Storyline: Adult Learning Principles Click-and-Reveal
Interactions are a handy way to break up content. But if you’re looking to branch out from the typical tabs or accordion approaches, try this click-and-reveal instead. This interaction makes adult learning principles more approachable thanks to a friendly color scheme, cohesive illustrations, and gentle animations. And while it still has similar functionality to a traditional tabs interaction, the unexpected layout makes the experience feel fresh and enticing. Explore this project. This template will work for folks using Storyline 360, the continuously updated version of Storyline included in Articulate 360. Want to try it out? Get a free trial of Articulate 360 right here. And subscribe to our newsletter to find out about other helpful downloads.Meet the New Morph Transition in Articulate Storyline
As an e-learning developer, you know how important smooth, engaging transitions can be. That’s why I’m excited about Articulate’s latest update: the brand-new Morph transition for Storyline! Morph brings a whole new level of polish to your slides by intelligently animating objects from one state to another. Instead of abrupt jumps or simple fades, you can now create fluid, professional-looking animations that feel almost cinematic. Whether you're moving shapes, text, or images, the Morph transition automatically calculates the movement, scaling, rotation, and even color changes — saving you tons of manual animation time. It’s perfect for storytelling, demos, onboarding courses, or anytime you want to wow your learners with seamless visual flow. To explore the new feature, I developed a short demo showcasing what Morph can do. The demo is inspired by three Morph transitions originally created in Microsoft PowerPoint that I discovered online and features an animated intro slide, a dynamic animation of a deck of cards, and a smooth circular text animation — all created using the new Morph transition. While it’s exciting to see how much creativity this new feature unlocks, I did notice that the Morph transitions aren't quite as smooth yet as the PowerPoint version. These kinds of hiccups are common for new features, and I’m sure the Articulate development team is working hard to smooth out these tiny issues. All in all, I can’t wait to start using Morph in my projects — and I’m even more excited to see what you create with it! Have you tried it yet? Let me know what you think! You can preview my demo via the link below, or download the source file to explore the build details. Preview my demo Download the source file Note: In the demo, I’ve used some circular text. This text was created in PowerPoint. If needed, you can download the PowerPoint file hereGreat use of Storyline in Rise for Listicles
This basic tab style interaction is made in Storyline for use as an alternate way to present a list of content in Rise. This is simple yet modern enough design to add that extra engagement factor and clearly present text, icons, additional content, and more! The Storyline is designed at 1280x500 to allow for HD width format and still allow for the full interaction to fit (without scrolling) in a smaller screen. Download the Storyline file | See it in action here!Storyline's 100th Release
Articulate hit an important milestone recently that we wanted to share with you—we've hit our 100th month of Storyline releases 🎉 That means that for 100 months running, we’ve shipped updates to our products, from small UI enhancements and bug fixes to big, net-new features like text-to-speech and 360 degree images. (You can check out our entire release history, including the features in our 100th release, here). This community is an absolutely crucial part of how we got here, and we wanted to celebrate with you. Our team put together this video we wanted to share celebrating this shared achievement: You’ve generously shared your kind words about Articulate, and how it supports your work in the E-Learning industry, for us to include in this video. But, we wanted to make sure to also tell you how much we love you. Here’s what our product team had to say about how working with this community supported these releases: "It has been a true pleasure collaborating with our customers through the private beta program over the past seven years. I am continually impressed by the innovative ways they leverage Storyline! Assisting them in overcoming project challenges has significantly enhanced my own understanding of the product, and I am thankful for the opportunity to partner with them in improving our features for all users. I would especially like to acknowledge AndreasNeuberg, PhilMayor, GaryBaldock1, TracyParish, and many others for their active participation in our Beta program." - Vanessa Fage, Staff QA Engineer & Quality Lead “For years, our customers have been instrumental in shaping accessibility, from helping refine the Accessible Player to influencing new features like the Accessibility Checker in Storyline 360. Through user research, early access testing, beta testing, and feedback, you've helped ensure a smoother experience for creating accessible content. A heartfelt thank you to all our customers who shared their insights, with special recognition to DianeElkins, MelanieSobie-14, DonnaWestwood, MartinBrown-1ab, RayeShilen, LoicBENARD, MadalinaMano183, AndreasNeuberg, and many others!” - Ronnie Pilman, CPACC, Senior QA Engineer II & Accessibility Lead “Recently we’ve been inviting customers to get early access to new features, and it’s been incredibly valuable to hear your feedback earlier and more often throughout the development process. Your input has directly shaped how these features look and function, helping us build features that truly meet your needs. A big thank you to all who participated—especially GregoryFauchill, jeff-batt, MathNotermans-9, PhilMayor, rachelatkaiser, and HarriS for their active participation & feedback on the new JavaScript API & corner radius feature.” - Annie Kim, Storyline Product Manager Is there a time when you remember participating with us to improve Storyline? Did you take part in a beta program, suggest a feature that got turned into a real part of our product, or take part in a user interview? Let us know in the comments. Psst—we know we've come a long way, and we still have a long way to go! We wanted to share that this year, we're investing in making our product feedback cycles in this community even better. Look out for improvements to our product ideation boards and beta programs in the coming quarters.You're Hired!
Rather than make a series of clickable objects, I tried to create a more dynamic experience where the user can actually meet fellow employees, each with their own personality, voice, and knowledge base. In this example, the user can select a team member, meet them in their office, and through an AI interface, ask them real-time questions just as they would in a live onboarding session. I tried to give each character their own personality that comes through in their responses, so feel free to ask whatever you want -- you should get a coherent response. The ultimate goal is to create an onboarding experience feels more "human" and engaging, but is also scalable, with avatars that can be retrained as company knowledge grows. Link: You're Hired!Fixing Slide Positions For Drag Interactivity On Mobile Using JavaScript
Hey Heroes, I’ve recently been working on a number of client projects that really put the new JavaScript API in Storyline to good use! One challenge I had to overcome was how Storyline behaves on mobile devices. By default, it seems to add a slide-drifting transition when users swipe—great if you're building swipe navigation between slides, but not so helpful when users are meant to interact with objects on the slide itself. For example, trying to drag an object can instead cause the whole slide to shift, which can lead to some confusion and frustration. For this week’s challenge, I’ve put together a demo that showcases the solution I developed to disable this behaviour when needed. You can try out the project here: LINK Copy the JavaScript code snippet for your own projects: LINK I also recorded this video for YouTube showing the results:
Storyline: Simple Tabs Interaction
Looking for more ideas on how to organize heaps of information into bite-sized chunks? Explore this beautifully-designed tabs interaction that empowers learners to navigate content at their own pace. Explore this project. Want to try creating something similar in Storyline 360, but don’t have Articulate 360? Start a free 30-day trial. And subscribe to our newsletter to stay-up-to-date on the latest e-learning examples.
