Creating Companion Guide or Workbook

Great question, Amy! This is an interesting one. There are so many ways to approach this. I just wanted to share one way of doing this in Storyline 360. Using a similar concept, I created this Getting Started With E-Learning course. Although it's not technically "out of desk" activities, the activities the learners' do perform are outside the course, which gives them the flexibility to complete the activities at any time and at their own pace. If you do go this route, be sure to include that save button to ensure progress is saved in the LMS. 

I'm also interested in seeing what other people in the community have done to approach this type of learning experience.