5 Ways to Use Morph Transitions
View the example For my example this week, I decided to practice a few simple techniques using the Morph transition. Progress bars Text and title transitions Showing character dialogue or conversations Image carousel effect An office exploration Production Tips For the image carousel, the process was pretty straightforward and much easier than using multiple motion paths with reverse paths like you’d normally need. The main challenge was just keeping the images aligned on each slide. I used Storyline's guides initially to align the objects but a few still felt off so I manually verified (and updated) each object's position using the the Size and Position window. I attached the source file so you can see what I did. About Me Connect on LinkedIn: David AndersonInteractive Markers on a Car
Version 1 I saw this nice Polestar ad on my phone that had markers and labels that I thought I'd test with the morph. I I tried a few things: Create a slide with all of my elements. Add triggers to slides (need to change them after duplicating) Since the morph is only a transition between slides and I wanted all of my objects to transitions in and out the ones I wasn't using a made transparent. I think all of these "hidden" objects via transparency may be problematic. :) Attached is the file. Version 1: View demo Version 2 I tried a few novel things in version 1 that may have confused Storyline, so I simplifed the demo in version 2. Version 2: View demo. About Me I love helping people learn to use the Articulate software to meet their needs at work. I especially like to help those new instructional designers who are trying their best to get a handle on things. I regularly contribute to the training team's blog where we assemble all sorts of tips and tricks. Follow it to stay up to date. I post every Wednesday to Articulate's company blogwhere I share more general instructional design tips. I used to write the Rapid E-learning Blog. Still lots of good tips & tricks in there. Connect with me on LinkedIn and follow my YouTube for more tips & tricks.What happened at Bluff Creek?
Hello! This week, I used Rise's new Custom Block to add extra layers to this microlearning mystery. Can you solve the mystery of what happened at Bluff Creek? As this Beta feature is not yet fully accessible, I needed to hardcode the captions into the videos I used in the Custom Blocks. Otherwise, it was very easy to angle the videos and combine them with shapes, images, and text, to create 'interactive collages' in the Custom Block. Bonus feature I've used Fire Mods from Discover eLearning to add a custom reflection block to the course. (ChrisHodgson is a genius!) This allows you to jot down your hunch during the investigation, and then refer back to your notes before the final reveal. Just like Columbo would. The voice of 'Annie' is 'River' from Storyline 360's AI Text-to-Speech. I exported the audio files and added the tinny tape recorder effect in Audacity. The audiovisual elements were made using CCO footage from Unsplash, with a dash of Synthesia, edited in Camtasia. Then I mixed it all together in Rise and... voila! One half-baked mystery. Can you piece together the events of Tuesday, 13th July, 1976? CLICK HERE
Meet the New Morph Transition in Articulate Storyline
As an e-learning developer, you know how important smooth, engaging transitions can be. That’s why I’m excited about Articulate’s latest update: the brand-new Morph transition for Storyline! Morph brings a whole new level of polish to your slides by intelligently animating objects from one state to another. Instead of abrupt jumps or simple fades, you can now create fluid, professional-looking animations that feel almost cinematic. Whether you're moving shapes, text, or images, the Morph transition automatically calculates the movement, scaling, rotation, and even color changes — saving you tons of manual animation time. It’s perfect for storytelling, demos, onboarding courses, or anytime you want to wow your learners with seamless visual flow. To explore the new feature, I developed a short demo showcasing what Morph can do. The demo is inspired by three Morph transitions originally created in Microsoft PowerPoint that I discovered online and features an animated intro slide, a dynamic animation of a deck of cards, and a smooth circular text animation — all created using the new Morph transition. While it’s exciting to see how much creativity this new feature unlocks, I did notice that the Morph transitions aren't quite as smooth yet as the PowerPoint version. These kinds of hiccups are common for new features, and I’m sure the Articulate development team is working hard to smooth out these tiny issues. All in all, I can’t wait to start using Morph in my projects — and I’m even more excited to see what you create with it! Have you tried it yet? Let me know what you think! You can preview my demo via the link below, or download the source file to explore the build details. Preview my demo Download the source file Note: In the demo, I’ve used some circular text. This text was created in PowerPoint. If needed, you can download the PowerPoint file hereMorphing? Why not!
I have to say, the morphing transition is pretty cool. I hadn’t really played with it before this challenge came up, but it’s been a fun learning experience. It definitely takes some time to get comfortable with — and even more time to really master. Like any feature, it has its ups and downs. One thing I noticed is that it doesn’t always behave consistently. That said, I’m holding off on calling it a bug until I’m sure I’m not just using it wrong (which is totally possible). I’ll keep experimenting with it whenever I have some spare time. So far, I’ve managed to put together a few simple examples. I’m guessing most of us have approached this in similar ways, so I won’t go too deep into the how-to. Example 1: Europe Example 2: Drinks Example 3: ZermattMindfulness
What do you do when your brain hits a wall? This project explores small, mindful actions to help you reset and reconnect. I used a soft pastel palette and flat icons to create a simple interaction where each tip gently morphs into view. The visual transitions are built around consistent layout and position changes to simulate a calm, flowing experience—no motion paths, just smooth shifts from one moment to the next. 🔗 View the Demo About Me Jayashree Ravi Curious about more e-learning innovations? Connect with me on LinkedIn to share ideas, discuss implementation techniques, or simply chat about instructional design challenges.Hoppy Adventures: Coin Capture
Hoppy Adventures: Coin Capture Just a fun spin on assessments - inspired by Jeff Batt's Code block YouTube video. Hoppy is the mascot at my company so a fun play on including it into the game made sense. I know, I know, should have been frogger. You go around collecting coins, dodging predators, and answering questions to level up. I tried to blend old school 8-bit novelty and Pacman type gameplay and movement with the coin gathering. After every 10 coins, players pause to answer a multiple-choice question—six in total—to complete the module. Questions are built into a JSON file so we can manage and track easier. This build seemed like a fun way to try out this new feature. Try it here!Animated Menus Using Morph Transitions
When I first saw the morph transition, I didn’t think much of it. The fade has always worked just fine. But after seeing what Elizabeth and Thierry did with it, I got it. For this challenge, I reworked a menu example I originally built with motion paths and variables. Motion paths are easier in Storyline now, but they still take time to set up when you're duplicating and reversing the paths. Same with variables. They're easy to copy and tweak, but also easy to mess something up and lose your time troubleshooting. But with the morph transition, it’s two slides. Move the objects where you want them on each one, and you're done. View the exampleOne Office Party, Four Ways: Exploring Articulate's AI Training Formats
This week's challenge was so much fun! What happens if you take one training topic and run it through all four of Rise 360's new AI build formats, Guide, Interactive Video, Scenario, and Training Deck, and actually compare what comes out the other side? So that's what I did. Same topic for all four: surviving the office holiday party (RSVPs, small talk, the buffet line, the exit strategy). Same mascot too, meet Bernard, my office party expert for the day. 🎉 Here's how each format actually performed. Guide: video in, steps out. Feed it a video and it turns into a clean set of steps, and the writing held up well. To be honest, I could have built this simple list much faster on my own. It is pretty basic, just a list, and like the rest, it builds a standalone course with no way to drop it into something you're already working on. Interactive Video: same video, new checkpoints. If you already have footage, this one costs you nothing extra. It found smart, natural places to drop checkpoints right where new information landed. It also let's you edit the checkpoint which is pretty cool. Same standalone limitation, and it's only ever as strong as the video you hand it. Scenario: a prompt in, a conversation out. This is the one that surprised me. Two paragraphs, a goal and some context, and it built real branching logic, not just multiple choice with a coat of paint. Fully editable after it generated too, no starting from scratch if you want to tweak a branch. It also gave me my two favorite bloopers of the whole project, and I left both in on purpose. 😝 First, in his neutral pose, Bernard's mouth just isn't there. 😅 It comes back the second he smiles. Second, and better, one of the response options it wrote FOR Bernard, mid-conversation with himself, was "Heard any juicy gossip about Bernard?" The AI had him asking for the tea on his own life. I couldn't not keep that one. Training Deck: five rules in, seven slides out. This one wants raw material, not a prompt, so I pasted in five party "rules" and stepped through a three stage wizard, Details, Outline, then Draft, with an editable checkpoint at every stage. The visuals did not wow me, they were pretty plain. I could have create a better PowerPoint without this tool that looked much better. The editing experience was a little limited. It also decided, entirely on its own, that our audience was "young professionals, early in their careers." I never said that anywhere, it just went with it, and honestly, sure, why not. But I also found a real bug: four of the seven slides have a card that scrolls in Edit view but doesn't scroll in Preview or Present. That's not a cosmetic issue, it's lost content, whatever falls below the fold on those cards is just gone for anyone actually taking the deck. Worth knowing before you ship anything built this way. The throughline across all four: every single format builds its own separate, standalone Rise course. None of them let you generate a lesson and drop it into a course you're already building. Four for four. It's a little ironic, since Rise already lets you drop a Storyline 360 block straight into a course. It would be great to see these four get that same treatment, generate the content, then drop it in as a lesson instead of a whole new course every time. If I had to pick one? Scenario hand down. 🙌 No video needed, real editable branching, and nothing about it broke on me, just some Bernard's missing mouth and which made for a funny blooper. 😂 I built the comparison itself as a Rise course, using Articulate's AI Avatar and Code Blocks, one lesson per format with a "behind the build" walkthrough showing my actual screenshots, plus a closing verdict lesson where you can flip through pros and cons on each format before Bernard gives his own take. Link below. 👇 One Office Party, Four Ways: Exploring Articulate's AI Training Formats
