Storyline: Time Tracking App Software Simulation Example

David Anderson

Director, Customer Training

This example lets learners choose to watch a software demo or jump into trying the tool on their own.

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You can learn more about this project in this video tutorial.

43 Comments

Yekaterina Martynova

over 3 years ago05/17/17 at 4:45 pm (UTC)

Awesome! Just what I need cause now I am doing very similar project. Good for inspiration.

over 3 years ago05/19/17 at 10:36 am (UTC)

Thanks, Yekaterina! I feel like we should should do more with screen simulations since it's one area that doesn't get a lot of attention. Glad to hear you like this example!

John Haggard

over 3 years ago05/18/17 at 8:16 pm (UTC)

Love it. Nice work!

over 3 years ago05/19/17 at 10:37 am (UTC)

Thanks so much, John!

Jeff Kortenbosch
Hero

over 3 years ago05/19/17 at 7:32 am (UTC)

That is pretty awesome David. I love how you use the little notebook for instruction!

over 3 years ago05/19/17 at 10:37 am (UTC)

Thanks as always, Jeff. I'm not digging the font as much as I did when I build the sample, but I do like the notebook concept.

over 3 years ago05/23/17 at 8:22 pm (UTC)

Is there a fix in the works to get the letter f to display in Review? I just finished a clinical course that had to recommend to nurses that you need to clean after every shiFt and bowel movement. We got a lot of giggles but It might be nice to have been able to read shift properly. ;)

over 3 years ago05/27/17 at 12:57 am (UTC)

@Lisa - Okay that is kind of funny. I was able to confirm that there aren't any issues with the letter "f" in Review. Most likely there's something wonky with your keyboard. If that's not the case, can you please open a ticket with you? Here's the link: http://www.articulatecase.com/

Wendy Farmer
Hero

over 3 years ago05/21/17 at 11:04 am (UTC)

Nice take on a software sim. Love the tutorial available in lightbox and the use of the side notes - thanks for sharing DA.

Shelley Isbell

over 3 years ago05/23/17 at 6:08 pm (UTC)

Where did you find the notebook image? Will you share?

Stephanie Scott

over 3 years ago05/23/17 at 6:20 pm (UTC)

Very Nice!

Gregory Marchi

over 3 years ago05/23/17 at 6:24 pm (UTC)

This is great David, thanks for sharing. Is there an ideal story size for a project like this? I find that in this project and others with "form based" simulations the capture screen is a tad blurry. Does anyone have thoughts?

Luis Montoya

over 3 years ago05/23/17 at 7:08 pm (UTC)

Hi David, Sorry, can you help me, how i can insert the simulation in the same slide that the instructions? I try but the simulation appear in all slide

Jen Dove

over 3 years ago05/23/17 at 8:56 pm (UTC)

This is great! I love the use of the notepad instead of the menu.

over 3 years ago05/23/17 at 11:32 pm (UTC)

This is great, I like that you dont have to be "exact" with caps and non caps when typing information into the fields

Melissa Stroup

over 3 years ago05/24/17 at 2:19 pm (UTC)

Thank you for sharing this - it's so polished, light and easy to follow! I love the notepad, too.

David Anderson
Author

over 3 years ago05/26/17 at 11:43 pm (UTC)

Woah! Thanks so much for the awesome feedback, everyone! I was traveling all week and totally missed your comments and questions. I'll follow up with each of you later today!

Rachna Ghiya

over 3 years ago05/27/17 at 10:24 am (UTC)

I am new to Articulate. Can someone share steps to replicate it? I am not very sure how one can add notepad for the demo as shown in the example. Thanks

Becky Saeger

over 3 years ago06/01/17 at 9:29 pm (UTC)

Hi David! I like this a lot. I have the same question as Luis. When I insert the step-by-step (try mode) it fills the whole screen and covers the notebook. Do you know what I'm doing wrong? Thanks!

Steve Bunce

over 3 years ago06/14/17 at 2:31 pm (UTC)

David, GREAT work! What is your estimate of developing this module?

Jim Naroski

over 3 years ago06/15/17 at 9:54 pm (UTC)

Really nice work on this, David.

MaNaCHa R

over 3 years ago06/27/17 at 6:23 pm (UTC)

Awesome!!! However....nevermind probably should have watched the tut first :-)

Joshua Farquharson

over 3 years ago06/28/17 at 1:22 pm (UTC)

Very well done! Simple interface and easy-to-follow instructions.

David Anderson
Author

over 3 years ago06/29/17 at 2:01 pm (UTC)

Hi folks! Here's a quick tutorial on how I built this software simulation: https://community.articulate.com/articles/extending-slide-size-in-software-simulations/

over 3 years ago06/29/17 at 2:07 pm (UTC)

Great tips David - thanks for the inside info on how you did it!

over 3 years ago06/29/17 at 2:25 pm (UTC)

Thanks so much, Wendy!

over 3 years ago07/06/17 at 1:52 pm (UTC)

Hi David, this link doesn't seem to work. I am only able to see the demo. Would love to see the video tutorial. This looks amazing and I am sure I can learn lots from the tutorial.

over 3 years ago07/06/17 at 11:00 pm (UTC)

Hi Noureen I just tested the link and it's working for me https://community.articulate.com/articles/extending-slide-size-in-software-simulations/

over 3 years ago07/07/17 at 1:07 pm (UTC)

Thanks so much Wendy! This link is working for me. Appreciate the help.

24 days ago09/26/20 at 2:56 am (UTC)

Hi David, how can i solve simulation tasks Test me and try me with 5 pages print form of word as pdf, please share

Tracy Parish
Hero

over 3 years ago06/29/17 at 3:28 pm (UTC)

Excellent work. This will come in quite handy for a possible big project in the pipe line.

over 3 years ago06/29/17 at 4:02 pm (UTC)

Awesome! You know what I'm going to ask next, right? If you're able to share, you know we'd enjoy seeing your final project:-)

Fasha Lynche

over 3 years ago07/12/17 at 12:12 am (UTC)

Great example and exactly what I was looking for!

Marty Smith

over 3 years ago07/17/17 at 4:01 pm (UTC)

Thank you for sharing - it's easy to follow and will be using this type format on several projects I'm working on.

Rachell Weiss

over 3 years ago07/20/17 at 4:54 pm (UTC)

When you put the screen simulation in to storyline, what mode did you chose?

almost 3 years ago01/16/18 at 3:34 pm (UTC)

Hey Rachell! The demo above uses a Try mode for the simulation but you could use any of the three modes with this type of effect. The test mode probably isn't a good one to use with the effect since every click is recorded as a failed attempt. You could get around that with some extra hot spots and triggers but it's probably more work in that case. The try and show are good ones because they're designed to let the learner practice.

Alecia Edmonds

over 2 years ago03/23/18 at 3:49 pm (UTC)

So glad I found this example. I need to create a simulation in a day and this inspired me. I don't hear talk about simulations through Storyline enough in my circles; but it's my favorite software and I refuse all things Captivate :-)

Douglas Edwards

2 years ago09/28/18 at 3:19 pm (UTC)

Thanks for sharing! Got some good ideas.