New in Articulate 360: Share and Track Courses With the Reach 360 Starter Plan
You’ve likely heard a lot about Reach 360—our fast, flexible, frictionless LMS—since we launched it in 2023. But did you know there’s a way to use it at no additional cost? Our new Reach 360 Starter plan is now included in every Articulate 360 Teams subscription. And that means your subscription doesn’t just give you great apps for creating engaging e-learning experiences. It also ensures you have a simple and cost-effective way to share them with learners. If you don’t know much about Reach 360 or haven’t tried it since it launched, this is the perfect time to explore its newest features. Reach 360 takes the hassle out of the typical LMS experience thanks to simple processes for publishing and sharing courses, a friendly interface learners can access on any device, intuitive reporting, and budget-friendly active learner pricing. And since the Reach 360 Starter plan allows you to share courses with up to 300 learners a year, it’s perfect for running a test pilot or even fully supporting training for small groups of learners. Ready to get started? If you have an active Reach 360 subscription, we’ve already added these free monthly active learners to your purchased total. Have an Articulate 360 subscription but aren’t currently using Reach 360? Click here to activate it today! Ready to add more learners to your account? Contact one of our specialists to upgrade to a Reach 360 Pro plan that best meets your learning needs: sales@articulate.com. Want to try out Reach 360 but don’t have an Articulate 360 subscription? Click here to start a free 30-day trial of all the fantastic apps included in this platform. If you have any additional questions about Reach 360, be sure to check out our helpful FAQs. And remember to subscribe to our newsletter to get the latest product updates, e-learning examples, and expert advice sent directly to your inbox.Reach 360: A Quick and Easy Way to Deliver Training
Do you need a way to train contractors, partners, franchises, or other learners who can’t access your LMS? Or maybe your LMS doesn’t work well on mobile devices, and the people you need to train don’t have access to computers.Whatever the reason for needing another way to reach learners, Reach 360 can help. What is Reach 360, you ask? It’s our fast, flexible, frictionless LMS that allows you to: Publish and share your Storyline 360, Rise 360, or third-party training with learners in minutes. Track and analyze learner activity with easy-to-read, exportable reports. Manage variable training needs with flexible pricing based on the number of active learners. Watch this video to learn more: Want to dig even deeper? Check out these articles: How to Share & Track E-Learning with Reach 360 4 Times to Share Your Course with Reach 360 4 Reasons Your Learners Will Love Taking Training Hosted on Reach 360 7 Ways to Enroll Learners in Online Training with Reach 360 If you’re already an Articulate 360 subscriber and want to try Reach 360 for yourself, ask your account admin to activate it for you. And if you’re new to both Articulate 360 and Reach 360 and are looking for an easy way to create and deliver training, start a free trial.How To Share & Track E-Learning With Reach 360
If you’re looking for a faster and easier way to share your e-learning courses with learners, look no further! With Reach 360—our frictionless LMS—you can share your online training courses with a wider audience in minutes, no matter which apps you’ve created them with. Let’s look at how easy it is to deliver content to learners and analyze the impact of your training using Reach 360. 1. Activate Reach 360 If you have an Articulate 360 subscription but haven’t tried Reach 360, start by asking your account admin to activate it for you. If you already have access, you can skip this step. 2. Submit Courses for Admin Approval As a course author, once you’ve finished building your course and want to share it with learners, you’ll submit it to Reach 360. To submit a course created in an Articulate app—Storyline 360 or Rise 360—open the project, select Publish, and choose Reach 360. Storyline 360 Rise 360 Choose the completion parameters and other settings—such as enabling a course completion certificate for learners to download. Storyline 360 Rise 360 Once you’re done making your selections, click Submit to complete the submission process. If you have admin access, you can review and publish it in Reach 360. If you don’t, your Articulate 360 Teams admin will take care of that. Either way, the native integration makes publishing courses easy and stress-free. If you have a course that wasn’t created in Articulate 360 apps—such as purchased content or legacy courses built with other platforms—no problem! Your admin can easily import third-party training into Reach 360 by following these easy steps. 3. Enroll Learners After the admin publishes the course, they can enroll learners individually, using groups, importing a CSV file, or by creating a sign-up link for individuals or for groups so learners can enroll themselves. Once a learner is enrolled, they’ll receive an email notification. If they’re logged into Reach 360, they can access the course via the link in their email or from the Learn dashboard wherever and whenever they need it. Email Learn Dashboard 4. Track Learner Activity Once learners start taking the course, admins can review and analyze their activity to see the impact of the training. They can view reports at the learner, group, and content level. And for even deeper analytics or to share the information with others, admins can easily export Reach 360 data. Wrap-Up Reach 360 makes it faster and easier to deliver e-learning courses to more learners and effortlessly track and analyze the impact of your training. Want to learn more about Reach 360? Check out these articles: Announcing Reach 360: A Quick & Easy Way to Deliver Training 4 Times to Share Your Course with Reach 360 4 Reasons Your Learners Will Love Taking Training Hosted on Reach 360 7 Ways to Enroll Learners in Online Training with Reach 360 Looking for an easy way to create and deliver training, but Reach 360 isn’t activated on your Articulate 360 subscription? Reach out to your admin and ask them to turn it on. And if you don’t have Articulate 360 or Reach 360, start a free 30-day trial. And remember to subscribe to our newsletter to get the latest product updates, e-learning examples, and expert advice sent directly to your inbox.7 Ways to Enroll Learners in Online Training with Reach 360
Reach 360 is a premium add-on to Articulate 360 you can use to easily share training content with external and hard-to-reach learners. One of the nice things about it is that you’re not limited to one enrollment method. You can use what works best for you—including letting learners register themselves! Let’s walk through the different options together. 1. Share a Link and Let Learners Self-Register Self-registration is great for times when you want a large group of people to have access to your training content but don’t want to sign them up one by one. It’s super easy to do with Reach 360. You just need to enable self-registration and share the link with your learners. Once they’ve signed up, these learners have access to everything that you’ve published to your default library. Such a timesaver! 2. Automatically Add Self-Registered Users to Groups What if you like the idea of self-enrollment but want to assign specific content to learners? That’s where the group-level self-registration feature comes in. Say you have a group of new hires who have to take onboarding training like safety procedures and human resources (HR)-mandated training. Simply create a “New Hires” group, assign training to that group, and create a self-registration link. When learners self-register using that link, they’ll automatically be added to the New Hires group and enrolled in all the relevant training. They’ll also be able to view any other content you make available to them in your training library. 3. Enroll Learners and Groups Manually Self-registration is great for new learners. But if you want to enroll learners already in your organization, or members of your Articulate 360 team, you’ll have to do it manually. You have two options for manual enrollment: Enroll learners individually—This option makes the most sense when you only need to enroll a few people—or if you need to enroll people with vastly different training needs. Enroll groups of learners—This option is an excellent way to save time if you have multiple people who need to access the same training content. For example, if you have multiple learners who report to Maria in Sales, you can create a “Maria’s Team” group. Then, when you create training on the quarterly numbers for the southern region, you can easily enroll her whole team at once from the Groups tab. And if you add a new person to an existing group, they’ll automatically be enrolled in the relevant training as well. 4. Automatically Enroll New Learners in One or More Groups What if you need to add learners to multiple groups? Say you have Ahmed from Finance, who needs to take some New Hire training and Finance Team training, for example. Reach 360 makes that really easy, too. Simply invite a learner manually and select both groups from the drop-down menu. Then, when they accept the invitation, they’ll be automatically added to those groups and the training in which they’re enrolled. You can also add multiple new learners to the same group via CSV. Just add their information to a CSV spreadsheet, then import that file to the group. New learners will receive invitations while any pending users will be added to the group once they accept their invitation. You can even use the CSV method to remove old members from a group all at once. Perfect for refreshing a "New Employees" training group. 5. Bulk-Enroll Learners Looking for a quick and easy way to enroll a long list of learners? Bulk-import learners using a CSV file. You can even add them to specific groups by adding that information to the spreadsheet. For example, Sasha needs to be added to the New Hires and Marketing groups. Ronique needs to be added to New Hires as well, plus the Human Resources group. You get the idea. Rather than navigate the drop-down menu in Reach 360 for each one of those learners, you can just enter the group name in the appropriate field in the spreadsheet. 6. Automatically Enroll Learners via an API What if you want to have your cake and eat it too? Have learners self-register individually and be enrolled automatically in specific training? Or you’d like users to be assigned new training automatically when they finish what’s currently assigned to them? And you would like all of this to be controlled by your human resources information system (HRIS) software. Then you need an API. With a little bit of technical knowledge, someone versed in creating API commands can develop if/then commands that do exactly what I mentioned in the example above. When Jay signs up via the self-registration link, that event triggers the Reach 360 API command to enroll them in orientation training. Once they complete that, the API can automatically enroll them in the next course. And that’s just the automation that the Reach 360 Course Enrollment API can provide. Check out the full API collection for even more options. 7. Invite Users (and More) with Zapier Want API-style connectivity between the apps your organization uses and Reach 360 but don’t have programming skills? Check out Zapier! When you connect your Reach 360 account to your Zapier account, you can create a whole host of actions in minutes—no coding required. You can do things like: Email invitations to new learners when they’re added via HR software like SimplyHired or BambooHR. Award new CertifyMe credentials when users complete courses. Email Startquestion evaluations when a course is complete. And that’s just a tiny tip of the iceberg. Zapier supports thousands of apps and lets you create whatever you need with a few clicks. Read more about setting up Reach 360 and Zapier. Wrap-Up Reach 360 gives you all the options you need to quickly enroll learners and give them access to your training. Want to learn more about Reach 360? Check out these handy resources: Announcing Reach 360: A Quick & Easy Way to Deliver Training How to Share & Track E-Learning with Reach 360 4 Reasons Your Learners Will Love Taking Training Hosted on Reach 360 4 Times to Share Your Course with Reach 360 If you’re already an Articulate 360 subscriber and you want to try it out for yourself, request a Reach 360 trial here. And if you’re new to both Articulate 360 and Reach 360 and looking for an easy way to create and deliver training, start a trial of both here.All the Best E-Learning Heroes Content from 2023 in One Place
As we wind down 2023 and look ahead to all the things to come in 2024, now is the perfect time to catch up on the most popular content shared in the E-Learning Heroes Community in 2023. To save you time, we’ve rounded up the best of the best for your review. You’ll also find a comprehensive list of the 102+ new and enhanced features we released to Articulate 360 in 2023, in case you missed any. 7 Most Popular Rise 360 Examples of 2023 7 Most Popular Storyline 360 Examples & Downloads of 2023 Check Out the 102+ Articulate 360 Features We Released in 2023 10 Most Popular E-Learning Heroes Articles of 2023 Best of E-Learning Challenges 2023 10 Most Popular Rise 360 Placeholder Content Templates of 2023 10 Most Popular Rise 360 Real-Content Templates of 2023 All 12 Quick Tips & Tricks Webinars From 2023 And if we missed any of your favorite content, please let us know in the comments below. 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.5 Free Templates for Popular External Training Topics
If you’re like many learning and development professionals, your main focus is building training for internal employees. But more and more, companies are starting to create educational resources for external learners—such as contractors, franchisees, seasonal workers, and even customers. If you’re noticing this trend and looking for examples of external training courses, you’re in the right spot. In this article, you’ll find five examples, organized by industry. At the end, you’ll also find instructions for customizing templates with your own content and branding. 1. Healthcare: Patient Medical Procedure Education Do you work in the healthcare industry and need to educate patients about an upcoming medical procedure? We’ve got two templates that are perfect for you: one with a Pre-Surgery Checklist and another for Post-Operative Care Instructions. Combined, these resources walk patients and caregivers through everything they should expect—including detailed do’s and don’ts to promote recovery and prevent avoidable complications. 2. Marketing or Public Relations: Media Kit Need to make it easy for journalists, marketers, or other collaborators to promote your company? Develop a press or media kit with inspiration from this interactive template. Based on the fictional brand “Hotel Bio,” this template features placeholders to add your company history, news, impact, brand guidelines, and downloadable assets. 3. Nonprofit: Fundraising Toolkit If you work for a nonprofit, you probably know that peer-to-peer fundraising toolkits are a good way to extend your fundraising reach. And with this handy template, you can empower volunteers to start their own fundraising campaign in four easy steps. It also includes a place to add your nonprofit’s media assets and customized messaging scripts. 4. Finance: Customer Financial Literacy Education Those working in the financial sector might be looking to help customers better understand how credit scores work. If that’s the case, you’re in luck: We have a template that will help them do just that. Providing your customers with this training will not only give them confidence in improving their financial situation, but it will answer basic, repeat questions—freeing up staff’s time to address more complicated questions clients might have. 5. Technology and Sales: Product Training Do you need to help resellers get up to speed on your products? Then this template is a great place to start. You can easily customize it to include your product’s features and benefits, target audience, and competitive positioning. How To Use and Customize These Examples 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 Course or Microlearning, and search for and select the template you want to use, as shown in the video below: How To Share With Learners If you’re used to creating internal training, you’re likely thinking you’ll use your Learning Management System (LMS) to share your external training as well. And in some cases, that works fine! But in other cases, it may be hard to get learners access to your LMS because they don’t always have corporate email addresses—or the cost to add external learners is too high. Whatever the reason, if you’re looking for a quick and easy way to distribute your courses and track learner activity outside of your LMS, then you might want to check out our new premium add-on, Reach 360, which you can learn more about below: Announcing Reach 360: A Quick and Easy Way To Deliver Training 4 Times To Share Your Course With Reach 360 How To Share and Track E-Learning With Reach 360 7 Ways To Enroll Learners in Online Training With Reach 360 Want to try something you learned here, but don’t have Articulate 360? Start a free 30-day trial. And subscribe to our newsletter to get the latest product updates, e-learning examples, and expert advice sent directly to your inbox. If you have questions, please share them in the comments.Check Out the 102+ Articulate 360 Features We Released in 2023
Brand-new features in Articulate 360 can help you create a broader range of exciting learning experiences. And enhancements to existing features can streamline your design and development processes, making course creation even easier. But when apps evolve constantly, it’s not always easy to see just how much has changed over time. That’s why we’ve collected the 102+ new and enhanced features released in 2023 in this one handy article! Take a look at how much our apps have progressed over the past 12 months to see if there are any useful updates you might have missed. Storyline 360 Rise 360 Content Library 360 Review 360 Reach 360 Articulate 360 Desktop App Articulate 360 Teams Storyline 360 64-Bit Version of Storyline Harness the processing power in modern computers with a 64-bit version of Storyline 360. Large, media-rich courses benefit from increased stability and faster performance. Video Playback Speed Let learners explore at their own pace by choosing a course playback speed between 0.25x and 2x. Closed Captioning Boost video accessibility by including closed captions when publishing projects as MP4 video files. Adaptive Streaming Video With streaming video support, deliver video content to all learners, regardless of their internet speed. Accessible Feedback Layers Empower learners with accessible question feedback layers that meet color, contrast, and focus guidelines by default. Publish Storyline 360 Courses to Reach 360 Publish Storyline 360 courses directly to Reach 360—a lightweight distribution tool to deploy your e-learning content to more learners, including deskless workers, contractors, and customers. Video Transcripts Generate synchronized video transcripts from closed captions so visual content is accessible to all learners, including those who rely on screen readers, use braille displays, or prefer to read. Background Audio Create immersive experiences with continuous background audio that sets the tone and keeps learners engaged. Learners can turn off background audio if they prefer. In-App Review Comments Speed the review process and never miss crucial feedback with in-app comments. Review 360 comments appear in context as you’re working in Storyline 360, so you can act on stakeholder feedback immediately. Reply to comments and resolve them in real time as you create content. Add images from comments to training with a single click. Cloud Backup Access your Storyline 360 project files from anywhere and share them with team members by uploading your source files to Review 360. Rest easy knowing your projects are backed up, making previous versions easy to recover. Improved File AutoRecovery Fix project files that won’t open with the help of strengthened Storyline 360 recovery capabilities. Live Caption Support in Google Chrome Make use of Live Captions while taking Storyline 360 courses in Google Chrome. Updated Default Fonts Access the latest versions of several fonts that get installed with Storyline 360. Enhanced Player Properties Enjoy easier access to the modern player controls (play/pause, volume, etc.) and player tabs (menu, glossary, etc.) checkboxes now that they’re all left-aligned. Streaming Video Support for Videos in 360° Images Make use of the streaming video feature for videos in 360° images. Create Time-Based Triggers Create time-based triggers in minutes and seconds instead of having to convert values to seconds only. Feedback Master Quickly apply a feedback master to multiple question slides simultaneously. Upgraded Embedded Version of Chromium Benefit from Chromium 112.0.5615.165 in Storyline 360. Insert Web Videos Insert web videos using relative paths. High-Res Animated GIFs Give learners the best visual experience possible with high-resolution animated GIF support. Wrap Text Ensure text in data-entry fields wraps more easily using the wrap text option instead of having to increase the height to be more than 60 pixels. Optional “Lost Connectivity” Alert Let your learners know when they lose their connection with this optional alert you can turn on in the player properties. Faster Trigger Wizard Performance on Macs Enjoy better trigger wizard performance on M-series Macs. Set Your Cover Photo To Fill the Player Frame Easily set your cover photo to fill the player frame in the player properties. Screen Recording on Primary and Secondary Monitors Record your screen on primary and secondary monitors with DPI settings over 100%. Full-Screen Storyline Block Display Display Storyline blocks in Rise 360 full screen on mobile devices when player controls are turned off. Display Crisp Text and Images Display crisp text and images in embedded web objects by unchecking the scaling option. Background Audio in Video Output Include background audio in published video output. Turn Player Navigation Elements On or Off Control how learners navigate submitted quiz questions by turning player navigation elements on or off. Neural Voices Generate realistic, natural-sounding text-to-speech narration with neural voices. New Neural Voices (US English) Enjoy two new English (US) neural voices options, Danielle and Gregory, for text-to-speech conversion. Icons and Text Displayed in Player For new projects that use the modern player, navigation buttons now display both icons and text by default. You can still switch to just icons or text instead. Speech Synthesis Markup Language (SSML) Support Unlock new possibilities for text-to-speech audio. Use SSML to adjust the speaking rate, modify pronunciation, emphasize words, add pauses, and more. Fixed Positions for Modern Player Controls Make it even easier for learners to interact with your course thanks to fixed control positions at the bottom of the player. Text Wrapping Easier Benefit from an improved user interface for text-entry fields text-wrapping options. Enhanced Button Accessibility Provide learners with a more accessible experience now that the “Back to Top” and “Skip Navigation” buttons and the volume slider meet color contrast guidelines. Control Background Audio with Triggers Control the background audio for each slide using triggers to play, pause, or stop the playlist. Tooltips Available Display tooltips that are accessible to mouse, keyboard, and screen reader users automatically using the built-in player controls and navigation buttons. Fine-Tune Background Audio Customize the background audio experience even further by fine-tuning the volume with a percentage-based variable. Rise 360 Microlearning Deliver bite-size, single-objective content with the Microlearning feature. Turn Off the Cover Page Turn off the cover page when you publish for LMS to improve compatibility, streamline training, and get learners into content faster. Theme Color Contrast Use theme color contrast to instantly ensure training content meets accessible color handling requirements for learners with low vision. Turn Off Lesson Headers Turn off lesson headers to provide a more focused learning experience. Reply To and Resolve Review 360 Comments Reply to and resolve Review 360 comments from within Rise 360 and add suggested images with a single click. Block Contrast Settings Automatically adjust the contrast of text and graphics at the block level or select your own contrast with block contrast settings. Enhanced Block Settings Customize your blocks with distinctive backgrounds and easily adjust padding options with enhanced block settings. Team Folders Create shared team folders to organize your team’s content, assign permissions, and invite collaborators. Enhanced Dashboard Management Organize and keep track of what’s important to you more easily with the enhanced dashboard. New Real Content Course Templates Get even more great content out to learners fast with new additions to our library of real content course templates. In 2023 we added new courses and microlearning experiences on topics like exercise, forming healthy habits, Black History Month, discussing disabilities in the workplace, and more! New Placeholder Content Course Templates Jump-start course creation with even more placeholder content course templates. New additions include course outlines on equity compensation conversations and sales order management processes. Publish Rise 360 Courses to Reach 360 Publish Rise 360 courses directly to Reach 360—an add-on to Articulate 360 that lets you quickly distribute training, enroll learners, and track their progress. Specify an Admin When Publishing to Reach 360 Get the right eyes on your course when publishing it to Reach 360 by selecting a specific admin to notify from a searchable drop-down menu. Quote Block Accessibility Improvements Give all your learners a better experience with accessibility improvements for quote blocks. WCAG 2.1 Conformant Process Blocks Include process blocks in your accessible courses now that they’re WCAG 2.1 conformant with improved keyboard navigation and screen reader support. Translate Labels for Screen Readers Broaden your impact and enhance accessibility by translating screen reader labels into other languages. Added Labels for Sidebar Progress Indicator Enhance localization and accessibility with labels for sidebar progress indicator tooltips. Default Text Color Improve accessibility conformance on new courses without lifting a finger by leaving the default text color, which is now true black. Skip Video Compression Add _NOPROCESS_ to a video file name to skip compression when uploading it to your course. Exported Training Destinations Quickly select a destination for your exported training with the Rise 360 dashboard publish menu. Cover Page Overlay Setting Use the Overlay setting to preserve both image clarity and text readability by choosing a light or dark translucent overlay for your cover photo that automatically maximizes text contrast. Links in Button and Button Stack Blocks Use relative links in button and button stack blocks to link to training within your subdomain. Theme Color Selector Use the Theme setting in the block element color picker to quickly select your training’s theme color. Logo Size Options Crop your logo to decrease white space and increase its size to customize your cover page branding. Quiz and Labeled Graphics No Longer Animate Protect those with motion disorders automatically now that quiz and labeled graphics items no longer animate when learners enable reduced motion settings on their devices. Rise 360 Images Marked as Decorative by Default Mark images as decorative automatically when you leave alt text for an image blank so it’s ignored by screen readers. Block Background Images Randomly Selected Enjoy a wider variety of default block background images now that they’re randomly selected on a block-by-block basis. Progression Arrows Remain Visible on Zoom Give all learners a better experience now that labeled graphic progression arrows remain visible when zoomed in or viewed on a mobile device. Split Block Design Menu Apply design settings to blocks more easily now that we’ve split the block design menu into two new menus: Style and Format. Updated Placeholder Content Templates Enjoy the new and improved placeholder content templates, a makeover where you’ll notice that the “lorem ipsum” text has been replaced with instructional and sample content. To improve accessibility, we’ve removed italicized formatting. We’ve also updated block design throughout the templates to take advantage of recent Rise 360 formatting enhancements. Linked Block Padding Add a custom value for top and bottom block padding at the same time using the linked padding option. 4k Video Support Boost course video quality with the ability to upload 4k videos to Rise 360. Content Library 360 Thousands of New Images Find the perfect royalty-free photos for your online training even more easily with the addition of hundreds of thousands more high-resolution images from Pexels. New Illustrated Characters Represent a greater variety of learners with six new illustrated characters: Eduardo, Camila, Mike, Shanae, Don, and Wren. Review 360 Request Review Keep your team on track without the hassle of spreadsheets or phone calls thanks to the request review feature. Send and track requests for specific stakeholders to review a content item right from Review 360. With email notifications, due dates, visible statuses, and completion buttons, you’ll never miss another deadline. Team Folders Create shared team folders in Review 360 to organize your content, assign permissions, and invite collaborators. You can even allow multiple authors to publish new versions of a course to the same Review 360 project. Comments Only Allowed on Current Versions of Courses Keep teams in sync by preventing stakeholders from accidentally adding new comments to old versions of a content item. Enhanced Dashboard Quickly and intuitively organize your Review 360 dashboard with nested folders, subfolder breadcrumbs, an action toolbar, and more project management efficiencies. You can even multi-select items and folders, then move them in bulk. Learn more about the enhanced dashboard. Review Status Labels Allow stakeholders to reset their status after completing a review for more flexibility. Send Bulk Review Requests Send a request to multiple reviewers simultaneously by copying and pasting their email addresses in bulk. Text-Formatting Toolbar in Request Review Send engaging review request messages with the new text-formatting toolbar. Content Privacy Settings Control access to your content by making your Review 360 items private while still allowing invited stakeholders to offer feedback. Reach 360 Reach 360 Launched Reach 360 launched! Reach 360 is a frictionless LMS that integrates with Articulate 360 so you can easily deliver training to more learners. Group Self-Registration Simplify learner management by generating a sign-up link that automatically adds your learners into a group. API Integrations Use the Reach 360 API to build custom integrations with your business systems, giving your team access to valuable training and data where they need it most. Connect Reach 360 and Zapier Automate your work and streamline your productivity by adding Reach 360 to your Zapier workflows (currently in beta). Custom Domain Brand your Reach 360 URL with a custom domain you own. Owner Role The purchaser of your Articulate 360 Teams subscription is now listed as the Owner in Reach 360. Improved Group Member Lists Improve performance with paginated group member lists that display 50 members per page. Bulk Delete Learners Use true “select all” to bulk delete learners, even every learner, from your Reach 360 account. Active Learner Usage Report At a glance, see how many users have logged in to your Reach 360 account with the Active Learner Usage report. Bulk Delete Members Bulk delete members, even every member, from a group with “select all.” Bulk Import Bulk import and delete group members via CSV. Connect with Slack Connect Reach 360 and Slack so you can share course previews and get in-app training notifications. Share Content with QR Code Share specific training items directly with learners via URL or QR code. Learning Path QR Code Allow users to directly access a learning path—and self-register as a new learner if necessary—with a QR code. Self-Registration QR Code Allow users to self-register as new learners or group members using a QR code. Custom Certificates Create and manage custom certificates. SSO for Learners Enable SSO for your Reach 360 learners directly from your Reach 360 settings. Manage Groups and Users with SSO Use SSO to manage learners and groups, allowing them to quickly access training using one set of log-in credentials. Users API Endpoint Delete users from training with this Users API endpoint. Reach 360 API Quiz Data Enhancement Include quiz data in the course.completed event type for Webhook Events in the Reach 360 API. Sortable Activity Report Column Quickly check completion status with a sortable column in the activity report. Separate Admins for Reach 360 Enjoy more organizational options by defining separate admins for Reach 360. Enhanced User Role Management Streamline Reach 360 user management to include learners and admins only. Reporter Access Delegate training analytics by assigning reporters who only have access to detailed reports for specific groups of learners. Custom Certificate Settings Select a custom certificate to be the default certificate for your Reach 360 training. Default Direct Sharing Direct sharing is enabled by default for all new content published to your Reach 360 library. Articulate 360 Desktop App Improved Error Reporting Resolve issues faster with updated error reporting. Articulate 360 Teams Retain Shared Content Maintain control over shared content when a member leaves the team. Wrap-Up As you can see, 2023 was a big year with lots of exciting updates to the Articulate 360 apps. You can see what’s up next by checking out our feature roadmap page. Want to try out some of these features, but don’t have Articulate 360 just yet? Start a free 30-day trial, and come back to E-Learning Heroes regularly for more helpful advice on everything related to e-learning.5 Reasons to Share Your Courses With Reach 360
If you’ve heard of Reach 360—the frictionless LMS by Articulate—you might be wondering if it’s a good fit for your organization. In this article, we’ll walk you through five reasons our customers are loving it—and why you might too. 1. It’s Easy to Set Up Whether your organization is new to e-learning and needs to hit the ground running or you’re unhappy with your current LMS and looking for an alternative, hearing that 69% of learning management systems (LMSs) take three months or more to implement might take the wind out of your sails. But never fear! With Reach 360, you can get set up in a matter of minutes—so you can start sharing courses with learners right away. 2. You Can Share Courses Quickly The traditional workflow for uploading courses can take weeks. You publish it as a SCORM package, send it to your LMS admin, wait for them to upload it to the LMS, and then test it to make sure everything works. If it doesn’t, then you need to troubleshoot the course and do all those steps over and over again until it’s working as expected. It can be a long and painful process. If you need to quickly help people learn new skills, you can’t wait weeks to get your course out. And with Reach 360, you don’t have to! You can build and upload your courses seamlessly from the Articulate 360 dashboard—in just a few clicks! And because the apps you use to create and host your courses are all built by Articulate, you know your courses will work perfectly every time. There’s truly no easier way to train your employees! 3. You Only Pay for Active Learners For many organizations, training needs ebb and flow. At the start of the year, you might need to roll out compliance courses, and then nothing else for a few months. Or there could be a big hiring push and onboarding, followed by a freeze. Seasonal employees might need quick upskilling before busy periods. Unfortunately, most LMSs require you to purchase and manage a fixed number of seats. And because each seat is often expensive, organizations often don’t have budget to buy everyone a seat for the entire year. As a workaround, they buy fewer seats and shuffle them around to learners who need them, which can be complicated and time-consuming. Sound familiar? Good news: Reach 360 is different. Learner pricing and management are flexible—to match your variable training needs. Learners only count toward your costs when they take training. So if they take compliance courses in January and nothing else for the rest of the year, you’re not paying for all the time they weren't using the system—saving you tons of money! 4. It’s Easy to Manage Learners and Courses Traditional LMSs can be complex and cumbersome. The admins who manage them often have to take extensive training to learn the system’s ins and outs. And even after they understand how the LMS works, they can end up spending much of their time on tedious tasks and troubleshooting with little to no value add. With Reach 360’s user-friendly interface, admins can jump in and start managing learners and courses right away—no training required. They can enroll learners, build learning paths, view and generate reports, and more in just a few clicks. Reach 360 takes the pain out of training administration, so admins have more time for important tasks. 5.The Learner Experience Is Intuitive and Mobile-Friendly L&D pros often tell us that their learners struggle to figure out how to access their courses. And it’s no wonder! Many LMSs have outdated and clunky user interfaces that don’t behave the way modern websites and apps do—leaving learners feeling lost and confused. Not to mention that while today’s learners are mobile, many LMSs are clunky—or even inaccessible—on phones and tablets, which creates even more frustration. That’s why learners love Reach 360. It’s a modern web app specifically designed to work on all devices with a user interface they intuitively know how to use. Your learners will love experiencing the engaging, responsive courses you create with Rise 360 and Storyline 360 in an equally responsive and intuitive learning environment. And when training is easy to take, learners can focus on learning—the way it should be. Wrap-Up So if you’re looking to set up an LMS quickly, want to streamline the course distribution process, have variable training needs, or simply want to provide a better experience to admins and learners—check out Reach 360. It could be exactly what you need! Want to learn more about our frictionless solution for distributing training? Check out these handy resources: Reach 360: A Quick & Easy Way to Deliver Training How to Share & Track E-Learning With Reach 360 4 Reasons Your Learners Will Love Taking Training Hosted on Reach 360 7 Ways to Enroll Learners in Online Training With Reach 360 If you’re already an Articulate 360 subscriber and want to try Reach 360 for yourself, simply ask your account admin to activate it to access the starter plan for free. And if you’re new to both Articulate 360 and Reach 360 and are looking for an easy way to create and deliver training, start a free trial.4 Reasons Your Learners Will Love Taking Training Hosted on Reach 360
There are so many reasons it’s worth investing in training, including boosting productivity, reducing turnover, and improving employee satisfaction. But getting access to that training hasn’t always been easy for learners. Live learning experiences like in-class training and webinars have cost, scheduling, and pacing barriers. And while e-learning lowers those barriers, sharing and tracking that training through a traditional LMS can add its own challenges—for example, limitations around who can be enrolled or interfaces that are clunky or don’t work well on mobile devices. It’s no surprise that all this can lead to frustrating learning experiences or, worse, exclude some people from training opportunities altogether. But now there’s a simple solution specifically designed to overcome these issues: Reach 360, Articulate’s frictionless LMS. Let’s take a look at four reasons learners are loving this modern, intuitive solution. 1. They Can Take Training Whenever They Want—at Their Own Pace Live training absolutely has its place for employees, contractors, and sometimes even customers. But learners can find it tricky to fit it into their schedules, since they have to be available at a specific time—and sometimes place as well. These instructor-led sessions require every attendee to keep up with the same pace, which leaves some feeling left behind and others eager to move through the content faster. And learners have to be up for committing a long block of time to the class all at once. But with Reach 360, people get a learning experience that’s flexible for their specific needs. Training content is available on-demand, so they can access it whenever works best for them. They can go through the content at whatever speed they find comfortable. They can break the course up into smaller chunks to make it easier to fit into their lives. And they can easily access a wide range of courses, not just the ones being offered in their location or time zone. 2. They Can Learn Wherever They Want—on Any Device As mentioned earlier, many LMS solutions are only optimized for computers, making mobile access awkward if not impossible. For learners who don’t have a desk job—such as people who work in retail, healthcare, manufacturing, and construction—this creates a frustrating barrier, requiring them to step away from their work when they’re assigned training or need to refer back to information in a course. And even people who regularly work at a computer might appreciate having multiple options for accessing it. With Reach 360, though, courses work beautifully on computers, mobile phones, or tablets. This device flexibility makes it easier for people to complete or revisit courses wherever works best for them, whether that’s at a desk, on a worksite or sales floor, or even on the go. And if they want to start a course on one device and then switch to another, that works too. With the entirety of your training content at their fingertips, your learners will feel supported and confident that they have access to everything they need to be successful. 3. The User Interface Is Intuitive, so It’s Easy To Find What They Need Some of the most common complaints with traditional LMSs revolve around ease of use. When learners find the experience clunky, hard to navigate, or needlessly complex, they’ll try and avoid it—and, unfortunately, your courses in it—at all costs. And if your course library is hard to explore, chances are people are missing out on valuable learning resources that they’d love to take advantage of if only they knew they existed. Ease of use is where Reach 360 shines. Thanks to an intuitive user interface, learners can quickly find all the courses they need with just a few clicks. Content they’ve been assigned is front and center on the home screen, so they never have to wonder what they’re required to take and when it’s due. And the course library can be customized for specific groups, so the content they see when they browse through it always fits their needs. So instead of wasting time trying to figure out how to find or take courses, they can focus on what’s important—learning. 4. It’s Easy To get Started—With or Without a Corporate Email Address If learners find it a hassle to create a new account on your LMS, chances are many of them will give up on training before they even begin. It’s not uncommon for people to find the account setup process in traditional LMSs awkward and time-consuming. And sometimes the hard parts are completely out of their hands, requiring them to wait for help from an LMS administrator to get everything settled. For those who don’t have a company email address, though, this experience is often even worse. Since some LMSs require users to have a company email address to access the system, that can leave contractors, customers, and employees without a corporate email completely locked out of training. With Rise 360, access is easy for everyone. Getting set up in the system takes just minutes. And learners can create an account with any email address—corporate or personal. Wrap-Up If you want a modern and flexible way to share training—and one that’s welcoming to everyone who needs your courses—Reach 360 is the solution. With Reach 360, your learners will appreciate being able to access training in an intuitive environment whenever they want, wherever they are, with any email address, and on any device. Want to learn more about Reach 360? Check out these handy resources: Announcing Reach 360: A Quick & Easy Way To Deliver Training How To Share & Track E-Learning With Reach 360 7 Ways To Enroll Learners in Online Training With Reach 360 5 Reasons To Share Your Course With Reach 360 If you’re already an Articulate 360 subscriber and want to try Reach 360 for yourself, ask your account admin to activate it for you. And if you’re new to both Articulate 360 and Reach 360 and are looking for an easy way to create and deliver training, start a free trial.
