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.
now here is a question: can you link a continue button to the status of a storyline block? Imagine creating a quiz in there but the continue button in rise doesn't work until they've done the block.
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?
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.
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.
There's still this not so nice black blob with the big play buton to start a Storyline interaction embedded in Rise. Not only on smartphones but - as I presume - depending on Storyline module size also on PC and tablet. Each time Articulate announces new features I hope to see some improvement here. But not till now :-( Implementing a preview image or screenshot generated by Rise when embedding the Storyline module shouldn't be such a great development job. Couldn't you try to convince your developpers to do some improvements (as what I see it) here?
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?
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.
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.
thank you for your answer and for taking a closer look at this topic.
Maybe we don't understand "autoplay" to mean the same thing.
In my experience a Storyline block, which is embedded in Rise, is not often designed to start immediately after loading, but waits for a user input. Therefore the first slide should be displayed on smartphones and tablets, just like in a browser on a PC/Mac .
I'll append two exemplary screenshots, one as it looks on the PC and one as it looks on the Smartphone (screenshots are from Rise Preview). I really don't understand what the difference is to get a different, semantically incorrect display on the smartphone.
Thanks for including the screenshots. What you're seeing is expected behavior for Storyline Blocks. There isn't a way to remove the play button you see when viewing the course from a mobile phone.
Let me know if you have more questions about that!
As i want to insert small interactive parts in a Rise course by adding Storyline blocks, i would like them to blend in as perfect as possible. On desktop that works perfect. So adding a SL block with eg. size 1920 x 80, setting that to 'Full Width' works perfect on desktop. Alas the behaviour of that same block on mobile and tablet is not as wanted. It threats the SL block as video and starts it with the default play button. It aint video or audio, so i would like to have it treated as pure HTML5 what it is in fact. And it uses the mobile player..and fullscreen playmode. I do want to add my SL block completely blended in the Rise course...why else would i need a SL block ?
Reading the responses on other users questions i have to pinpoint that a developer wants to use Storyline blocks in Rise to add custom interactivities. So treating it as it was just some sort of video/audio container aint the best way, because of mobile requirements. Blending it perfectly into HTML5 in Rise would be the better way.
Thanks so much for your feedback. What you're seeing is expected behavior for Storyline Blocks. There isn't a way to remove the play button you see when viewing the course from a mobile phone, but I'll let our team know that you need a seamless Storyline Block display in all devices.
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Kind of support of Multi SCO could do the trick (?) where each Storyline block being tracked as a separate SCO.
Regards
Ernst
now here is a question: can you link a continue button to the status of a storyline block? Imagine creating a quiz in there but the continue button in rise doesn't work until they've done the block.
Exactly!
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-block
Hope 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?
Hi Ashley
There's still this not so nice black blob with the big play buton to start a Storyline interaction embedded in Rise. Not only on smartphones but - as I presume - depending on Storyline module size also on PC and tablet. Each time Articulate announces new features I hope to see some improvement here. But not till now :-( Implementing a preview image or screenshot generated by Rise when embedding the Storyline module shouldn't be such a great development job. Couldn't you try to convince your developpers to do some improvements (as what I see it) here?
Kind regards, Ernst
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
Ernst
Ernst,
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 ;-)
Agree, this doesn't match the rest of our courses.
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.
Would be really nice to have the black play button removed to "start" a Storyline block on Smartphones and Tablets.
Hey there, Anthony and Ernst. There are two things happening here:
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.
Dear Crystal,
thank you for your answer and for taking a closer look at this topic.
Maybe we don't understand "autoplay" to mean the same thing.
In my experience a Storyline block, which is embedded in Rise, is not often designed to start immediately after loading, but waits for a user input. Therefore the first slide should be displayed on smartphones and tablets, just like in a browser on a PC/Mac .
I'll append two exemplary screenshots, one as it looks on the PC and one as it looks on the Smartphone (screenshots are from Rise Preview). I really don't understand what the difference is to get a different, semantically incorrect display on the smartphone.
Looking forward to further news!
Ernst
Hi Ernst,
Thanks for including the screenshots. What you're seeing is expected behavior for Storyline Blocks. There isn't a way to remove the play button you see when viewing the course from a mobile phone.
Let me know if you have more questions about that!
I am also unhappy about the black blob, Ernst and Anthony.....
As i want to insert small interactive parts in a Rise course by adding Storyline blocks, i would like them to blend in as perfect as possible. On desktop that works perfect. So adding a SL block with eg. size 1920 x 80, setting that to 'Full Width' works perfect on desktop. Alas the behaviour of that same block on mobile and tablet is not as wanted. It threats the SL block as video and starts it with the default play button. It aint video or audio, so i would like to have it treated as pure HTML5 what it is in fact. And it uses the mobile player..and fullscreen playmode. I do want to add my SL block completely blended in the Rise course...why else would i need a SL block ?
Reading the responses on other users questions i have to pinpoint that a developer wants to use Storyline blocks in Rise to add custom interactivities. So treating it as it was just some sort of video/audio container aint the best way, because of mobile requirements. Blending it perfectly into HTML5 in Rise would be the better way.
Kind regards,
Math
Hi Math,
Thanks so much for your feedback. What you're seeing is expected behavior for Storyline Blocks. There isn't a way to remove the play button you see when viewing the course from a mobile phone, but I'll let our team know that you need a seamless Storyline Block display in all devices.