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Rise 360: Create Custom Blocks
Custom block is currently in beta. Functionality may change over time. Based on feedback and feature stability, some options could be modified, and others removed. Need a unique block to meet your exact training needs? Custom blocks unlock fresh possibilities! Add text, objects, and media elements to a blank canvas, then drag and drop them to craft the perfect creation. Note: While custom block supports several accessibility features, some aspects are not yet fully accessible. Insert Blank or Prebuilt Templates Set up the Canvas Add Templates and Objects Manipulate Objects Format Objects Adjust Object Order and Accessiblity Settings Add Interactivity (Coming Soon) Modify the Block Settings Using Keyboard Shortcuts Accessibility and Compatibility Feedback Step 1: Insert Blank or Prebuilt Templates Get started with a blank canvas or a prebuilt template. Open the block library in your training to begin. Start from Scratch Expand the Custom Block menu. Select +Blank to insert a blank canvas into your course. Click Create a Custom Block to begin. Start with a Template Expand the Custom Block menu. Choose a category, then select a template. Hover over the block and click the Content icon to personalize the template. You can also add templates to blank blocks. Follow the link for a full list of prebuilt templates. Step 2: Set Up the Canvas The canvas is where you add objects and create your custom block. Only objects placed on the canvas are visible to learners. Use the toolbar that displays to select the canvas to modify the color, border style, and overlay. You can also manually enter the canvas pixel width and height or automatically shrink the canvas to the included objects. Please note, custom blocks aren't responsive at this time. We recommend using a slightly taller canvas size so that your content remains legible on smaller screens and mobile devices. Step 3: Add Templates and Objects Once you're in the custom block editor, you can either manipulate objects in your selected template (more on that in the next section), insert a new template, or add objects. Use the search bar in the object category menu to quickly find what you need. Use the control in the lower-right corner to zoom in or out on the canvas. Templates On the left sidebar, click Templates, and then make a selection. On a blank canvas, click Use template. This inserts the canvas and all objects associated with the selected template On a populated canvas, you can also select Add to canvas. This keeps the current canvas and inserts the template objects over the existing objects. Selecting Use template on a populated canvas completely replaces the existing canvas and objects. Once inserted, the individual objects of a template can be manipulated and formatted just like any other object. You may have to ungroup or drill into objects to access all formatting options. Objects Add additional objects from the left sidebar. Text: Insert a text box with the selected text type as the default. This can be modified in the formatting toolbar. Add a hyperlink by selecting text. (Note: superscript and subscript formatting aren't available for custom block text.) Shapes: Insert a grey prebuilt shape on your canvas. Click within the shape to add text. Shape formatting options include color, corner rounding, border, shadow, and overlay. Images: Insert an image generated with AI, an image from Content Library 360, or upload your own. Regardless of source, images have corner rounding, border, shadow, and overlay options. Crop and alt text tools are available by right-clicking on an image. Videos: Insert a video by dragging and dropping or selecting a video file to upload. If you'd like your video file to keep its specific file format and not undergo compression, you can opt out of optimization by selecting Preserve file quality. Note that this may decrease performance. Forward seeking can't be disabled for videos in custom layouts. Audio: Generate audio with AI Assistant, record your own audio, or upload an audio file with transcription to insert into your canvas. Click any of the icons to insert the object you want, then simply drag it to where you'd like it to be in the block. You can also select an object or group of objects and enter the X and Y positions in the Position toolbar menu. Step 4: Manipulate Objects You can work with objects in multiple ways. In addition to direct manipulation, right-click menu commands, formatting toolbar options, and keyboard shortcuts are available. The options available for individual objects are also easily accessible from the Objects sidebar. Change the Order The easiest way to change the order of an object on the canvas is to right-click the object and select an option from the Move menu. There are also several keyboard shortcuts for adjusting an object's placement. Align Horizontal and vertical alignment guides display as you move an object, multiple objects, or an object group. If you have other objects placed on the canvas already, you'll see vertical and horizontal alignment guides in relation to those objects as well. You can also select an object, multiple objects, or group and choose an option from the Position menu, or right-click and select an option from the Align menu. Resize You can quickly resize an object by hovering over the edge or corner and dragging in that direction. Hold the Shift key while resizing to maintain the object's aspect ratio. You can also enter the width and height values in the Position menu. Rotate Rotate objects by hovering over an object's corner. When the cursor changes to a curved arrow, click and move the cursor in the direction you want to rotate the object. You can also select an object or group and use the slider, or enter a value in the Position menu. Note that alignment guides don't appear when you’re moving rotated objects. Group Grouping is a handy way to move, resize, rotate, flip, or change other attributes of several objects all at once—as if they were a single object. To group objects, Shift+click or drag your cursor over two or more objects, then choose Group to group them. To ungroup objects, choose Ungroup. Lock Select an object or group of objects and click the lock icon in the toolbar that appears to lock their position. You can also right-click and select Lock. Duplicate Select an object or group of objects and click the duplicate icon in the toolbar that appears. You can also right-click and select Duplicate. The duplicated object or group appears slightly offset from the original and is automatically selected. Delete Select an object or group of objects and click the delete icon in the toolbar that appears. You can also press Delete or select the Delete option from the right-hand menu. Restore deleted items by pressing Ctrl+Z. Step 5: Format Objects Select an object on the canvas to access the formatting/action toolbar. Different objects have different toolbar options. The formatting toolbar for multi-selected and grouped objects reflects the available tools for the objects in the group. If a tool doesn't affect a particular object, modifying the value will have no effect on that object. Tools that are available for all objects or multiple object types will equally affect all relevant objects. For example, changing the opacity for a group overrides any individual object settings and, instead, sets the opacity for all group objects to the same value. All Objects Opacity Adjust an object's visibility. When multiple objects are selected, this value overrides any individual object's value. Position Align the object to the canvas using the available options. Rotate the object. Enter pixel values in the W and H fields to adjust the object size, using the lock icon to preserve aspect ratio. Use the X and Y fields to position objects on the canvas. Images Crop Use the drop-down menu to select an aspect ratio and crop the image accordingly. You can also use the freeform crop tool or enter specific values in the position menu. Reset to abandon changes. Shapes and Text Text Formatting These tools let you adjust the font type, size, and formatting, as well as the paragraph and line positioning. Shapes and Images Change Shape Switch to a different shape. Color (Shapes only) Change the object's fill. Apply a color to the selected object using one of the following methods: Click the color you want in the Saturation and Value area. Drag the hue slider to change the dominant color of the spectrum. Use the eyedropper tool to match the color of anything visible on your screen. Just click the eyedropper, then click any color on your screen. (Chrome-based browsers only) Entering a custom color value in Hex. Choose a color from the theme color palette. Or select a color you've used in the current layout. Adjust the visibility of the color opacity with the Opacity bar under the Hue slider. Border Change the object's border style: solid, dashed, dotted, or no border. Corner Rounding Use the slider or enter a specific value to change the degree of rounding for image and shape corners (does not apply to ovals). Drop Shadow Add a shadow to the selected object. Use the X and Y fields to control the position of the offset. The shadow is black by default, but you can change it in the Color menu. Opacity determines how visible the shadow is, and blur affects the sharpness of the shape. Overlay Add a color overlay to your object. The overlay is black by default, but you can change it in the Color menu. Adjust overlay opacity with the slider or enter a value. Step 6: Adjust Object Order and Accessibility Settings There are two ways to adjust the order of objects and object groups. One way affects the visual order while the other affects how accessibility tools like screen readers interact with objects in a custom block. Visual Order Select Objects in the sidebar to access controls for the canvas and all objects in your current custom block. In addition to using the combined formatting toolbar, you can easily drag and drop individual and grouped objects to adjust their visibility. You can also remove items from groups. Note that newly added objects appear at the top of this list. Accessibility Order Select Focus order to access a list of objects and groups in screen reader and keyboard navigation order. Items in this list can be adjusted independently of object order for accessibility purposes, but you can't remove items from groups here. Click Match visual order to reset the list to the same order as the objects list. Newly added objects appear at the bottom of this list. Add Alt Text In the focus order panel, use the Alternative text field to add alt text to any object, object group, or the canvas itself. Step 7: Add Interactivity (Coming Soon) We're still exploring how to add interactivity to custom blocks. We'd love to hear your thoughts. Hover over Interactivity in the sidebar and click Share Feedback to let us know what interactive features would make your custom blocks even better. Step 8: Modify the Block Settings Hover over an existing block to access the left-hand design toolbar and modify the appearance of your block. Click the Style icon to access block background options. The Format menu provides options for changing the block padding and content width. Since custom blocks aren't responsive at this time, use the following values as the maximum widths for your canvas so that the block fits within the content width parameters: Large - 920px Medium - 760px Small: 520px We recommend using less padding around custom blocks for a better mobile experience. Using Keyboard Shortcuts The following keyboard shortcuts can be used on the custom block canvas. Mac/Windows Keys Function O Add circle (oval) item to canvas T Add paragraph item to canvas R Add rectangle item to canvas Cmd/Ctrl+] Bring forward ] Bring to front Delete Delete object Cmd/Ctrl+D Duplicate objects Shift+H Flip horizontally Shift+V Flip vertically Cmd/Ctrl+G Group objects Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+L Lock/Unlock Shift+Arrow Keys Move object 10px Cmd/Ctrl+Click Select object within a group Cmd/Ctrl+Y Redo Cmd/Ctrl+A Select all Cmd/Ctrl+[ Send backward [ Send to back Cmd/Ctrl+Z Undo Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+G Ungroup objects Cmd/Ctrl+0 Zoom custom block canvas to 100% Accessibility and Compatibility We're still evaluating and improving the accessibility compliance of custom block at this time. In its current state, custom block doesn't fully meet accessibility guidelines. Custom block templates and user-defined custom blocks don't reflow to fit different screens. This can make them hard to read on small screens or when zoomed in. Though accessibility guidelines provide a reflow exception for presentation content like our custom block, they can still be difficult for mobile users and people with low vision to use. To make sure your content works for everyone, test it on both a mobile device and a desktop browser zoomed to 400%, not just in preview mode. Even though it doesn't meet full compliance at this time, we encourage authors to use the accessibility tools provided in custom block to improve its accessibility. Articulate Localization isn't supported for custom blocks at this time. To translate custom block content, authors must use the manual translation process. Share Your Feedback We're excited about the creativity that custom block will unlock and need your help to ensure it meets the needs and expectations of all Articulate users. Your feedback will directly influence the development of custom block within Rise 360, so consider sharing your thoughts on the following topics: Uses: How are you using custom blocks? Share your creations! Bugs: Is anything not working as expected? Improvements: How could this feature be better? Insights: How does this feature benefit you and your learners? Click Beta next to Custom Blocks and select Share feedback to share your thoughts.
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Articulate 360 Teams: Understanding Content Ownership and Transfer Scenarios
As an admin, you play a key role in managing your team’s content. Teams change, but the need to understand content ownership and access doesn’t. Read on to learn how ownership determines access to online content and how to transfer content when team members leave or subscriptions change. Content Ownership Let’s start with the basics of content ownership and whether content is considered personal or shared. Personal: The online content your users create with Articulate 360 apps is owned by the subscription. However, it is also linked to their Articulate ID (AID) and considered their personal content. This personal content includes: Rise 360 courses, microlearning, and question banks in the private directory Unshared Rise 360 block templates Review 360 items and folders in the private directory Shared: If your users share their content with other authors or create content in team folders, it becomes shared content. That means it can’t be moved from the subscription until it’s made personal again. Shared content includes: Rise 360 courses, microlearning, and question banks in the team directory Rise 360 courses and microlearning with collaborators Shared Rise 360 block templates Review 360 items and folders in the team directory Storyline 360 shared team slides Transfer Scenarios Since the subscription owns shared content, changes in team membership and subscriptions may affect access to the content created. Here are a few scenarios where content is transferred or unlinked due to changes in subscription. Users Leave the Team Users Move to Another Subscription Subscriptions Merge Subscriptions Reduce Seats Subscriptions Expire or are Cancelled Users Leave the Team If you need to remove a user from the subscription because they have left, you must transfer the user’s shared content to someone else on the team. You must also choose whether to include the user’s personal content in the transfer or let the departing user keep it. If you want to transfer the content to a new user and there’s no open seat, you can temporarily add the new user as an admin. Review this user guide to learn more. Users Move to Another Subscription A user’s personal content stays with their Articulate ID when they move to another subscription. They can turn any shared content they own into personal content by unsharing or transferring it to their private directory before they leave the current subscription. When moving a user to another subscription, you can allow them to maintain access to their personal content. Here’s how: Shared content won’t transfer to a new subscription until it’s made personal again. Determine whether the shared content should remain on the current subscription or move with the user to the new subscription. If it needs to move, the user must make that content personal before the removal process. In the new subscription, they can share that personal content with other authors or create content in team folders. Remove the user from the current subscription, then uncheck the Include personal content option when prompted. Invite the user to the new subscription. They’ll regain access to their personal content once they accept the invitation and join the new team. If you need to move a large number of users to another subscription, contact success@articulate.com. We will help coordinate the process to ensure a smooth transition. Subscriptions Merge Having one subscription for everyone on your team lets you fully utilize Articulate 360’s collaborative features. Contact us using this form if you want to combine subscriptions. We’ll set everything up and ensure your team’s content (private and shared) remains intact. Read this article to learn what happens when merging subscriptions and how to complete the process. Subscriptions Reduce Seats If needed, you can request a seat reduction for your subscription. However, you may risk losing content if you wait for the system to remove the seatholders automatically upon renewal. To maintain access to private and shared content, make sure to free up the number of seats being reduced before the renewal date. Learn more about reducing seats in a subscription. (For Articulate 360 trials, read this article when buying fewer seats than the number of users in your trial.) Subscriptions Expire or are Cancelled If you cancel your subscription or let it expire, any personal content stays with an individual’s Articulate ID, but shared content remains with the original subscription. We’ll keep that content on our servers for up to six months after your paid subscription expires or your free trial ends. If you decide to resubscribe within 60 days, reach out to success@articulate.com. We can help you reinstate your existing subscription so you can pick up where you left off. If it’s after 60 days, you’ll need to purchase a new subscription. Learn more about reactivating or replacing a lapsed subscription. If you do decide to cancel or let your subscription expire permanently, read this article to understand what happens and what you need to do before you cancel. Regardless, we’ll keep your content on our servers for up to six months after your paid subscription expires or your free trial ends. We’d be sad to see you go, but we’ll be here if you need us or want to renew your subscription later.
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Articulate 360 Teams User Guide
New to Articulate 360 Teams? See Getting Started with Articulate 360 Teams Getting Started Articulate 360 Teams: Starting a Free Trial and Buying a Subscription Articulate 360 Teams: Naming, Renaming, and Switching Teams Managing Users & Content Articulate 360 Teams: Managing Users, Groups, and Admins Articulate 360 Teams: Authenticate Using Single Sign-On Articulate 360 Teams: Understanding Content Ownership and Transfer Scenarios Articulate 360 Teams: Managing Content When Users Leave Your Team Articulate 360 Teams: Where to Find Transferred Content When Someone Leaves Your Team Managing Your Subscription Articulate 360 Teams: Buying More User Seats as Your Team Grows Articulate 360 Teams: Merging Subscriptions Articulate 360 Teams: Reactivating or Replacing a Lapsed Subscription Articulate 360 Teams: Reducing Seats in a Subscription Collaborating with Your Team & Getting Help Articulate 360 Teams: Collaborating on E-Learning Projects Articulate 360 Teams: Getting Help Leveraging Premium Add-ons Reach 360: A Frictionless LMS Rise 360: Get Started with AI Assistant Storyline 360: Get Started with AI Assistant Articulate 360: Articulate Localization User Guide
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Articulate 360: Managing Your Profile and Account
Manage your Articulate ID profile and Articulate 360 subscription, team, and add-ons conveniently in one place. Access your Account Management Console in any of the following ways: Sign in directly to https://id.articulate.com/redirect/account. If you have subscriptions in both the U.S. and EU data centers, you’ll be prompted to select the region you want to sign into. Alternatively, you can sign in directly to the region you want to manage: U.S.: https://account.articulate.com/ EU: https://account.eu.articulate.com/ Note: To switch between regions, sign out of the current region, sign back in, and select the appropriate region. From the Articulate 360 desktop app, click the drop-down arrow in the upper right corner and choose Profile & Account. This will launch your Articulate 360 account in your default web browser. From your Articulate 360 home page or any of the web apps, click your avatar in the upper right corner and choose Account. The Your Profile page launches by default with account management tabs on the left side of the screen. Access to certain tabs will vary depending on your subscription plan, user role, and whether Reach 360 is activated for your account. The table below shows the tabs available to Articulate 360 Teams and Articulate 360 personal accounts. Click the links for details on each tab. Articulate 360 Teams Articulate 360 Personal Your Profile Manage Team/Team Info Manage Subscription Manage Reach 360 Billing Articulate 360 Reach 360 Support Your Profile Manage Subscription Billing Articulate 360 Support Your Profile Manage profile details, including your: Name Organization Country Phone number Preferred language: This sets the language for account management. To change the interface language for desktop apps, check out this article. Password: If single sign-on (SSO) is enabled for your team, passwords are managed by your organization. Here’s how to sign in with SSO. Email preferences: Click Manage to update your email subscription status. If you opt out on this page, you’ll also unsubscribe from E-Learning Epiphanies. You can subscribe or choose how often you receive E-Learning Epiphanies emails here. Note: Be sure to click Save when you're done editing your profile. Manage Team Articulate 360 Teams account owners and admins use this page to manage users and seat assignments. (Non-admins can refer to the Team Info tab). This tab displays your: Team name Subscription number: a unique reference number for your current subscription (ex. SUB-#### or ART-####) Subscription renewal date Account owner Seats tab Admins tab Three interactive areas appear on the screen: the team name, the Seats tab, and the Admins tab. Below is a description of each. Team name If you're the account owner or an account admin, you can change the team name by clicking it and choosing Edit team name from the drop-down list that appears. If you belong to more than one team, you can switch between your teams by clicking the team name and choosing Switch Team from the drop-down list that appears. (Note: If you have subscriptions in both the U.S. and EU data centers, you must sign out of the current region, sign back in, and select the appropriate region to switch between subscriptions.) Learn more about naming, renaming, and switching between teams. This name will be used across your Articulate 360 subscription. For example, authors from other subscriptions will see your team name under External Connections when you add them as Rise 360 collaborators. Seats tab See the total number of seats available for your team and how many seats are currently unassigned. Add users to your team by entering their email addresses in the user grid and clicking Invite. (An email icon appears in the Status column for invited users. When they accept your invitation, their status will change to a green circle with a check mark.) You can also resend invites when the email bounces back. Delete a user from your team by hovering over their email address, clicking the X that appears at the end of the row, and clicking Remove. You get to choose what happens to the user's data when they're removed from your team. Create a user group by clicking New Group on the upper right. Then, enter a group name and choose how many seats to assign to the new group. Learn more about managing groups. Click the Upload a CSV to invite multiple users all at once Download a CSV gives you a list of current seatholders. If you’re subscribed to Articulate Localization, you can grant or remove translation access via Manage Localization Access. Learn more about managing translation access. Admins tab Add admins to your team by entering their email addresses in the admin grid and clicking Invite. (An email icon appears in the Status column for invited users. When they accept your invitation, their status will change to a green circle with a check mark.) You can also resend invites when the email bounces back. Check out this user guide to learn more about managing your team. Team Info Articulate 360 Teams seatholders who aren't account owners or admins see the Team Info tab, which displays the following: Team name Subscription number Subscription renewal date Account owner List of admins for the team List of all team members Manage Subscription The appearance of this page varies depending on whether you have an Articulate 360 teams or personal subscription, as shown below. Articulate 360 Teams Articulate 360 Personal Articulate 360 Teams Articulate 360 Teams account owners and account admins can use this page to: Modify the team name. (Click the current name, type in a new name, and choose Save.) Monitor Articulate 360 seats and Reach 360 active learners. Generate a PDF quote document to see the price for adding seats or upgrading to Articulate 360 AI. Upgrade to Articulate 360 AI or start an AI Assistant trial if you haven’t tried it. Monitor the team's translation usage and upload glossaries with Articulate Localization. If they haven’t tried our localization solution, they’ll see a Start a Trial button. Activate or deactivate Reach 360. (Learn more about Reach 360 activation.) Upgrade or modify a Reach 360 Pro plan. Articulate 360 Personal Account owners can also use this page to modify the subscription plan name by clicking the current name, typing in the new name, and choosing Save. They can also upgrade to Articulate 360 AI or generate a PDF quote document to see the price for upgrading. If subscribed to Articulate Localization, they can view their translation usage and upload a glossary. If they haven’t tried our localization solution, they’ll see a Start a Trial button. AI Assistant Free Trial Access When you sign up for a free 30-day trial of Articulate 360, AI Assistant is automatically enabled for your subscription. However, you or an admin can disable AI Assistant at any time by navigating to the account management console and selecting Manage Subscription. In the AI Assistant section, toggle the Free Trial setting. Confirm by clicking the Disable button in the pop-up screen that displays. Note: The AI Assistant trial is active only for the length of your free trial, even if disabled. Existing customers who are eligible to try AI Assistant can get a 14-day trial by clicking the Start a Trial button. Manage Reach 360 If Reach 360 is activated for the subscription, Articulate 360 Teams account owners and account admins can manage Reach 360 admins, managers, and reporters directly in Reach 360 or from this tab. Learn how below. Add Admins Add admins by clicking the Add Reach User button and typing in their email address. Then, select Admin from the role dropdown and click the Add User button. Add Managers Add managers by clicking the Add Reach User button, typing in their email address, and selecting Manager from the role dropdown. Click the Assign Manage Groups button to choose at least one Reach 360 group, then click the Add User button. Add Reporters Add reporters by clicking the Add Reach User button, typing in their email address, and selecting Reporter from the role dropdown. Click the Assign Manage Groups button to choose at least one Reach 360 group, then click the Add User button. Admins can manage all learners, training settings, and more in Reach 360, managers can only manage groups to which they're assigned, while reporters can access the reporting dashboard. Learn about user permissions in Reach 360. Note: If the Reach 360 user you added is a part of the Articulate 360 team, they're accepted automatically, and their status becomes a green circle with a check mark. Users outside the team have an envelope icon status until they accept the invite. Hover over their name and click Resend when you need to send the invite again. They must sign in with an Articulate ID to accept the invite and access Reach 360. Remove users by hovering over their name, clicking the trash icon that appears, then clicking the Delete button. Reach admins can't remove themselves or the account owner. Click the user's name to change their role or modify the groups they manage. Then select Save to confirm the changes. Use the Search field to find specific users on the list. If a Reach 360 admin manages multiple subscriptions, add them as Articulate 360 admins to let them switch between teams. Billing Only the account owner—the person who purchased the subscription—can see the Billing tab to manage payments and additional purchases. Note that account owners who subscribed through a global reseller may not see this tab and should contact their reseller with billing concerns. The Billing tab allows you to: See the team name, subscription number, subscription renewal date, and the total price per term at the top of the screen. Generate a PDF quote document to see the price for upgrading to Articulate 360 AI. Upgrade to Articulate 360 AI by clicking Upgrade to AI. Click Download W9 if you need a copy (for U.S. customers). Manage payment methods by clicking Update and entering new payment details. See the organization address that's linked to the subscription. Contact biz@articulate.com if you need to change it. This address determines taxation and may differ from the billing address, which we use for payment validation. View billing history. Download a PDF copy of your invoice by clicking Invoice beside any billing event. Articulate 360 Teams account owners can also: Switch between multiple teams (if they own more than one) by clicking the organization name and choosing Switch Team from the drop-down list that appears. (Note: If you have subscriptions in both the U.S. and EU data centers, you must sign out of the current region, sign back in, and select the appropriate region to switch between subscriptions.) Generate a PDF quote document to see the price for adding seats. Purchase additional seats for a team subscription by clicking Buy More Seats. Details here. Articulate 360 Click this tab to jump to your Articulate 360 dashboard. Reach 360 If you’ve activated Reach 360, you can launch it from this tab to quickly deliver training to your learners. Support Use the Support tab to: Access the Articulate knowledge base Ask questions in the community forums Contact Articulate Support Request new features
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Accelerate Course Creation with AI Assistant
Create courses in minutes instead of days with AI Assistant, a powerful AI information and automation tool. Seamlessly integrated into Articulate 360 apps, AI Assistant is designed to supercharge your course development process. As your new partner in course creation, AI Assistant unlocks creativity and boosts productivity. You remain in control throughout the process—from outlining and drafting to iterating and refining—while creating high-quality content faster than ever. Explore the articles below to learn how to use AI Assistant, find answers to frequently asked questions, and discover tips and best practices to unlock this tool’s full potential. Rise 360 User Guides Rise 360: Get Started with AI Assistant Rise 360: Create Content with AI Assistant AI Assistant in Rise 360: AI-Generated Text-to-Speech AI Assistant in Rise 360: AI Course Drafts Storyline 360 User Guides Storyline 360: Get Started with AI Assistant Storyline 360: Create Content with AI Assistant AI Assistant in Storyline 360: Voice Library AI Assistant in Storyline 360: AI-generated Alt Text Suggestion AI Assistant in Storyline 360: AI-generated Captions Tips and Best Practices AI Assistant: Essential Tips to Unlock its Full Potential Content Library 360 and AI Assistant: Boost Visual Interest with Stock or AI-Generated Images Storyline 360: Enrich Audio Narrations with Classic or AI-Generated Text-to-Speech FAQs Articulate 360 FAQs: AI Assistant
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Rise 360: Get Started with AI Assistant
Maximize productivity with AI Assistant, an AI information and automation tool now seamlessly integrated into Rise 360. Generate content and images, refine existing content, and more. Getting started is quick and easy. Keep reading to discover how to access AI Assistant and how it can help you at the course overview level. When you’re ready, learn how to use AI Assistant to create content in lessons. Then, check out some tips to help you get the most out of AI Assistant. Did you know AI Assistant is also available in Storyline 360? Check out the Storyline 360 user guide to learn more. Access AI Assistant Adjust Training-wide Settings Manage AI Assistant Access Access AI Assistant When you open a Rise 360 course or microlearning, click the AI Assistant button in the upper right corner to display the AI Assistant menu. AI Assistant button inactive or you don't see it at all? If features on the AI Assistant button aren't active, then your Articulate 360 Teams administrator has disabled AI Assistant on the Teams dashboard. If you don't see the AI Assistant button at all, the feature is unavailable for your account. Contact your Articulate 360 Teams administrator for assistance. Features are grouped together based on the section of training to which they apply. The options at the bottom of the menu are available at any time. Simply click an active option to get started. Adjust Training-wide Settings Click AI Settings to access training-wide settings and upload source content. Click Done when you're finished adjusting your settings. These settings apply to the current training only. You can access AI Settings from anywhere in your training. Source Content Drag and drop or click Choose files to upload source content for AI Assistant to use in the current training. Check out the table in this article for a list of supported file types and limitations. Once your files have been uploaded, you can select one or more of them whenever AI Assistant prompts you to specify source content. When uploading source content, a dynamic status message appears under each item and on the lower right of the page if the process takes longer than expected. Green checkmarks appear next to successfully analyzed files that are ready for use. To delete a source, hover over the title and click the trash icon that appears. You can also manage this list wherever source content is used. Manage AI Assistant Access Admins can turn AI Assistant off for all team members from the Articulate 360 Teams Dashboard. The AI Assistant button still displays in Rise 360 and Storyline 360 but the features aren't functional. To disable and hide Articulate 360 AI features completely, please reach out to Support. We'll be glad to help. Need more information? Check out our FAQs to quickly find answers to common questions, or dive into our tips to get the most out of AI Assistant.
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Rise 360: How to Use Code Block (Beta)
Code block is still under development and will receive updates during the beta. Functionality will change over time. Based on feedback and feature stability, some options will be modified, and others may be removed. Want to offer deeper, richer experiences to your learners? Now you can create code-based projects directly in Rise 360 with code block. Develop interactive tools and demos with an in-app code editor, or upload your own completed projects. Not sure where to start? Check out this training for inspiration, or read on to try it yourself. Insert a Code Block Modify the Block Settings Accessibility Information Beta Considerations Note: Code blocks can only use the resources available in the block itself, and what’s written affects only that block’s environment. Code written in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript works best for custom code blocks. Step 1: Insert a Code Block Open a Rise 360 course, then edit an existing lesson or create a new one. Select All Blocks from the blocks shortcut bar. Or, click the insert block icon (+) that appears when you mouse over a boundary between blocks. From the sidebar, choose the Code category. Select an option depending on how you've compiled your code project. Click Add code to enter and edit code directly. Changes you make are reflected in real time. Click Upload project to upload a ZIP file that includes all assets for your project, including an index.html file and any source files such as images. Files can't be larger than 5 GB. When the block displays, click the action button or hover over the block to access the left-hand design toolbar. Then, click the Content icon. In the sidebar, add your code or upload your zipped project. In the Add code block, use the search/replace, copy, and delete icons to quickly make changes to your entire code block. In the Upload project block, use the delete icon to clear out the currently uploaded ZIP file. Your project will run immediately once added to Rise 360. Inspiration Gallery Both blocks have one-click access to our tutorial course with sample projects. Take a look and see what's possible, then build your own based on the provided code and assets! Just click the Need help getting started? button to check it out. Vibe Coding If you use a third-party LLM to generate code (also known as "vibe coding"), use the following as your prompt template to ensure enhanced compatibility with Rise 360. Replace the text in square brackets with your own content. Create an `index.html` file that can contain HTML, CSS, and JavaScript and doesn't include web calls This `index.html` file will be used inside an `<iframe>` In the `index.html` file, create [describe your project], give it a transparent background Step 2: Modify the Block Settings Modify how your content looks on the screen by hovering over an existing block to access the left-hand design toolbar. Click the Style icon to access block background options. The Format menu provides options for changing the block padding, content width, and max height of the block. Accessibility Information Custom code accessibility is still being assessed, but you can improve accessibility by using an accessibility checker plug-in such as axe DevTools provided by Deque or the Wave accessibility checker to verify your code. Looking for more accessibility design tips? Check out the following resources: Rise 360: How to Design an Accessible Course Accessibility Index Beta Considerations Since the custom code feature is still in active development, we recommend not using it for critical deliverables. Currently, code blocks have the following known issues: Incremental progress completion within a code block isn't tracked at this time. Viewing the block counts as completing the block. Publishing your training to PDF doesn't produce a one-to-one reproduction of code block content. Articulate Localization isn't supported.
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Rise 360: Translate Your Content
This article covers the process of manually translating Rise 360 content into left-to-right languages using XLIFF exports and imports. This method is best suited for single-language translation. Articulate Localization, available as a subscription add-on, allows for seamless creation of multi-language courses within Rise 360. Learn more by visiting the Articulate Localization user guide, or contact our sales team to learn how you can add Articulate Localization to your subscription. Read on for the manual process. Duplicate Your Content Export the Content as an XLIFF File Import Translated Text Translate Your Labels Translate Training into Multiple Languages Step 1: Duplicate Your Content The first step in the manual process is to duplicate the content you want to translate. The duplicate you create is used for the translated version. On the Rise 360 dashboard, hover over the content you want to translate and click the ellipses icon that appears. Select Duplicate. Enter a name for the duplicate content. (We recommend using the original course title, appended with the language code, such as “fr” for French.) Then, click Duplicate to confirm. The duplicate content appears at the top of your Rise 360 dashboard. Note that you'll need to create a duplicate for every language you want to translate your training into. Alternatively, with Articulate Localization, you can translate your content into 80+ languages (including right-to-left languages) and manage all language versions as a single project stack, right from the Rise 360 dashboard. Step 2: Export the Content as an XLIFF File Open the duplicate content you created in the previous step. Click the Settings icon in the upper toolbar. On the Translations tab, expand Traditional XLIFF Translation. If you're following this guide, skip Steps 1 and 2. Under Step 3, if you don’t need to preserve formatting you’ve applied to your text, deselect Include HTML formatting. This exports your content in easy-to-translate blocks of text. However, it doesn’t contain the coding necessary to maintain any formatting you’ve applied to that content. Enter the source language in the Set source course language code field if it's something other than U.S. English (en-us). As you type, a list of available language codes appears. Click Export XLIFF File and save the file to your computer. Edit your exported XLIFF file with a web app, computer program, or professional translation service. If Include HTML formatting was selected, you'll see additional HTML tags and extra spaces in your exported XLIFF file. These are there to preserve your formatting when you import your translated file. Please note that question banks aren't translated when using the manual XLIFF export process. Questions drawn from question banks included in knowledge checks and quizzes are displayed in their original language. To translate question banks, add Articulate Localization to your subscription. Tip: Rise 360 uses XLIFF version 1.2. Step 3: Import Translated Text Once you've translated your content, import the file back into Rise 360. Open the duplicate content. Click the Settings icon in the upper right corner. On the Translations tab, expand Traditional XLIFF Translation. Under Import, click Import Translated Text. Select your translated XLIFF file and click Open. A message displays when your text is successfully imported. Why am I seeing an error? If you see an error message that says the “Translation file doesn’t match this content,” make sure you’re in the content from which you originally exported your XLIFF file. The XLIFF file is content-specific, so it can't be exported from one piece of content and imported into another. If you see a different error, the XLIFF file may be incomplete or corrupt. Download a fresh copy of the file and try again. Where did my formatting go? If you deselected Include HTML formatting in step 2, any formatting you applied to your content prior to importing the translated file is not retained. Let us know if you have any questions. We’re happy to help! Step 4: Translate Your Labels Once your content has been translated, translate your buttons and other built-in navigational elements. Click Settings in the upper right corner. Select the Labels tab. Follow the instructions in this article. Translate Training into Multiple Languages For multiple-language training, we recommend Articulate Localization. Not only does it provide a streamlined experience for translating training into multiple languages, but it also offers a deep set of features custom-built for your translation needs. Contact our sales team to learn more.
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Articulate Localization: Create Multi-Language Rise 360 Courses
With Articulate Localization, you can translate course and microlearning content into 80+ languages and manage all the language versions as a single project, right from the Rise 360 dashboard. Watch the video to learn how to translate and share the translations with validators. Then read on for more details on managing multi-language courses. Translate a Course Early-Access Course Stacks Translate Text Updates Manage Languages Add or Replace a Language Remove a Language Capture Course Stack Versions with Snapshots Save a Copy of a Language Tips Add Collaborators Localize Video and Audio Assets Understand Question Banks Include Right-to-Left Languages Translate Storyline Blocks for Use in Rise 360 Courses Translate a Course Before translating your course, run through this checklist to avoid common issues. Prepare your course for AI translation with the following best practices: Avoid using all caps to emphasize certain words. AI translation often interprets this as an acronym and won’t translate it. Avoid splitting a sentence into multiple text blocks, as this removes necessary context for effective translation. Avoid using emojis. Their meanings can vary across cultures, and machine translation tools may not interpret them accurately. Use proper grammar. Simplify formatting. Complex formatting can create challenges for all forms of AI translation. Here are some best practices: Don’t format spaces. Let Rise 360 handle text wrapping. Using shift+enter to manually insert line breaks will impact other languages, where it won’t always be appropriate. Scan through your content one more time for terms that might need to be added to the AI translation glossary. The glossary specifies how terms are translated—or not translated. For example, you might have a specific term for “service” in a particular language. Or you may want to make sure your brand name does not get translated. Once you’ve double-checked your course, follow these steps to get started with Localization: In your dashboard, hover over the content tile for the course you want to localize, click the more (...) icon, and select Translate. A translation dialog will appear. You can confirm the source language, select one or more target languages, and adjust the formality if the languages support that option. Choose a glossary for the translation run. This glossary will be used for all succeeding translations for this course, including updates. Click Translate. Rise 360 will create a multi-language course with all the language versions presented as a single course “stack”. The course stack tile on the dashboard indicates how many languages are in the stack, as shown below. Multi-language courses share the same theme and structure. If you add, move, or delete a block, lesson, or section in one language, those changes will apply to all other languages in the course. Other factors to note: Clicking the tile opens an overview page that lists all the current languages in a sidebar and allows you to preview each language. Click EDIT COURSE to make changes to any language version. The language dropdown on the top left lets you switch between languages while authoring, as shown below. Here are some guidelines to keep in mind when choosing a language from the dropdown: Stay in the source language if you want to make changes in all languages, such as updating course content, adding new blocks, lessons, or sections, and changing themes. Switch to a target language if you want to make language-specific changes, such as replacing media assets, editing existing text, and changing course labels. Custom label sets are not translated, but translated courses will automatically have default label sets for each target language. If you prefer to use custom label sets, you can assign them to individual language versions after translation. Audio and video assets will be the same across all languages after translation. Any changes you make to the media—such as alt text or image alignment—in the source language will be applied to all target languages. You can have language-specific media by modifying the media asset in the target language. Remember that editing a target language disconnects the asset from the source language, so any changes made to the source won’t be applied moving forward. If you accidentally choose the wrong glossary, translate the course again and select the current languages to enable the Glossary field. Custom blocks are not currently supported for Localization. Early-Access Course Stacks Multi-language courses created during our early-access program will have an [Early Access] tag on the course tile and course stack. This older version has the following differences: When you add languages to a Rise course, each translated language becomes a separate copy of the original course, so changes you make to one language version will not affect other languages. To edit an individual language, switch to it in the sidebar and click the Edit button in the top navigation bar. Any changes you make affect only the language you are currently editing. There’s no option to translate updates to the source language and publish a single-package, multi-language output. Learn more about the early-access version of multi-language Rise 360 courses. Refer to this user guide when working on this version. Translate Text Updates Rise 360 detects text changes made to your source language after the last translation run. It allows you to translate these changes without affecting other portions of the course. If the unchanged portions have imported validation suggestions, these will be preserved. Here's how it works. Update existing text or add blocks to your source language. A blue notification dot appears on the language dropdown on the top left. Click the language dropdown and select Back to Stack. From the course stack, click Update Translation to translate only the text updates you made for all existing target languages. When the translation run completes, the Update Translation option disappears. Additional information: Text updates are determined by translation units called text segments. A text segment breaks down the source text into smaller parts while retaining its meaning in context. Segments can vary in length and structure—from single words to complex sentences or even short paragraphs, depending on context. In Rise 360, a segment is typically the text in a block. Any text change in a segment will retranslate the whole segment. You can see how your course is broken down into segments when you publish to Review 360 and view the translation table. If your course has already been validated, follow the tips in this article to request validation for only the updated content in Review 360. Importing validation suggestions or updating text in the target languages will not enable the Update Translation option. Adding blocks, lessons, or sections to any target language will also apply to other languages, but they won't get translated. If you accidentally added them to the target language, simply delete them and recreate them in the source language. You can’t duplicate or send a copy of the multi-language course until all pending translations are updated. Translating updates within the same Articulate 360 subscription contract term does not affect your total purchased translation. Manage Languages You can add or remove languages from a multi-language project and create snapshots at any time. You can also save a copy of a language as a separate course. Add or Replace a Language To add or replace (retranslate) a language, re-run the translation tool by selecting Translate from the stack tile option in the dashboard or clicking Translate at the bottom left of the stack overview. If the language exists in the course stack or the Archived Translations folder, click Translate again to overwrite existing versions. Note: Retranslating or using AI translation for existing languages in a multi-language course within the same Articulate 360 subscription contract term does not affect your total purchased translation count. However, if you duplicate the multi-language course or send a copy to someone else, any new translations on the copy—including translating text updates—will be counted. Remove a Language To remove a language, click the ellipses (...) beside the language from the stack overview, and choose Archive. The language moves to the Archived Translation folder at the bottom left. You can restore or permanently delete the language from the Archived Translation folder. Retranslating archived languages will also permanently delete the versions in the Archived Translations folder. Capture Course Stack Versions with Snapshots Create and manage snapshots of your multi-language courses by selecting the Snapshots menu next to the course title in the course stack overview page. Similar to single-language snapshots, versions are automatically generated whenever you publish a multi-language course. You can also save different versions and restore them as needed. Key points to remember: Snapshots are not available in early-access versions. Snapshots created before you translated the course are still included. While you can't revert to these pre-translation versions, you can save them as a new course or microlearning. Restoring an earlier version won't impact your translation count. If any languages are removed during a restore, retranslating them is free, as long as you do this within the same billing period. Save a Copy of a Language To save a language as a separate course or microlearning, click the ellipses (...) beside the language from the stack overview, and choose Save as. Give the copy a name and click Save. The copy is saved in the same folder as the multi-language project and includes the default label set for the corresponding language. The label set is also added to the list of built-in label sets under Course Settings. Tips Add Collaborators You can add collaborators to your multi-language course in three ways: Click Share > View collaborators from the course stack or while editing the course to add them via course settings. From your Rise dashboard, hover over the content tile for the course, click the More (...) icon, and select Share to add them via share settings. If the course already has collaborators, a Share Settings option displays instead. Hover over the content tile for the course from your Rise dashboard, click the More (...) icon, and select Move to move the course to a team folder. Everyone who has collaborator access to the team folder you choose will have the same access to the course. You can add anyone with an Articulate 360 Teams subscription, but they must be on a subscription with Articulate Localization to access course stacks. Note that course managers and editors can view and edit multi-language courses. However, only course managers can manage languages. Course managers can also initiate course translations or add new languages if they have translation access within the same subscription. Collaborators without access to Articulate Localization can’t access the course stacks, but course managers can save separate copies of each language to their account when they try to launch the course stack. Localizing Video and Audio Assets Localize video assets automatically by adding closed captions before translation. Captions translate along with other course text when you add new languages. They’re also included in the validation process when you publish to Review 360 for validation. Validators can play the video and click the CC button to display the captions. Learn how to add closed captions to videos. For blocks with audio, you can add transcripts after recording or uploading your narration. These transcripts will be translated automatically. To include a transcript: Enable the Transcribe audio file toggle when you upload or record audio. Or, generate text-to-speech with AI Assistant, which automatically includes transcripts. Read on for instructions. If you have AI Assistant and the target language is supported, you can create AI-generated text-to-speech from translated text. Here’s how Include a text version of your narration in the course, either in the block or as an audio transcript. Translate your course or microlearning. Publish your course to Review 360 for validation. Validators will also see the transcripts as they review the whole course. When the validation process is complete, follow these steps to generate text-to-speech for each audio asset in the target language or languages: To use text from the audio transcript: Click the Options (...) icon on the right of the audio player and select Edit transcript. Select the transcript text, press CTRL+C to copy, and then click X or Cancel to exit. Click the Options (...) icon again, then choose Edit audio. Paste the copied text into the script field. Choose your preferred voice from the Voice drop-down menu. Click Generate Speech at the bottom. Click Insert to add the audio to your course. To use text from the block: Click the Options (...) icon, then choose Edit audio. Click the insert block text link above the script field to add the block’s text. Choose your preferred voice from the Voice drop-down menu. Click Generate Speech at the bottom. Click Insert to add the audio to your course. For language-specific media assets, upload them directly to the target language to avoid affecting other languages. Learn more about adding language-specific media. Understand Question Banks Questions drawn from question banks are translated together with the course. When publishing to Review 360 for validation, we recommend including all the questions from the question bank so validators can review them. Learn more about using question banks in knowledge checks and quizzes. Include Right-to-Left Languages Rise 360 supports multi-language courses with both left-to-right and right-to-left language versions. In edit mode, right-to-left language versions are in a left-to-right layout, but they will automatically adjust to right-to-left layouts when the course is previewed, reviewed, or published. Translate Storyline Blocks for Use in Rise 360 Courses Storyline blocks must be translated and validated through Storyline 360 before the translated versions can be embedded in Rise 360 content. Here’s one approach we suggest: Finalize your Rise 360 course and Storyline blocks in your source language. Translate, validate, and import suggestions for the Rise 360 course in Rise 360. Translate, validate, and import suggestions for the Storyline blocks in Storyline 360. After completing the Localization workflow in Storyline 360, publish the final version of the multi-language Storyline course to Review 360. Embed each Storyline language version to the corresponding language in the Rise 360 course. Follow these steps: Launch the Rise 360 course and click Edit Course. Click the language dropdown on the top left and select one of the target languages. Navigate to the Storyline block and click the pencil icon to edit. When the sidebar opens, click Change and select the Storyline course for this language. Each language version will have the title suffixed with the language code, such as “Onboarding Course - FR” or “Onboarding Course - DE.” If you use a single Storyline file for multiple Storyline blocks, you can publish the whole project to Review 360 for validation. Consider these options to ensure your validators are aware of the different slides/scenes: Instruct them to use the course overview navigation dropdown in the Translation tab in Review 360. (Note: The Translation tab isn’t available in the source language.) Enable the Storyline 360 player menu during the validation process. After validation, hide the player menu and republish the final version for embedding these scenes/slides as Storyline blocks. To publish slides or scenes as separate Review 360 items, save each language as a separate file—including the source language—to turn them into single-language project files. The Review 360 items can then be inserted as separate Storyline blocks. However, localization features like course updates, language validation, and multi-language workflow management won't be available for these copies.
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Articulate Localization: Create Multi-Language Storyline 360 Projects
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