Characters

Wait! Did I miss something? Are characters in the image library now available for Rise?

Hi Martin!  Sorry if this discussion was confusing. 

Rise uses the images from Content Library, but not characters.  It looks like Martha was asking specifically about the types of characters available in Content Library.  Tell me more about how you'd use a character in Rise!

Found this old discussion when searching for information about using characters in Rise. Thought I'd try reigniting it. Please let me know if I should post elsewhere. 

I'm using Rise to build an overview that will happen before peer-led training. As part of that overview I need to introduce the high-level process. I'm using the process interaction in Rise and am giving context by using a simple scenario. "Meet Carlos... he's... let's see how he does this..." kind of thing. I'd love to use characters to get some continuity in the images I include in the mini-scenario/process. Sadly they're not available.

While I don't personally have a use for this feature, I endorse its inclusion. Many Articulate customers either work in the healthcare field or have clients who are in that field. Having a few child characters would be useful for them. It goes with out saying that the same is true for primary and secondary education customers.

Thanks, Leah and Justin. We haven't add the photographic or illustrated characters to Rise yet, but you could add them to a Storyline course and add that as a block into Rise. You could also insert into Storyline and choose "Save as picture" to use that character as an image in your Rise courses. 

Hi Crystal.

I would like to know if there's any way to see if "the folks in charge of character creation" has replied to the request for younger illustrated characters in SL?

My specific needs are children ages 0-16.

Thanks, Ninna

Hi Crystal,

Thanks for reaching out!

I don’t currently have any updates, but be sure to stay tuned to the What's New page of our site for any news on that front.

If there's anything else I can do to help, please let me know!

Upvote for more age diversity in Characters!   I get that it may be hard to have young children do the necessary poses, but perhaps something like an 8-12yr and a 13-18 range with three or four models for each would be great for us. Also, there are very limited 60+ characters (three I believe, 1 female) a couple more would be great. (Developing for age-friendly community training, healthcare, etc.).  Thanks!

I agree, the company I work for is in healthcare with people as young as infants up to elderly!  This would be a great support for our training. 

Thanks!

Thanks for chiming in with your feedback, Jason and Eric! It helps us to know how in-demand these characters are. 

Another vote to continue adding characters with diversity - ages for sure but also skin colour and ethnicity. We have a lot of Asian employees at our client locations and having more who represent various cultures would be amazing.

I appreciate your insight, Leah! 

I have asked for this many times as well. Not everyone who uses this product designs for just adults. 

I built these two characters based on a download from Neha Tandon.  Feel free to use them.

Also, please include different body fat percentages for inclusivity!  We want to see people who look like us.   Please use larger and smaller bodies.

We are an Indian organization serving farmers. Could you maybe have Indianized / traditional characters in Articulate? One example can be a salwar kameez or saree clad females maybe? Our audience would much better connect with such type of characters.

Hi - here to bump this request one more time. I create training for educators and would love to build more visually engaging elements in Storyline but all the characters are adults. Any update on this? Just signed up for my account and I'm disappointed to see how few characters there are to choose from, especially younger than 25. 

Thank you so much for your feedback, everyone! We'll take all of your ideas into consideration as we plan future updates for Content Library 360 characters. 

Hello, I am here to also advocate for the inclusion of children characters. The work I will be doing with Storyline 360 is only with children and it would be helpful to have characters on the screen that they can actually relate to. 

Also, please, PLEASE include more body diversity! So important. 

Thanks so much! 

Hi Fina, Thanks for sharing your needs here. I'll pass this feedback along as it helps us to know how important representation for these characters is. 

I am in the same boat! I work in education and there are no child characters available. The course I am running is primarily for early education teachers so it would be most helpful if these can be added! 

Olá! Bom Dia.

Existe alguma previsão de atualização dos Personagens? Nitidamente, eles são de décadas atrás (vestimentas antigas) e gostaria de encontrar mais personagens Inclusivos e Diversos, como: Deficientes físicos, cegos, etc e personagens LGBTGI + (Transsexuais, Travestir, etc).

Grato desde já!

Hello Treinamento Amil! Thanks for letting us know you'd like to see more different types of characters and a better representation of inclusive character sets. We'll let the team know, and I'll share your specific feedback!

Jumping on the bumping question boat!  If we ask enough times for children characters, maybe we will get them!  Honestly, without them I have very little use for Rise since I am a K-12 teacher and have students practice social interaction.  I would much prefer that they relate to the character, rather than an adult.