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Storyline: Learning Quest
Building and repairing friendships are heavy topics to help a learner explore. But it’s amazing how a story and game mechanics can take a complex subject and make it more approachable.
In this example, you’re on a journey with a creature named Mori to help her find something important she’s lost—but first, you’re going to need to earn her trust. Through making thoughtful choices in your discussions, you can gain points and get Mori to open up to you. And as you progress in your quest, she shares more clues about what went missing and why.
Freeform quiz question slides in Storyline 360 make it easy to simulate a conversation and provide custom reactions to learner’s responses. And by adding in number variables, you can give learners points to mark their progress and unlock new content in the story.
This project is also a beautiful example of how to use photos and illustrations together. Want to learn more ways to blend different types of images in your own work? Check out this article: The Art of Combining Illustrations and Photos in E-Learning.
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- Thank you all for your comments! It truly lifts my spirit high.
- Samara this is such beautiful on so many levels - learning design and art direction.
I was totally captivated.
Really first class work :) - Love it! Is this also done in the modern player? I sent you a private message asking more information.
- Hello Megan. Yes, it is. My slide size is 1280 x 720.
- Wow, beautiful! Very inspiring.
- wow, this is just beautiful.
- I Samara! I am currently getting my Master's Degree from ACE in Instructional Design and Technology. I am currently a kindergarten teacher but am looking to move to a remote position or just do something different. For my current class, we were directed to explore courses on here and I chose yours. Here is my review of your course that I shared with my classmates in a discussion group. I love your course!
The first thing I always notice is when something catches my eye. I don’t even see text; I just see an image that draws me in. I was drawn to a dark screen with light green text. Once I looked closer, I saw that it was a journey: Mori’s Journey (which intrigued me). Who doesn’t like a quest? It reminded me of a Renaissance festival or Robinhood. The learning objectives are clearly written out in a description of the course on the main page. The course was very interactive and fun! It was set up almost like a video game. It reminded me of games I used to play on my old Apple 2GS computer. If you click on one button it takes you somewhere but if you click on a different button it takes you somewhere else. You are on a quest to gain the trust of the main character of a story. Little items pop up to click on as you go. The directions are clearly stated or pointed out by something shiny or an arrow, so you know where to click next. The course design was clear. As the learner, I knew my mission or quest. It was interactive, user-friendly, and very engaging! I learned as I went deeper into the quest. When you click on a correct answer you get a ‘well done’ with an explanation plus some points. There is no wrong answer, but you are trying to gain the trust of the main character by asking certain questions. You cannot learn more until you gain the trust of the main character of the story. For best practices in this course, the objectives were clearly stated, the content was real-world in that you would need similar experience to gain someone’s trust in real life, and this course was diverse because it was a demo that required decision-making to proceed and could be viewed on any type of device (cell phone, laptop, tablet etc.) - HI Samara: This is just stunning. Can you tell me what programs you used to develop it?
- Awesome Samara! This is such a sweet treat.
- That is absolutely gorgeous and wonderful. So great!! I am inspired to make something cool!
- This project is incredibly gorgeous!!! What a captivating presentation and what an inspiration!!
