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Put Storyline Interactions Into Rise!
We’re so excited about the latest new feature in Rise: Storyline blocks!
You can now have the best of both worlds: custom interactivity with Storyline 360 and easy web-based responsive authoring with Rise.
Create any custom interaction you imagine with Storyline 360, and then easily add it to the responsive projects you create in Rise. And of course, your interaction will work perfectly on any device!
To try it out, just make sure you’ve updated to the latest version of Storyline 360. Then watch this video by our CTO Arlyn Asch to see how easy it is to add Storyline interactions to your Rise courses.
Thanks all - these are just some of the ideas our team is tossing around! We're looking at ways to create a tighter integration between Rise and Storyline - so hearing how you'd want to use it is incredibly helpful.
Keep all the good ideas coming - either here in ELH or share with us right here. 😁
I'm exploring on storyline blocks on Rise. It work fine when I preview in Desktop and Tablet mode but in Phone mode (Both portrait and Landscape), it just shows a Black background with a play button like a video. Clicking on the play button doesn't work. I've however tried the link on an Android phone, the interaction can play but I need to click on the play button to open up another screen to use it.
I've 2 questions and would like to seek advice.
- Can the preview in the phone mode be configured to work like that in Desktop/Tablet mode?
- Can storyline work on phone like normal interactions instead of a video with play button that open another screen?
Thanks in advance for any advices given.
Great questions, H B.J.!
Storyline blocks won’t work when you click the mobile phone icons during preview, but they will work as expected in published output on mobile phones. I understand how helpful it'd be to see Storyline blocks in mobile phone previews, so I've sent your request to our development team!
In regards to the play button you're seeing, I wanted to connect this to a post earlier in this thread where Adam clarified that the play button for the Storyline block is expected on iOS devices.
Hi Alyssa Gomez, Thanks for answering my queries and helping to send the request to the development team. :)
The play button for the storyline block is also there in android device. I've actually encountered some funny behavior when I have 2 storyline block. I've created a discussion here.
https://community.articulate.com/discussions/rise/some-display-problem-on-ardroid-phone-for-articulate-rise-for-sorting-activity-and-storyline-blockHope fully you can provide advice as well? Thanks!
Thanks for linking your other post here, H! I just responded to your questions. We can keep the conversation going over there, if you'd like!
Hello all,
I am wondering if it is possible to embed a storyline file with out using 360. Reason being, there are some courses we have that are confidential and best to not be uploaded on the cloud. Instead, we host the content on our internal server (only accessible if connected to our server by location or vpn).
When I try using the Multimedia block option > Embed, I receive the error that the file/link is not valid, though I am able to open it just fine in my browser.
Any thoughts?
Hi GP. Check out this article about embedded content in Rise. Since Rise uses secure
https, embedded content must also usehttpsto work properly.Does that address what you're seeing?
Hello, Ernst!
You mentioned you're seeing the big play button while viewing the course on a PC. Does the Storyline block have audio or video on the first slide?
Browsers like Chrome and Safari have started to block the autoplay of media. This article explains why you're seeing a play button in those browsers.
Let me know if that answers your question!
Dear Alyssa
Thanks for your reply.
As you write my embedded Storyline block has audio on the first slide. Therefore it's clear now for me.
I thought that the big play button shows up on PC screens when loading time of an embedded Storyline block takes too long - therefore I created a very simple start slide which has to be clicked to actually start (go to next slide) the Storyline module which is rather large in size (also because of the audio...).
And this worked, but not because of what I assumed, but because the first slide doesn't contain any audio.
And asked again: are your developers considering replacing the big blob with the start arrow on small screens with something more appealing?
Kind regards
ErnstErnst,
I have been begging for this for over a year now. I have submitted several feature requests but was told it was not on the current roadmap. I am not a software developer, but adding a simple transparent overlay over the thumbnail of the start slide would be a more elegant solution. This is particularly awful when viewing inside a Rise course. The other issue I’ve noticed lately is when you go back to resume the block. The ugly black button persists.
Hi Anthony
So there are at least two people unhappy with this black blob - nice to know that I'm not the only one ;-)
I am also unhappy about the black blob, Ernst and Anthony.....
Hi Michael,
Do your Storyline blocks begin with a slide that contains video or audio? If so, you'll see a play button appear before the first slide.
You can prevent the play button by adding an introductory slide before the first slide in the Storyline Block.
Let me know if that would be an option for you!
Hi, Alyssa. This is not the case on mobile. The black box with the play button shows regardless. This has been my issue for so long.
Hey there, Anthony and Ernst. There are two things happening here:
- On mobile browsers, Storyline blocks will not autoplay. You'll see the play button to launch the Storyline content. On tablets, the Storyline content should play inline with the Rise 360 lesson.
- On mobile phones, specifically, Storyline blocks will not play within the Rise 360 lesson. They'll launch full-screen to give the Storyline content room to display on smaller screens. When you close the Storyline block, you'll return to the Rise 360 lesson with the play button again showing for the Storyline block.
We're tracking the impact of this behavior, and I'll let you know if we make any changes to how Storyline blocks appear on smaller mobile screens.
Would be really nice to have the black play button removed to "start" a Storyline block on Smartphones and Tablets.
