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E-Learning Heroes Community is the perfect place to get inspired by examples from both our amazing community members and our Articulate staff members. Below are the top seven Storyline 360 examples from 2023. 1. Storyline Comics Style Communication: Branched Scenario See how you can use interactive storytelling elements and branching techniques to teach learners the skills they need in this cool example. 2. Power of Self-Motivation Scrolling Experience Check out this completely unique interactive example that engages learners right from the start. 3. Office Safety Training Template Want to teach workplace safety in a memorable and interactive way? Check outthis downloadable template to help kickstart your project. 4. Interactive Storytelling Template Learn how to leverage storytelling in Storyline 360 to help your learners apply their skills in a real-life scenario with this inspiring example. 5. Room Exploration Interaction Template Make searching an office, home, warehouse, store, or any other 2D environment feel more cinematic with this downloadable interaction. With the help of hotspots, triggers, and layers, learners can use the on-screen flashlight to help them discover clues. 6. Reset Drag-and-Drop Incorrect Choices Template Ever wanted to reset only the incorrect drag choices in Storyline 360? Use this starter template and supporting video tutorial to learn how to reset your own drag-and-drop interactions. 7. Employee Health and Wellness Check out this stunning example to see some of the immersive and custom learning experiences you can create with Storyline 360. Wrap-Up We hope these examples inspire you as you work on your next e-learning projects! Did we miss any of your favorites? Be sure to let us know in the comments below. You can view more article recaps from 2023 by checking out our latest compilation of articles here: All the Best E-Learning Heroes Content from 2023 in One Place. Subscribe to our newsletter to get the latest e-learning inspiration and insights directly in your inbox. You can also find us on LinkedIn and X (formerly Twitter). And if you have questions, please share them in the comments.Upcoming Articulate 360 Training Webinars
Stay ahead of the curve with our free Articulate 360 Training webinars. These weekly sessions are designed to help busy course creators like you enhance your e-learning skills without investing too much time. As an Articulate 360 subscriber, you can grow your expertise through targeted training on the latest techniques and best practices – all at no additional cost. And if you want to view some on-demand training to view at your own time, visit the Articulate 360 training site to see what's available. Check out our upcoming webinars and level up your e-learning game. If you can't attend, that's OK. We record all of the sessions, so just sign up and you'll get a recording emailed to you. Date Title November 19, 2024 ✨ Overview of AI Assistant in Rise November 19, 2024 ✨ Overview of AI Assistant in Storyline November 19, 2024 Jumpstart Your Course Development in Rise 360 November 19, 2024 Create Interactive Video Quizzes with Storyline 360 December 3, 2024 ✨ Overview of AI Assistant in Storyline December 3, 2024 ✨ Beyond Click-and-Read: Crafting Engaging E-Learning with AI Assistant December 3, 2024 How to Build Accordion Interactions in Storyline 360 December 3, 2024 Create Engaging Software Training in Rise 360 December 10, 2024 ✨ Overview of AI Assistant in Rise December 10, 2024 Tips and Tricks for Success Using Reach 360 December 10, 2024 Image Editing and Special Effects in Storyline 360 December 17, 2024 ✨ Overview of AI Assistant in Storyline December 17, 2024 ✨ AI Assistant & Rise: Smart Strategies for Efficient E-Learning December 17, 2024 Using Dials to Create Menu Navigation in Storyline 360 December 17, 2024 How to Build Compliance Training in Rise 360 Not yet an Articulate 360 subscriber? Sign up for a 30-day free trial and check out as many as you’d like. And if the live webinar time doesn’t work for you, no worries! Simply sign up anyway and you’ll receive the recording in your inbox so you can watch it whenever you have time. Hope to see you at one of our upcoming webinars!7 Most Popular Rise 360 Examples of 2022
If you’re looking for course design inspiration, E-Learning Heroes is a great place to go. That’s because our amazing members generously share examples they’ve created with the community, so we can all learn from one another! Here are some of the most popular Rise 360 examples published in 2022, in case you missed them: 1. Implementing WCAG Guidelines for Instructional Designers Refer to this resource created by our very own Community Team to make your e-learning courses more accessible to all learners. 2. Interactive Sales Brochure See how Rise 360 empowers everyone to create gorgeous sales assets like this stunning interactive brochure built by Trina Rimmer. 3. Airline Innovation 101 Learn how to help others proactively bring their ideas to life in this infographic-style e-learning course. 4. Comics-Inspired Empathy Training Combine the storytelling powers of graphic novels and e-learning in this interactive example brought to you by Tracy Carroll. 5. Rise 360: Performance Support Demo This handy example by Allison LaMotte shows how you can easily use Rise 360 to create job aides or quick reference guides. 6. Mocktail Recipes Guide This example by Ron Katz shows how mixing and matching a variety of block types while still using a similar layout for each lesson can help learners easily find what they’re looking for and follow along. 7. Interactive Event Guide Check out this creative example by Bianca Woods to get ideas for building a custom conference app fast with the help of a tool you already have. Wrap-Up We hope these examples will get your creative juices flowing! And if you’re looking for more helpful content from 2022, don’t miss the articles below: A Year of Quick Tips & Tricks from Articulate Training Explore the 65+ Articulate 360 Features We Added in 2022 Your 10 Favorite General E-Learning Articles of 2022 10 Most Popular Storyline 360 Examples and Downloads of 2022 If we missed any other general e-learning articles that you found helpful over the past year, comment below and let us know what they are. And remember to follow us on Twitter and LinkedIn and come back to E-Learning Heroes for more helpful advice on everything related to e-learning. If you have any questions, please share them in the comments.7 Most Popular Rise 360 Examples of 2023
Rise 360, the web-based app for creating responsive e-learning that’s part of Articulate 360, makes it easy to create gorgeous, fully responsive e-learning quickly. And the E-Learning Heroes community is chock-full of stunning and creative examples that put Rise 360 to work creating all kinds of content. We’ve gathered the most popular Rise 360 examples of 2023 to inspire your next course. Check out these examples from your laptop, phone, and tablet, so you can see how great they look on any device. 1. Microlearning Retail Example If you work in the retail industry and would like some course inspiration, check out our latest retail microlearning example. 2. Class Syllabus Template Grab this template to provide your students or trainees with an online document that outlines introductory course information, expectations, materials, assignments, grading, contact details, and more. 3. Class Syllabus One-Pager Template Give your students or trainees a digital document that outlines basic course information by starting from this free template. 4. Virtual Training Presentation (Microlearning Template) Looking for a fast and easy way to create a sharp-looking presentation for your virtual training? Grab this microlearning template to get the job done in minutes. 5. Virtual Training Presentation (Full Course Template) If you like the microlearning version above but have a more lengthy session, this course is just what you need. 6. E-Learning Narration Guide Use this guide to find everything you need to know about producing engaging narration in a timely manner. 7. Interactive Short Story Check out this creative example that uses beautiful graphics and storytelling to create a seamless learning experience. Wrap-Up We hope these examples have given you the inspiration you need for your next project! And if you’re finding our Best of 2023 content helpful, head over here to check out the top Storyline examples and downloads. Subscribe to our newsletter to get the latest e-learning inspiration and insights directly in your inbox. You can also find us on LinkedIn and X (formerly Twitter). And if you have questions, please share them in the comments.E-Learning Challenges - Complete List
The weekly e-learning challengesare ongoing opportunities to learn, share, and build your e-learning portfolios. You can jump into any or all of theprevious challengesanytime you want. I’ll update the recap posts to include your demos. If you have a blog, please consider writing about your challenges. We’ll link back to your posts so the great work you’re sharing gets even more exposure.If you share your demos on Twitter, try using#ELHChallengeso your tweeps can track your e-learning coolness. View a condensed list of the challenges How Do You Show Conversations in E-Learning? #105 This week your challenge is to show how dialogue can be shown in e-learning courses. You can focus on talking, texting, instant messaging, video chats, or any other form of communication. Build and Promote Your E-Learning Voice Over Portfolios #104 This week your challenge is to pull together a simple voice over portfolio for e-learning. Never mind the fact you’re not interested in becoming a professional narrator. The goal for this week’s challenge is to practice recording different styles of narration for e-learning. If you pick up some additional work along the way, that’s a bonus. E-Learning Voice Over Portfolios #104:Challenge|Recap Create an Infographic: What Do You Love and Hate About E-Learning #103 This week, your challenge is to create an interactive graphic using the data from theWhat People Love & Hate About E-Learninginfographic.You don't need to rebuild the entire infographic. Just find one or two sections you like and redesign those as an interaction. Love and Hate E-Learning Infographic#103:Challenge|Recap Gamify an E-Learning Course #102 Gamify an E-Learning Course #102: Challenge|Recap Before and After: Showing Visual Comparisons in E-Learning #100 This week, your challenge is to create an interaction to visually compare two images.You can use any technique you like to compare images. As much as we’d like to see real-world examples, this week’s challenge is more about the interactive ways course designers can create interactive comparisons. Show us anything you like! Before and After Visual Comparisons #100:Challenge|Recap How Are You Using Branching Scenarios in E-Learning? #99 This week, your challenge is to share one or more branching scenario examples. Your entry can be as simple or complex as you like. Branching Scenarios in E-Learning #99:Challenge|Recap E-Learning Buzzword Bingo Games #98 This week, your challenge is to create an e-learning buzzword bingo card or interaction. Your bingo card doesn’t need to be interactive — static is totally fine if you’d rather work on your graphics skills this week. Just share your bingo card in .pdf format so others can print and play. E-Learning Buzzword Bingo #98:Challenge|Recap Toggle, Switch, and Slide Your Way to More Creative E-Learning Buttons #97 This week, your challenge is to show one or more creative ways to use toggle buttons and switches in e-learning. Toggle, Switch, and Slider Buttons #97:Challenge|Recap Celebrating 2 Years of E-Learning Challenges This week your challenge is to catch up on at least one challenge you’ve missed. I’ll recap your entry in the original challenge recap as well as next week’s recap. Having a random selection of challenge entries should make for an interesting recap. 2 Years of E-Learning Challenges:Challenge|Recap Get Schooled by These Stellar K12 E-Learning Examples #96 This week, your challenge is to design an education-themed template or interaction. You can focus on any type of academic environment you like. Education Templates for E-Learning: Challenge|Recap Using Video Backgrounds to Visually Engage Learners #95 This week, your challenge is to show one or more ways video backgrounds can be used in e-learning courses. Video Backgrounds in E-Learning#95:Challenge|Recap Video Interviews: Creating Interactive Experiences in E-Learning #94 This week, your challenge is to create an interactive video interview. Video Interviews in E-Learning#94:Challenge|Recap Grabbing Attention and Motivating Learners in E-Learning #93 This week your challenge is to show one or more examples of how you grab attention and motivate learners. Gaining Attention in E-Learning #93:Challenge|Recap Guided Tours and Course Navigation Instructions in E-Learning #92 This week your challenge is to design a guided tour for an e-learning course, website, app, or digital product. Course Navigation Instructions #92:Challenge|Recap Get to Know Your E-Learning Community with Two Truths and a Lie #91 This week your challenge is to create a playful interaction using theTwo Truths and a Lieicebreaker game. You can build anything you like this week. Engage Your Learners with Interactive Conversations #90 This week your challenge is to create an example based on the interactive conversation model. Interactive Conversations #90:Challenge|Recap Creative Button Styles and Effects in E-Learning #89 This week, your challenge is to have fun with buttons! Play with different shapes, styles, and effects to show how you can use buttons creatively in e-learning. Be sure to include the Normal, Hover, and Selected states in your work. Creative Button Effects #89:Challenge|Recap Interactive Audio: Using Soundboards in E-Learning Courses #88 This week your challenge is to create an interactive soundboard.This week’s challenge is mostly a technical challenge so you can choose any topic and design style you like. Interactive Audio in E-Learning #88:Challenge|Recap Take Your E-Learning on a Summer Fakecation #87 E-Learning Fakecation #87:Challenge|Recap Interactive Maps in Online Training #86 This week your challenge is to show us where you live by creating an interactive map of your town or city. You can use any combination of photos, audio, and video to create your interactive map. Challenge|Recap Wireframes and Functional Prototypes in E-Learning #85 This week, your challenge is to build a functional prototype using theOSHA Fall PreventionPowerPoint slides. Challenge|Recap Using Image Sliders and Photo Galleries in Online Courses #84 This week your challenge is to show and share an image slider for e-learning. You can focus on any style or layout you like. Just show us what you can do with image sliders! Challenge|Recap E-Learning Reaction GIFs for Visual Storytelling #83 This week your challenge is to share a collection of reaction gifs for any e-learning topic you like. Challenge|Recap Show Us How You Create Online Courses #82 Challenge| Recap Show Us Your Best Ergonomics Training #81 This week, your challenge is to share an e-learning example for ergonomics training. You’re not limited to workplace-related topics so feel free to take on any form of ergonomics training you’d like. Challenge|Recap Can You Pass an Eighth-Grade Science Test? #80 This week your challenge is to design a learning interaction for a science topic. You can design a makeover for theBullitt County science quizor come up with something that interests you. Just keep the focus on science and you can do whatever you want. Challenge|Recap Show Us Your Custom Navigation Menus for E-Learning #79 This week, your challenge is to create a custom menu example for an e-learning course and share your favorite UI design tip for building custom navigation menus. E-Learning Challenge #79:Challenge|Recap E-Learning Icons: Show and Share Your Favorite Styles #78 This week your challenge is to create a set of icons, buttons, or stickers to share with the e-learning community. E-Learning Challenge#78:Challenge|Recap Get Your Emoji On with These E-Learning Examples #77 This week your challenges is to design a quiz or activity using emoji. You can work entirely in emoji or combine words and letters to create your projects. It’s up to you. E-Learning Challenge#77:Challenge|Recap Here's How Course Designers Use Animations in E-Learning #76 This week your challenge is to share one or morepractical examples ofeducational animations. E-Learning ChallengeRecap#76:Challenge|Recap E-Learning Games to Improve Punctuation and Grammar #75 This week your challenge is to design a learning interaction that teaches one or more concepts around punctuation. Challenge|Recap Using Toys for Storytelling in E-Learning #74 This week your challenge is to design a short interaction using toys as your primary characters.You can combine toys with photographs, illustrations, or hand-crafted scenes and backgrounds. Challenge|Recap Design a Cover Slide for the Oddest E-Learning Course Title of the Year #73 Silly book titles not only make for fun awards, they also give course designers an opportunity to practice their design, typography, and layout skills. And that’s what this week’s challenge is all about! Challenge|Recap Build and Share Your Own E-Learning Image Library #72 This week your challenge is tocreate a small set of e-learning imagesto share with fellow course designers. You can share images of people, places, objects, or anything you think will be useful. Challenge|Recap Teaching Math Concepts with E-Learning #71 This week your challenge is to design a short lesson to teach one or more math concepts. Challenge|Recap Sweets for the Sweet: Share An E-Learning Valentine #70 This week your challenge is to design an interactive graphic, demo, or activity that features a Valentine’s Day theme. Challenge|Recap Give Your E-Learning Skills a Checkup With This Medical Template Challenge #69 This week your challenge is to build an e-learninggame, presentation, or interactionfor a medical topic or concept. You can pick any area of healthcare you like but the focus should be around the medical industry. Challenge|Recap Champion Tips for Designing Football Training #68 This week your challenge is to design a learning interaction to teach one or more football concepts. Challenge|Recap Podcast: How Do Instructional Designers Get Things Done? #67 Challenge|Recap Creative Invoice Designs for Course Designers #66 This week your challenge is to create or share a creative invoice example or template. You can share something you’re already using or mock up a creative design for your entry. Challenge|Recap E-Learning Makeovers: Designing A Unified Template #65 This week your challenge is to findthree different templatesand combine them into a single template with a unified design. You don’t need to use real content in your final template design—the current placeholder content will work fine. Challenge|Recap How Can You Present Data Using Interactive Charts and Graphs? #64 This week your challenge is to show how interactive charts and graphs can be used in online training. Challenge|Recap What Can You Do with Pantone’s Color of the Year? #63 This week your challenge is todesign an e-learning template or interaction using Marsalaas the primarycolor. E-Learning Challenge #63:Challenge|Recap How to Survive the Holidays #62 This week your challenge is to help your fellow community members survive the holidays. You can create anything you like this week. Want to keep things simple? Create atypography poster. Want to take things up a notch? The sky’s the limit. E-Learning Challenge #62:Challenge|Recap Freelance Tips for E-Learning Designers #61 This week your challenge is to design a poster around yourfavorite freelancing tipfor coursedesigners. Challenge|Recap Using Progress Meters in E-Learning #60 This week your challenge is to show how progress indicators can be used in e-learning. Challenge|Recap E-Learning Games for Kids #59 This week your challenge is to build a simple e-learning game for kids. Challenge|Recap Digital Magazines and Interactive E-Learning #58 This week your challenge is to design a digital learning magazine. Challenge|Recap Preventing Workplace Violence: E-Learning Scenarios #57 This week your challenge is to show scenario examples designed to prevent or address workplace violence. Challenge|Recap 10 Things Instructional Designers Don’t Like to Hear #56 This week your challenge is to design an infographic, poster, or a simple list of the top 10 things instructional designers don’t like to hear. And then share your ideas for how to best reply to each. Challenge|Recap How to Survive a Zombie Apocalypse #55 This week your challenge is to design a training interaction, job aid, or mini-course to help learners prepare for and survive the Zombie Apocalypse. Challenge|Recap Rapid Response Training: Ebola Outbreak #54 This week your challenge is to design a learning interaction around the Ebola outbreak. You don’t have to create a full course on the Ebola virus. Instead, focus on something short and quick to address one area of the virus. Challenge|Recap DIY E-Learning Characters #53 This week your challenge is to create your own pictogram characters for a specific industry or learning topic. Challenge|Recap Interactive Sliders in E-Learning #52 This week your challenge is to show creative ways to use sliders in online learning. You can focus your slider on functionality or visual design. Challenge|Recap Font Games, Quizzes, and Examples #51 This week your challenge is to create an interaction that teaches one or more basic principles of typography. This is a slightly bigger challenge than usual because it requires some content and interaction design. Challenge|Recap Flat Design Graphics and Examples #50 This week your challenge is to design an office or desktop theme based on your own workplace environment. Design as many objects as you like. For variety, try adding both top and front views of your workspace. Challenge|Recap Webcam Video in E-Learning #49 This week your challenge is to create awebcam videoto introduce yourself and the types of e-learning projects you enjoy most. Challenge |Recap Storyboard Templates for E-Learning #48 This week your challenge is to share an example of your preferred e-learning storyboard, blueprint, or scripting template. We want to seewhatyou use and learnhowyou use it! Challenge| Recap Call Center Training in Online Learning #47 This week your challenge is to design a call center interaction. You can choose any area of call center training you like. Don’t worry about scripting out a detailed or authentic storyboard. Prototypes, unfinished interactions, and even sketches are perfectly acceptable. Challenge|Recap Show Us Your E-Learning Portfolio #46 This week’s challenge is all about youre-learning portfolios. We already know you do awesome work, and we want to help others find your awesome work. Challenge|Recap Recording Audio in Online Training #45 This week, your challenge is toshare your audio recording deetswith the community. We want to know all about your audio recording: your best practices, your gear, your processes, even your quirks and tricks that give your audio that special something. Challenge|Recap Virtual Tours in Online Training #44 This week, your challenge is to design a virtual tour of a real or fictional location. You can use any photos, illustrations, audio, and video you like to create your tour. Challenge|Recap Interactive Org Charts and Meet the Team #43 This week, your challenge is to design an interactive graphic to introduce an organization’s team members or key players.You can focus on corporate teams, sports teams, or something more playful likecomic book characters. Challenge|Recap Smartphone Video Training #42 This week, your challenge is torecord, edit, and publisha training video using your smartphone.Choose a topic that allows you to record multiple videos for your project. The focus on this challenge is as much about editing as it is recording. Challenge|Recap Low-Tech, High-Speed Course Design #41 This week, your challenge is to create an emergency-response course usingpen and paper. Challenge|Recap Instructional Design Quizzes #40 This week your challenge is to create a quiz that tests learners on an instructional design principle, model, researcher, or theorist. Challenge| Recap Podcasts for Learning #39 This week your challenge is torecord your answers to the following 10 interview questions. Challenge|Recap Steal This E-Learning Template#38 This week your challenge is to repurpose theCreate Your Own Quest templateinto something of your own. Challenge|Recap Spelling Bees and Interactive Vocabulary Quizzes#37 This week your challenge is to build an interactive vocabulary quiz. You can focus your interaction on spelling, pronunciation, comprehension, or anything else. Challenge|Recap Interactive Step Graphics in Online Training#36 This week your challenge is to build a step graphic to tell a story or communicate a process. Choose any topic you like and see if you can find creative ways to present the step graphic navigation. Challenge| Recap What’s In Your Course Design Toolkit?#35 This week your challenge is to share your favorite, free tools that make your course design easier. Challenge| Recap Instructional Design Learning Activities#34 This week your challenge is to create aninteraction that introduces an instructional design principle, model, researcher, or theorist.Interactions can be anything from simple Engage interactions that present terms and definitions to custom games created in Storyline. Challenge|Recap Fix Your E-Learning Mistakes#33 This week your challenge is to give your slides a proper makeover. Assume the bad slide designs were given to you by your client and that it’s your job to make them right. Challenge| Recap Death, Taxes, and E-Learning Mistakes#32 This week, your challenge is to design one or more slides featuring common course mistakes. Yes, mistakes. Unleash those pet peeves and visual nightmares. Don’t hold back. Amplify the mistakes. Let us feel the pain of bad e-learning. Challenge| Recap Creative Resume Templates for E-Learning Portfolios#31 This week, your challenge is to design an interactive resume or portfolioshowcasing your e-learning work. You can show all your work or highlight only a couple of your favorite projects. Challenge| Recap What Do E-Learning Designers Really Do?#30 This week, your challenge is todesign a visual chartusing the “What People Think I Do / What I really Do” meme. You can choose any job role you like: instructional designer, course designer, Super Hero, or any other title that interests you. Challenge| Recap Summary and Resource Slides in Online Courses#29 This week, your challenge is to design an e-learning conclusion or summary slide.You can focus your entry on instructions for closing the course, job aids to support the course, or even additional resources for learners to continue learning. This week’s challenge is all about design ideas for presenting summary slides and resources. You don’t need to build out a working interaction—but I know many of you will, and that’s totally cool, too. Challenge| Recap Top 10 Things Learners Need to Know About Storyline#28 This week your challenge is to put together aTop 10list of “getting started” tutorialsfor any area of Storyline development you like. Challenge|Recap Visual Storytelling with Photo Collages#27 This week, your challenge is to create an interactive story around a photo collage. You can use placeholder photos and graphics, or rework an existing project into a photo collage. Challenge| Recap Interactive Screenshots for Online Training#26 This week, your challenge is to create an interactive screenshot for an application’s UI or specific features. Challenge| Recap Instructional Design Tips That Really Pop#25 This week your challenge is todesign a poster around your favorite education or instructional design quote. Your quote can be serious, playful, or even a little snarky. The text is simply the vehicle for your favorite tip designed as a typography poster. Challenge| Recap Create a Simple E-Learning Game#24 This week your challenge is to build a simple e-learning game in either Storyline or Quizmaker. Challenge|Recap Decision Map to Branching Scenarios#23 This week your challenge is to build a branching interaction based on theWhat Kind of Leader Are You?infographic. This challenge is all about interpreting an existing simulation map and bringing it to life. Use whatever design style you like. This can include using characters, boxes and arrows, LOL Cats or anything else you can dream up. We just want to see what you can come up with using the infographic as a starting point. Challenge| Recap Design an Olympic-Themed E-Learning Template#22 This week your challenge is to design an e-learning template for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. You can design a general template for the Winter Olympics, or focus your template around a specific country or event. Challenge| Recap Beyond the Basic Drag-and-Drop Interaction#21 This week your challenge is to build a drag-and-drop interaction based on one of the three examples above.Don’t have time to put an activity together? No problem. Just share some ideas for ways to use drag-and-drop in non-quizzing activities. We’ll pull the ideas together and use them for a future challenge! Challenge| Recap Ask Your Learners to Prove They’re Learning (NEXTCHA)#20 This week your challenge is to build your own NEXTCHA solutions that help reinforce learning content while preventing learners from mindlessly clicking the Next buttons. In the challenge, you don’t have to limit NEXTCHA to text entry fields, but please limit your demos to text-based interactions. Challenge| Recap Screencasts and Software Simulations in Online Training#19 This week your challenge is to record a screencast or software simulation. You can choose any type of topic that interests you. Challenge| Recap Using Characters in E-Learning#18 This week your challenge is to show us how to use characters in e-learning. You can create static slides that show character-based ideas, or build something more dynamic to show the interaction between characters Challenge|Recap Using Job Aids in E-Learning#17 This week your challenge is to show us how to use job aids in e-learning. You can share examples of job aids that were used in place of courses, integrated into courses, or offered as course alternatives. Challenge| Recap Creating Custom Drag-and-Drop E-Learning Interactions#16 This week your challenge is to show some creative ways to use drag-drop interactions. Challenge| Recap Create a Radiant Template with Pantone’s Color of the Year#15 This week your challenge is to useRadiant Orchidas the base color for your e-learning templates.Include at least three different content slides, and more if you’d like. Your slides can be static or built out as working interactions. Your goal is to work from a single color and show how you will carry that color across your design templates. Challenge| Recap Give Your Quiz Results Slides a Makeover#14 This week, your challenge is to show us your best, your most creative quiz results designs. Show us as many makeover designs as you can imagine. Challenge| Recap Interactive Timelines for E-Learning#13 This week, your challenge is to rebuildBig History Project’s interactive timeline. This is our first challenge where everyone is working from the same source project. The tool you use to recreate this project will impact your design considerations. For example, the dynamic menu effect is not possible with most tools. You’ll want to capture the essence of the effect, whichever tool you choose. Challenge| Recap Transform Infographics Into Interactive Graphics#12 This week your challenge will be to take a static infographic and rebuild it as an interactive infographic. Challenge|Recap Design a Comic Book Theme for Your E-Learning Course#11 This week, your challenge is to design your own comic book e-learning template. Try to include multiple slides so you can show how the template will carry through your content. Challenge|Recap Shoot Your Own E-Learning Background Graphics#10 Create a shot list of possible images and shoot your own background graphics using your office or work area as the primary location. When you share your photos, please include your shot list and at least one original photo so we can compare the before and after. Challenge|Recap Design an Ethics Course Template with Clipart#9 Using clipartStyle 1368, design a course template for a corporate ethics e-learning course. Include at leastthree content slidesandtwo quizzing slides. Your slides can be static or built out as working interactions. We just want to see how your template carries across your project. Challenge|Recap Create an E-Learning Template from Clip Art#8 Show and share your clip art-inspired template using one or more clip art objects.Create one or more e-learning template slides using free clip art objects. Challenge| Recap Converting Static Content to Interactive Knowledge Checks#7 Show and share your interactive makeovers using an existing slide from one of your projects.Convert an existing content slide and convert it to an interaction using one of the Storyline’s six free-form questions. Challenge| Recap Bring This Medical Training Course Back To Life!#6 Show and share your re-design ideas for a medical e-learning course template.Using the source files provided, create a clean, flat, medical design theme. Try to work within the provided color requirements (included in the forum thread and the source files) and comp out 2-3 slides for this design. Challenge|Recap Desktop and Office Theme Designs#5 Create an office or desktop course template. Include at least three different content slides, and more if you’d like. Your slides can be static or built out as working interactions. The objective is to show how us how your design will carry across your project. E-Learning Challenge #5:Challenge|Recap Flatten Up Your Course Design Skills#4 Show and share your best flat design template ideas for e-learning.Create a flat design course template. Include at least three different content slides, and more if you’d like. Your slides can be static or built out as working interactions. The objective is to show how your flat design will carry across your project. Challenge|Recap Gate Screens in Online Courses#3 Design a two-slide interaction that includes a content screen and a gate screen. The content screen can be a placeholder screen. The key is to show how your gate screen will load and close in relation to the course. Challenge|Recap What’s Your Best Tabs Interaction?#2 Design a 5-tab interaction. Tabs should be on the left or the right and need to be persistent over slides or layers. Challenge|Recap How Would You Show Meaningful Comparisons? #1 Design an interactive graphic to show relative sizes for a series of airplanes. Check out thisWikipedia entryon giant aircraft for inspiration. Challenge | Recap Post written byDavid AndersonHow to Fill Text with an Image in PowerPoint
Have you ever seen a text with an image fill, like this one, and said to yourself, “I wish I could do that”? Well, I have some good news. If you have PowerPoint, you can! Just follow the six simple steps below. 1. Add Combine Shapes Tool to Your PowerPoint Ribbon If you haven’t already, the first thing you’ll need to do is add the Combine Shapes tool to your PowerPoint ribbon. Check out this tutorial to see how to do that. 2. Insert a Background Image The next thing you’ll need to do is find and insert the image you want to use as the fill for your text. For this kind of project, it’s best to choose an image that’s easily recognizable. 3. Insert & Format Your Text The third step is to insert your text. Once your text is inserted, you’ll need to choose a font. I recommend using a bold font so that more of the image is visible. Then, increase the size and boldness of the font as desired. Finally, position your text on the part of the image you want to appear as the fill. In this example, I’m going to move the text over a little so that no green shows through. 4. Insert a Rectangle Next, insert a rectangle that’s the same size as the image. In my case, the rectangle covers the whole slide. Then, right-click on the rectangle, select Send to Back, and choose Send Backward. Your text should now appear on top of the rectangle. 5. Combine Your Rectangle and Your Text Now select your text, followed by your rectangle, click on Merge Shapes, and select Combine. At this point, your rectangle should have taken on the color of your text, and the place where the text was should be transparent. If you try and move your text, you’ll notice that the rectangle is still independent of the image, like in the screenshot below. If you don’t like the part of the image that’s showing through, move the rectangle around until you’re satisfied with the result. If you don’t need the image and the text to be a single object, then you can stop here. If you do, then move on to step 6. 6. Subtract the Image from the Text Select both the image and the rectangle, and then click on Merge Shapes and select Subtract. The image and text should now be combined in one object, like in the screenshot below. If you’re following these steps and the result doesn’t look quite right, try selecting your objects in the reverse order. Now you can go ahead and add any other text or images around it to finish off the look you’re going for. And you’re all set! Want to learn more tips and tricks for creating graphics in PowerPoint? Check out the tutorials below: Guide to Creating Illustrations in PowerPoint for People Who Don’t Know How to Draw Creating Custom Shapes in PowerPoint How I Created These Handy People Icons in PowerPoint And if you’re on the lookout for beautiful, royalty-free images, be sure to check out Content Library 360, the library of 10.3+ million assets that comes with an Articulate 360 subscription. Click here to start your 30-day free trial. Like this article? Subscribe to our newsletter to get the latest e-learning inspiration and insights directly in your inbox. You can also find us on LinkedIn and X (Formerly Twitter).10 Most Viewed Rise 360 Examples of 2021
One of the greatest things about the E-Learning Heroes community is that our members share their creative examples throughout the year. With all the inspiring content posted in our weekly challenges and examples hub, you’ll find everything you need to get your creative juices flowing. And when you’re ready to create and share your own Rise 360 project, you can either start from scratch or customize one of the many course templates. To highlight what’s possible and inspire your next course, we’ve gathered the most viewed Rise 360 examples of 2021. Read on and take the most popular projects for a spin! 1. Software Training Example See how to introduce your team to a new app with this practical example by Madison McCartney. 2. Spotting and Managing Burnout Help learners assess if they’re at risk of workplace burnout with this helpful course by Chris Foster. 3. Marine Motion Path Game This underwater-themed example by Lacey Wieser lets you test your marine life knowledge. 4. Fighting Climate Change Learn planet-saving tips with this interactive course by Ashley Park. 5. Inclusive Language Guide This useful example by the Community Team shares tips on communicating in a way that’s inclusive and respectful to all. 6. Animal Sounds Guessing Game Allison LaMotte invites learners to listen to and guess the noises made by different animals in this playful course. 7. How to Choose and Combine Instructional Methods Expand your knowledge of instructional design methodologies with this educational example by Alex Wilcox. 8. Instructions for Learners Make sure learners know how to access and interact with your content by using this introductory course example by Stan Dormer. 9. Continuing Education Course for Teachers This course for K-12 teachers by Matt Madsen walks through how to create more inclusive classrooms. 10. Healthy Debate Culture at Work See how disagreement can actually be a good thing when handled properly in this beautifully designed course by Teresa Moreno. More Resources Now that you’ve seen the most popular Rise 360 courses of 2021, we hope you’re feeling inspired and ready to take on the new year. And don’t forget to share your favorite projects in the comments below! Want more Best of 2021 content? Check out the top Storyline 360 downloads from the E-Learning Heroes community. Follow us on Twitter and come back to E-Learning Heroes soon for more helpful advice on everything related to e-learning.An Introduction to SAM for Instructional Designers
The ADDIE model is probably the most well-known approach for mapping out the course design process. But it isn’t the only game in town these days. One popular alternative is SAM: the Successive Approximation Model. Created by Allen Interactions, SAM offers an instructional design approach consisting of a few steps that you repeat as many times as necessary. These iterations address common instructional design pain points like meeting timelines, staying on budget, and collaborating with Subject Matter Experts (SMEs). So what is SAM? And how is it different from ADDIE? Is one better than the other? Let’s dig in and uncover some answers to these questions. What’s the difference between ADDIE and SAM? ADDIE and SAM are two different approaches for crafting learning solutions that share some similar language. To better see where they differ, it’s helpful to understand how each of them works. Let’s start with ADDIE. ADDIE ADDIE stands for Analyze, Design, Develop, Implement, and Evaluate. It’s a linear approach—like a production line—with each step depending on the successful completion of the previous one. To borrow some terminology from project managers, ADDIE is a “waterfall approach.” And in a traditional waterfall method, analysis, design, development, implementation, and evaluation are all treated as ordered steps in the overall development process. While this model is preferred in many organizations, some folks say this sequential approach contributes to many of the challenges faced by instructional designers, including: Prolonged development cycles: Have you ever had your project come to a screeching halt in the development phase? It’s not uncommon for new training or technology requirements to emerge in the project development phase, bogging down your productivity with re-work. Communication challenges with SMEs and stakeholders: Even the most thorough explanations and storyboards are still open to interpretation. And with a sequential approach, SMEs and stakeholders typically don’t get to try a hands-on version of the project until well into the development phase. This can mean it’s not until you’re near the end of the project—when you’re out of time and money—that you discover your vision doesn’t match theirs. No time for testing: When projects run out of time or money, what’s the phase of the process we tend to skimp on? In my experience, it’s testing. Shortchanging this step may save you time, but with risky downsides like a training product that doesn’t work—or work effectively—to address a critical performance gap. Successive Approximation Model (SAM) SAM, on the other hand, is considered to be an “agile approach” that can be scaled from basic (SAM1) to extended (SAM2) to suit your needs. Both SAM models use iterative cycles to create the end product right from the start—all while continually analyzing and refining your work as it’s being produced. Proponents of using agile methods for creating e-learning claim that models like SAM can alleviate many of the challenges discussed above—in particular, improving the project team’s visibility into the instructional design process and reducing development time frames. The basic process—SAM1—can be a good fit for smaller projects or teams. This flavor of SAM is a simple model with three iterations of the familiar instructional design steps of evaluation, design, and development. Using this approach, everyone’s ideas and assumptions can be discussed, prototyped, and tested early on, bringing you closer to a usable product more quickly. And what if your project is more complex? That’s where SAM2 comes into play. SAM2 is an extended take on SAM1. It consists of eight iterative instructional design steps spread across three project phases: Preparation, Iterative Design, and Iterative Development. In addition to the incremental cycles, another notable feature of the SAM2 model is the preparation phase. It consists of two steps to help you prepare for your design and development work fast: gathering information and then holding a brainstorming and prototyping meeting known as a “Savvy Start.” Which is better—ADDIE or SAM? When it comes to evaluating which design model is a better fit for you and your team, it really boils down to what you’re trying to achieve and what your work environment will support. When applied in the right situations and fully committed to by everyone involved, SAM’s flexibility can get you to a successful final course fast. Its iterative approach both helps you use prototypes to get stakeholder buy-in quickly and also makes it easy to pivot should your course requirements change. However, many instructional designers work in organizations that have embraced agility in theory but not so much in practice. Applying an agile approach like SAM can be difficult when your environment doesn’t encourage rapid feedback or flexible processes. In those cases, ADDIE’s waterfall model may be a better choice. Because ADDIE is a waterfall method that’s been used for years, it might make clients, stakeholders, and even team members more comfortable. And while it’s still not as flexible as SAM, many people find an adapted version of ADDIE that includes some iterative loops does a good job of splitting the difference between both methods. More Learning Whatever design model you follow—whether it’s ADDIE, SAM, or another one entirely—weighing your options for more thoughtful, responsive development practices can be a great way to build collaboration and grease the wheels for smoother training rollouts. Start by digging into these related articles from the archives. An Introduction to ADDIE for Instructional Designers What’s the PADDIE Model of Instructional Design? Best Practices for Effective E-Learning Project Management How to Manage E-Learning Project Scope Creep What design model is closest to how you really work? What are your thoughts on ADDIE vs. SAM? We love hearing from you, so share your thoughts in a comment. Follow us on Twitter and come back to E-Learning Heroes regularly for more helpful advice on everything related to e-learning.3 Ways to Create Drag-and-Drops with Storyline 360
Are you looking for a way to make e-learning courses more dynamic and engaging? Look no further than drag-and-drop interactions. Drag-and-drop interactions give your learners the opportunity to make decisions and engage with course content, and can be an excellent learning tool when used appropriately. That begs the question, when should drag-and-drops be used? In my experience, they can really come in handy when you want your learners to: Sort correct and incorrect items (view an example) Order the steps in a process (view an example) Match items (view an example) Place items or objects (view an example) Storyline 360 offers a variety of ways to create drag-and-drop interactions. Let’s have a closer look at three easy techniques. Graded Quiz Slides Storyline 360 offers 11 graded question types, two of which are prebuilt drag-and-drop interactions. The nice thing about Storyline’s graded question slides is that they’re superquick and easy to set up since you don’t have to create a single trigger. All you have to do is select the type of drag-and-drop question you want—matching or sequence?—and insert your content. View a Storyline 360 Matching Drag-and-Drop Quiz Slide View a Storyline 360 Sequence Drag-and-Drop Quiz Slide Matching activities are great when you want learners to make a connection between several items, for example an event and the date it occurred. Sequence is great for having learners identify the order of a process or task. Freeform Freeform slides let you convert any regular slide into a graded drag-and-drop quiz slide in a few clicks. Freeform slides are a really powerful tool because they allow you to completely customize every single aspect of your slide and drag-and-drop interaction. Freeform is perfect when you want to create a drag-and-drop that is not a matching or sequence activity, for example, to sort incorrect and correct items or to match non-text items such as shapes or images. Here are some examples of customized drag-and-drop interactions created using Freeform slides: View a Freeform Gamified Drag-and-Drop View a Freeform Placing Drag-and-Drop Activity To create a freeform drag-and-drop interaction, insert a new slide and click the “Convert to Freeform” button on the “Insert” tab of the Storyline 360 ribbon. Select the drag-and-drop option, then click Insert. Storyline will automatically create a graded drag-and-drop quiz slide, and will even add the “Submit” button and the feedback layers. You will be presented with “Form View,” where you can assign your drag items and your drop targets. Storyline 360’s Drag-and-Drop Freeform Form View When you’re in Form View, you’ll notice that there are options available to you in the ribbon. Options available in Drag-and-Drop Freeform Form View A few things you can do here: shuffle the answers, assign a results slide, and assign the number of attempts learners have. Above all, the one key feature you need to know about is the “Drag & Drop Options” button. Drag & Drop Options Knowing about these options can save you a ton of time and headaches. These options give you flexibility when you’re tweaking your drag-and-drop interaction to work just the way you want it. Need your drag items revealed one at a time? No problem! Do you want to allow multiple items onto one drop target? Just check the box. These options will let you customize your drag-and-drop interaction to behave just the way you want. Triggers There’s one more, little-known, way to create a very simple, ungraded drag-and-drop interaction by using a single trigger. You’ll need at least two objects on your slide to make this work. The “When” drop-down menu in the Trigger Wizard offers two options: These Drag Drop Events are available in the Trigger Wizard By using either of these options in a trigger with two objects from your slide, you can create a very simple drag-and-drop interaction. However, you can’t customize that interaction in any way and it can’t be graded. For that reason, it’s typically recommended to use the freeform drag-and-drop interaction, which is superpowerful, graded, and offers many options for customization. In Sum Creating drag-and-drop interactions with Storyline 360 is intuitive and easy, no matter which method you choose. Go ahead, build your own drag-and-drop interaction so you can see for yourself how quick and easy it is. Let me know how it turns out in the comments below! Want to try something you learned here, but don’t have Articulate 360? Start a free 30-day trial, and come back to E-Learning Heroes regularly for more helpful advice on everything related to e-learning. If you have any questions, please share them in the comments.
