Introducing the Basics of Storyline

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Learn to use Storyline's building blocks (states, layers, triggers, slides, and scenes), navigate the UI, work with Content Library 360's assets, and interactive elements to build a common e-learning interaction.

• Introduction
• Creating a new project
• Working in story view
• I nserting content library slides
• I nserting content library characters
• Adding states and expressions to characters
• Creating interactive buttons with states
• Working with triggers
• Using button sets
• Working with slide layers
• Publishing to Review 360
• Summary and next steps

Articles

• How To Build Your Course Faster and More Efficiently Using States, Slide Layers and Slides

Examples

• Using Tabs Interactions in E-Learning (2020) #272
• Animated button states and effects

Next Steps

Download the presentation files and follow and reference the .story file to help you complete the following tasks:

1. Create a new project
2. Save your project to your desktop
3. Change the slide size to 16x9
4. Create 3 new scenes in story view
5. In scene 1, create a simple tabs interaction using a Content Library character, three buttons, and three layers. You can use the sample file provided in the presentation files for guidance.
6. In scene 2, insert several content library slides. Make some simple edits to the slide by changing the placeholder text, swapping out the characters, and choosing different images from content library.
7. In scene 3, insert a quiz slide and a results slide
8. Publish your project to Review 360
9. Share your link with a friend, colleague, or the forums and ask them to provide some feedback on your project.
10. Make the changes in your project file and re-publish to Review 360.  
11. Resolve the comments in Review 360.