Insert Video from File vs. Insert Video from Website
I am working on two courses, and they are both very video heavy. The last course I did like this was causing issues for users on older model Apple devices and after several months of working with Articulate, it was found that there was no viable solution. I think part of the issue was how large the courses were with the embedded video files. If I upload the videos unlisted on YouTube first and then embed them into the course, would that make the files smaller and maybe easier for older model Apple products to handle? The user would need an internet connection to access the course in the first place based on the set up of our LMS, so learner internet access isn't a factor in my decision. What is your preference when working with large multimedia files in courses?Is there a way to prevent other team members from downloading my Storyline backups from Review 360?
Realizing the answer is most likely no, I'm going to ask anyway. Is there a way to prevent other members of my team from downloading my backed-up Storyline files from within Review 360 reviews? Thanks!I turned my course QA checklist into a free Claude skill. What would you add?
I started this checklist in my master's program, and most of it was accessibility. Over the years I kept adding the things I actually catch when I review a course: activities that don't match the stated outcomes, quiz feedback that only says "incorrect, try again," screenshots of a UI that changed two releases ago. The checklist worked great, but was manual. Recently I turned it into a Claude skill that checks 53 UX & LX criteria. You give it an exported course or a PowerPoint deck and it gives you back a checklist to validate, not a verdict. It answers what it can from the files and drafts an answer when it isn't sure. Anything it can't check, like keyboard navigation or how a screen reader sounds, it leaves open for you. Each finding gets a severity level based on how it affects the learner (blocked, inaccurate, adds effort, and so on), so you know what has to be fixed before launch and what can wait for the next revision. It runs in the Claude desktop app or claude.ai with code execution turned on, so you don't need to install anything technical. It's been tested on a Mindsmith.ai course export on a Windows machine. If it doesn't recognize your export, it'll tell you and ask before trying, and I'd ✨love ✨ to hear how it handles Rise, Storyline or anything else. It's free, and there's a sample report you can click through before trying it: https://chickadee368.github.io/learner-first-qa/ I'd really like to hear from people who QA courses for a living. What do you check that isn't on the list? And if you run it on one of your own exports, I'd love to know where it got things wrong! 🔗 to the overview: https://chickadee368.github.io/learner-first-qa/ 🔗 to the repo: https://github.com/chickadee368/learner-first-qa48-Hour Alexandria Weekend Planner – My First LXD Project
Hi everyone! I’m a teacher currently transitioning into LXD, and I recently finished my first larger e-learning project. I created a 48-hour weekend planner for Old Town Alexandria. The idea was to let users explore hotels, restaurants, and attractions while building a realistic weekend itinerary and staying within a budget. I built most of the experience in Rise 360 and also experimented with custom-coded interactions and video editing. This was my first time putting all of these pieces together into one complete project, so I’d really appreciate any feedback on the user experience, interaction design, and overall flow. Here’s the project: https://millie1017.github.io/my-project/ Thanks for taking a look!Creating a virtual whare experience using 360 camera and Articulate Storyline
A virtual whare or marae is a Māori word meaning a building that serves as the spiritual and social heart of a community. The need to share this experience represented an exciting opportunity to extend the values, stories, and cultural richness of a marae into a digital environment using Articulate Storyline and a 360 camera. This made it more accessible to learners, staff, and communities regardless of location. It showed how we could use technology respectfully to support cultural connection, learning, engagement, and whakawhanaungatanga, while ensuring that tikanga, authenticity, and community ownership remain at the heart of the experience. We'd love to hear your feedback on how you think we did! View the live link here: https://www.careerforce.org.nz/virtual-whare/Crack the Case: A Detective-Themed eLearning Challenge
How do you make a final knowledge check feel less like a test and more like an experience? For the final assessment of my Talent Acquisition Hiring Manager Training, I wanted to move away from a traditional series of multiple-choice questions. Instead, I transformed the assessment into a detective-themed investigation where learners have to use what they’ve learned throughout the training to successfully work through the case. Learners progress through a series of checkpoints and realistic hiring scenarios, gathering information and making decisions along the way. Each challenge connects back to concepts covered throughout the training, requiring learners to think about how they would actually respond as a hiring manager rather than simply recall information from earlier slides. The Design Approach The detective theme gave me a way to connect otherwise separate assessment questions into one cohesive experience. Instead of moving from Question 1 to Question 2 to Question 3, learners feel like they are progressing through an investigation. Throughout the experience, I incorporated: A detective/investigation theme that carries through the entire assessment Case-file-inspired visuals and challenge screens Multiple checkpoints that give learners a sense of progress Realistic hiring scenarios and conversations Decision-based challenges focused on applying knowledge rather than simply recalling it Custom graphics and environments designed to make each part of the investigation feel connected Feedback within the experience to reinforce key concepts and help learners understand the impact of their decisions Why I Built It This Way Because this was the final knowledge check for the training, I wanted learners to demonstrate that they could pull together what they had learned across the course and apply it in context. The goal wasn't to make the assessment more complicated. It was to make the experience more meaningful. By framing the assessment as an investigation, each question becomes another piece of the case. Learners aren't just trying to select the correct answer. They're being asked to analyze a situation, make a decision, and determine what should happen next. It also allowed the assessment itself to feel like a culminating experience, rather than something learners simply had to complete after finishing the “real” course content. Behind the Scenes I built the experience in Articulate Storyline, using a combination of scenario-based learning, custom visuals, interactive elements, and themed feedback. One of my biggest design priorities was making sure the detective concept wasn't just decorative. I wanted the theme to support the learning experience. The checkpoints, scenarios, visual environments, and challenges all work together to create the feeling that the learner is actively working through a case. The End Goal Ultimately, I wanted learners to finish the training feeling like they had completed a challenge, not just passed another quiz. This project was a fun opportunity to explore how gamification, storytelling, and scenario-based learning can turn a traditional final knowledge check into something much more immersive. Explore the experience: https://360.articulate.com/review/content/0f7c56d1-c7d9-4bef-8538-bf29ce8722db/review I left the Menu unlocked in this review to allow viewers to move around freely, as desired. For my learner audience, the menu has been locked.Cropped avatar made videos are distorted
After inserting the avatared video I decided to use crop function to crop the vide making it vertical. it did not work. while it worked showing the crop marks and actually cropping in the editor in the final slide it turned out distorted.please advise/suggest the fix.Label the Image: More Than Dragging Words Onto a Picture
I've always liked image labeling as a learning activity, especially when learners need to identify something on an actual image, whether that's anatomy, equipment, a software screen, or a diagram. But there's a reason to use it beyond making a course more interactive. What's happening cognitively? There's a difference between looking at a diagram with everything already labeled and having to figure out where those labels belong. Learners have to examine visual details, recognize differences, and connect what they know to what they're seeing. That's visual discrimination and spatial identification at work. And when learners have already studied the material, the activity can also reinforce retrieval and recognition. When does image labeling make sense? A few examples: Anatomy: Identify structures and their locations within a larger system Equipment training: Recognize components before learning how to operate or maintain them Software training: Locate important controls and interface elements Safety training: Identify hazards, safety equipment, or critical features in a workplace image Of course, image labeling isn't going to teach someone how to diagnose a mechanical failure or explain how the heart functions. But when the objective is to recognize, distinguish, or locate something accurately, it's a useful approach. Making it easier to build I recently created a little generator to take the tedious part out of building these interactions. Upload an image, position your labels, customize the design, and export the finished activity into a Rise 360 Code Block or Storyline 360 web object. I used this human heart diagram to test it, and thought I'd share both the finished interaction and the builder for anyone who might find them useful. Try the interaction: Label the Image Example Build one out yourself: Label the ImageMajor AI Assistant Workflow Friction in Rise 360: Impact on Recent Updates
Hi E-Learning Heroes Community & Articulate Team, I am sharing feedback regarding the recent updates to the AI Assistant features in Rise 360. Even as a certified user, these recent changes to the interface and functionality have introduced major friction into my authoring workflow and are severely slowing down production: Top AI Menu Toolbar Restrictions: The main AI toolbar button at the top is now only Update text across your course or for specific lessons or blocks. Previously, this button opened a comprehensive drop-down list featuring all available AI actions in one central location. Now, that list is gone, and those options have been scattered throughout different areas of Rise. Instead of having a single, efficient menu, I now have to hunt through the entire interface just to find tools that used to be readily accessible in one place. Block Background Image Swapping Glitches: Swapping out the default mountain background visual on blocks has become frustratingly unreliable. It often takes multiple attempts, rather than a single attempt like prior, to replace the generic mountain photo with a custom image when setting up background visuals for block components. Reduction in Generated Image Variations: The AI image generation tool now yields only a single image option per attempt, down from the four distinct variations we used to receive. Storyline still provides four generated image options to choose from, but Rise 360 now yields only a single image option per attempt. This reduction requires repeatedly generating images from scratch, making the search for appropriate visuals far more time-consuming. Getting four options previously allowed us to quickly compare compositions and select the best fit. Loss of Image Prompt History: The system no longer saves, displays, or retains the AI prompt used to generate an image. Previously, we could easily open an existing generated image, view the exact prompt, and copy/paste it to adapt for subsequent images. Articulate needs to add prompt history retention to Rise and Storyline for images so we can iterate on past prompts and keep generated images aligned with the same brand/theme family across a course. These changes are directly impacting authoring speed, visual brand consistency, and daily productivity. Has anyone else encountered these friction points or found effective workarounds? I strongly urge the product team to consider restoring prompt history retention, four-option image generation, and the centralized drop-down menu for AI toolbar controls.
