Storyline 360: Working with Triggers
Triggers make things happen. They're the keys to creating activities in Storyline 360. And we made them super easy to use so that you can build interactions without any coding at all. Just choose an action and decide when you want it to occur. For example, you might change the state of a character when the learner clicks a button. Adding Triggers Adding Conditions to Triggers Managing Conditions Understandingthe Sections in the Triggers Panel Selecting Multiple Triggers Editing Triggers Disabling Triggers Copying and Pasting Triggers Copying Triggers by Duplicating Objects Pasting Conditions Across Triggers Deleting Triggers Rearranging Triggers Grouping Triggers Collapsing and Expanding Objects and Sections Adding Triggers At their core, triggers are pretty simple. A trigger has two main elements: What action occurs? When does it happen? To create a trigger: Click the Create a new trigger icon in the Triggers panel, or go to the Insert tab on the ribbon and click Trigger. The trigger wizard will guide you through the process using a series of drop-down lists, as shown below. Select the action you want to occur and fill in the related parameters, such as the object that’s affected. For example, you might change a character’s expression. Choose when you want it to happen—e.g., when the learner clicks a button. Optional: You can add conditions to your trigger so it only occurs in certain circumstances. Learn more about conditions below. When you’re done, click OK. Tip: Check out this resource to learn about the available actions, events, and conditions. Adding Conditions to Triggers If you want to trigger an action only when certain criteria are met, you can add one or more conditions to it. If the trigger wizard isn’t already open, double-click the trigger you want to edit in the Triggers panel. Click the + if drop-down list on the Conditions card to add your first condition. A condition can be based on a variable, an object on the slide or any of its layers, or the window in which the slide is displayed, as shown below. After selecting a variable, object, or window, click the underlined portions of the conditional sentence and make your selections from the drop-down lists. For example, you might want your trigger to occur only on the condition that the state of a button is not visited, as shown below. Repeat the steps above to add as many conditions as you need. Then decide how your conditions should interact. Should they be AND conditions where all the conditions must be met? Should they be OR conditions where only one condition must be met? Or should they be a combination of both? Click AND or OR to switch back and forth, as shown below. New: Create conditional triggers with alternative actions. As of November 2022, you can add an optional "else" action. Here's how. In the trigger wizard, click + Add Else. Storyline 360 automatically adds a default action based on the main action. Click the default "else" action to change it to a different one if you'd like. Click OK to save your changes and close the trigger wizard. Managing Conditions It’s easy to reorder, duplicate, and delete conditions. Here’s how. Reorder Conditions Change the order of conditions in the new trigger wizard without deleting and recreating them. Just drag them up and down the list. Install the November 2019 update or later for Storyline 360 to take advantage of this time-saving feature. Duplicate Conditions When you need multiple conditions that are similar, save time by duplicating them. Create the first condition, as shown above, then hover over it and click the Duplicate Condition button that appears. Use the inline editing lists to tweak the new condition as needed. Delete Conditions Hover over the condition you want to delete and click the Remove Condition button that appears. That’s it! Understanding the Sections in the Triggers Panel It’s helpful to know how the Triggers panel is arranged so you can quickly find the triggers you’re looking for. The Triggers panel is divided into sections based on the “when” parameter in your triggers. The following table lists sections in the order they appear in the Triggers panel. Section Description Slide Triggers Slide triggers always appear at the top of the Triggers panel. They often rely on the timeline of the slide or layer—e.g., when the timeline starts, ends, or reaches a certain point. Key Press Triggers Key press triggers occur when the learner presses a specific key after clicking the slide or layer. Variable Triggers Variable triggers occur when a variable changes. For example, you might show a layer when a true/false variable changes to true. Unassigned Triggers If you accidentally leave the “when” parameter blank, your trigger will appear in this section so you can immediately see which triggers are incomplete. Object Triggers Object triggers apply to objects on the slide (images, characters, text boxes, etc.), and they generally occur when the learner performs an action, such as clicking a button, hovering over a hotspot, or dragging an object. Object triggers can also occur when other events take place—e.g., when the state of another object changes, an animation completes, or an object leaves the slide. Player Triggers Player triggers always appear at the bottom of the Triggers panel. They apply to the built-in navigation buttons: Previous, Next, and Submit. Here’s an example of the Triggers panel with each of the sections defined above: Selecting Multiple Triggers Select multiple triggers and edit them all at once. Easily copy and paste, move, disable, and deletetriggers in bulk. Here are five ways to multi-select triggers: Click an object on the slide to select all the triggers associated with it. In grouped view, click a "When …" event to select all the triggers in that group. Ctrl+click to select multiple triggers that aren't next to each other. Shift+click the first and last triggers in a series to multi-select all the triggers in between. Press Ctrl+A to select all the triggers in a sectionof the triggers panel, such as Slide Triggers or Object Triggers. This feature is exclusive to the new trigger workflow. Install the January 2020 update or later for Storyline 360. Editing Triggers You can easily edit your triggers right in the Triggers panel. Click the segments of each trigger description, and then choose an option from the drop-down list or enter a value in the field. Here’s a demo: You can also edit triggers in the trigger wizard. Just double-click the trigger you want to edit. Or, select the trigger and click the Edit button at the top of the Triggers panel. After making your selections, click OK to save your changes and close the trigger wizard. Disabling Triggers Temporarily disable individual triggers when you’re troubleshooting an interaction that isn’t working or when you’re experimenting with new ideas. Simply hover over the trigger you want to disable and click the Disable Trigger icon that appears (it looks like a lightning bolt with a slash through it). Click the icon again to re-enable your trigger. When a trigger is disabled, its text is struck out so you can tell at a glance that it’s disabled. Disabled triggers won’t work in your published output. If you need them to work, remember to re-enable them before you publish. Compatibility Tip: Disabled triggers are exclusive to the new trigger workflow in Storyline 360. They’ll be present but hidden if you open your project file in the classic trigger workflow in Storyline 360 or Storyline 3. Copying and Pasting Triggers Save time by copying and pasting triggers from one object to another. Then make any necessary adjustments to the new triggers. Select the trigger you want to copy in the Triggers panel. Copy the trigger by pressing Ctrl+C on your keyboard or by clicking the Copy button at the top of the Triggers panel. Select one or more objects on the slide where you want to paste the trigger, then press Ctrl+V on your keyboard or click the Paste button. If you need to tweak the pasted trigger, click the segments you need to edit in the Triggers panel or double-click the trigger to open it in the trigger wizard. See the section aboveto learn more about editing triggers. Copying Triggers by Duplicating Objects Another way to quickly copy triggers is to duplicate an object that already has the triggers you want. Just select the object on the slide and press Ctrl+D on your keyboard. This is helpful when you need several variations of an object that you’ve already customized to fit your course. For example, let's say you need several buttons that look the same and perform similar actions. Pasting Conditions Across Triggers Save time by copying conditions from one trigger and pasting them on another. Copy the trigger that has the conditions you want to reuse. Select one or more triggers where you want to paste the conditions. Right-click the selected trigger(s), scroll to Paste, and choose Paste Conditions from the context menu. This feature is exclusive to the new trigger workflow. Install the January 2020 update or later for Storyline 360. Deleting Triggers To delete a trigger, select it in the Triggers panel and do any of the following: Press the Delete key on your keyboard. Click the Delete button at the top of the Triggers panel. Right-click the trigger and select Delete from the context menu. Rearranging Triggers You can add triggers to slides, layers, and slide masters. You can also add multiple triggers to a single object. The order of all these triggers is important and determines when they execute. Slide master triggers execute before slide and layer triggers. When there are multiple triggers on the same object that are triggered by the same action (e.g., when the learner clicks a button), triggers execute in the order they appear in the Triggers panel. To reorder triggers, use the Up and Down arrows at the top of the Triggers panel, or simply drag triggers up and down the panel with your mouse. Grouping Triggers You can group triggers together by event (e.g., when the learner clicks a button or when the timeline starts) so triggers are easier to see and understand. They’re also easier to troubleshoot if your interaction isn’t working the way you expect. To group triggers by event, mark the Group box at the top of the Triggers panel. Uncheck the box if you want to ungroup your triggers. Here’s a comparison of the same triggers ungrouped on the left and grouped on the right. Collapsing and Expanding Objects and Sections Collapse all the triggers for an object or even an entire section of the Triggers panel when you need to focus on specific triggers. Click the triangle to the left of an object to collapse or expand its triggers. Click the arrows to the right of a section to collapse or expand the whole section, such as Slide Triggers or Object Triggers. Want to learn more about working with triggers? As an Articulate 360 subscriber, you have unlimited access to live online training webinars and recorded videos on a variety of e-learning topics. Check out Articulate 360 Training to register for webinars and search our video library.2.2KViews0likes0CommentsArticulate 360: Using the Desktop-Authoring Apps
The Articulate 360 desktop app makesit easy to install and open desktop-authoring apps, including Storyline 360, Studio 360, Replay 360, and Peek 360. Learn More About the Authoring Apps Install Authoring Apps Launch Authoring Apps Update Authoring Apps Uninstall Authoring Apps Learn More About the Authoring Apps The following desktop-authoring apps are included with your Articulate 360 subscription. Click the product links to learn more about each app. Storyline 360 Build mobile and online courses with any interaction you can imagine. Your course will look beautiful and work great on every device with the new responsive player, which includes touchscreen gesture support and mobile-friendly playback controls. The responsive player dynamically adapts to tablets and smartphones, giving learners the best view of your course on every device. You can even preview how your course will look and behave on different devices in Storyline 360 with new responsive preview features. Note: As of May 2024, 64-bit Storyline 360 is the default Storyline version in the desktop app. That means you get all the benefits with no extra steps. Studio 360 Rapidly transform PowerPoint slides into online and mobile courses with the Studio 360 apps, including: Presenter 360 makes it easy to add narration, annotations, characters, and more to existing PowerPoint content. Engage 360 lets you quickly create form-based interactions. Quizmaker 360 is an intuitive tool for creating any type of assessment or quiz. Studio 360 includes the new responsive player, so your courses look great and work perfectly on every device. Replay 360 Record and edit personalized training videos with Replay 360. Walk learners through on-screen content by capturing screen activity and yourself on webcam—at the same time or separately. Fine-tune your screencasts to flip between video clips, or show two at once with picture-in-picture effects. Separate, trim, and delete sections to tell the best story. And add text to the lower third of the screen to emphasize important information. Publish videos toReview 360 to collect feedback from stakeholders or publish as MP4 videos for your e-learning courses. Peek 360 Easily record brief screencasts with Peek 360. Peek 360 is always a click away in the Windows system tray. Simply select the app you want to record, then drag the recording frame to customize your view. Peek 360 automatically uploads videos toReview 360 with a unique URL, making them easy to share. Install Authoring Apps You can install the current version of any authoring app with a single click, or you can go back to a previous version when there's a design change or new feature that you're not ready to use. How to Install the Latest Version of an App Open the Articulate 360 desktop app by clicking the icon in your computer’s system tray (by the clock), then click the Install button for any of the desktop-authoring apps: Storyline 360, Studio 360, Replay 360, or Peek 360. It’s that easy! You’ll see a progress bar for each app while it’s installing, then the Install button will change to an Open button when the installation is complete. How to Install a Previous Version of an App There might be times when you need to install a previous version of an authoring app. For example, if there’s a new Storyline 360 feature that you’re not ready to use, you can go back to an older version of the app until you have time to learn more about the new feature. Here’s how. Open the Articulate 360 desktop app and mouse-over the app you want to change. Click the drop-down arrow that appears and choose Other Versions. A list of all the versions released in the past six months will appear. Click Install for the version you want to install. An optional "Product Feedback" dialog will appear. After your selection, the dialog will close and your chosen version will automatically install. (Tip: Click any date or version number in the list to see the change log for that release.) When you install a previous version of an app, you’ll see an Updates Paused tag in the Articulate 360 desktop app, as shown below. This is a visual reminder that you’re using an older version of that app. Future updates won’t install for paused apps when you click Update All. To update an app that’s paused, click Updates Paused, choose Other Versions from the menu that appears, and click Install for the most recent version of the app. Launch Authoring Apps One way to launch your authoring apps is to open the Articulate 360 desktop app by clicking the icon in your computer’s system tray (by the clock) and then click the Open button for the app you want to use. (When you click the Open button for Studio 360, you’ll see a menu where you can choose Presenter 360, Quizmaker 360, or Engage 360.) Another way to launch your authoring apps is to go to your computer’s Start menu and click the app you want to use. Peek 360 Tip Peek 360 runs in the background, so the fastest way to start a screen recording is to click the Peek 360 icon in your computer’s system tray (by the clock). Update Authoring Apps One of the benefits of an Articulate 360 subscription is that you get continuous updates when new features are available. If notifications are enabled in your preferences, you’ll get a Windows notification, like the one shown below, when an update is available. And even if notifications are disabled, you’ll always see when an update is available as soon as you open the Articulate 360 desktop app. A blue banner with an update option appears across the top of the app. If you’ve disabled automatic updates, you can snooze this notification. Otherwise, simply click the Update All button to update all your apps at the same time. Or, click Update Available next to any app and choose Install Update to update one app at a time, as shown below. How to Update Paused Apps When youinstall a previous version of an app, you’ll see an Updates Paused tag for that particular app, as shown below. Clicking the blue Update All button won’t update paused apps. To update an app that’s paused, click Updates Paused, choose Other Versions from the menu that appears, and click Install for the most recent version of the app. Uninstall Authoring Apps Uninstalling apps is just as easy as installing them. Mouse-over an app, click the drop-down arrow that appears, and choose the Uninstall option. (Tip: You can also uninstall Articulate apps via the Windows control panel.)1.2KViews0likes0CommentsStoryline 360: Working with Variables
Use variables to remember information—such as a learner's name or a numeric value—then display dynamic content based on that information (view Working with Variable References). Variables are also a great way to add conditional interactivity to courses (view Working with Triggers). And the good news is you don't have to know anything about coding! Adding Variables Using Triggers to Adjust Variable Values Evaluating Variables in Trigger Conditions Referencing Variable Values in Slide Text Editing Variables Copying and Pasting Variables Deleting Variables Finding Variables in the Variables Window Finding Variables in Your Course Translating Variables Understanding the Difference Between Variables and States Adding Variables Click the Manage project variables icon in the Triggers panel. When the Variables window opens, click the Create a new variable icon (looks like a plus sign) in the upper right corner. Give your variable a recognizable nameso it's easy to identify later. Choose the Type of variable you want to create. Storyline 360 supports three types: True/False: True/False variables are often called Boolean variables. They're either true or false. They're great for creating toggle buttons and restricting learners' options. For example, you might use a true/false variable to track whether a certain event has occurred, then let learners proceed to the next slide only when the variable is true. Text: Text variables hold text values. Common uses include personalizing content by displaying the learner's name throughout a course and evaluating text-based interactions. Text variables can hold up to32,767 characters. Number: Number variables hold numeric values. Common uses for number variables include tracking the number of times a particular event has occurred and performing mathematical calculations. Number variables can hold static values, or you can make them random by entering starting and ending values for a range of numbers. Learn more about random number variables. Enter a default Value. (The default value for text variables can be blank.) Click OK to save your new variable. Click OK again to close the Variables window. Storyline 360 automatically creates variables for you in the following cases: When you create a... These variablesare created for you... Result slide Four number variables are added for scoring purposes by default. If you have a combined result slide that requires learners to pass each quiz, Storyline 360 also adds a true/false variable. Learn more. Dial A number variableis added to track the dial value. Slider A number variableis added to track the slider value. Text-entry field A text variable isadded to track learners' input. Numeric-entry field A number variableis added to track learners' input. Using Triggers to Adjust Variable Values Need to change the value of a variable during a course? Easy. Just add an Adjust variable trigger. View this user guide to learn more about triggers. Evaluating Variables in Trigger Conditions You can use variables to add conditions to triggers. View this user guide for details. For example, let's say you want to change the state of an object when a true/false variable is true. It'd look something like this: Referencing Variable Values in Slide Text Variables store data. Triggers let you adjust the data. And variable references let you display the data anywhere in your course, making your content dynamic and interactive. For example, you might ask learners to enter their names on the first slide in your course. You store that information in a variable. Then you use variable references to personalize the rest of the course with their names. In another example, you might ask learners to enter their weight and height. You store both values in variables. You use triggers to calculate their body mass index based on those variables. Then you use variable references to display the results. Variable references can be added to any text-based object, including text boxes, captions, shapes, and buttons. View this user guide to learn more about variable references. Tip: Quickly replace a variable reference with another variable from the context menu. Right-click a dynamic variable placeholder, scroll to Reference, and select a Project, Built-In, or Slide Numbers variable. Editing Variables Click the Manage project variables icon in the Triggers panel. Select the variable you want to edit and click the Edit icon (looks like pencil and paper) in the upper right corner. Rename the variable and/or change its default value. (You can't change its type.) Click OK twice to save your changes and close the Variables window. Tips for editing variables: You can also rename variables and change their default values just by clicking in the grid. When you rename variables, all references to those variables in your slide text and triggersare updated automatically. Copying and Pasting Variables Click the Manage project variables icon in the Triggers panel. Select the variable(s) you want to duplicate. You can multi-select variables by pressing Ctrl+click, Shift+click, or Ctrl+A. Click Copy and/or Paste in the upper right corner. Deleting Variables Click the Manage project variables icon in the Triggers panel. Select the variable(s) you want to delete. You can multi-select variables by pressing Ctrl+click, Shift+click, or Ctrl+A. Click the Delete icon in the upper right corner or press the Delete key on your keyboard. Tip for deleting variables: When you delete a variable, all references to that variable in your slide text will remain intact. You'll need to edit or delete those references manually. Triggers that involve deleted variables will also remain intact, but they'll become "unassigned." You can either edit or delete those triggers. Finding Variables in the Variables Window Because variables are so easy to use and perfect for building interactive courses, your variables manager could quickly become crowded. To find variables in the variables window, use the Project and Built-In tabs in the upper left corner to switch between variables you created and those provided by Storyline 360. And use the search field to locate the exact variable you're looking for. Finding Variables in Your Course If you use variables extensively, it can be difficult to remember where they're referenced throughout your course. No problem. You can generate a variable usage report. Click the Manage project variables icon in the Triggers panel. Click the hyperlinked number in the Use Count column for the variable you want to find. Storyline 360 will display all references to that variable in a separate window. Translating Variables Storyline 360 has built-in translation features to help you localize content in different languages. However, it's important to note that the translation features let you translate default values for variables and references to variables in your slide text, but not the names of those variables. If you translate variable references in your slide text, you'll also need to manually translate the variable names in your project (view Editing Variables). If variable names and references don’t match, variable references in your slide text won't work. Understanding the Difference Between Variables and States Variables and states both track information and add interactivity, but they differ in scope and behavior. States control visual elements for a single slide, while variables control elements across slides, scenes, or an entire project. Here are some examples of when to use variables and when to use states. Use variables when you want to: Use states when you want to: Remember values entered by the learner Count the number of times a button is clicked Perform mathematical calculations Trigger actions based on learner input Remember which objects have been clicked Change how objects look based on learner interaction Trigger actions based on learner interaction1.1KViews0likes0CommentsStoryline 360: Publishing a Course for LMS/LRS Distribution
If you’re using a learning management system (LMS), a learning record store (LRS), or both to distribute and track e-learning content, you’ll want to use the LMS/LRS publishing option in Storyline 360. Here’s how. Enter Title, Description, and Folder Location Enter Additional Project Info (Optional) Adjust the Player Properties and Quality Settings Choose to Publish a Slide, a Scene, or the Entire Course Choose Reporting and Tracking Options Publish Distribute Your Published Course Step 1: Enter Title, Description, and Folder Location Go to the Home tab on the ribbon and click Publish. When the Publish window appears, select the LMS / LRStab on the left. Enter the Title the way you want it to appear in your published output. (If you have a title placeholder on the first slide, the title defaults to the text entered in that title placeholder. If you don’t have a title placeholder on the first slide, the title defaults to the name of your project file. You can change the title of your published course here without affecting the name of your project file or the title placeholder on the first slide.) The maximum length for a project title is 80 characters; the maximum length for each output folder name is eight words. Use the Description field to define the purpose of your course. It won’t appear in your published output. Use the Folder field to choose where you want to publish your course—for example, your computer desktop. Click the ellipsis button (...) to browse to a location. Storyline 360 will create a new folder in that spot with all the files needed to operate your course. Tips: Always publish to your local hard drive. Publishing to a network drive or a USB drive can cause problems with your published output. After publishing to your local hard drive, upload the output to your LMS, LRS, or both for testing and distribution. Install the November 2021 update or later for Storyline 360 to send results to an LRS. Learn more. Step 2: Enter Additional Project Info (Optional) Click the ellipsis button (...) next to the Title field todefine additional project information. Currently, this information is for your reference only. It won’t be visible in your published output. The Title and Description fields are the same as those on the Publish window (see the previous step). The image below the Title fieldisthe course thumbnail. By default, Storyline 360 uses an image of the first slide in your course, but you can choose a different image. Just click the hyperlinked text below the image, then select a different slide or clickPicture from Fileto choose an image on your hard drive. You can enter values for the Author, Email, Website, Duration, Date, Version, and Keywords (separated by commas) fields. The Identifier is a unique string of characters assigned by Storyline 360 that your LMS/LRS uses to identify your course. If you’re republishing a course that’s already in your LMS/LRS, don’t change the value in this field. When you’re finished customizing the project information, click OKto return to the Publish window. Step 3: Adjust the Player Properties and Quality Settings Use the Properties section of the Publish window to make last-minute changes to your course player and quality settings. The Player property shows the name of the player currently assigned to your project. (The player is the frame around your slide content.) To make adjustments to your player, click the player name to open theplayer editor. The Quality property lets you choose adaptive or static video quality and control the compression settings for audio clips, static videos, and JPG images. The quality settings default to whatever you used the last time you published a course. To change them, click the Quality property, make your adjustments, and click OK. There are now two video quality options. Select Adaptive to automatically adjust the video quality (high, medium, or low) to the learner’s internet speed and prevent buffering. Learn more. Choose Static to deliver videos with the same quality to all learners, which could cause buffering. Drag the Static slider to change the video compression. Note that higher values give you higher-quality output but also larger file sizes (which means longer download times for learners with slow connections). Lower values give you smaller file sizes and faster download times, but the quality will be lower as well. Drag the Audio Quality slider to adjust the compression settings Storyline 360 uses for audio. Mark the Optimize audio volume box to normalize audio throughout your course for consistent volume across all slides. Tip: If your course audio already has consistent volume, you can speed up the publishing process by unchecking this option. Drag the JPG Quality slider to adjust the compression settings Storyline 360 uses for JPG images. Click Reset to standard optimization to use the default settings: adaptive video quality, audio bitrate of 56 kbps, and JPG image quality of 100%. Step 4: Choose to Publish a Slide, a Scene, or the Entire Course By default, Storyline 360 will publish your entire course. However, you can now choose to publish a specific scene from your course or even just a single slide. This is helpful when you want to publish multiple courses from the same project file. Just click the Publish property, then choose the entire project, a single scene, or a single slide. Step 5: Choose Reporting and Tracking Options Click the Reporting and Tracking button to open the following window, where you can choose how your LMS/LRS reports and tracks learners’ progress. Click the LMS tab in the upper left corner, then choose a standard from the Report to an LMS drop-down. Ask your LMS administrator if you’re not sure which standard to use. Storyline 360 supports cmi5, xAPI (Tin Can API), SCORM 2004, SCORM 1.2, and AICC. Complete the fields in the LMS Course Information section with these tips in mind: The course Identifier is a unique string of characters assigned by Storyline 360 that your LMS/LRS uses to identify your course. If you’re republishing a course that’s already in your LMS/LRS, don’t change the value in this field. If you choose xAPI and need to change this value, avoid special characters and spaces. For SCORM, the LMS Lesson SCORM Information section displays in addition to the LMS Course Information section. The values in the Title and Identifier fields default to the course title. If you have a title placeholder on the first slide, the Title and Identifier fields default to the text entered in that title placeholder instead. This Identifier appears in the imsmanifest.xml file for your course. The file uses a digestible name for the course Identifier, the unique string of characters assigned by Storyline 360. If you’re republishing a course that’s already in your LMS/LRS, don’t change the values in these fields. For xAPI, the following fields display: Activity ID: Your LMS and LRS use this value to identify activities in a course. The unique string of characters in the reference is the same as the value for the course’s Identifier (see above). If you need to change this value, use a valid URN (Uniform Resource Name), then upload the published course to your LMS/LRS for proper testing. Launch URL: If you plan to host the content on a server that’s separate from your LMS, you must enter the full URL for the story.html file. Language Code: This field isn’t mandatory, but you can enter a supported language code to change the language of the tincan.xml file. If you’re unsure, leave this field blank to set the language value in the tincan.xml file to und (undetermined). For SCORM and AICC content, choose your LMS Reporting option. This is the wording you want your LMS to display for learners’ statuses in reports. (This option isn’t available or necessary for cmi5 or xAPI content.) If you plan on reporting to an LRS as well, click the LRS tab on the left side of the window. Mark the box to Report to an external LRS, then choose one of the following options in the section called LRS Configuration. Learn more about LRS support. Supplied at launch: Select this option when you don’t want to store authentication credentials in your Storyline 360 project file or when you need the option to update the LRS endpoint or credentials without republishing the project. Learn more about supplying credentials at launch. Manual: Select this option to enter the LRS endpoint and credentials right in Storyline 360. The configuration details will be stored in your project file, and you’ll need to republish the project if you change them later. Learn more about the manual option. Click the Tracking tab on the left side of the window and chooseany combination of the following options.You can choose one, two, or even all three tracking options. Whichever option a learner completes first is the one that gets reported to your LMS/LRS.Learn more about tracking multiple completion criteria. When the learner has viewed# slides: Mark this option to trigger course completion when learners view acertain number of slides. You can choose a percentage or a fixed number. Then decide which slides get counted—all slides or just those with slide numbers.Learn more about tracking slides viewed. When the learner completes a quiz: Mark this option to track learners based on their quiz results. You can let Storyline 360 keep track of multiple quizzes and send results to your LMS/LRS for the first quiz each learner completes.Learn more about tracking quizzes. (This option will be grayed-out if your course doesn’t have any result slides.) Using triggers: Mark this option to track learners based oncourse completion triggers you added to your course. (This option is grayed-out if your course doesn’t have any completion triggers.) Click OK to save your changes. Step 6: Publish When you’re finished making selections, click the Publish button. When the publishing process is complete, you’ll see the Publish Successful window with several follow-up options. View Project This launches the published course in your default web browser. However, it’s best to upload the published course to your LMS/LRS for proper testing. Email This opens a new email message with a zipped file of your published course attached. This option is helpful if you need to send your course to an LMS/LRS administrator for deployment. FTP This opens a window where you can enter your FTP credentials and transfer your output to a server. Zip This creates a zipped version of your course files in the same location where your course was published. This is the most common choice when you publish for LMS/LRS. Upload the zipped course to your LMS/LRS. Open This opens a file viewer where you can see the files Storyline 360 just created. There will be multiple files and folders for a published course. Tip:If your LMS requires you to identify the file that launches your course, point to index_lms.html . Step 7: Distribute Your Published Course Now that you’ve published your course, it’s time to upload it to your LMS/LRS. The steps for this are different for each LMS/LRS. Contact your LMS/LRS administrator if you need help uploading, launching, or tracking content.1.1KViews1like0CommentsStoryline 360: Converting Text to Speech
Speed up course development by converting text to speech right in Storyline 360. For example, use the text-to-speech feature to quickly narrate a course for stakeholder review or to localize narration in different languages. You can even choose the voice and language to make sure every word sounds right. Watch this video demonstration, then check out the detailed instructions below. Converting Text to Speech Selecting Languages and Voices Updating Script Changes or Using a Different Voice Generating Closed Captions Replacing Text-to-Speech Narration with Recorded Narration Create Text-to-Speech with AI Assistant Bring narration to life with AI-generated voices that are highly realistic and customizable. Add your script, define voice settings, and let AI Assistant do the rest. Learn how to use AI Assistant to level up your course authoring game. Converting Text to Speech Go to the Insert tab on the ribbon, click the Audio drop-down arrow, and choose Text-to-Speech. When the Insert Text-to-Speech window appears, select a Language from the first drop-down list. This ensures that your words are spoken with the correct pronunciations. Choose a Voice (standard or neural) from the second drop-down list. You can hear what a voice sounds like by clicking the Preview Voice button next to the list. Type or paste your script into the text-entry field. Or, if you want to use your slide notes as your script, just click the Copy from Slide Notes button. You can convert up to 10,000 characters at a time. When using speech synthesis markup language (SSML), you can convert up to 3,000 characters for text and 3,000 for SSML tags. If your script is longer than that, break it into smaller chunks and generate more than one text-to-speech audio clip. Then, place the audio clips back to back on the timeline so they play in sequential order. See belowfor tips on pronunciation and phrasing. To add closed captions to your text-to-speech narration, mark the Generate Closed Captions box in the upper right corner. Learn more about text-to-speech closed captions below. Click Insert to complete the process. You must have an internet connection to convert text to speech. If you're offline, Storyline 360 prompts you to connect to the internet and try again. Storyline 360 converts your text to narration, and it’ll appear as an audio clip on the slide’s timeline. The conversion process is fast, but lengthy scripts take longer to convert. Text-to-speech narration works just like other audio clips in Storyline 360, so you can use the built-in audio editor and audio tools to customize it. You can add as many text-to-speech clips as you want. You can even use different voices for different clips, which is great when creating a scene where two or more characters are conversing. Tips for Controlling Pronunciation and Phrasing Don't use abbreviations. Spell out words to make sure they're pronounced correctly. If a correctly spelled word isn't pronounced the way you want, try spelling it phonetically or adding hyphens between syllables—for example, Articulate vs.Articu-late. Use punctuation, such as commas and semicolons, when inserting brief pauses. For longer pauses, convert your text to speech, then open the clip in the built-in audio editorandinsert silence where needed. Want more control? As of December 2023, you can use SSML to adjust the speaking rate, modify pronunciation, add pauses, and more. Selecting Languages and Voices Choose from various standard and neural languages and voices to enhance your training. Standard Voices This is the full list of standard voices in Storyline 360, alphabetized and arranged by language. Language Name(s) Arabic Zeina (Female) Chinese (Mandarin) Zhiyu (Female) Danish Mads (Male), Naja (Female) Dutch (Netherlands) Lotte (Female), Ruben (Male) English (Australia) Nicole (Female), Russell (Male) English (India) Aditi (Female), Raveena (Female) English (United Kingdom) Amy (Female), Brian (Male), Emma (Female) English (USA) Joanna (Female), Joey (Male), Justin (Male), Kendra (Female), Kimberly (Female), Matthew (Male), Salli (Female) English (Wales) Geraint (Male) French (Canada) Chantal (Female) French (France) Céline (Female), Léa (Female), Mathieu (Male) German (Germany) Hans (Male), Marlene (Female), Vicki (Female) Icelandic Dóra (Female), Karl (Male) Italian Bianca (Female), Carla (Female), Giorgio (Male) Japanese Mizuki (Female), Takumi (Male) Korean Seoyeon (Female) Norwegian Liv (Female) Polish Ewa (Female), Jacek (Male), Jan (Male), Maja (Female) Portuguese (Brazil) Camila (Female), Ricardo (Male), Vitória (Female) Portuguese (Portugal) Cristiano (Male), Inês (Female) Romanian Carmen (Female) Russian Maxim (Male), Tatyana (Female) Spanish (Latin American) Lupe (Female), Miguel (Male), Penélope (Female) Spanish (Mexican) Mia (Female) Spanish (Spain) Conchita (Female), Enrique (Male), Lucia (Female) Swedish Astrid (Female) Turkish Filiz (Female) Welsh Gwyneth (Female) Neural Voices Starting with the September 2023 update, you can generate realistic, natural-sounding text-to-speech narration with neural voices. This is the full list of neural voices in Storyline 360, alphabetized and arranged by language. This list is updated whenever new voices are added. Language Name(s) Arabic (Gulf) Hala (Female), Zayd (Male) Catalan Arlet (Female) Chinese (Cantonese) Hiujin (Female) Chinese (Mandarin) Zhiyu (Female) Czech Jitka (Female) Danish Sofie (Female) Dutch (Belgian) Lisa (Female) Dutch (Netherlands) Laura (Female) English (Australia) Olivia (Female) English (India) Kajal (Female) English (United Kingdom) Amy (Female), Arthur (Male), Brian (Male), Emma (Female) English (USA) Danielle (Female), Gregory (Male), Joanna (Female), Joey (Male), Justin (Male), Kendra (Female), Kevin (Male), Kimberly (Female), Matthew (Male), Ruth (Female), Salli (Female), Stephen (Male) Finnish Suvi (Female) French (Belgian) Isabelle (Female) French (Canada) Gabrielle (Female), Liam (Male) French (France) Léa (Female), Rémi (Male) German (Austria) Hannah (Female) German (Germany) Daniel (Male), Vicki (Female) German (Swiss) Sabrina (Female) Irish English Niamh (Female) Italian Adriano (Male), Bianca (Female) Japanese Kazuha (Female), Takumi (Male), Tomoko (Female) Korean Seoyeon (Female) New Zealand English Aria (Female) Norwegian Ida (Female) Polish Ola (Female) Portuguese (Brazil) Camila (Female), Thiago (Male), Vitória (Female) Portuguese (Portugal) Inês (Female) South African English Ayanda (Female) Spanish (Latin American) Lupe (Female), Pedro (Male) Spanish (Mexican) Andrés (Male), Mia (Female) Spanish (Spain) Lucia (Female), Sergio (Male) Swedish Elin (Female) Turkish Burcu (Female) Updating Script Changes or Using a Different Voice What if you convert text to speech and then need to update it with script changes? Or what if you want to switch to a different voice later? No problem. Storyline 360 makes it easy to update text-to-speech narration. Right-click your text-to-speech audio track on the slide’s timeline and choose Text-to-Speech from the context menu that appears. Or, select your text-to-speech audio track, go to the Options tab on the ribbon, and click Text-to-Speech. The Insert Text-to-Speech window opens with your original script. Edit the script as needed or choose a different voice—or both. Click Update. Generating Closed Captions Storyline 360 can generate closed captions that are automatically synchronized with text-to-speech narration, making your course more accessible. You can add closed captions at the same time you convert text to speech or add them later. Here’s how. Generate Closed Captions When You Convert Text to Speech Add closed captions at the same time you convert text to speech simply by checking the Generate Closed Captions box. Learn how to convert text to speech above. Update Existing Narration with Closed Captions Right-click your text-to-speech audio track on the slide’s timeline and choose Text-to-Speech from the context menu that appears. The Insert Text-to-Speech window opens with your script. Check the Generate Closed Captions box. Click Update. Use the Closed Captions Editor to Add Captions Select your text-to-speech audio track on the slide’s timeline, then go to the Options tab on the ribbon and click Add Captions. When the closed captions editor opens, Storyline 360 automatically generates captions that are synced with your narration. Just click Save & Close on the ribbon. Learn More Creating and Editing Closed Captions with the Built-In Editor Importing Closed Captions for Narration and Videos Replacing Text-to-Speech Narration with Recorded Narration You can use text-to-speech narration during course development and later swap it out with professionally recorded narration, keeping your closed captions intact. Here’s how. Select your text-to-speech audio track on the slide’s timeline and go to the Options tab on the ribbon. Click the drop-down arrow besideReplace Audio. Choose to replace your text-to-speech audio with an audio file from your computer or an audio clip from the media library. Or, record narration with your microphone.1.1KViews0likes0CommentsStoryline 360: Working with Layers
Use slide layers to create interactions and branched scenariosin your Storyline Looking to boost learner engagement and interest in your Storyline 360 courses? Try using slide layers to create interactions and branched scenarios. Layers display additional content on a slide at certain points on the timeline or in response to learners' actions. Triggers allow you to define when layers should appear and disappear. Read on to learn more. Adding Layers Duplicating and Copying Layers Renaming Layers Changing Layer Properties Hiding Individual Base Layer Objects Making Layers Accessible Rearranging Layers Showing, Hiding, and Dimming Layers in the Editor Deleting Layers Adding Layers You can add as many layers to each slide as you like. To add a layer to a slide, do either of the following: Click the New Layer icon (looks like a blank piece of paper) in the Slide Layers panel. Go to the Insert tab on the ribbon and click Slide Layer. You add content to layers just like slides, including animations and transitions. You also manage the timing and duration of layer objects in the same manner as slide objects—via the timeline. Duplicating and Copying Layers You can duplicate layers on the same slide or even copy them from one slide to another. To duplicate existing layers on the same slide, just select one or more layers in the Slide Layers panel and click the Duplicate Selected Layer icon (looks like two pieces of paper with a green arrow). To copy layers from one slide to another: Select one or more layers in the Slide Layers panel, then press Ctrl+C on your keyboard or right-click and choose Copy. Go to the slide where you want the same layers to appear, then press Ctrl+V on your keyboardor right-click and choose Paste. Renaming Layers Give layers recognizable names so they're easy to identify when you're creating triggers. To rename a layer: Double-click the layer's name in the Slide Layers panel to open it for editing. Type the new name. Press Enter on your keyboard. Changing Layer Properties You can customize the properties for each layer on a slide. Just select the layers you want to edit, then click the gear icon. When the Slide Layer Properties window appears, make your choices (defined below) and click Close. Visibility: Hide other slide layers This hides all other layers (except the base layer) when the current layer is visible to the learner. Hide objects on base layer This hides everything on the slide's base layer when the current layer is visible to the learner. (If you only want to hide some base layer objects, visit the next section on Hiding Individual Base Layer Objects.) Hide slide layer when timeline finishes This hides the current layer when it has finished playing. Allow seeking If the base layer has a seekbar, use this option to control how the seekbar affects the current slide layer. Select Yes to synchronize content on the layer with the seekbar. For example, if the layer has a video, learners can use the seekbar to rewind and fast forward the video. Select No to ignore the seekbar. It'll still be visible; it just won't affect the content on the layer. Select Automatically decide to let Storyline decide whether or not the seekbar is synchronized with content on the layer. Here's the logic:The seekbar controls the content on the layer if you mark Hide objects on base layer, Prevent the user from clicking on the base layer, or Pause timeline of base layer. Tip: If the seekbar in your player propertiesis read-onlyor allows dragging only after completion, learners won’t be able to drag the seekbar. However, if you choose Yes or Automatically decide above, the content on the layer will still be synced with the seekbar. So learners can use the play/pause button to control playback. Behavior: As of the May 2022 update, you can choose from two layer formats—layer or dialog. Layer While a standard layer is open, learners can interact with anything outside it. Dialog When a dialog layer is open, the focus stays on the dialog and its content. Dialog layers dim everything else in the browser window, and learners can't interact with anything else in the course while it's open. Learn more. Enhance the screen reader experience for dialog layers by defining accessibility attributes for an alternative title and description. (The Label and Description options are grayed-out for standard layers.) Label This provides text for the aria-labelledby accessibility attribute. Use this option to tell screen readers what to announce as the modal dialog title. Select one of the text elements on the slide that appear in the drop-down list. If you don't need an alt title, select None in the drop-down list. Description This provides text for the aria-describedby accessibility attribute. Use this option to tell screen readers what to announce for the purpose of the modal dialog. Select one of the text elements on the slide that appear in the drop-down list. If you don't need an alt description, select None in the drop-down list. Select one of the following options to manage learners' interaction with the base layer. Prevent the user from clicking on the other layers This prevents the learner from interacting with objects on other layers, like buttons or drag items, while the current layer is visible. (This option is automatically enabled and grayed-out for dialog layers.) Pause timeline of base layer This pauses the base layer, including animations and audio, while the current layer is visible. The base layer's timeline will resume where it left off when the current layer is closed. Revisits: Choose one of the following options to control how objects behave when learners revisit the layer. Automatically decide This is the default option. Storyline 360 will decide whether to resume the layer or reset it based on the objects it contains. Here's the logic: If the layer has only simple objects and/or audio but no interactivity, Storyline 360 resets the layer to the beginning of its timeline. If the layer contains interactive elements, such as buttons or other objects that have a visited/selected state, Storyline 360 resumes the layer where it left off previously. Reset to initial state Use this option if you want the layer to always reset to its initial state. It'll restart from the beginning of its timeline, and interactive objects will return to their initial states. Resume saved state Use this option if you want the layer to always remember its previous state. In other words, this option lets learners pick up where they left off if they return to the same layer later. Hiding Individual Base Layer Objects The layer properties described above provide an option to Hide objects on base layer, but it hides everything on the base layer. If you want to hide only some base layer objects,you can do that, too, since each layer has its own timeline. Here's how. Expand Base Layer Objects in the timeline. Click the eye icon for each object you want to hide. Tip: Hidden base layer objects will reappear when the layer is closed. Making Layers Accessible All objects from slide layers and base layers appear in the Focus Order window, and you can customize the order of those objects. For the best navigation experience, use dialog layers. Designed to be accessible from the start, dialog layers hide other slide layers by default. That keeps the focus on the dialog and its content. If learners need to access the base layer in an interaction, use standard layers. Follow these tips to make standard layers more accessible: Open the Slide Layer Properties window and mark the Hide other slide layers box. This option hides all other layers (except the base layer) when the current layer is visible to the learner. In the Focus Order window, arrange the objects from each individual layer to appear after the object on the base layer that activates the layer. Rearranging Layers To change the order of your layers, just drag and drop them where you want them in the Slide Layers panel. Layers display on top of the base layer (not behind it), and they'll open in the order in which they're triggered, regardless of their stacking order in the Slide Layers panel. Tip: To show more than one layer at the same time in your published output, click the gear icon for each layer to open its properties, then uncheck the box to Hide other slide layers. Showing, Hiding, and Dimming Layers in the Editor When you have multiple layers on a slide, you may find it useful to show or hide some of them while you're editing the slide. To display a layer even when it's not the active layer, click the eye icon to the right of its title in the Slide Layers panel to lock its visibility. To hide a layer, click the eye icon again to unlock its visibility. For example, if you don't want to see the base layer while you're building a supplemental layer, click the eye icon for the base layer to unlock its visibility—i.e., to hide it. Tips for working with layer visibility: The base layer visibility is locked by default. All other layers are unlocked by default. In other words, the base layer is always visible unless you hide it, and other layers are always hidden unless you make them visible. By default, only thelayer that's currently selected (active) is full-color. All other layers are dimmed. If you'd prefer to see them all in full color, uncheck the Dimbox at the bottom of the panel. Deleting Layers To delete a layer, select it in the Slide Layers panel and click the trash can icon (or just press the Delete key on your keyboard).999Views0likes0CommentsStoryline 360: Publishing a Course to Review 360
Publish your course toReview 360 to collect feedback from stakeholders. It’s a great way to collaborate on a project before distributing the finalized course to learners. Publish a New Item or Update an Existing Item Back Up Your Project File Change the Course Thumbnail Image Adjust the Player Properties and Quality Settings Publish a Slide, a Scene, or the Entire Course Choose a Tracking Option Publish Distribute Your Published Course Step 1: Publish a New Item or Update an Existing Item Go to the Home tab on the ribbon and click Publish. When the Publish window appears, select the Review 360 tab on the left. Choose to publish a new item or update an existing item: Create a new item: Mark this option to publish a brand new content item to Review 360, then give it a title. (If you have a title placeholder on the first slide, the course title defaults to the text entered in that title placeholder. If you don’t have a title placeholder on the first slide, the course title defaults to the name of your project file. You can change the title of your published course here without affecting the name of your project file or the title placeholder on the first slide.) Note that the title on the player will display up to 80 characters. Publish a new version of an existing item: Mark this option to update an existing content item located in your personal or team folder in Review 360, then select the item you want to update. (Review 360 keeps track of version history, so you can always view previously-published versions of the content item.) Publish locally for manual upload: Mark this option to publish a content item on your local computer for manual upload to Review 360, then choose where you want to publish it—for example, your desktop. Step 2: Back Up Your Project File (Optional) You can upload your Storyline 360 project file to Review 360 so you can access it from anywhere and share it with team members. To include the source file, check the Upload project file to Review 360 box. Step 3: Change the Course Thumbnail Image (Optional) By default, Storyline 360 uses an image of the first slide in your course as the thumbnail image on your Review 360 home page, but you can choose a different image. Temporarily switch to the Web tab on the left side of the Publish window. Click the ellipsis button (...) beside the Title field to open the Project Info window. Click the hyperlinked text below the default image, then select a different slide in your course or click Picture from File to choose an image on your hard drive. Click OK to close the Project Info window. Switch back to the Review 360 tab on the left side of the Publish window to finish the publishing process. Step 4: Adjust the Player Properties and Quality Settings Use the Properties section of the Publish window to make last-minute changes to your course player and quality settings. The Player property shows the name of the player currently assigned to your project. (The player is theframearound your slide content.) To make adjustments to your player, click the player name to open theplayer editor. The Quality property lets you choose adaptive or static video quality and control the compression settings for audio clips, static videos, and JPG images. The quality settings default to whatever you used the last time you published a course. To change them, click the Quality property, make your adjustments, and click OK. There are now two video quality options. Select Adaptive to automatically adjust the video quality (high, medium, or low) to the learner’s internet speed and prevent buffering. Learn more. Choose Static to deliver videos with the same quality to all learners, which could cause buffering. Drag the Static slider to change the video compression. Note that higher values give you higher-quality output but also larger file sizes (which means longer download times for learners with slow connections). Lower values give you smaller file sizes and faster download times, but the quality will be lower as well. Drag the Audio Quality slider to adjust the compression settings Storyline 360 uses for audio. Mark the Optimize audio volume box to normalize audio throughout your course for consistent volume across all slides. Tip: If your course audio already has consistent volume, you can speed up the publishing process by unchecking this option. Drag the JPG Quality slider to adjust the compression settings Storyline 360 uses for JPG images. Click Reset to standard optimization to use the default settings: adaptive video quality, audio bitrate of 56 kbps, and JPG image quality of 100%. Step 5: Publish a Slide, a Scene, or the Entire Course By default, Storyline 360 will publish your entire course. However, you can now choose to publish a specific scene from your course or even just a single slide. This is especially helpful when you want to collect feedback from reviewers on a particular scene or slide. Just click the Publish property, then choose the entire project, a single scene, or a single slide. Step 6: Choose a Tracking Option If you insert your Storyline 360project into a Rise 360 course as a Storyline block (see below), you get tochoosehow to track completion ofthe Storyline block. Click the Tracking property, thenselect one, two, or even all three of the following tracking options. Whichever option a learner completesfirstis the one that Rise 360 uses to mark the Storyline block complete.Learn moreabout tracking multiple completion criteria. When the learner has viewed# slides: Mark this option to trigger completion when learners view acertain number of slides. You can choose a percentage or a fixed number. Then decide which slides get counted—all slides or just those with slide numbers.Learn moreabout tracking slides viewed. When the learner completes a quiz: Mark this option to track learners based on their quiz results. You can let Storyline 360 keep track of multiple quizzes and send results to your LMS/LRS for the first quiz each learner completes.Learn moreabout tracking quizzes. (This option will be grayed-out if your course doesn’t have any result slides.) Using triggers: Mark this option to track learners based oncourse completion triggers you added to your course. (This option is grayed-out if your course doesnt have any completion triggers.) Storyline Blocks in Rise 360 If you plan to insert your published course into aStoryline block in Rise 360, the tracking option determines how your course interacts with Rise 360. You can use the tracking option torequire learners to complete the Storyline block before moving on with a Rise 360 course, and you can use it to track completion ofa Rise 360 course in your LMS. Tip: Add an image to your Storyline 360 course start page for a more seamless integration with Rise 360. Here’s how. Step 7: Publish When you’re finished making selections, click the Publish button. Your content gets published and uploaded to Review 360 all at once. How fast this happens depends on the size of your course and your internet speed. When the Publish Successful window appears, you’ll see two follow-up options. View Project: This opens the course you just published to Review 360 in your default browser. Copy Link: This copies the shareable link of your published course in Review 360 to your clipboard. Publishing Tips If a firewall blocks you from publishing directly to Review 360 or you need to customize the published output first, you can publish your Storyline 360 course on your local computer and then manually upload it to Review 360. Visit this user guide to learn more. Review 360 has a maximum size limit of 5 GB per project. If you’d like to check the size of your course, simply publish it on your local computer (see the link above) and then check the file size of the generated zipped package. Review 360 comments are tied to specific slides. Comments for deleted slides display below a "Scene not found" section in the feedback tab. Step 8: Distribute Your Published Course In the Publish Successful window, you can copy the shareable link to your published course and then send it to your viewers. Or, you can follow these steps: Open your browser to your Review 360 home page and click your course to open it. Click Share in the upper right corner. If you want to password-protect your course, mark the box to Set a password and enter a password in the field provided. Copy the shareable link, then send it to your viewers. Be sure to give them the password, too, if you added one. If you don’t want viewers to post comments on your course, click the ellipsis (...) button in the upper right corner and choose Disable comments. Note: Although share links are public, we prevent search engines from indexing our site so they won’t be searchable. However, if you post these links on a public web page, they may be indexed by a search engine. To protect confidential information, set a password or limit access to specific users. Learn more about using Review 360.909Views0likes0CommentsStoryline 360: Adding Result Slides
Result slides give learners dynamic feedback at the end of quizzes and surveys. They also send reporting and tracking information to learning management systems, including learners' responses and scores. You can use multiple result slides in a Storyline 360 course and even combine them for a composite score. In this tutorial, we'll look at adding result slides to a project and configuring their properties. Add a Result Slide Choose a Quiz Type Identify the Questions to Be Tracked Enable the Quiz Timer (Optional) Name Your Quiz Define the Passing Score (for Graded Results) Score Only Viewed Questions (Optional) Choose Result Slide Features Format Result Slide Buttons Step 1: Add a Result Slide First, do any of the following: Go to the Home tab on the ribbon, click New Slide, and choose Results. Go to the Slides tab on the ribbon and click Results. In Story View, right-click anywhere in the workspace, scroll to New Slide, and choose Results. In Slide View or Form View, right-click anywhere in the Scenes panel, scroll to New Slide, and choose Results. When the Insert Slide window appears, choose the type of result slide you want to add. Use the filters on the left side of the window to narrow your choices. There are four result-slide types: Graded: Choose a graded result slide when you want to track the score for the quiz. You'll have options to show the learner's score, the passing score, and passed/failed feedback. Survey: Choose a survey result slide for non-graded questions. Blank: Choose a blank result slide when you need to send completion data to an LMS/LRS but want to design the slide from scratch. For example, you might want to disguise it as a summary, thank you, or standard content slide. Combined: Choose a combined result slide when you want to combine multiple quiz results into one final result slide where learners must pass all quizzes to pass the course. Tip: As of June 2022, accessible-by-default templates are available in the gallery of result slide templates in addition to legacy and Content Library 360 templates. Click Insert Slide to add the result slide to your course. The Quiz Settings window appears, as shown below, where you can name your quiz, identify the questions you want to track, define the passing score, enable the quiz timer, and more. Step 2: Choose a Quiz Type Use the drop-down list in the upper left corner of the Quiz Settings window to choose one of these quiz types: Final Assessment: Creates a standard “submit results” trigger on the result slide. This is the default quiz type. A final assessment can be scored and tracked by your LMS/LRS, and it’s automatically added to your LMS/LRS tracking options. Pre-Check: Creates a conditional “submit results” trigger, which depends on the learner passing the quiz. A pre-check quiz can be scored and tracked by your LMS/LRS only if the learner passes. If they fail, the quiz won’t get reported to your LMS/LRS, and the learner has an opportunity to pass another quiz later in the course. Pre-checks are automatically added to your LMS/LRS tracking options. (Even though a failed pre-check doesn’t get reported, the question data still gets submitted to the LMS/LRS. Depending on your LMS/LRS, you might be able to see how a learner responded to a failed pre-check.) Knowledge Check: This quiz type isn’t scored or tracked by your LMS/LRS. Therefore, a “submit results” trigger isn’t created. A knowledge check simply gives the learner an opportunity to test their knowledge and reinforce what they learned. Step 3: Identify the Questions to Be Tracked A result slide can track question slides or other result slides. Use the Calculate results for drop-down list to select one of the following, then mark the boxes for the question slides or result slides you want to track. Questions Use this option to track individual question slides and question draws. Result Slides Use this option to combine other result slides into a final result slide. Then decide how you want to score the combined quizzes, using the scoring options that appear: User must pass each quiz: Require learners to pass each child quiz. If they fail any quiz, then they fail the entire course. Combine points from each quiz: Add the points from all child quizzes together as the final score for the course. Then enter a percentage in the Combined Passing Scorefield at the bottom of the window. In this scenario, a learner could fail one or morequizzes and still pass the overall course. When combining multiplequizzes into afinal result slide, learners will need to visit each of thechild result slides in order to complete the course. Otherwise, the course status will be marked incomplete. Step 4: Enable the Quiz Timer (Optional) You can set a time limit for your quiz, using the options in the upper right corner of the Quiz Settings window. Mark the Quiz Timer box, then enter the number of minutes you want to allow for the quiz. Clickthestopwatchicon to choose when the timer should start counting down and how you want it to display. (Note: Theresponsive mobile playeralways uses the time remaining format.) Step 5: Name Your Quiz As of August 2022, you can assign unique names to quiz result slides, making it easy to identify the corresponding built-in variables for each quiz. For example, a quiz named Time_Management generates variables such as Time_Management.PassPercent and Time_Management.ScorePoints . Use letters, numbers, and underscores to name your quizzes. Spaces, hyphens, and special characters aren't allowed. Quiz names won't show in your published course. They're only visible in your project file. Step 6: Define the Passing Score (for Graded Quizzes) If you're tracking graded questions, enter a percentage in the Passing Score field at the bottom of the Quiz Settings window. Step 7: Score Only Viewed Questions (Optional) As of September 2020, you can allow learners to skip quiz questions without negatively affecting their score by grading only the questions they view. Simply check the box to Only score viewed questions. For example, you might branch learners to different questions based on their answers to previous questions, which means they could skip some questions along the way. Unviewed Questions vs. Unanswered Questions Unviewed questions and unanswered questions are treated differently. When you score only the questions learners view, they won’t be penalized for questions they don’t see. However, if learners visit questions and then skip them without answering, those questions will count against their quiz score. Step 8: Choose Result Slide Features Finally, choose the features you want to display on your result slide. If theQuiz Settings window is open, click OK to close it, then go to the Result Tools—Design tab on the ribbon. Choose from the following features, and click the slide where you want them to appear. You can add features to the base layer of the result slide or to the success/failure layers. For example, you might add a review button to the base layer so learners can review the quiz whether they pass or fail.And you might add a print button to the success layer so learners who pass the quiz can print their results. Youcould also add a retry button to the failure layer so they can retake the quiz if they fail. Passing Percent Add a placeholder that displays the percentage required to pass. Format the text box any way you like. User Percent Add a placeholder to your slide that displays the percentage the learner achieved. Format the text box any way you like. Passing Points Add a placeholder that displays the number of points required to pass. Format the text box any way you like. User Points Add a placeholder to your slide that displays the number of points the learner earned. Format the text box any way you like. Review Button Add a Review Quiz button to your result slide, which lets learners go back and review the answers they submitted (but they can't change their answers). To give learners visual feedback on their performance, double-click the Review results trigger in the Triggers panel and mark the box to Show correct/incorrect responses when reviewing. To let learners review only the questions they got wrong, mark the box to Review only incorrect questions. Note: The review button is disabled for combined result slides. Print Button Add a Print Results button to your result slide, which lets learners print out a summary of their results. To include the learner's name on the printed report, double-click the Print results trigger in the Triggers panel and mark the box to Prompt the user for their name. Pro Tip: Learners can choose Save as PDF from the print dialog's Destination drop-down list to make the text searchable. Retry Button Add a Retry Quiz button to your result slide, which gives learners an unlimited number of attempts to retake the quiz. (To limit the number of quiz attempts, review this user guide.) Ifthe quiz drew a subset of questions from a question bank, learners will see a different subset of questions each time they retake the quiz. To let learners retry only the questions they got wrong, double-click the Reset results trigger in the Triggers panel and mark the box to Reset only incorrect questions. Note: The retry button is disabled for combined result slides. Tip: You can adjust the passing score and timer settings on the ribbon or in the Quiz Settings window, as described above Step 9: Format Result Slide Buttons You can format buttons on your result slide to match the rest of your course design. Select a button on your slide, go to the Button Tools—Format tab on the ribbon, and make your design selections. You can add icons, change the button style, adjust the colors, and add effects. To learn more about working with buttons, review this user guide. Can I Edit My Result Slide Later? Absolutely! Open your result slide in Slide View. Then go to the Result Tools—Design tab on the ribbon and click Quiz Settings.899Views0likes0CommentsStoryline 360: Publishing a Course for Web Distribution
When you want learners to access a Storyline 360 course over the internet or a private intranet, and if you don’t need to track their progress, then web publishing is for you. (If you do need to track learners’ results, publish for LMS/LRS.) Enter Title, Description, and Folder Location Enter Additional Project Info (Optional) Adjust the Player Properties and Quality Settings Choose to Publish a Slide, a Scene, or the Entire Course Publish Distribute Your Published Course Step 1: Enter Title, Description, and Folder Location Go to the Home tab on the ribbon and click Publish. When the Publish window appears, select the Web tab on the left. Enter the Title the way you want it to appear in your published output. (If you have a title placeholder on the first slide, the title defaults to the text entered in that title placeholder. If you don’t have a title placeholder on the first slide, the title defaults to the name of your project file. You can change the title of your published course here without affecting the name of your project file or the title placeholder on the first slide.) The maximum length for a project title is 80 characters; the maximum length for each output folder name is eight words. Use the Description field to document the purpose of your course. It won’t appear in your published output. Use the Folder field to choose where you want to publish your course—for example, your computer desktop. Click the ellipsis button (...) to browse to a location. Storyline 360 will create a new folder in that spot with all the files needed to operate your course. Important: Always publish to your local hard drive. Publishing to a network drive or a USB drive can cause problems with your published output due to latency. After publishing to your local hard drive, upload the output to a web server for testing and distribution. Step 2: Enter Additional Project Info (Optional) Click the ellipsis button (...) next to the Title field to define additional project information. Currently, this information is for your reference only. It won’t be visible in your published output. The Title and Description fields are the same as those on the Publish window (see the previous step). The image below the Title fieldis the course thumbnail. By default, Storyline 360 uses an image of the first slide in your course, but you can choose a different image. Just click the hyperlinked text below the image, then select a different slide or click Picture from File to choose an image on your hard drive. Enter values for Author, Email, Website, Duration, Date, Version, and Keywords if you’d like. The Identifier applies only to content published for LMS/LRS. When you’re finished customizing the project information, click OK to return to the Publish window. Step 3: Adjust the Player Properties and Quality Settings Use the Properties section of the Publish window to make last-minute changes to your course player and quality settings. The Player property shows the name of the player currently assigned to your project. (The player is the frame around your slide content.) To make adjustments to your player, click the player name to open the player editor. The Quality property lets you choose adaptive or static video quality and control the compression settings for audio clips, static videos, and JPG images. The quality settings default to whatever you used the last time you published a course. To change them, click the Quality property, make your adjustments, and click OK. There are now two video quality options. Select Adaptive to automatically adjust the video quality (high, medium, or low) to the learner’s internet speed and prevent buffering. Learn more. Choose Static to deliver videos with the same quality to all learners, which could cause buffering. Drag the Static slider to change the video compression. Note that higher values give you higher-quality output but also larger file sizes (which means longer download times for learners with slow connections). Lower values give you smaller file sizes and faster download times, but the quality will be lower as well. Drag the Audio Quality slider to adjust the compression settings Storyline 360 uses for audio. Mark the Optimize audio volume box to normalize audio throughout your course for consistent volume across all slides. Tip: If your course audio already has consistent volume, you can speed up the publishing process by unchecking this option. Drag the JPG Quality slider to adjust the compression settings Storyline 360 uses for JPG images. Click Reset to standard optimization to use the default settings: adaptive video quality, audio bitrate of 56 kbps, and JPG image quality of 100%. Step 4: Choose to Publish a Slide, a Scene, or the Entire Course By default, Storyline 360 will publish your entire course. However, you can now choose to publish a specific scene from your course or even just a single slide. This is helpful when you want to publish multiple courses from the same project file. Just click the Publish property, then choose the entire project, a single scene, or a single slide. Step 5: Publish When you’e finished making selections, click the Publish button. When the publishing process is complete, you’ll see the Publish Successful window with several follow-up options. View Project This launches the published course in your default web browser. Important: Since your files have been prepared for web delivery, you might encounter unexpected behavior when viewing the course on your local hard drive. It’s best to upload your published output to a web server for proper testing. Email This opens a new email message with a zipped file of your published course attached. This option is helpful if you need to send your course to a web server administrator for deployment. We don’t recommend emailing a published course to learners. Security restrictions on their computers will prevent some features in your course from working properly. Upload the course to a server instead, then give learners a link to the story.html file. FTP This opens a window where you can enter your FTP credentials and transfer your output to a web server. Zip This creates a zipped version of your course files in the same location where your course was published. Open This opens a file viewer where you can see the files Storyline 360 just created. After you move the files to a web server, send learners a link to the story.html file, which is the file that launches your course. Step 6: Distribute Your Published Course Now that you’ve published your course, it’s time to upload it to a server and give it a test run. Then send learners a link to the story.html file.801Views0likes0CommentsStoryline 360: Translating Courses
Do you need a course in multiple languages? Storyline 360’s translation features can help with that. Export the Original Text Translate the Exported Text Import the Translated Text Localize the Storyline Player Step 1: Export the Original Text First, export a copy of the text from your Storyline 360 project. Go to the File tab on the Storyline ribbon, scroll to Translation, and select one of these export options: Export to XLIFF XLIFF is a file format commonly used for translation services and computer programs. Give your file a name and click the ellipsis to select the location where you want to save it. Choose the Source Language that you used to create the course. Choose the XLIFF Version required for your translation service or program, either 1.2 or 2.0. Click OK to complete the export process. Export to Word Word documents are great for machine translation—and they’re even better for human translation. Exporting to Word (DOCX) provides an easily readable list of text for translating text manually. Give your file a name and click the ellipsis to select the location where you want to save it. If you’d like, choose one of the following options: Include slide thumbnails for reference to add screenshots of each slide and layer to the supporting text for visual context. Export as a single table to create a single table of the entire course for computer-aided translation. Click OK to complete the export process. Note: By default, theFebruary 2021 update and later forStoryline 360 useenhanced Word translation. If you prefer the legacy translation workflow, view this guide on how to switch back. Step 2: Translate the Exported Text After exporting the text from your course, use the resulting Word document or XLIFF file to translate it into other languages. You can use professional translators, an online translation service, or a computer program. When translating content, keep these important items in mind: As of June 2021, you can apply basic font formatting (e.g., bold, italics, underline, strikethrough, superscript, subscript) to translated text in the Word document, and Storyline 360 will import the changes back into your project file. Visit this article to learn more. If you’re using the Export to Word option, only modify text in the column titled Translation in the resulting Word document. Leave all other text unchanged. Don’t translate result slide variable references. Closed captionscan’t be translated using this process. They’ll need to be translated separately and imported back into Storyline 360. Trigger conditions can’t be translated using this process. They’ll need to be translated manually in Storyline 360. Variable names can’t be translated using this process. (Variable values can be translated, just not their names.) As a result, you shouldn’t translate variable references in the exported file unless you also plan to translate the variable names manually in Storyline. Otherwise, translated variable references won’t match their corresponding variable names. Step 3: Import the Translated Text When the translation is ready, import the Word document or XLIFF file back into Storyline 360: Create a copy of your original project file to contain the new language and open it in Storyline 360. Go to the File tab on the Storyline ribbon, scroll to Translation, and select Import. Browse to the Word document or XLIFF file that contains the translated text and click Open. When you see the congratulations message, click OK. Review the imported text to be sure it fits properly in your course and make adjustments as necessary. Some languages use longer words and phrases, so you may need to allow more room for the expanded text or reduce the font size. Step 4: Localize the Storyline Player While the translation feature in Storyline360 lets you modify the slide content, you may also want to customize the player’s text labels. Text labels let you localize buttons, messages, and other player elements for different languages.699Views0likes0Comments