You beat me to it! Yes, these are some of the possibles on our list as well. We are just starting deep exploration, so I don't have any specifics yet, but boy! some of the prospects look good.
thanks for the list! There's one or two I hadn't seen yet. We are using Cornerstone, which has been a challenge in terms of cross linking to vendor cloud based content and reporting. But it seems like more and more platforms are solving this problem.
For my team, my main goal is: how can I make engaging content in the shortest amount of time. We have Articulate but under no circumstances are we to use Storyline. We use Rise 100% of the time. With a lot of the shortcomings, this is forced us to not only evaluate our training, but our development process and how our learners are even accessing our content. We have courses that were built one way but we are re-thinking the reasoning behind that, using the data from our LMS and feedback from our learners to identify better solutions. Sure 7taps seems a little too straightforward but it forced us to use it in a way that makes sense now and our learners really love. I am almost at the point where I am thinking maybe I don't need an authoring tool at all and just a tool kit of different products (Iorad, ThingLink, Genially, Vimeo, and Descript), mesh them together and create really great, engaging courses our learners like to interact with and build assessment right in our LMS when needed
I am also breathless with dismay that, years into this thread discussion/request, a member of Staff came to the group to ask why we might need/want clickable image links in Rise...and expected the customer to take time out busy schedules to provide specific examples. This is such a basic, obvious feature...I can't tell if they were stalling for more time or if the developers truly don't understand the business their customers are in.
You are right! Insulting to have to explain why we might need image links!
We just moved to 360Learning. It has been a game changer for us. Some of their built in course development functions and integrations with service providers made it a really good decision for us.
Problem is, it is easy to say we're dropping Articulate and going elsewhere. But not so easy to do when we have hundreds of courses to maintain. And where do we find the time to learn new software and train team members while we have many courses in development in Rise and Storyline. We know that and they know it too. Let's call some truckers over!! :)
I agree and have, for years now. The only reason that I've stuck with Articulate is because I felt, well, stuck. But now that I'm beginning to truly feel that I'm a sucker, I'm thinking that this "bad marriage" may need ending... we'll see. For the life of me, I can't fathom why Articulate would want push customers to the brink.
I'll add that I am very disappointed with the SLOW innovation and updates to Rise. It has so much more potential and promise, but there's been very little done to it in recent years.
Very basic UX and developer UX improvements haven't been made. I mean, I can't even save colors to my color palette?!?! I need to paste a color code each time. This is just the tip of the iceberg.
Well said Martin. Articulate came up with great tools that have changed the way we work. Storyline keeps evolving, but it seems like the lights are on, but nobody's home when it comes to Rise. It's too bad because, like you say, it has great potential.
I've been wanting to do this to replace our internal websites. We currently use Google Sites for this in the exact 4 image grid like Rise. Adding a hyperlink to text is often missed on these Google Sites--everyone by default wants to click the image. Sometimes visitors completely miss the text link, click the image, then say the link is broken (because they think the image is the link which is a common heuristic many learners have). I think the path of least resistance is to meet learners where they're at: Click the image to visit the site. Otherwise, why have a big, pretty image if it doesn't do anything?
It'd be great to have this feature, as we could then move our many disparate internal websites into a single Rise course. What a time saver for our internal customers! I hope Articulate makes this update.
So, what is the reason this has not been addressed? There is a huge push for it. Is there some reason it can't be done? or does management think it is unnecessary? For as long as this request has been out there, and getting the response that "we need to submit a request to get it on the suggestion list" I think we would like to know the reason it is not getting done. It doesn't seem fair to all you front line workers to get these requests and have to give the same standard answer. I guess I'd like to know the process and who decides what gets added or not added and why.
Hi Crystal, I appreciate the suggestion of utilizing Storyline as an alternative. I've been having trouble getting the black background of the image created. Instead of the image itself being saved Storyline is adding a black Resource block around it. Any suggestions on how to remove it?
Would you be willing to share a copy of your Storyline 360 project file here or privately through a support case so we can take a look at what's happening? We'll delete it as soon as we're done testing.
The story block functionality is a clunky answer to this basic ask. Please update this functionality. I would like to link people out to images and add images to tables.
Just checking -- we still can't hyperlink an image? I just want to link to an external website by putting in a screen capture of the page when it won't let you embed the page. Yeah, I could do a SL work-around, but this seems like something pretty basic that people have been asking about for years. So am I just missing something?
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You beat me to it! Yes, these are some of the possibles on our list as well. We are just starting deep exploration, so I don't have any specifics yet, but boy! some of the prospects look good.
We're going the way of Elucidat. And potentially LearnUpon as LMS
thanks for the list! There's one or two I hadn't seen yet. We are using Cornerstone, which has been a challenge in terms of cross linking to vendor cloud based content and reporting. But it seems like more and more platforms are solving this problem.
I noticed that too. Very interesting.
For my team, my main goal is: how can I make engaging content in the shortest amount of time. We have Articulate but under no circumstances are we to use Storyline. We use Rise 100% of the time. With a lot of the shortcomings, this is forced us to not only evaluate our training, but our development process and how our learners are even accessing our content. We have courses that were built one way but we are re-thinking the reasoning behind that, using the data from our LMS and feedback from our learners to identify better solutions. Sure 7taps seems a little too straightforward but it forced us to use it in a way that makes sense now and our learners really love. I am almost at the point where I am thinking maybe I don't need an authoring tool at all and just a tool kit of different products (Iorad, ThingLink, Genially, Vimeo, and Descript), mesh them together and create really great, engaging courses our learners like to interact with and build assessment right in our LMS when needed
You are right! Insulting to have to explain why we might need image links!
We just moved to 360Learning. It has been a game changer for us. Some of their built in course development functions and integrations with service providers made it a really good decision for us.
Problem is, it is easy to say we're dropping Articulate and going elsewhere. But not so easy to do when we have hundreds of courses to maintain. And where do we find the time to learn new software and train team members while we have many courses in development in Rise and Storyline. We know that and they know it too. Let's call some truckers over!! :)
Lol
I hope that all of you here have taken (or will take) a few minutes to file a feature request for this.
I agree and have, for years now. The only reason that I've stuck with Articulate is because I felt, well, stuck. But now that I'm beginning to truly feel that I'm a sucker, I'm thinking that this "bad marriage" may need ending... we'll see. For the life of me, I can't fathom why Articulate would want push customers to the brink.
I'll add that I am very disappointed with the SLOW innovation and updates to Rise. It has so much more potential and promise, but there's been very little done to it in recent years.
Very basic UX and developer UX improvements haven't been made. I mean, I can't even save colors to my color palette?!?! I need to paste a color code each time. This is just the tip of the iceberg.
Well said Martin. Articulate came up with great tools that have changed the way we work. Storyline keeps evolving, but it seems like the lights are on, but nobody's home when it comes to Rise. It's too bad because, like you say, it has great potential.
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I've been wanting to do this to replace our internal websites. We currently use Google Sites for this in the exact 4 image grid like Rise. Adding a hyperlink to text is often missed on these Google Sites--everyone by default wants to click the image. Sometimes visitors completely miss the text link, click the image, then say the link is broken (because they think the image is the link which is a common heuristic many learners have). I think the path of least resistance is to meet learners where they're at: Click the image to visit the site. Otherwise, why have a big, pretty image if it doesn't do anything?
It'd be great to have this feature, as we could then move our many disparate internal websites into a single Rise course. What a time saver for our internal customers! I hope Articulate makes this update.
So, what is the reason this has not been addressed? There is a huge push for it. Is there some reason it can't be done? or does management think it is unnecessary? For as long as this request has been out there, and getting the response that "we need to submit a request to get it on the suggestion list" I think we would like to know the reason it is not getting done. It doesn't seem fair to all you front line workers to get these requests and have to give the same standard answer. I guess I'd like to know the process and who decides what gets added or not added and why.
Everything in Rise seems to involve a workaround... it's so limited.
This is a 5 year request...
Hi Crystal, I appreciate the suggestion of utilizing Storyline as an alternative. I've been having trouble getting the black background of the image created. Instead of the image itself being saved Storyline is adding a black Resource block around it. Any suggestions on how to remove it?
Hi Tonya,
Would you be willing to share a copy of your Storyline 360 project file here or privately through a support case so we can take a look at what's happening? We'll delete it as soon as we're done testing.
The story block functionality is a clunky answer to this basic ask. Please update this functionality. I would like to link people out to images and add images to tables.
Just checking -- we still can't hyperlink an image? I just want to link to an external website by putting in a screen capture of the page when it won't let you embed the page. Yeah, I could do a SL work-around, but this seems like something pretty basic that people have been asking about for years. So am I just missing something?
LOL, a Staff reply FINALLY, and it has nothing to do with the main focus of this thread.
At last I have my new laptop w/ Adobe on it. Can't wait to ditch Articulate.
Any progress on this feature request after four years? This would be incredibly useful to have.
Is there an update to any of this? I came here looking for the same feature. Just read through the comments...