AI TTS Translations
See Rise’s localization AI in action. This quick demo shows how you can translate and generate audio across languages faster—without rebuilding your course. Go behind the scenes with the team behind Rise’s new localization text-to-speech feature. In this interview, they explain how it helps you quickly generate natural-sounding audio in multiple languages—without re-recording voiceovers.200+ Features for Better E-Learning
The e-learning industry never stands still—and neither do we. Our customers are constantly learning, experimenting, and raising the bar for effective training. Their commitment to helping people learn better inspires us to design smarter solutions that save time and simplify content creation. In 2025, we added more than 200 new and enhanced features to Articulate 360. Just as skilled instructional designers create learning experiences tailored to specific objectives and audiences, we’ve built these features to help teams deliver engaging workplace training at the scale and speed they need to succeed. Explore the video and list below to see the improvements we’ve made across each app. Together, we’ll continue turning today’s challenges into tomorrow’s learning opportunities. Storyline 360 Accessibility Checker: Improve the accessibility of your content. Get actionable feedback based on key WCAG guidelines to instantly identify barriers like missing closed captions and disabled course playback speed. Math Equations: Build math equations using LaTeX syntax and revise them by adding color and alt text, all within Storyline 360. Voice Library: Discover the right voice for your content with thousands of ultrarealistic, AI-generated voices that can be filtered by age, gender, and use case. Morph Transitions: Engage learners with fluid transitions that seamlessly animate objects, shapes, and other content between slides. Advanced JavaScript API: Wow learners with powerful interactivity. Precisely edit object properties and create advanced animations like parallax using a JavaScript API. AI-Generated Alt Text: Insert AI-generated alt text for slide objects to improve accessibility. AI-Generated Captions: Instantly generate high-quality captions for your audio and video content to boost accessibility. Adjust Corner Radius: Keep your course design consistent by defining precise values for rounded corners. Merge Shapes: Unleash your creativity—use merge options to combine basic shapes into custom, powerful designs. AI Chat: Chat with AI Assistant to easily create content like audio, images, JavaScript entrance animations, and more. AI JavaScript Entrance Animations: Create engaging entrance animations without coding. Describe your idea and let AI Assistant build the JavaScript trigger for you. Modern Player Sizing: Enjoy more sizing options for the modern player. Lock the player size or let it adjust to learners' browsers. Set-Focus Trigger: Optimize accessibility with a set-focus trigger that lets you control when course elements receive focus. Multiple Glossaries: Articulate Localization users can tailor translations for different regions or business areas using multiple glossaries within a subscription to fine-tune terms and organizational language. AI Text-to-Speech Translation: Easily translate text-to-speech audio and AI-generated narrations with Articulate Localization to make your content more inclusive. CC Icon Labels on Stage: Text-to-speech narration, sound effects, and audio with closed captions now display a CC label in their audio icons on the slide stage for quick identification. Clearer Upgrade Project Text Messaging: The description in the Upgrade Project Text window is clearer, indicating that upgrading project text uses text autofit improvements. Updated Embedded Chromium Engine: We upgraded the embedded version of Chromium to 130.0.6723.117 in Storyline 360. CC Icon Labels on Timeline: Text-to-speech narration, sound effects, audio, and video content with closed captions now display a CC label in their audio icons on the timeline for quick identification. Quick Access to Closed Captions Editor: Open the closed captions editor right from the context menu to add or edit captions for media content. Automatic Captions for Text-to-Speech: Closed captions are generated by default when converting text to speech. Media Library Image Sorting: Quickly sort images in the media library by their pixel dimensions. Accessible Icon Defaults: New icons now display as individual icons to accessibility tools by default. You no longer need to hide each shape component of the icon separately. New Singaporean English Voice: We added a new Singaporean English neural voice, Jasmine, for text-to-speech conversion. Clearer Apply to All Labeling: We clarified the function of the Apply to all button for adding alt text in the media library and Size and Position window. Tabbed Media Library Panels: The media library now has separate tabs for alt text, captions, and internal notes. Reusable Zoom Regions: Keep your zoom regions consistent by copying and pasting them across slides. Text Entry Character Limits: Guide learners toward focused responses by defining character limits on text-enasztry fields. Drag-and-Drop Media Import: Easily drag assets from your computer and drop them directly into the media library. Esc Key Window Close Shortcut: Use the Esc key to close any window in Storyline 360. Renamed Player Background Option: We renamed the “player background color” option to “custom background color” to clarify its purpose. Mac Delete Key Support: Use the Delete key on a Mac keyboard to remove an object. Consistent Closed Captions Editor Controls: The options in the Closed Captions Editor window are now consistent with other feature windows. Expanded Icon Library: The icon library for buttons and markers now includes the X social media logo. New Korean Voice: We added a new Korean neural voice, Jihye, for text-to-speech conversion. New Emphasis Animations: Enchant learners with seven more playful emphasis animation options, including tilt, bounce, rotate, float, and more. Accessible Course Starter Template: Create inclusive content from the start with a template that meets accessibility standards. AI Caption Error Messaging: AI Assistant displays specific error messages when caption generation fails, making troubleshooting easier. Custom Player Background Color: Customize the page background color behind your content if you scale the modern player to fill the browser and turn off the menus and controls. Custom Sidebar Landmark Label: We improved the screen reader experience by adding a customizable player text label for the sidebar menu landmark. Adaptive Corner Radius Controls: Corner radius controls automatically hide on smaller objects to prevent accidental selection when trying to move shapes. Expanded Localization Language Support: Localization added support for 9 new languages—Khmer, Lao, Luxembourgish, Maori, Nepali, Nyanja, Samoan, Tetum, and Tigrinya. These languages are now available to everyone as text label options. Scene Thumbnails in Accessibility Checker: The accessibility checker now displays scene thumbnails, making it quicker to identify and fix scene-title issues. AI Caption Generation Status Alerts: AI Assistant displays a status notification when the caption generation process completes. Localized Audio Asset Insertion: Articulate Localization users can easily insert localized audio assets—no triggers needed. Accessibility Checker Performance Boost: We boosted the accessibility checker's performance to keep even the largest projects running smoothly and added sort order options for easier navigation. Windows Narrator and Magnifier Support: Windows Narrator and Magnifier are now officially supported in published courses, giving learners more ways to engage with content. Richer Screen Reader Context: Screen readers provide richer context for multiple choice and drop-down questions, math equations, and the player seekbar, ensuring learners can navigate and track progress more intuitively. High-Zoom Player Accessibility: Player controls, resources, and glossary terms remain fully accessible when resizing the browser or zooming up to 400%, giving all learners a smoother experience. Improved Image Generation Model: Get the image results you want with our latest image generation model that offers better prompt adherence and accurate text rendering. (This enhancement was enabled on October 23, 2025.) Automatic Captioning on Media Import: Streamline your captioning process with AI Assistant. Generate captions automatically when you import media with flexible settings to fit your workflow. Caption Text Shadow Control: Improve caption readability on any background by turning text shadow on or off. v3 AI Voice Model: Experience v3—the latest voice model for AI text-to-speech, delivering rich emotional expression and contextual awareness in over 70 languages. Legacy Voice Labels: Legacy voices are now clearly labeled to indicate that they won't be updated when AI models improve. Post-Recording Caption Generation: Maximize efficiency while ensuring accessibility by generating captions after recording audio in Storyline 360. Automatic Captioning on Project Import: Save time and boost accessibility by automatically generating AI captions for uncaptioned audio and video files when you import a Storyline 360 project. One-Step Caption Generation: Quickly improve accessibility by generating captions for course audio and video content in one step. WebM Video Support and Transcoding: Improve browser security for your videos. Storyline 360 now lets you add WebM videos and transcodes imported MP4s into both MP4 and WebM formats. Cover Photo Alt Text: You can now add alt text to your cover photos to improve accessibility. Optional MP4 Transcoding: Thanks to your feedback, Storyline 360 no longer transcodes MP4s into both MP4 and WebM formats. You can still add WebM videos. Bulk AI Alt Text Generation: Automatically generate alt text for your assets all at once, then edit or finalize each description right from the accessibility checker. AI Chat Text-to-Speech Generation: You can now chat with AI Assistant to generate text-to-speech narration from your slide notes in addition to your slide content or script. Rise 360 AI Course Drafts: Partner with AI Assistant to brainstorm, draft a full course, and iterate—quickly turning your ideas and source material into compelling content. Manage Blocks: Copy, move, and delete multiple blocks at once with manage blocks. Custom Block: Custom blocks give you new ways to engage learners by modifying pre-populated templates or creating your own custom block layout. Code Block: Ramp up interactivity by coding your own interactive blocks using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. New Real Content Templates: Get a jump start on your internal AI training with these AI Policy and AI Best Practices content templates. Math Equations: Build math equations using LaTeX syntax and revise them by adding color and alt text. Quick Share: Use Quick Share to easily deliver everyday training to anyone via a shareable link that tracks learner views and guestbook entries. AI Text-to-Speech Translations: Easily translate AI-generated narrations with AI Assistant and Articulate Localization to make your content more inclusive. AI-Generated Captions: Boost your video's accessibility with AI-generated captions you can easily fine-tune using an intuitive built-in editor. Enhanced Matching Knowledge Checks: Matching knowledge check blocks have been upgraded with intuitive navigation, full keyboard support, and comprehensive screen reader integration. AI-Generated Text-to-Speech: Generate text-to-speech audio and transcripts with AI Assistant. Audio Transcription Interface: Add audio transcription for recordings and uploads with the updated audio interface. Audio Expansion: Insert audio in text, statement, image, list, carousel, flashcard, tabs, and accordion blocks. New Technical Training Course Template: Our latest course template gives you to the tools to provide next-level technical instruction with software demonstrations and engaging animation. Windows Assistive Technology Support: Windows Narrator and Magnifier are now officially supported in published courses, giving learners more ways to engage with content. Articulate 360 Tutorials Real Content Templates: Explore what can be done with and improve your authoring skills in Rise 360 with the Articulate 360 Tutorials real content template category. Multiple Glossaries: Articulate Localization users can tailor translations for different regions or business areas using multiple glossaries within a subscription to fine-tune terms and organizational language. Custom Block Focus Order Panel: Use the custom block focus order panel to set keyboard and screen reader order independently of object order. Expanded Localization Language Support: 9 new languages have been added to Articulate Localization. Custom Blocks Real Content Template: Explore how custom blocks can enhance your training with our latest custom built template. Content Tile Status Badges: Content tile badges let you see at a glance if content on your dashboard has been published to Reach 360 and if it's live or offline. Technical Training Tutorial: Get inspired by our latest technical tutorial that offers creative ways to combine blocks when creating technical training. Lines and Arrows in Custom Blocks: Create lines and arrows in custom blocks. LMS Export Usage Analytics: Training published to LMS export now sends Articulate non-identifiable usage data to help us improve our products. (Please note, this feature is rolling out incrementally to the entire community over the next 3 business days. If you don't see the LMS Export option, it hasn't been enabled for your account yet and data is not yet being collected for your exported training). Unlimited Matching Entry Characters: Eliminated character limits for matching knowledge check block entries. Updated Lato Font: The Lato font has been upgraded to V2 to support additional languages. This affects content published after this date only. Flexible Process Blocks: Enjoy more flexibility with process blocks. Turn off the step label to present non-sequential interactions. Improved Authoring Font Rendering: We've updated the font in our authoring experience to work better across platforms. The change only affects how things look while you're editing—not what learners see. Preserve Image File Quality: When uploading image files, select Preserve file quality to bypass optimization for the web. Button Block Customization: Customize button blocks with alignment, corner radius, and width options. Expanded Font Size Range: Font size now ranges from 1 to 800 pixels. Manually enter or access additional sizes from the font size menu in the text formatting toolbar. Scenario Block Visual Controls: Customize scenario blocks by turning off the background blur and hiding the characters. Global Audio Controls for Learners: Learners can adjust the volume and mute audio wherever it appears in training. Dynamic Browser Tab Titles: While authoring, your browser tab updates to show the current lesson title for better context and accessibility. Redesigned Matching Knowledge Check Blocks: Matching knowledge check blocks have been reworked to better reflect their original design while retaining full keyboard support and comprehensive screen reader integration. Restart Numbering for Divider Blocks: You can select a number at which to restart sequential numbering for numbered divider blocks. Accessible Audio Player Transcripts: Audio player transcripts are now keyboard and screen-reader accessible. Layout Color Swatch Selection: Unify your custom block design by selecting a color swatch from your current layout. Improved Multi-Object Guides: Improved the behavior of guides when multiple related objects are selected and moved in a custom block layout. Preview-to-Edit Context Preservation: When previewing a course from the course outline, clicking Edit opens the editor in the lesson you're previewing. Accessible Chart Blocks: Chart blocks are now keyboard and desktop screen reader accessible. List Block Color Overrides: Use the color picker in the list block formatting menu to override theme settings. Auto-Collapsing Navigation Sections: Automatically collapse sections in sidebar and compact navigation. Continue Block Styling Controls: Adjust the corner radius, color, and width for continue blocks. Code Snippet Copy Button: Use the copy button to easily copy the content of code snippet blocks. Superscript and Subscript Formatting: Add superscript and subscript formatting to text in custom blocks. Audio Transcripts in Custom Blocks: Add audio transcripts to audio objects in custom blocks. Private Block Templates: Block templates are no longer shared with your team by default. Hide LMS Interface Toggle: Select the Hide LMS Interface toggle when you export training for LMS to eliminate duplicate toolbar controls. Custom Block Alt Text Controls: In custom block, add alt text to objects, object groups, and the canvas. New AI Course Drafts Content Template: Learn how to create a first draft using AI Assistant with our latest real content template. Code Block Completion Parameters: Add completion parameters to your code block so that it works with continue blocks. Bullet and Number Styling Controls: Use the Bullet Style options in the text formatting toolbar to modify the size and color of bullets and numbers in lists. Unlimited Scenario Field Characters: Scenario block fields no longer have character limits. Web Export Without Cover Page: Remove the cover page when exporting training for the web. Default Language for Quick Share: Set the default language when sharing via Quick Share (requires Articulate Localization). Enhanced xAPI Export Reporting: When exporting training using the xAPI standard, you can set a reporting option. We've also made changes to xAPI exports to normalize file structure across all LMS export types. Multiple LMS Launch Instances: Launch additional instances of content exported for LMS outside of your training environment, as needed. AI Assistant Voice Library: Discover the right voice for your Storyline 360 content with thousands of ultrarealistic, AI-generated voices that can be filtered by age, gender, and use case. AI-Generated Alt Text: Insert AI-generated alt text for slide objects in Storyline 360 to improve accessibility. AI-Generated Captions in Storyline: Instantly generate high-quality captions for your audio and video content in Storyline 360 to boost accessibility. AI-Generated Text-to-Speech: Bring narration to life with AI-generated voices that are highly realistic and customizable. Add your script, define voice settings, and let AI Assistant in Rise 360 do the rest. AI Chat in Storyline: Chat with AI Assistant in Storyline 360 to easily create content like audio, images, JavaScript entrance animations, and more. AI JavaScript Entrance Animations: Create engaging entrance animations without coding. Describe your idea and let AI Assistant in Storyline 360 build the JavaScript trigger for you. AI-Generated Captions in Rise: Boost your video's accessibility with AI-generated captions you can easily fine-tune using an intuitive built-in editor. AI Course Drafts: Partner with AI Assistant in Rise 360 to brainstorm, draft a full course, and iterate—quickly turning your ideas and source material into compelling content. Context-Aware AI Writing: AI Assistant in Rise 360 is now aware of lesson material surrounding the current block and source documents, allowing you to generate relevant and cohesive content when writing and editing inline. CC Icon Labels on Stage: Text-to-speech narration, sound effects, and audio with closed captions in Storyline 360 now display a CC label in their audio icons on the slide stage for quick identification. AI Question Type Selection: AI Assistant in Rise 360 now lets you choose the question type upfront when generating knowledge checks and quiz questions. We’ve also improved the question preview for better readability. AI Statement Block Conversion: All text blocks can now be converted into a statement block with AI Assistant in Rise 360. Faster AI Voice Processing: We upgraded one of our AI text-to-speech voice models from Turbo v2.5 to Flash v2.5 in Storyline 360—boosting processing speed by 73%. CC Status Labels for AI Audio: Instantly determine if your AI-generated audio in Storyline 360 has closed captions with a CC label that appears next to each output in the Generate AI Audio window. CC Icon Labels on Timeline: In Storyline 360, AI text-to-speech narration and sound effects with closed captions now display a CC label in their audio icons on the timeline for quick identification. Expanded AI Source Documents: Repurpose your audio, video, and Storyline files as source documents for AI Assistant in Rise 360. Larger Source Document Uploads: We’ve increased the file size limit for source documents in Rise 360 from 100 MB to 1 GB. AI-Generated Knowledge Check Blocks: Instantly convert blocks into interactive, AI-generated knowledge checks that boost learner retention. PowerPoint Notes Extraction: AI Assistant in Rise 360 can now extract text from the notes section of a PowerPoint source document. AI-Generated Timeline Blocks: Turn sequential information into an interactive, AI-generated timeline block in Rise 360 that encourages learners to explore. AI-Generated Table Blocks: Transform raw data in source documents into a structured, AI-generated table block with just a few clicks. AI-Generated Quiz Interactions: Boost interactivity and reinforce learning with AI-generated fill-in-the-blank and matching questions for quizzes and knowledge checks in Rise 360. Source Upload Status Notifications: AI Assistant in Rise 360 now informs you when uploading source content takes longer than expected. AI Caption Generation Status Alerts: AI Assistant in Storyline 360 displays a status notification when the caption generation process completes. AI Content Feedback Controls: Help improve AI Assistant for everyone by providing quick thumbs-up or thumbs-down feedback on generated content in Rise 360. Public URL Source Support: Broaden the scope of your AI-generated output in Rise 360 using text-based content from publicly accessible URLs as source material. AI Caption Error Messaging: AI Assistant in Storyline 360 displays specific error messages when caption generation fails, making troubleshooting easier. Expanded Voice Favorites Limit: Add as many favorites as you’d like from the voice library—we’ve increased the limit from 10 to 10,000. EU Data Residency Compliance: AI Assistant now works better for EU data center users. AI requests made in the EU stay within the EU from start to finish to comply with regional data residency and processing requirements. v3 AI Voice Model for Rise 360: Experience v3—the latest voice model for AI text-to-speech in Rise 360, delivering rich emotional expression and contextual awareness in over 70 languages. Improved Image Generation for Rise 360: Get the image results you want in Rise 360 with our latest image generation model that offers better prompt adherence and accurate text rendering. Automatic AI Cover Images: AI Assistant now automatically adds a relevant cover image to your generated course draft in Rise 360. Improved Image Generation for Storyline 360: Get the image results you want in Storyline 360 with our latest image generation model that offers better prompt adherence and accurate text rendering. (This enhancement was enabled on October 23, 2025.) Automatic Captioning on Media Import: Streamline your captioning process in Storyline 360 with AI Assistant. Generate captions automatically when you import media with flexible settings to fit your workflow. v3 AI Voice Model for Storyline 360: Experience v3—the latest voice model for AI text-to-speech in Storyline 360, delivering rich emotional expression and contextual awareness in over 70 languages. Legacy Voice Labels: Legacy voices are now clearly labeled to indicate that they won’t be updated when AI models improve. Post-Recording Caption Generation: Maximize efficiency while ensuring accessibility by generating captions after recording audio in Storyline 360. Automatic Captioning on Project Import: Save time and boost accessibility by automatically generating AI captions for uncaptioned audio and video files when you import a Storyline 360 project. One-Step Caption Generation: Quickly improve accessibility by generating captions for your Storyline course audio and video content in one step. Bulk AI Alt Text Generation: Automatically generate alt text for your assets all at once, then edit or finalize each description right from the accessibility checker in Storyline 360. AI Chat Text-to-Speech Generation: You can now chat with AI Assistant in Storyline 360 to generate text-to-speech narration from your slide notes in addition to your slide content or script. AI-Generated Animations: Easily add built-in entrance, emphasis, and exit animations by chatting with AI Assistant in Storyline 360. Review 360 Annotated Screenshots: Make your feedback more precise by adding screenshots annotated with text, drawings, and shapes to comments. Course Updates in Review: Articulate Localization now includes a workflow for focusing on updated content. Validators can easily view and validate only modified text segments Review Request Status Button: We moved the Request Review button to the top bar so it's easily visible. The button label is dynamic, so you can see the item's request status at a glance. Improved Authoring Font Rendering: We've updated the font in our authoring experience to work better across platforms. The change only affects how things look while you're editing—not what learners see. Recent Reviewers Dropdown: Save time and effort when requesting reviews with a dropdown list that shows your most recent reviewers. Reviewer-Controlled Version Refresh: Reviewers now have control over when to refresh to a new version of a Review 360 item while viewing it. When a new version is published, a message with a Refresh button appears in the lower-left corner, and comments and validation suggestions for the outdated version are disabled. Restart Review Request: Restart your request review with a few clicks. No need to manually re-add reviewers or delete and create a new request. Nested Folder Depth Limit: We’ve limited nested folder depth to six levels to maintain accessibility and system performance. Custom Screenshot Annotation Styling: Customize individual screenshot annotations with specific colors, opacity levels, and stroke widths. Reach 360 Manual Course Completion: Manage course completion your way by entering quiz scores and completion dates for enrolled learners from course and learner reports. Custom Email Domains: Reach 360 accounts that use a custom domain can now send notifications from a custom email domain. Additional Learner Interface Languages: Additional learner profile languages added: Danish, Dutch, English (UK), Finnish, Norwegian, and Swedish. Rise Access from Reach Courses Tab: Reach admins who are also Articulate 360 seatholders can now switch to Rise from the courses tab via the Add Courses button. In-Place User Role Management: Modify a user’s role from learner to reporter, manager, or admin, and vice versa without leaving the users tab. Group Self-Registration Links: Existing users can now add themselves to groups using self-registration links. Enrollment Details in Reports: On course, learning path, and learner reports, see when a learner enrolled and if they enrolled themselves. Rise Dashboard Links: Quickly switch to Rise 360 with a handy dashboard link. Updated User Interface Font: We've updated our user interface font for a more consistent experience across platforms. The change only affects the user interface and doesn't impact learner content. Additional Learner Interface Languages: Learner profile languages now include Chinese (Simplified), Italian, Japanese, Korean, and Polish. Localization Articulate Localization: Articulate Localization launched! Train a global workforce within Articulate 360. Instantly translate Rise 360 and Storyline 360 courses into 70+ languages with fully integrated AI translation. Verify the accuracy of localized content with language validation in Review 360. Validators can preview their changes in context, and authors can import them directly back into the source project. Manage all your translations as one item, and publish them all at once to Reach 360 or your LMS. Multiple Glossaries: Tailor translations for different regions or business areas using multiple glossaries within your subscription to fine-tune terms and organizational language. AI Text-to-Speech Translations: Combine AI Assistant and Articulate Localization to easily translate text-to-speech audio in Storyline 360 and AI-generated narrations in Rise 360, making your content more inclusive. Course Updates in Review: Review 360 now includes a workflow for focusing on updated content. Validators can easily view and validate only modified text segments. Localization Usage CSV Logs: Keep track of Localization usage with a downloadable CSV log that shows admins every translation run by individual and group in account management. Audio Text Segment Identification: Quickly identify text segments for closed captions, audio transcripts, and text-to-speech scripts in Review 360, making audio validation more efficient. Publish your multi-language projects with the latest versions of Rise 360 and Storyline 360. Next-Generation DeepL Translation Engine: We've upgraded to DeepL's next-generation Large Language Model (LLM) to deliver better translation quality. Simplified Multilingual Publishing Options: We've simplified multilingual course publishing by moving package type options to the publishing window. Paragraph-Level Animation Support: We added support for animation by paragraph in multi-language projects. Rise 360 Localization Snapshots: Save and restore any version of your multi-language Rise 360 content with snapshots. Centralized Validation Toolbar: Quickly find all validation tools in a single, centralized toolbar in Review 360. Localized Audio Asset Insertion: Easily insert localized audio assets—no triggers needed. Refined Layout Issue Detection: To improve efficiency, the layout issue finder no longer identifies translated text with more or fewer lines. Language Search Filtering: Find your target language faster when translating projects—simply type the first few letters to filter the options in the dropdown list. Latin American Spanish Support: Added new Latin American Spanish language option. Expanded Language Support: Added support for 9 new languages—Khmer, Lao, Luxembourgish, Maori, Nepali, Nyanja, Samoan, Tetum, and Tigrinya. Improved Translation Accuracy for Headings: Improved accuracy when translating headings and formatted text in our top languages. Bulk Text Segment Updates: Reduce validation time by updating all identical text segments at once in Review 360. Default Language for Quick Share: Set the default language when sharing via Quick Share in Rise 360. Language Selection Reporting: Track which languages learners are selecting in Rise 360 courses using Localization data now included in xAPI and cmi5 statements. Caption Validation Sync: Validation suggestions for Storyline 360 closed captions are now reflected in the Review 360 course preview. Faster Review 360 Publishing: Publishing to Review 360 is now significantly faster. Articulate 360 Teams New Manage Teams Experience: Manage users, set permissions, and control access to Articulate products all in one place. Expanded User CSV Export: To provide a comprehensive view of both active and pending team members, we’ve included invited users and added Last Login and Status columns to the CSV export. Creator Permission Transfer: Members with 360 admin and group manager permissions can now transfer creator permissions to themselves, giving more flexibility when transitioning team members.End of the Year Feature Release
This video highlights key moments and accomplishments from the past year, showcasing major milestones, progress, and impact across the organization. Which feature from this year improved your workflow or helped you the most, and how did it make a difference for you? Let us know in the comments!Explore the Newest and Most-Loved Features of 2024
This year, we rolled out over 120 features to help you create better courses faster. From AI Assistant to snapshots and emphasis animations, each feature was designed with you in mind. Check out the video below for a recap. But that’s not all! We’re excited to release even more new features to help take your courses to the next level. Keep reading to learn more about the features we released in the last quarter of 2024! Rise Accessible Matching Knowledge Checks and Quizzes We’re committed to ensuring everyone has equal access to learning opportunities, regardless of ability. We’re happy to share that matching knowledge checks and quizzes are now fully accessible. Want to learn more about this update? Read this article: Matching Knowledge Checks Accessibility. Accessible Scenario Blocks Looking to create interactive branching scenarios that every learner can enjoy? We’ve updated the scenario block to be accessible for all learners! Simply add scene descriptions to give learners the contextual information they need to complete the activity. For more info on this feature, check out this article: Scenario Block Accessibility. Storyline Resize Writer Dialog Window We’ve enhanced the writer dialog window to be more user-friendly. Now, you can resize the write and edit inline window to display more AI-generated content. Simply drag the window’s sizing handles to fit your needs. So helpful! Mark Favorite AI TTS Voices Storyline offers a wide range of AI-generated voices to help you quickly and easily add audio to your courses. And now you can save even more time by bookmarking your favorites for easy access. Simply click the heart icon in the voices tab to bookmark them. Note that favorite voices are saved to your computer, not shared across your subscription. Learn more about AI voices in Storyline here: AI Assistant: Producing Highly Realistic Audio. Display Recently Used AI Voices When you’re in a rush, every second counts. Save time and quickly find AI text-to-speech voices you’ve recently used from the View drop-down arrow. Get the details about AI voices in Storyline here: AI Assistant: Producing Highly Realistic Audio. Support for Multiple AI TTS Models If you’re creating courses in Hungarian, Norwegian, and Vietnamese, you’ll be thrilled to hear that you can now generate text-to-speech audio in these languages in Storyline. That’s right! We added an additional AI text-to-speech model to our toolkit, taking the number of supported languages from 29 to 32! To generate audio in Hungarian, Norwegian, and Vietnamese, simply select Turbo v2.5 in the drop-down menu. Want to learn more about the different language models? Read this article: AI Text-to-Speech Models in Storyline. Add Text-to-Speech Audio To Markers Need to quickly create audio for your interactive markers? Now that markers support AI and classic text-to-speech audio, you can easily generate narration and sound effects. Simply select your marker, go to the Format tab on the ribbon, click Audio, and select either Text-to-Speech or AI Audio. To find out how this works and get tips on adding text-to-speech to markers, check out this article: Adding Audio to Markers in Storyline. Reach Additional Reach Learner Interface Languages Delivering training in multiple languages with Reach? Good news: we added additional language options to the Reach interface! We now support: French France Canada German Germany Spanish Spain Mexico Latin America Portuguese Portugal Brazil Your learners will appreciate using a Learning Management System that speaks their language. Want to learn how to change the interface language in Reach? Take a look at this article: Managing Your Profile: Select Default Language. Wrap-Up We hope you’re as excited about these new features as we are! If you’re a subscriber, you can take them for a spin immediately* by logging in to your Articulate 360 account. And if you’re not, simply sign up for a free 30-day trial to check them out. Curious about what other features are currently in the works? Keep an eye on the Articulate 360 Feature Roadmap. And subscribe to our newsletter to get the latest product updates, e-learning examples, and expert advice sent directly to your inbox. *Note that AI Assistant features will be available for subscribers to test free of charge for 30 days. At the end of the trial period, you’ll need to upgrade your subscription to Articulate 360 AI for continued access to AI Assistant.Celebrating the 100+ Articulate 360 Features We Released in 2024
I’m always excited to check out an update to our Articulate 360 apps. It never ceases to amaze me how much a new feature or enhancement speeds up my course development process or inspires me to try something new. But keeping up with the constantly evolving apps isn’t easy! That’s why we’ve collected the 100+ new and enhanced features released in 2024 in this handy article. Check out how much our apps have progressed over the past 12 months to see if there are any useful updates you might have missed. AI Assistant Storyline Rise Content Library Review Reach Articulate 360 Desktop App Articulate 360 Teams AI Assistant AI Assistant AI Assistant launched! Accelerate course creation with an insightful AI assistant that’s seamlessly integrated into Rise 360 and Storyline 360. Compose effective copy and generate high-quality quizzes, summaries, and imagery. In Rise 360, you can even build and convert blocks, generate course outlines, and transform source content into interactive blocks to create engaging content in minutes. Storyline 360 users can bring their courses to life with customizable AI-generated voices and sound effects. Storyline Emphasis Animations Choose from a library of emphasis animations that grab learners’ attention with effects like pulsing, shaking, and teetering. Recover Corrupt Project Assets If project assets become corrupt, Storyline 360 lets you know and makes it easy to recover them. Learn more. JavaScript Preview You can now preview local JavaScript triggers in the modern player. WCAG 2.2 Conformant Modern Player Controls All the modern player controls meet the latest guidance for minimum target size in WCAG 2.2. Default Font Scaling The font-scaling improvements released on January 24, 2023, are enabled by default for new and existing projects. Now when you change your slide dimensions, Storyline 360 automatically scales font sizes throughout your project to preserve the slide designs and prevent scrollbars from appearing in textboxes. Global Note Formatting Save time by instantly updating the formatting of all slide notes in your project. JavaScript Console Use the built-in console to find JavaScript code errors in Storyline 360 without publishing your course. Screen Recording Support 64-Bit Screen recording is now supported in 64-bit Storyline 360. Audio-Saving Message If changes made to audio don’t save, Storyline 360 will let you know and ask if you’d like to try saving them again. Notes Default Font Size We set the default font size for slide notes in new projects to 12 pt to improve legibility. Accessible Feedback Layers New projects default to accessible feedback layers that automatically meet color, contrast, and focus guidelines. Modern and classic feedback styles are still available as options. Turkish Neural Voice We added a new Turkish neural voice, Burcu, for text-to-speech conversion. Integrated Review 360 Comments See comments for multiple Review 360 items right in your Storyline 360 workflow. Closed Captions Placement Position captions at the top or bottom of the slide to ensure closed caption visibility and prevent the obstruction of critical course content. Closed Captions Colors Customize the foreground and background colors of closed captions to complement your course design and maintain contrast accessibility. Colors and Effects Window Redesign We reorganized the Colors & Effects window of the modern player properties into two intuitive sections—player and closed captions. Importing Engage Interactions There’s a new way to edit Engage interactions from 64-bit Storyline 360. Export the interaction for editing, then replace it with the updated one. Optional Screen-Reader Support Screen-reader support during preview is now optional. Turn it on in the Storyline Options window. Customizing the Text Labels We improved the default player text labels by sorting them into descriptive categories for easier navigation and removing outdated ones. Marker Sizes Easily adjust interactive marker sizes to optimize accessibility for any screen. New Languages for Text Labels Expand your global reach with 45 new language options for text labels. Default Version of Storyline 360 To boost stability, performance, and memory access, 64-bit Storyline 360 is now the default Storyline version in the desktop app. You can restore access to 32-bit Storyline 360 in your preferences. Accessible Text Table text and sequence drag-and-drop answers now support accessible text, making them more readable. Insert from Media Library The image placeholder on slide and feedback layouts now lets you insert an image from the media library. Upgraded Embedded Version of Chromium We upgraded the embedded version of Chromium to 124.0.6367.207 in Storyline 360. Enhanced Table Accessibility Enhance table accessibility with built-in screen-reader support. Alt Text Dynamic Character Counter When writing alt text in Storyline 360, you’ll now see a dynamic character count and a tip not to exceed 150 characters. Access Links Directly in Storyline 360 Copy the share link to your published course in Review 360 and the link to your submitted course in Reach 360 without opening your browser. Standard Voices Restored We restored all 22 previously removed standard voices for text-to-speech conversion. Publishing to Microsoft Word Enhance security when publishing courses to Microsoft Word, which now supports the modern DOCX file format. Updated File Tab We redesigned the File tab, moving the "Translation" option higher and adding a divider above it. Detailed Error Messages Fix publishing issues faster with detailed error messages that include actionable guidance. Modernized Publish Successful Window We modernized the Publish Successful window and some of the File tab icons to improve clarity. New Czech and German Neural Voices We added a new Czech neural voice, Jitka, and a new German (Swiss) neural voice, Sabrina, for text-to-speech conversion. Hungarian, Norwegian, and Vietnamese AI TTS Expand your reach with a new AI text-to-speech model that supports Hungarian, Norwegian, and Vietnamese in addition to the 29 other languages already supported. Favorite AI Voices Quickly access your preferred AI-generated voices by marking them as favorites. In Project AI Voices Easily find the AI-generated voices used in your project by filtering the view in the Voices tab. Resize the Write and Edit Inline Window Display more AI-generated content by resizing the Write and Edit Inline window. TTS and Sound Effects to Markers You can now add text-to-speech narration and sound effects to markers. TTS, Sound Effects, or Other Audio in Question Feedback Add text-to-speech narration, sound effects, or audio from the media library to your question feedback. Select a Reach 360 Admin Select an admin to notify by email when submitting courses to Reach 360. Drag Audio and Video Files You can now drag audio and video files from your computer directly onto a slide. Rise Course Outline Quickly view your AI-generated course outline in Rise 360 via AI settings. Stop Generating During course outline generation in Rise 360, click Stop Generating to return to the title selection step. Modified Block Design Menu We’ve modified the behavior of the block design menu to reduce clicks and better accommodate smaller screens. Rise 360 Charts Charts in Rise 360 now present as an HTML table to screen reader users for a more familiar, reliable experience. As a result of this upgrade, users may see minor changes in chart data calculations. Move or Delete Items in Bulk Multi-select items in your Private and Team folders, then move or delete them in bulk. Expandable Sidebar Expand the sidebar to see your folder structure and manage your dashboard more easily. Shrink it when you need to focus on items in a specific folder. Enhanced Statement Block Options Make a bigger impact with enhanced statement block formatting options. All Content When starting a fresh Rise 360 session, your default location is now All Content. 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 2024 we added new courses and microlearning experiences on topics like Women’s History Month, Hispanic Heritage Month, Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, and many updated courses! Integrated Comments See comments for multiple versions of Review 360 items right in your Rise 360 workflow. Select All Items In Private and Team folders, use Cmd+A/Ctrl+A to select all items on the current page. Feedback Message Quiz and knowledge check buttons now provide a feedback message when users try to press Submit without answering the question. Enhanced Quote and List Block Options Enjoy even more content formatting options with enhanced quote and list blocks. Quote Carousel Accessibility For increased accessibility, quote carousel navigation arrows now stop at the beginning and end of the quote list rather than looping infinitely. Intuitive Drag-and-Drop Controls Move and arrange content items and folders on your dashboard with intuitive drag-and-drop controls. Adjustable Heading Levels Improve screen-reader navigation and readability for all learners with adjustable heading levels. Quiz Timer Add a timer to your quizzes to ensure your training meets regulatory and compliance guidelines. Exit Course Button Location For LMS exports, the Exit Course button is now located on the left-hand side of the screen to accommodate the new quiz timer. Disable Image Zoom on Click Disable image zoom on click for labeled graphic and timeline blocks. Image Carousel Accessibility Image carousels support keyboard and screen-reader navigation for increased accessibility. Shared Content With the Share Settings content card menu option, you can quickly see who has access to shared content in team folders Updated Block Shortcut Bar Updated the look and feel of the block shortcut bar to enhance usability and UI consistency. Create New Button Create a blank course directly from the Create New button on your Rise 360 dashboard. Hyperlink Formatting Select the text of a hyperlink to apply formatting, including changing the color of the text. Source Course Language Select the source course language when exporting your training for translation. Text Formatting Additional Options Line height and letter spacing are now available in the text formatting toolbar. Accessible Scenario Blocks Immerse all learners in customizable interactive experiences with accessible scenario blocks that offer alternative text, screen-reader support, and a visible focus indicator. Snapshots You can save and restore your work with a click via an easy-to-access version list that captures manual saves and export events. Reach 360 Admin Publishing Reach 360 admins can now publish training directly from Rise 360 without first submitting it. Updates to Knowledge Checks Knowledge check blocks can be added directly to question banks, have their content width and answer colors modified, be required for training progress, and have a set number of retries. Quiz Answer Colors Answer colors in quizzes can now be set independently of theme color. Content Library New Illustrated Characters Represent a greater variety of learners with six new illustrated characters: Nadiya, Joshua, Haley, Sebastian, Chloe, and Theresa. Review Move or Delete Items in Bulk Declutter your Review 360 dashboard by deleting multiple folders and items all at once. Dashboard Accessibility We boosted Review 360 dashboard accessibility, letting you navigate solely with a keyboard or keyboard alternative. Dashboard Pagination We added pagination to the dashboard so items load faster. Intuitive Drag-and-Drop Controls Organize your Review 360 dashboard quickly with drag-and-drop support for items and folders. Select multiple objects and move them to a different folder all at once. Expandable Sidebar Expand the sidebar to see your folder structure, making dashboard management easier. Shrink the sidebar when you need to focus on the items in a specific folder. Reach Managers Prevent bottlenecks by identifying managers to oversee learners, enrollments, and reports for assigned groups without allowing access to global Reach 360 site settings or content publishing. Direct Share Links Direct share links are now enabled on all training by default. Reach 360 Starter Plan The Reach 360 Starter Plan is now included in all Articulate 360 Teams accounts. SCIM Support Manage learners and groups in SSO more efficiently with SCIM support for learners. Microsoft Teams Connect Reach 360 and Microsoft Teams to send learners due date and enrollment notifications, share rich training previews, and more in the flow of work. Self-Registration Page Customization Customize your self-registration page by personalizing the title and body text. Manage Group Content Quickly see all assigned content for a group and assign multiple trainings at the same time. Email Reminder Options Choose when and how often learners receive email reminders for new, in-progress, and overdue training. Groups API Reporters and managers have been added to the Groups API. Custom Learner Fields Drill down on learner activity by adding custom fields to the learner registration page. Gather supplemental information like job title, location, department, and more. Custom Dropdown Fields Create custom dropdown fields to enhance the learner registration page. Active Learner Usage Reports Easily filter Reach 360 active learner data and generate reports by group for easy billing management. Learner Profile Field Learner profile field responses can be added and edited for individual learner records Updates to the Analyze Tab Learner profile fields are now visible in individual records on the Analyze tab. Group Training Notification Email When a new user is added or new training is assigned to a group, the system sends a notification email with information about training in which the group is automatically enrolled. Learner Preferred Interface Langauge Learners can choose English, Spanish, French, or German as their preferred interface language. Personalized Reminders and Emails Increase timely learner engagement with personalized reminders and notification emails. Modify Learner Profile Fields Modify customer learner profile field responses for existing learners via CSV. Additional Learner Interface Languages Added Additional learner profile languages added: Brazilian Portuguese, Portuguese, Canadian French, Latin American Spanish, and Mexican Spanish. Invite New Learners to Groups Invite new learners to Reach 360 by adding their email addresses when you add group members. Edit in Rise Link In training details, Rise 360 authors and collaborators have a link to edit the training in Rise. Articulate 360 Desktop App Clear Cache Option Use the new clear cache option to troubleshoot app issues when Articulate support recommends it. Articulate 360 Teams Access to Articulate 360 Training Everyone in an Articulate 360 subscription—including Articulate 360 admins and Reach 360 admins, managers, and reporters—can now access Articulate 360 training. Modify Team Name Modify your team name from the Manage Subscription tab. AI Quote as PDF Document Generate a PDF quote document for pricing on additional seats or Articulate 360 AI upgrades in just a few clicks. Upgrade to Articulate 360 AI Upgrade to Articulate 360 AI seamlessly from your management console. Role Definitions View definitions of admin, manager, and reporter roles when you add Reach 360 users. Opt In/Opt Out of Articulate 360 AI Choose if your team has access to Articulate AI’s capabilities. Opt in or opt out from your management console. Subscription Management Managing your Articulate 360 subscription just got easier. Purchase additional seats, request Reach 360 upgrades, and more right from your management console. Wrap-Up In 2024, the Articulate 360 apps received many exciting updates. Check out our feature roadmap page to see what’s in store for 2025. 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.
