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Anne6
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6 months ago
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Estimating timings on a course

Hi all, I've been using Articulate 360 and Storyline for a while now.  I have a query I have not managed to resolve.  It is very helpful when sharing a course, if the trainee knows how long the cou...
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  • LaraMcK's avatar
    LaraMcK
    5 months ago

    I estimate with Word count. Typically narrated text is 125 - 150 words per minute.

    Reading speed is around 200.

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FelixFranke
Community Member
4 months ago

I have thought of another solution, at least to calculate how long the added audio threads in a storyline course are:

Open the .story file in a ZIP program to reveal the structure and follow the biggest folders (..\story\media). Here, you have all images, audios and videos (casically, the content of the medi libryary).

Extract the audios and videos into a separate temporary folder and add it to a playlist of a media player (I use VLC).

Bingo: The playlist adds up all times of every little snippet! I then add 50% of time for "faffing around" and use that time on my course page. I will see how well that works.

Careful: This does not work if you embed videos or audios from external locations! This should be considered for any way of time estimation...