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Webinars, Primers, and Tips—Oh My!
This post compiles links to Storyline primers and tips I've posted in the community. Many of the posts include downloadable demo files. There are also links to the on-demand recordings of the webinars I've presented for Articulate.
The links are grouped in these categories:
- Getting Started with Storyline
- Navigation Control in Storyline
- Quality Assurance / Troubleshooting
- Quizzes in Storyline
- Storyline Player & Masters
- Variables
- Xtra Storyline Tips
Note: If you have a question related to a topic covered by these posts, I suggest you start a new discussion in the community. That will increase your question's visibility and make it more likely to get responses from folks with different expertise and perspectives.
Getting Started with Storyline
recorded webinar: Top 10 Tips for New Storyline Users
Can't see the base from a layer? Or is it just dimmed? Here's how to control visibility...
PRIMER: Take advantage of built-in states
PRIMER: Hotspots vs. Transparent Shapes
TIP: Making icons easier to program and easier to click
Navigation Control in Storyline
TIP: Controlling the NEXT Button 101
TIP: Create a Custom Menu Slide
TIP: Let the user choose their path
Quality Assurance / Troubleshooting
TIP: Quality-assurance (QA) testing is a vital step
recorded webinar: TIP: The Eightfold Path of Troubleshooting
Quizzes & Surveys in Storyline
PRIMER: Pretest in a Storyline Course
PRIMER: Graded Questions that Allow Multiple Attempts
TIP: Give Different "Try Again" Feedback After the 2nd Attempt
TIP: Limit How Many Selections a User Can Make on a Multiple-Response (Pick-Many) Question
TIP: Create a "Pick One" Question with Multiple Correct Answers
TIP: Give Partial Credit on Multiple Response Questions
TIP: Review and Retry Non-Adjacent Quiz Questions Without Seeing the Content Slides In Between
TIP: Customizable Feedback Layers
TIP: Using a slider to show Quiz progress
Storyline Player & Masters
TIP: Create Custom Player Tabs for Your Resources, Glossary, and More
TIP: Master Toggling On and Off
TIP: Track Progress with Master Badges
Variables
PRIMER: Trigger calculations in Storyline
Xtra Storyline Tips
TIP: Acknowledgment statements for compliance
TIP: Animate the change between character poses, photos, or other objects
TIP: the Incredible Power of Invisible Layers
TIP: Ranking-Order Interaction
TIP: Track Responses to Custom Questions or Surveys
Primer: Storyline-block completions in Rise
Best wishes for success with your Storyline projects! 😁