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11 TopicsStoryline 360: Understanding How PowerPoint Animations and Transitions Are Imported
When you import a PowerPoint presentation into Storyline 360, these PowerPoint animations and transitions are supported in Storyline 360: Entrance Animations Exit Animations Motion Paths Slide/Layer Transitions Ascend Bounce Box Circle Descend Diamond Fade Float In Fly In Grow and Turn Plus Random Bars Shape Spinner Split Swivel Wheel Wipe Zoom Ascend Bounce Box Circle Descend Diamond Fade Float Out Fly Out Plus Random Bars Shape Shrink and Turn Spinner Split Swivel Wheel Wipe Zoom Arc Circle Custom Equal Triangle Line Square Trapezoid Turn Blinds Box Checkerboard Circle Clock Cover Diamond Dissolve Fade Morph* (see note below) Newsflash Plus Push Random Bars Shape Split Uncover Zoom Note: PowerPoint morph transitions are supported in Storyline 360 and will be imported. However, certain elements like images that use morph may not work as expected. For the best experience, add morph transitions directly in Storyline 360. How Are Unsupported PowerPoint Animations and Transitions Handled? Entrance and exit animations not listed above import into Storyline 360 as Fade animations. Emphasis animations aren't supported in Storyline 360 and won't be imported. However, you can choose from a library of emphasis animations in Storyline 360. Motion path animations not listed above won't import into Storyline 360. Slide transitions not listed above won't import into Storyline 360.590Views0likes0CommentsStoryline 3: Understanding How PowerPoint Animations and Transitions Are Imported
When you import a PowerPoint presentation into Storyline 3, these PowerPoint animations and transitions are supported in Storyline 3: Entrance Animations Exit Animations Motion Paths Slide/Layer Transitions Ascend Bounce Box Circle Descend Diamond Fade Float In Fly In Grow and Turn Plus Random Bars Shape Spinner Split Swivel Wheel Wipe Zoom Ascend Bounce Box Circle Descend Diamond Fade Float Out Fly Out Plus Random Bars Shape Shrink and Turn Spinner Split Swivel Wheel Wipe Zoom Arc Circle Custom Equal Triangle Line Square Trapezoid Turn Blinds Box Checkerboard Circle Clock Cover Diamond Dissolve Fade Newsflash Plus Push Random Bars Shape Split Uncover Zoom How Are Unsupported PowerPoint Animations and Transitions Handled? Entrance and exit animations not listed above will be imported into Storyline 3 as Fade animations. Emphasis animations aren't supported in Storyline 3 and will be ignored. Motion path animations not listed above will be ignored in Storyline 3. Slide transitions not listed above will be ignored in Storyline 3.63Views0likes0CommentsStoryline 3: Importing Slides from PowerPoint
Import PowerPoint presentations into Storyline 3 to leverage existing content. It's a great way to speed up course development, especially if subject matter experts are drafting content for you in a program familiar to them (i.e., PowerPoint). Tip: Most PowerPoint features are supported in Storyline 3, but some aren't. See this article for details. Importing PowerPoint Slides First, do any of the following: Click Import on the Storyline 3 start screen and select Import PowerPoint. Go to the File tab on the ribbon, scroll to Import, and click PowerPoint. Go to the Home tab on the ribbon, click New Slide, scroll to Import, and choose PowerPoint. Go to the Slides tab on the ribbon, click New Slide, and choose PowerPoint. Browse to the PowerPoint file you want to import and click Open. Tip: If you're importing a PowerPoint file that includes Presenter resources (such as audio), be sure the *.ppta file is located in the same folder as the PowerPoint file. Otherwise, Storyline 3 will import only the PowerPoint slides, not the corresponding Presenter resources. (Presenter doesn't need to be installed.) If you opened the wrong PowerPoint file or want to select a different one, click the ellipsis button (...) in the upper right corner to browse for another file. Storyline 3 will display thumbnail images for all slides in the presentation. Select the slides you want to import. By default, all slides will be imported unless you choose otherwise. You can tell which slides are selected by their blue outline. To select or deselect a slide, just click it. The blue outline will either appear or disappear to indicate its status. You can also click Select All or None in the upper right corner to quickly select or deselect all slides at once. Use the Insert into scene drop-down at the bottom of the window to choose where the PowerPoint slides should appear in your course. You can insert them into a new scene, which is the default option, or you can choose an existing scene. If you choose a new scene, use the Scene field to give it a name. Click Import to complete the process. Tip: If your presentation includes Quizmaker quizzes or Engage interactions and you encounter an error message that one or more of them can't be found, see this article for solutions.180Views0likes0CommentsPresenter 360: Building a Course with Content Library 360 Slide Templates
In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to build beautiful e-learning courses quickly in Articulate Presenter 360 using professionally-designed Content Library 360 slide templates. Watch this video demonstration, then follow the activities below to practice. Practice Activities: Add Content Library 360 Slide Templates to a Course Change the Theme Colors Change the Theme Fonts Practice Activity: Add Content Library 360 Slide Templates to a Course Create a new PowerPoint file and save it on your local computer. Go to the Articulate tab on the PowerPoint ribbon and click Content Library 360. Use the filters on the left side of the template browser to find some slides you'd like to use in your course. Ctrl+click to select multiple slides at the same time, then click the Insert Slides button in the lower right corner to add them to your course. Easy, right? After importing slide templates into your course, you can edit them like any other slides in PowerPoint. Tip: Slide templates will automatically adjust to fit your PowerPoint slide size. In most cases, you won't need to make any changes after importing a template, but if you're using an extreme-widescreen or portrait layout, you might need to resize some objects to fit properly. Practice Activity: Change the Theme Colors Now let's customize the slide templates we just added by changing the theme colors. Shift+click the slides you imported in the previous activity to select them all at the same time. Then go to the Design tab on the PowerPoint ribbon, click the Variants drop-down gallery, scroll to Colors, and choose a different theme. (If you're using PowerPoint 2010, go to the Design tab, click Colors, and choose a theme.) Notice that all the slides you imported automatically update with the new theme colors—even if you imported slides from different templates. Brilliant! By using your own branded theme colors, you can make any Content Library 360 template match your corporate guidelines with just a few clicks. Practice Activity: Change the Theme Fonts You can also customize Content Library 360 templates by applying your own theme fonts. Shift+click the slides you imported from the Content Library 360. Go to the Design tab on the PowerPoint ribbon, click the Variants drop-down gallery, scroll to Fonts, and choose a different theme. (If you're using PowerPoint 2010, go to the Design tab, click Fonts, and choose a theme.) Summary In this tutorial, you learned how to add Content Library 360 slide templates to a Presenter 360 course and quickly customize them by switching theme colors and fonts. In the next tutorial, you’ll record narration and synchronize animations.116Views0likes0CommentsPresenter 360: Adding Interactivity with Hyperlinks and Branching
In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to add interactivity to Articulate Presenter 360 courses using hyperlinks and branching. Watch this video demonstration, then follow the activities below to practice. Practice Activities: Use Hyperlinks to Control Navigation Use Slide Properties to Add Branching Preview Your Branched Interaction Practice Activity: Use Hyperlinks to Control Navigation Presenter 360 supports PowerPoint hyperlinks between slides. It’s a great way to add interactivity to your courses, allowing learners to take control of their own navigation. In this activity, we’ll use hyperlinks to create a menu slide. Open the PowerPoint folder in your practice files, then open the Branching_Interaction_Practice1.pptx file. On slide 1, right-click the notebook icon and choose Hyperlink. Select Place in This Document on the left side of the hyperlink window. Select the Notebook slide and click OK. Repeat these steps to add similar hyperlinks to the clipboard and map icons. Before we test our hyperlinks, we need to add branching to the previous/next buttons in the activity below. For details on Presenter 360 support for PowerPoint hyperlinks, see this article. Practice Activity: Use Slide Properties to Add Branching Not only can you control navigation with hyperlinks from one slide to another, but you can also change the destinations of the previous and next buttons on your course player. By default, the previous button on the Presenter 360 player sends learners to the slide they just viewed, and the next button goes to the next consecutive slide in the course. But you can branch the previous and next buttons to any slide in your course, or you can turn them off for individual slides. In this activity, we'll change how slides advance, turn off the previous/next buttons for some slides, and add branching. Go to the Articulate tab on the PowerPoint ribbon and click Slide Properties. Press Ctrl+A to select all your slides, then click the Advance property on the right side of the screen. It'll change from Automatically to By user. Next, select just slide 1, then branch the Next button to the last slide in your course. Shift+click slides 2-5 to select them, then branch the Previous button to the first slide in your course. With slides 2-5 still selected, turn off the Next button by unchecking it in the Properties panel on the right side of the screen. Click OK to close the Slide Properties window. To learn more about working with slide properties, see this user guide. Practice Activity: Preview Your Branched Interaction Hyperlinks and branching may not work as expected during preview unless you preview all slides at once. Let’s test the interactive scenario we’ve built in this tutorial. Go to the Articulate tab on the PowerPoint ribbon. Click the Preview drop-down arrow and choose Preview Range of Slides. Click the Select All link in the lower right corner of the window and click OK. Click each icon on the menu slide, then use the previous button to return to the menu slide. Tip: When testing real-world scenarios, we recommend publishing your course to properly test hyperlinks and branched scenarios. Summary In this tutorial, you learned how to control navigation using hyperlinks and how to create branched scenarios using slide properties. In the next tutorial, we’ll customize the course player that appears around the perimeter of your slides.67Views0likes0CommentsPresenter 360: Using Content Library 360 Templates
Your Articulate 360 subscription includes full access to the Content Library 360, a collection of professionally-designed slide templates and course assets that dramatically speeds up development and wows your audience. Presenter 360 is tied directly into the Content Library 360, so you can browse templates and add them to your e-learning courses with the click of a button. All you need is an internet connection. Be sure to check the Content Library 360 often. We're constantly adding new templates to inspire you and keep your designs fresh. Browsing the Content Library 360 Adding a Template to Your Project Browsing the Content Library 360 To open the Content Library 360 template browser, go to the Articulate tab on the PowerPoint ribbon and click Content Library 360. Then use the search features at the top of the window and the filters along the left edge to find a template that fits your content and style needs. (Click a filter to enable it. Click it again to clear it.) When you click a slide thumbnail image, its title and description will appear on the right side of the window. Adding a Template to Your Project To add a Content Library 360 template to your project, just browse to it as described above, select it, then click Insert Slide in the lower right corner. It’s that easy! Tip: Import multiple templates at the same time by holding down the Ctrl key or the Shift key and clicking additional thumbnail images. When you add a template from the Content Library 360 to your project: The slide you chose will be automatically added after the active PowerPoint slide. You can use theme colors and theme fonts on the Design tab of the PowerPoint ribbon to quickly customize the template to match your brand requirements or style guide. See this video tutorial to learn how. The theme of the template will be added to the themes gallery on the Design tab of the PowerPoint ribbon, so you can easily reuse it later. All the layouts for the template will be added to your PowerPoint slide masters, and you may customize them as you’d like. Slide templates will automatically adjust to fit your PowerPoint slide size. In most cases, you won't need to make any changes after importing a template, but if you're using a super widescreen or portrait layout, you might need to resize some objects to fit properly.88Views0likes0CommentsPresenter 360: Adding Alternate Text for Screen Readers
Articulate Presenter 360 supports alternate text descriptions in PowerPoint, so learners with screen readers can hear information about objects in your course. Just right-click an object and choose Edit Alt Text or select it to show the corresponding Format tab on the ribbon and click the Alt Text button. Then enter text in the field provided. That's it! Exceptions Presenter supports alternate text for most course elements, but there are a few exceptions: Logos Annotations Web objects Videos from websites Audio (Use PowerPoint notes to display a narration transcript.) Working with Embedded Quizzes and Interactions To add alternate text to Articulate Quizmaker quizzes, see this user guide. To add alternate text to media in Articulate Engage interactions, see this user guide.26Views0likes0CommentsPresenter 360: Translating Courses
Need a course in multiple languages? Articulate Presenter 360's translation features can help with that. Create and Publish a Course in Its Original Language Export the Presenter Elements and Embedded Content Translate the Exported Text Import the Translated Text into Presenter Translate Your PowerPoint Slide Content and Notes Publish Your Translated Course Step 1: Create and Publish a Course in Its Original Language First, create your course in its original or native language, including embedded quizzes and interactions. Then publish the course. When the original course is complete, you're ready to translate it. Step 2: Export the Presenter Elements and Embedded Content Export a copy of the text strings for the Presenter elements in your course, including embedded quizzes and interactions. Go to the Articulate tab on the PowerPoint ribbon, click Translate, and choose one of these export options: Export to XLIFF XLIFF is a file format commonly used for translation services and computer programs. Give your file a name and click the ellipsis to select the location where you want to save it. Choose the Source Language that you used to create the course. Choose the XLIFF Version required for your translation service or program, either 1.2 or 2.0. Click OK to complete the export process. Export to Word Use Word if you're translating text manually. It's easier to read than XLIFF (which is formatted for computer programs). Give your file a name and click the ellipsis to select the location where you want to save it. Mark the box to Include "Original Text" column for reference if you want to always see the text in its original language as you translate it. Click OK to complete the export process. Tip: Use XLIFF for Lists and Custom Paragraph Spacing We recommend using XLIFF translation if quizzes or interactions in your course have bulleted lists, numbered lists, or custom paragraph spacing. Word can break formatting and spacing for these features. Step 3: Translate the Exported Text After exporting the text from your project, use the resulting Word document or XLIFF file to translate it into other languages. You can use professional translators, an online translation service, or a computer program. Here are some important things to remember when translating content: Only modify text in the column titled Translate this column. Leave all other text unchanged. Don't translate variable references on result slides in embedded quizzes, such as %Results.ScorePoints%. If you change the text formatting in any way (font, size, color, style, alignment, etc.) for quizzes or interactions, those changes will also be reflected in your project when you import the file back into Presenter. Step 4: Import the Translated Text into Presenter When the translation is ready, import the Word document or XLIFF file back into Presenter: Open your original presentation in PowerPoint. Go to the Articulate tab on the PowerPoint ribbon, click Translate, and choose Import. Browse to the Word document or XLIFF file that has the translated text and click Open. When you see the Congratulations message, click OK. Review the imported text to be sure it fits properly in your course and make adjustments as necessary. Some languages use longer words and phrases, so you may need to allow more room for the expanded text or reduce the font size. Tip: A backup copy of your project files (*.pptx, *.ppta, *.quiz, *.intr) will automatically be created in a zip file during the import process, so you can always go back to the original language. Step 5: Translate Your PowerPoint Slide Content and Notes The localization process described above lets you translate all Articulate-related items, including player elements (slide titles, navigation buttons, player tabs, etc.), embedded quizzes, and embedded interactions. PowerPoint slide content and notes must be translated separately, using Microsoft Office or a third-party service. With the many options available for translating PowerPoint content, we decided it was best not to reinvent that part of the process and risk breaking other PowerPoint elements. It's often easier and more accurate to provide translators with a copy of the PowerPoint file rather than extracting its text, so they can translate it in context with the other slide objects. Step 6: Publish Your Translated Course Finally, publish your translated course. If you shared your PowerPoint file with a professional translator, make sure it's reunited with its corresponding Articulate files before publishing. The PowerPoint file (*.pptx) must be in the same folder as its related Articulate project file (*.ppta), and they must have the same file name. For example: Effective_Reviews.pptx and Effective_Reviews.ppta You Might Also Want to Explore: Customizing the Text Labels88Views0likes0CommentsPresenter 360: Adding Animations and Slide Transitions
Articulate Presenter 360 supports many of PowerPoint's object animations and slide transitions. When used strategically, they make content more engaging and easier to understand. Adding Animations Syncing Animations Adding Slide Transitions Adding Animations You'll use Presenter to sync animations with audio, but you'll use PowerPoint to actually add animations to your course. If you're not familiar with PowerPoint animations, see these Microsoft user guides for help: PowerPoint 2013 and 2016 PowerPoint 2010 Tips: Presenter supports most PowerPoint animations. See this article for a complete list. Some animations don't work when viewing HTML5 output in Internet Explorer or Microsoft Edge. Syncing Animations If you set specific animation timings in PowerPoint, Presenter will honor those timings. However, you may find it easier to simply set your PowerPoint animations to start "on click," then use Presenter's consolidated narration window to synchronize them with your audio. When you need animations to occur at the same time, set one of them to start "on click," then set the others to start "with previous." Similarly, you can set animations to start "after previous" when you need them to occur in rapid succession. Adding Slide Transitions Slide transitions can make a great course even more impressive. Depending on how you use them, transitions can also convey a sense of movement, pace, and direction. Just add transitions to your slides in PowerPoint, and they'll work perfectly when you publish your course with Presenter. If you're not familiar with PowerPoint transitions, see these Microsoft user guides for help: PowerPoint 2013 and 2016 PowerPoint 2010 Tips: Presenter supports many, but not all, PowerPoint transitions. See this article for a complete list. Some transitions don't work when viewing HTML5 output in Internet Explorer or Microsoft Edge.101Views0likes0CommentsPresenter 360: Setting Your Slide Size
When you create a new presentation, the slide size defaults to a widescreen 16:9 aspect ratio in PowerPoint 2013 and later. In earlier versions of PowerPoint, it defaults to a standard 4:3 aspect ratio. The good news is that Articulate Presenter supports custom slide sizes, so you're free to use any size you want in PowerPoint. Changing Your Slide Size How Player Features Affect Published Size Changing Your Slide Size First, open the slide size window in PowerPoint: PowerPoint 2013 or 2016 Go to the Design tab on the PowerPoint ribbon, click Slide Size, and choose Custom Slide Size. PowerPoint 2010 Go to the Design tab on the PowerPoint ribbon and click Page Setup. Then, use the following options to adjust the size and orientation of your presentation: Slides sized for Choose a predefined size from the drop-down list. Width Enter a specific value for the slide width. Height Enter a specific value for the slide height. Number slides from This item doesn't affect your Presenter course. Orientation—Slides Choose either Portrait or Landscape. (This option will automatically change if you adjust the Width and Height values.) Orientation—Notes, Handouts & Outline This item doesn't affect your Presenter course. Tip: It's best to change your presentation size before you add any content. Otherwise, you may need to resize or rearrange objects in your presentation to accommodate its new size. How Player Features Affect Published Size The overall size of your published output will be slightly larger than your slide dimensions. That's because the player (the interface around the perimeter of your slides) adds some width and height. The player adds up to 260 pixels to the width and up to 118 pixels to the height, depending on the player features you choose. See the following table for details. You can also enable and disable player features on a slide by slide basis, but the course size will remain the same for all slides—i.e., each player feature adds some width or height to your published course, even if it’s only used on a single slide. Player Feature Width Height Player frame (with or without player features) +20 pixels +20 pixels Title or duration +23 pixels One or more topbar tabs +24 pixels Volume controller, seekbar, or navigation buttons +51 pixels Sidebar +240 pixels Here’s an example: If your slide size is 720 x 405 and you enable the navigation buttons and sidebar, the overall dimensions of your published course are 980 x 476. Here’s the breakdown: Width Height Slide size 720 pixels 405 pixels Player frame +20 pixels +20 pixels Navigation buttons +51 pixels Sidebar +240 pixels Published Course Dimensions 980 pixels 476 pixels256Views0likes0Comments
