7 Most Popular Rise 360 Examples of 2023
Rise 360, the web-based app for creating responsive e-learning that’s part of Articulate 360, makes it easy to create gorgeous, fully responsive e-learning quickly. And the E-Learning Heroes community is chock-full of stunning and creative examples that put Rise 360 to work creating all kinds of content. We’ve gathered the most popular Rise 360 examples of 2023 to inspire your next course. Check out these examples from your laptop, phone, and tablet, so you can see how great they look on any device. 1. Microlearning Retail Example If you work in the retail industry and would like some course inspiration, check out our latest retail microlearning example. 2. Class Syllabus Template Grab this template to provide your students or trainees with an online document that outlines introductory course information, expectations, materials, assignments, grading, contact details, and more. 3. Class Syllabus One-Pager Template Give your students or trainees a digital document that outlines basic course information by starting from this free template. 4. Virtual Training Presentation (Microlearning Template) Looking for a fast and easy way to create a sharp-looking presentation for your virtual training? Grab this microlearning template to get the job done in minutes. 5. Virtual Training Presentation (Full Course Template) If you like the microlearning version above but have a more lengthy session, this course is just what you need. 6. E-Learning Narration Guide Use this guide to find everything you need to know about producing engaging narration in a timely manner. 7. Interactive Short Story Check out this creative example that uses beautiful graphics and storytelling to create a seamless learning experience. Wrap-Up We hope these examples have given you the inspiration you need for your next project! And if you’re finding our Best of 2023 content helpful, head over here to check out the top Storyline examples and downloads. 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.7 Most Popular Rise 360 Examples of 2022
If you’re looking for course design inspiration, E-Learning Heroes is a great place to go. That’s because our amazing members generously share examples they’ve created with the community, so we can all learn from one another! Here are some of the most popular Rise 360 examples published in 2022, in case you missed them: 1. Implementing WCAG Guidelines for Instructional Designers Refer to this resource created by our very own Community Team to make your e-learning courses more accessible to all learners. 2. Interactive Sales Brochure See how Rise 360 empowers everyone to create gorgeous sales assets like this stunning interactive brochure built by Trina Rimmer. 3. Airline Innovation 101 Learn how to help others proactively bring their ideas to life in this infographic-style e-learning course. 4. Comics-Inspired Empathy Training Combine the storytelling powers of graphic novels and e-learning in this interactive example brought to you by Tracy Carroll. 5. Rise 360: Performance Support Demo This handy example by Allison LaMotte shows how you can easily use Rise 360 to create job aides or quick reference guides. 6. Mocktail Recipes Guide This example by Ron Katz shows how mixing and matching a variety of block types while still using a similar layout for each lesson can help learners easily find what they’re looking for and follow along. 7. Interactive Event Guide Check out this creative example by Bianca Woods to get ideas for building a custom conference app fast with the help of a tool you already have. Wrap-Up We hope these examples will get your creative juices flowing! And if you’re looking for more helpful content from 2022, don’t miss the articles below: A Year of Quick Tips & Tricks from Articulate Training Explore the 65+ Articulate 360 Features We Added in 2022 Your 10 Favorite General E-Learning Articles of 2022 10 Most Popular Storyline 360 Examples and Downloads of 2022 If we missed any other general e-learning articles that you found helpful over the past year, comment below and let us know what they are. And remember to follow us on Twitter and LinkedIn and come back to E-Learning Heroes for more helpful advice on everything related to e-learning. If you have any questions, please share them in the comments.Rise 360 or Storyline 360: Which One Should You Use for Your Project?
Ever since we launched Rise 360, customers have been asking me the same question: How do I decide whether to use Storyline 360 or Rise 360 for my e-learning project? This is what I usually say: Personally, I find that Rise 360 is perfect for most of my projects. It lets me create beautiful, responsive e-learning courses in a matter of hours. If I need a custom interaction or two, I’ll build them out in Storyline 360 and insert them into my Rise 360 course as blocks. And when I need to be able to customize my entire course down to the last pixel, I use Storyline 360. To help you better understand the kinds of projects that are best suited for each app, I pulled together some examples. Rise 360 Course Examples Rise 360 makes it easy to create lessons by mixing and matching different blocks—or stackable multimedia elements—to create a unique learning experience. Here are some examples of Rise 360 courses to give you an idea of the types of projects you could create in Rise 360: New Employee Orientation New Manager's Toolkit Sales Fundamentals Conflict of Interest Compliance Example Can You Talk Your Way Into Higher Pay? Driving in France What You Need to Know About Multi-Device E-Learning Common Workplace Injuries Training Schedule Template Training Needs Analysis 101 Rise 360 Course Examples with Storyline 360 Blocks If you’re creating a course in Rise 360 and realize that you need to create a custom interaction, no need to start over! Simply create your custom interaction in Storyline 360 and add it to your Rise 360 course as a block. Here are some examples of projects that seamlessly combine Rise 360 and Storyline 360: Space Travel–Themed Interactive Infographic Nursing Module Working Across Cultures How to Create E-Learning The Four Mindsets of Change Your Kidneys at Work The Mars Curiosity Rover Name That Breed If you’re looking for some inspiration for when to use the Storyline 360 block in Rise 360, check out these resources: When to Use the Storyline 360 Block in Rise 360 Three Ideas for Enhancing Rise 360 Courses Using the Storyline 360 Block Here’s How Course Designers Are Using Storyline 360 Blocks in Rise 360 Storyline 360 Course Examples Some projects call for a more tailored look and feel throughout—for example, if you want to immerse learners in a realistic scenario. Others require a lot of custom interactions. For those projects, you'll want to use Storyline 360. Here are some examples of courses where authors have leveraged the features in Storyline 360 to create a fully customized experience: How to Fight a Bear Follow Santa’s Instructions for Packing a Gift Movie Trivia Game Instructional Design Basics Review 101 Software Simulation Customer Service Scenario Multilingual Course with Text to Speech Further Reading Hopefully, these examples give you a clearer picture of the types of courses you can create in both Rise 360 and Storyline 360 so you can more easily decide which to use for your next project. To dig deeper into this topic, check out this article: How Pros Use Rise 360 and Storyline 360. Want to try out Rise 360 and Storyline 360 for yourself, but don’t have Articulate 360? Start a free 30-day trial. And if you found this article helpful, subscribe to our newsletter to get the latest product updates, e-learning examples, and expert advice directly in your inbox.How to Easily Create Branching Scenarios in Rise 360
Scenarios are one of my favorite ways to immerse learners and give them a safe space to practice applying a new process, or to explore the nuances of performing their jobs. You’ll see two types of scenarios: linear or branched. I use linear scenarios when I need to help learners explore a series of sequential steps or practice applying a simple process. But when I really want my learners to practice decision-making and fine-tune their performance, I lean on branching scenarios. Creating scenarios, particularly branching scenarios, used to require a lot of time. But now, whether I need a linear or a branched scenario, creating one is quicker and easier than ever with the new scenario block in Rise 360. Using the scenario block, I was able to create the following interactive branching scenario in just a few minutes’ time! In this scenario, I give restaurant servers an engrossing way to practice upselling their customers to more expensive menu items. Check it out! View my scenario block in action Want to see how easy it is to create a branched scenario like mine with the scenario block? Keep reading. I’ll give you a quick walk-through of the process I followed. Spoiler alert: it’s super-simple—and fun! Overview of the Process Creating a branched scenario boils down to just four steps: Add a scenario block to your lesson. Add a scene or scenes to your scenario block (I’ll explain more about those below). Customize your scenes with Content Library 360 characters and background images. Add content text and branching. Let’s do a quick walk-through of each step. Add a Scenario Block to Your Lesson Scenario block is an interactive block type, so you’ll find it under the interactive blocks menu. Here’s how to navigate to it. Select All Blocks from the blocks shortcut bar. Or, click the insert block icon (+) that appears when you mouse-over a boundary between blocks. Scroll down and choose the interactive category in the block library, and select Scenario. This animated .GIF should point you in the right direction: Add a Scene or Scenes to Your Scenario Block Scenarios are made up of scenes that are, in turn, made up of content. If you’re planning to build a linear scenario, you might find you only need one scene for your project. But if you want to build a branching scenario, you’ll want to add more scenes to your project so you can change characters and backgrounds and branch to other content based on the learner’s choices. For example, in my project, I used three scenes to align with the three skills I needed my learners to practice. To add a scene, just mouse-over your scenario block and click the Edit button that appears. Here’s an animated .GIF to demonstrate how to add a scene to your scenario block: Customize Your Scene(s) Now you’re ready to customize your scenes with Content Library 360 characters and a background image. To customize your scene, click either Edit Background or Edit Character. I found the perfect backdrop for my scene right in Content Library 360, but you can upload an image of your own if you’d like. I also found the perfect character for my scene, Ammon, right in Content Library 360. Here are two more animated .GIFs of these steps. Add Content, Text, and Branching With your scenario block inserted and your scenes customized with the perfect characters and background, you’re ready to add content, pop in text, and add some branching. 1. Start by clicking the Add Content button. From there, you can choose between dialogues and informative text content. Whichever option you choose, you can still offer learners multiple paths to take through the scenario. In my example I used a mix of both types; dialogues to simulate a conversation and informative text content to reinforce feedback. To add dialogue to a scene, just choose dialogue from the content type drop-down menu in the upper right of the title bar. Here’s a .GIF showing you where to find that drop-down menu: 2. Now you can type or copy in text content for your dialogues or informative text. You can also type or copy in text for answer options and feedback. 3. With all of your content in place, you’re ready to add branching by using the Go to menu to specify where you’d like the learner to go next. By default, learners are taken to the next piece of content in the scene. To change that, just link to a different piece of content or to another scene. This gives you loads of flexibility, so you can do things like loop learners through a scene until they select the correct answer option, as I did. Or, you could gradually lead them down a path until they reach the end of the scenario. The choice is yours and the creative options are endless. Pro Tip: I like to preview my scenario from the beginning just to make sure everything is flowing the way I want it to. Here’s how you can do that, right in the scenario block: And when my scenario block is perfect, I like to save it as a block template so I can quickly reuse it in my current course or in future courses. I feel like I’m doing my future self a big favor and saving even more design time! I’m convinced that creating branched scenarios just doesn’t get much faster or easier than with scenario block. Ready to learn more about scenario block? Don’t miss Tom Kuhlmann’s awesome, step-by-step video tutorial on working with scenario blocks in Rise 360. Want to see more scenario blocks in action? Check out my full course example, 3 Techniques for Successful Upselling. And if you haven’t already, jump on over to Rise 360 and take a few minutes to play around and explore all the exciting new possibilities with scenario block. Then swing back by and let me know: what will you create with the new scenario block? Share your ideas in the comments, below. Want to try something you learned here, but don’t have Articulate 360? Start a free 30-day trial, and come back to E-Learning Heroes regularly for more helpful advice on everything related to e-learning.How to Copy Blocks from One Lesson to Another in Rise 360
Have you ever built a course in Rise 360 and realized, later on, that some of the content in one lesson would work great in a different lesson? Or maybe you want to reuse the same content structure? I’ve been there! Luckily, it’s super easy to copy blocks from one Rise lesson to another, thanks to the blocks template feature. Here’s how it works. 1. Open the Blocks Library The first thing you’ll want to do is navigate to the lesson that contains the block you want to copy and open up the block library. You can do that either by clicking the plus sign (+) between two blocks … … or by clicking All Blocks in the blocks shortcut bar. 2. Create a New Template Next, select the templates tab in the block library and click the New Template button. 3. Select the Blocks to Copy Then, select the block or blocks you want to copy by clicking the checkmark for each one. 4. Save Your Template Next, click Save, name your template, and click Save once again. 5. Insert Your Template Finally, navigate to the lesson where you’d like your copied block to go, open up the blocks library, and select your template. Wrap-Up Et voilà! It’s that easy. With blocks templates, you can copy blocks from one lesson to another within the same course and copy blocks to lessons in other courses; you can even share your blocks with members of your team if you have an Articulate 360 Teams subscription. It’s super handy! Want to try block templates out, but don’t have Rise 360? Start a free 30-day trial of Articulate 360. And 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).10 Most Viewed Rise 360 Examples of 2021
One of the greatest things about the E-Learning Heroes community is that our members share their creative examples throughout the year. With all the inspiring content posted in our weekly challenges and examples hub, you’ll find everything you need to get your creative juices flowing. And when you’re ready to create and share your own Rise 360 project, you can either start from scratch or customize one of the many course templates. To highlight what’s possible and inspire your next course, we’ve gathered the most viewed Rise 360 examples of 2021. Read on and take the most popular projects for a spin! 1. Software Training Example See how to introduce your team to a new app with this practical example by Madison McCartney. 2. Spotting and Managing Burnout Help learners assess if they’re at risk of workplace burnout with this helpful course by Chris Foster. 3. Marine Motion Path Game This underwater-themed example by Lacey Wieser lets you test your marine life knowledge. 4. Fighting Climate Change Learn planet-saving tips with this interactive course by Ashley Park. 5. Inclusive Language Guide This useful example by the Community Team shares tips on communicating in a way that’s inclusive and respectful to all. 6. Animal Sounds Guessing Game Allison LaMotte invites learners to listen to and guess the noises made by different animals in this playful course. 7. How to Choose and Combine Instructional Methods Expand your knowledge of instructional design methodologies with this educational example by Alex Wilcox. 8. Instructions for Learners Make sure learners know how to access and interact with your content by using this introductory course example by Stan Dormer. 9. Continuing Education Course for Teachers This course for K-12 teachers by Matt Madsen walks through how to create more inclusive classrooms. 10. Healthy Debate Culture at Work See how disagreement can actually be a good thing when handled properly in this beautifully designed course by Teresa Moreno. More Resources Now that you’ve seen the most popular Rise 360 courses of 2021, we hope you’re feeling inspired and ready to take on the new year. And don’t forget to share your favorite projects in the comments below! Want more Best of 2021 content? Check out the top Storyline 360 downloads from the E-Learning Heroes community. Follow us on Twitter and come back to E-Learning Heroes soon for more helpful advice on everything related to e-learning.5 Different Ways to Create Scenarios in Rise 360
If you’ve ever used the scenario block in Rise 360, you know how quick and easy it is to build an engaging interaction fast. But did you know there’s more than one way to create a scenario in Rise 360? With so many block options, it’s simple to customize your course design to fit your learners’ needs. Using the same scenario script, I created 5 versions of the same scenario using different lesson and block types. Let’s look at each of them and talk about when it makes sense to choose one option over the other. 1. Scenario Block Like I mentioned earlier, the Scenario Block in Rise 360 makes it super fast and easy to make your course more interactive. This is the most commonly used block for branching scenarios because everything is already built for you. You can quickly customize the block with Content Library 360 images and characters and then add your own dialogue, responses, and feedback. Use case: It’s best to use this block when you want to build a scenario fast! 2. Button Stack Block For this example, and examples 3 and 4, I inserted the same Image & Text Block to introduce the customer and the scenario, but chose different blocks to display answer options. In this case, I used the Button Stack Block. Button stacks can be used to send emails, access external information easily, or jump to other spots in a course. In this example, I used the button stack as answer options for the scenario. The learner selects a response and is directed to another lesson based on their answer. Use case: This block is useful if your custom feedback includes a lot of text or if you want to provide more contextual information based on a learner’s response—like a lesson with additional images, text, and block types that goes into more depth about that topic. 3. Flashcard Grid Block The Flashcard Grid Block is another option for your story-based interactions. With just one click you can define terms, reveal text, and much more. For this scenario example, I used the cards to display both answer options. The learner can click either option and get specific feedback based on their selection. So if a learner chooses the correct answer but wants to explore why the other answer is incorrect, they can! Use case: When you want to give the learner the option to easily view the consequences of more than one action, whether correct or incorrect—for example, if there are multiple correct answers but one of them is better than the other. 4. Knowledge Check Block Since knowledge checks are ungraded and don’t report a score, they’re a good way to provide a safe space for learners to reflect and practice applying what they’re learning in a low-pressure environment. And the great thing about knowledge checks is that you can build them right within a lesson! That’s exactly what I did in this example. Use case: Use this block when you want to quickly test learners’ knowledge within a lesson and the feedback only includes text. 5. Quiz Lesson Sometimes you need to do more than just check in with learners—for example, evaluate how much they’ve learned. That’s where quiz lessons come in! Quizzes are scored and report that information to your Learning Management System (LMS). For this example, I used a multiple choice question. Use case: If you need to track learners’ scores in your LMS, this is the option you’ll want to choose. Wrap-Up These are just a few creative ways to build scenarios in Rise 360 and when you might want to use them in your projects. Of course, you’re not limited to just these options. With so many lesson and block types, the possibilities are limitless. What creative ways have you used to present scenarios in your Rise 360 courses? Please share them in the comments below! If you liked the scenario examples above, you can see them in action here. Want to learn how to create realistic scenarios learners can relate to? Check out these helpful articles: 7 Tips for Writing Effective E-Learning Scenarios Help Learners Practice Their Skills with Scenarios in Rise 360 How to Choose the Point of View (POV) for Your E-Learning Scenario Want to start creating your own scenarios in Rise 360, but don’t have Articulate 360? Start a free 30-day trial, and come back to E-Learning Heroes regularly for more helpful advice on everything related to e-learning. If you have any questions, please share them in the comments.
