been asked and discussed here with E-Learning Heroes for some time, but it hasn't yet bubbled to the top of our list for inclusion on our roadmap. We truly do value the insights shared, and everything is tracked and reported to our team so that we can re-evaluate feature ideas on a regular basis.
If you'd like to understand more on how we evaluate features and what is on our current roadmap, take a look at the articles below:
Please do reach out if I can answer anything else for you!
I agree, we need children and teen characters.
Adding another vote please for child and teen characters from another company using Articulate Storyline 360.
With COVID-19, we use more eLearning material in our formal school programs. We really need child and teen characters for our scenarios...
Add me to the list of those needing child and teen characters.
I need children too please
We need it for our project as well! At least animated?
Fadzil,
"Seemingly simple?" As much as I agree this is needed, I have to speak up for Articulate. What is a child: A toddler? Pre-school? Young child? Older child? Tween? Teen? Multiply that by three or for different skin tones. And of course there needs to be both boys and girls, all with a number of wardrobe changes. A range of poses. A range of expressions.
This is epic, nothing simple about it. I have no association with Articulate, other than using and respecting their product. Making requests is good, but let's keep in mind the magnitude of what is being requested. And I sure hope they get this done.
I second what John Morley said above. Adding characters is a time-, effort-, and money-consuming upgrade.
Plus, the media library is a secondary aspect of Articulate 360. My guess is that its scope doesn't have a huge impact on subscriptions, since many developers also subscribe to other services for characters, photos, and other graphics. The way I see it, that'd make "more characters" a fairly low priority from a business standpoint.
I had a project that absolutely had to include children. Luckily, my workgroup also subscribes to Vyond, an online animation software. They have hundreds of characters to choose from, including children. In addition, all characters can be customized including but not limited to facial features, skin tone, clothing, and accessories, just to name a few. I’ve even been able to create recognizable avatars of my team members. Characters can walk and talk and interact with objects. You can sync the audio to the character, so it appears they are talking. Since you can export to video or slides, I was able to use it with Articulate 360.
Unfortunately, this workaround may not be an option for schools, companies, non-profits, or individuals on a shoestring budget. It also worked for me because I was able to use animated characters. If I needed a “real” person, I would have been out of luck.
