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See the duration of a whole training?
I think the following method only yields a pretty vague time. "About 4 minutes" is what I see on my current training. One person used this option and got "more than 15 minutes". So, probably not always helpful.
- Open your course in Articulate Storyline.
- In the Articulate Storyline ribbon, click on the Publish
- {not listed in original instructions - Pick "Web" / "Publish to Web"}
- In the dialog box that appears, click on the ellipsis button to the right of your course title.
- Next to Duration you’ll see a drop-down menu with the default selection Calculate Automatically. To the right of this, you can see Articulate Storyline’s estimated duration of the course.
Hi NaomiCM,
Thanks for following up on this!
While these are the current steps to check the course duration, I've shared your thoughts with our product team. We'll let you know if we have any update!
Hi KellyAuner
It did not work for me - as I clicked "Publish" and chose "Web", the estimated course duration information did not appear. Could you please indicate another way to estimate this, possibly the estimated time for each section in a same course ?
Thanks !Hi Albert-Thomas,
Thanks for following up on this, I see what you’re running into.
Here’s how this works, the duration estimate should appear when publishing, but it may not always show depending on the publish option. If you don’t see it under Publish to Web, you can also try Publish to Video, then click the three dots next to the title field to view the duration.
One thing to keep in mind, these are estimates and may not fully reflect time spent on interactions, quizzes, or learner pacing, so the results can vary.
If you’re looking for another approach, some authors estimate duration by:
- Reviewing slide durations in Story View
- Using narration word count as a rough guide (many teams estimate around 125–150 words per minute)
At the moment, there isn’t a built-in way to get a precise total duration or a breakdown by section within a course, so a bit of manual estimation is still needed depending on your setup.
