eLearning Best practice Guidelines

Hi, Scott,

If the company has a "look and feel" that it wants people to use, I suggest you create a "set up" course that people could start with.

For example, for one of my clients with strict brand guidelines, I had a Storyline file with the slide size, default fonts, color palette, and master layouts already set. I always started a new course using a copy of that file. 

I've also seen such files with basic interaction slides  and question slides already set up. (Those kinds of slides could be in a "storage" scene, so developers could copy and paste the slides as needed, and then delete that scene before finalizing the course.) 

If you've got an Articulate Team set up, you can also share templates.

In Rise, you can establish block templates. Those can only be directly shared within a Team. However, for non-team members, if you simply share a course that has all of the established blocks, anyone else can use those to create their own block templates. 

Ideally, there should also be a style guide to provide appropriate guidance about language, types of images to use, etc. 

Hi Scott! Thanks for posting your question here! To go along with Judy's helpful advice, I wanted to share a few resources on the topic:

• What to Include in an E-Learning Style Guide
• The Why and How of Building an E-Learning Style Guide in Storyline
• Rise 360: An Interactive E-Learning Style Guide

I hope that helps!

Thanks for sharing your knowledge.