Feature Request: Folders Within Libraries for Easier Course Discovery
We provide training courses for multiple systems. Learners often look for training based on the system they use, so we would strongly appreciate folders within Libraries to group courses by system. Currently, even with separate libraries, courses appear as a single list to learners. Sorting is limited to “Recent” or alphabetical order, making it difficult to find the right course as the number of courses grows. Search alone is not sufficient, as learners may not know or enter the exact system name. Learning Paths work well for courses that should be completed in a specific sequence. However, our learners often need to access a specific system-related topic when needed, so Learning Paths cannot replace folders for organizing courses. We expect to manage around 50 courses in approximately 10 folders. Thank you for considering this request.RISE: New launch page w Library
We appreciate all the updates that Articulate has been making with custom blocks, and many, many other features these past 2 years. But today, under rigorous deadlines (our team), we are wishing we could revert back to the "legacy" UI for the opening of RISE (launch page). The new top layer (Library) seems confusing when one is in a dreadful hurry, and although I've clicked through many times today, it's not becoming intuitive, but confusing. In addition, I can no longer readily determine if I am in "Review 360" or "RISE authoring" whereas before, it was obvious, and easy to move around, know where I am. (New icons indicated "in review" or "published" have no meaning to us; but we realize every firm has their own preferred workflow.) (And yes, I do recall about 3 to 4 years ago upon a UI change involving folders, there was much controversy and we all adapted.) With changes so dramatic, I am wishing for a 'revert' to legacy UI button (like I've seen in other portals & dashboard). Nevertheless, totally regard Articulate as a top-notch software that keeps evolving, growing, and keeping up with change, innovation, and technology!5 Mental Health Resources You Can Share With Your Learners Today
Did you know that May is Mental Health Awareness Month? Individuals aren’t the only ones impacted by mental health challenges—businesses can feel the effects, too. Polling from Gallup indicates that employees with mental health challenges miss four times more work than those who rate their mental health positively. This lost productivity costs the economy some $47.6 billion annually. As an e-learning designer, you can help employees feel supported by providing resources that raise awareness of the importance of mental health and outline helpful tips for improving it. If you’re an Articulate 360 subscriber or trialer, you can get the ball rolling quickly by using the ready-to-use mental health training materials in Rise 360—just in time for Mental Health Awareness Month. Curious what’s available? Check out some of the new releases below. You can learn how to customize these templates for your own company and training needs at the end of this article. 1. Stress Busters Microlearning Course Encourage employees to feel more relaxed with the 9 Simple Stress Busters You Can Do Today microlearning course. Moving through this quick learning exercise reveals proven strategies for relieving stress and activating feel-good endorphins. 2. Breathing Exercises Microlearning Course Anyone feeling tense can benefit from the Melt Away Stress With a 3-Minute Breathing Exercise microlearning course. With each successive swipe through a guided breathing exercise and accompanying graphics, learners will feel more peaceful and serene. 3. Feel Your Feelings Microlearning Course Reinforce the message that it’s OK not to be OK with the Feel Your Feelings microlearning course. This quick activity helps people process difficult emotions by prompting them to name and explore their feelings from a place of compassion and understanding. 4. Get Grounded Microlearning Course Support employees through worry spirals and mental fog with the Escape Anxiety With a 5-Minute Grounding Practice microlearning course. Moving through this 5-minute practice roots learners in the here and now as they engage their senses of taste, touch, smell, sight, and hearing. 5. Day-by-Day Challenge Course To offer access to a more in-depth daily challenge, check out the 5-Day Challenge To Improve Mental Health course. Each day, learners can refer to this course, explore a different facet of mental health, and follow simple exercises for putting concepts into practice. Wrap-Up Providing mental health resources as part of your business training is a win-win. Employees have access to support at work, and businesses benefit from employees who are less stressed and anxious. The examples above can help you get started, but the sky’s the limit for how you can use Articulate’s creator tools to achieve your business training objectives. Interested in sharing one of the supportive resources with your team? If you’re an Articulate 360 subscriber or trialer, you can access and edit all the examples linked throughout this post directly from your Rise 360 dashboard. Simply click Create New, choose Microlearning and select the template you want to use, as shown in the video below: Looking for even more ready-to-use, customizable mental health content? You'll find those in your Rise 360 dashboard too. Just click Create New, choose Course, and then select Mix & Match Lessons. Here are some relevant topic categories to check out: Stress Management: covers stress management fundamentals, stress and work performance, and strategies to relieve stress. Health and Wellness: includes dealing with difficult emotions and life events, exercise, forming healthy habits, mental health awareness in the workplace, positive psychology fundamentals, and positive psychology in the workplace. Resilience: features content on resilience fundamentals, building career resilience, leadership and resilience, emotional and physical resilience, and thriving through challenges. Be sure to also follow us on Twitter and LinkedIn and come back to E-Learning Heroes for more advice on everything related to e-learning. If you have any questions, please share them in the comments.Matching Question Randomizing Both Sides
I created a matching question as part of a final assessment for a course, but I can't figure out how to make the quiz randomize only one side of the exercise. For this particular question, users are matching an action with the appropriate order that action is taken (Step 1, Step 2, Step 3, etc.). I want the actions column randomized, but want the steps column to show up in numerical order, with Step 1 at the top and Step 5 at the bottom. I have tried toggling the Column Freeze setting to freeze matches, toggling it to freeze choices, and swapping which column the steps and actions are listed, but it always randomizes both sides. I did not have this issue while creating matching questions for knowledge checks earlier in this course (the right column always stayed in order), just this final quiz assessment. Any tips on how to fix this? Thanks!Community Support for Accountability-Reported for Review
I am asking for community support for accountability to have Articulate change the language used in a course shell, using the example of pedophilia as a "condition" not covered by the ADA. While previewing the course shell for 'ADA Compliance for Employees', under 'Defining Disabilities' lesson, the attached screenshot is a list of examples of "conditions" not covered under ADA. I cannot fathom that whoever at Articulate created this content couldn't come up with ANY OTHER EXAMPLES. This content needs updated asap to include a list of appropriate reasonable "conditions" not covered by ADA. Disappointing content from an industry leader.Custom Accordion/Interactive Blocks
Hi All, Just wondering if there are any creators out there who have experiences in creating or designing their own accordion blocks over the native block. I'm currently trying to build my own and use my own themes however I can't seem to figure out the how. Cheers, SonAI Image, Media, Prompt Library/History
Hi, I am relatively new to the e-learning/Articulate world and I haven't used Articulate as much as many others in this community. However, one of the things that I think could be a valuable asset to the AI assistant would be a library of any previously generated images or prompts. This would be valuable in a few settings that I thought of. Maintaining a certain image style throughout the course. Revising of other AI generated images/audio that has been added and then deleted from the course to be able to pick up where I left off with the prompt. Referencing previously well developed prompts that I would like to use again. Having the library or a history of my prompts would be valuable to help the forward momentum of the project instead of constantly starting over in the AI prompt. I understand I can simply save the images or prompts to a local drive or cloud storage. However, often times I forget or don't think to save them in the moment. I believe having this built into Articulate would make the usage more intuitive and user friendly. Thank you! Amanda Buzzell
