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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. Articulate Localization isn't supported for custom blocks at this time. 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 Accessibility Settings Add Interactivity (Coming Soon) Modify the Block Settings Using Keyboard Shortcuts Accessibility and Known Issues 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 and Lines: Insert a grey prebuilt shape or black prebuilt line on your canvas. For shapes: click within the shape to add text. Shape formatting options include color, corner rounding, border, shadow, and overlay. Line formatting options include color, line style, and shadow. 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. Lines Line Start/Line End Select from a variety of shapes to start and end the line. Line start and line end styles can be set independently. 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, Lines, 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/Stroke Change the object's border/stroke color, opacity, width, and type: solid, dashed, dotted, or no border (shapes only) 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. Focus 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. If they don't have alt text, images, lines, and shapes without text are considered decorative and aren't announced. 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 Known Issues Accessibility We're still evaluating and improving the accessibility compliance of custom blocks at this time. In its current state, the custom block feature 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. Accessibility guidelines provide a reflow exception for presentation content like our custom blocks, but 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 to improve accessibility. Read on to learn about managing the focus order and other accessibility tips for custom blocks. Manage the Focus Order Authors have full control of how a screen reader navigates the content in custom blocks. Objects can be reordered separately from their visual stacking order to dictate the exact reading order for screen readers. Here are some guidelines to keep in mind: Shapes, lines, and images are decorative by default. They will not be announced by screen readers unless the author assigns an alternative text. Text will always be announced. This includes text inside shapes. Groups aren't announced by default, unless they’ve been given alternative text. Leaving the group without alternative text just means the group itself won't be announced as a separate item. Any meaningful object within the group (for example, text or images/shapes with alt text) will still be announced. Audio and video have predefined labels. Authors can add alternative text when additional context is helpful. But if the field is left blank, screen readers will announce the default, predefined labels as “video player” and “audio player” respectively. The custom block canvas follows the same principle as groups, audio, and video. Authors can optionally assign alternative text to the canvas or leave it blank, in which case the screen reader would move straight to the content. Accessibility Tips Ensure that all meaningful objects and groups are clearly named in the objects panel. This makes them easier to identify later and saves significant time when managing both the visual and focus order. Use correct heading levels in order with clear, descriptive titles. Keep objects organized in a logical order from the start. A well-structured objects panel makes it much easier to set the final focus order later on. Provide alternative text (alt text) for any object that's meaningful or helps convey structure. Because alt text can be added to any object in Custom Block, authors can strategically use it to communicate important visual information effectively, especially in visually rich layouts. Use the focus order panel to reorder objects independently of their order in the objects panel. Conduct manual testing with a screen reader to ensure the focus order is correct. Known Issues 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 Localization: Overview
Develop high-quality localized courses seamlessly with Articulate Localization, a localization solution integrated right into Articulate’s unparalleled authoring platform. This overview covers the basics of Articulate Localization and explains how to access it. What Articulate Localization Does What Languages Are Available What Gets Translated How to Access Localization What Articulate Localization Does Articulate Localization helps you upskill your global learners more quickly and efficiently with three primary processes: One-Click AI Translation Instantly translate Rise 360 and Storyline 360 courses into 80+ languages with fully integrated AI translation. Upload custom glossaries to maintain consistency and incorporate specialized terminology. In-Context Language Validation Verify the accuracy of localized content with a new language validation experience in Review 360. Validators can preview their changes in context, and authors can import them directly back into the source project. Multi-language Workflow Management Streamline end-to-end localization for your Rise 360 and Storyline 360 courses. Manage all your languages in a single project, keep track of the validation process in Review 360, and publish all languages at once to Reach 360 or your LMS. What Languages Are Available Translate your content into over 80 languages, including certain regional variations such as Canadian French and Brazilian Portuguese. Afrikaans Finnish Lithuanian Sinhaha Albanian French (Canada) Luxembourgish Slovak Amharic French (France) Macedonian Slovenian Arabic (Modern Standard Arabic) Georgian Malay Somali Armenian German Malayalam Spanish (Latin America) Azerbaijani Greek Maltese Spanish (Mexico) Bangla Gujarati Maori Spanish (Spain) Bosnian Haitian Creole Marathi Swahili Bulgarian Hausa Mongolian Swedish Catalan Hebrew Nepali Tamil Chinese, Simplified Hindi Norwegian Telugu Chinese, Simplified (China) Hungarian Norwegian Bokmål Tetum Chinese, Traditional Icelandic Nyanja Thai Chinese, Traditional (Taiwan) Indonesian Pashto Tigrinya Croatian Irish Persian (Iran) Turkish Czech Italian Polish Ukrainian Danish Japanese Portuguese (Brazil) Urdu Dari (Afghanistan) Kannada Portuguese (Portugal) Uzbek Dutch Kazakh Punjabi Vietnamese English (UK) Khmer Romanian Welsh English (US) Korean (Standard South Korean) Russian Estonian Lao Samoan Filipino (Tagalog) Latvian Serbian Note: Many languages available for one-click translation also offer different degrees of formality. Articulate Localization defaults to Automatic, which determines the best formality level based on your content. However, you can adjust the formality of the translation based on your organization’s communication style. Tool Tip: Use our language lookup tool to see which target languages are supported for your source language and if the language pair supports glossary, formality, and right-to-left. Here’s how to use it: Launch the language lookup tool in a separate browser window. Select your source language from the Select a Source Language dropdown. A table displays all the supported target languages for the chosen source language with columns for glossary, formality, and right-to-left. A green checkmark in these columns means the corresponding target language supports it. What Gets Translated The following chart explains which parts of courses are translated and how: Part Behavior On-slide text, including slide notes and text variable values (Storyline 360 only) Automatically translated Block text (Rise 360 only) Automatically translated Closed captions (video, audio) Automatically translated Text-to-speech narration Automatically translated in Storyline 360. AI text-to-speech is automatically translated in Rise 360. Text labels in Rise 360 and player text labels in Storyline 360 Default text labels for each target language are automatically assigned. Custom text labels are not translated. However, in Rise 360, you can assign custom label sets to individual language versions after translation. Alternative text Automatically translated for customized alternative text but not default alt text generated by the app Question banks Questions drawn from question banks are translated together with the course. How to Access Localization Articulate 360 primary admins and 360 admins can start a free trial by clicking the Start a Trial button under the Localization section of the Manage Subscription page. To purchase directly, contact our sales team. During a trial, all creators are automatically given the ability to translate content in Rise 360 and Storyline 360 and start the localization workflow. Primary admins and 360 admins can remove an author’s translation access via the Localization section on the Manage Team page. Translation access settings are retained when purchasing from a trial. When Localization is purchased directly without a trial, creators aren’t given the ability to translate by default. A 360 admin must navigate to the Manage Team page to grant translation access to specific creators. Those creators must start any localization workflows. Once Articulate Localization is enabled, creators with translation access immediately see the Translate option when they click the more (...) icon of any content tile in the Rise 360 dashboard. If it’s not showing right away, simply refresh the page. For Storyline 360, creators with translation access see a Translate Course option when they navigate to File > Localization. They must use Storyline version 3.94.33593.0 or later. Here’s how to check the Storyline 360 version and how to update to the latest version of the app.
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Storyline 360: Applying Merge Shapes
Merge shapes lets you combine basic shapes into custom, powerful designs. Select two or more shapes and apply one of five merge operations: Union Exclude Fragment Intersect Subtract Create Merged Shapes Getting started with merged shapes is easy. Insert and select two or more shapes. Right-click or choose Format in Drawing Tools. Select Merge Shapes. From the drop-down menu, choose the kind of merge operation you want: Union, Exclude, Fragment, Intersect, or Subtract. The resulting merged shape behaves like any other built-in shape and can be moved, scaled, rotated, used in triggers, etc. It can also be merged with other shapes, opening even more design possibilities for your courses.
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Rise 360: Restore Content with Snapshots
Want to preserve versions of your training as you create drafts, collaborate with colleagues, and publish courses? The snapshots feature lets you save and restore your work with just a few clicks. Snapshots are particularly handy when you're working with collaborators. You can capture a moment in your training as it develops and then compare it against collaborator versions or restore back to it as needed. No more having to create a duplicate copy of your training! Snapshots can also come to your rescue when you accidentally delete training elements, apply updates to the wrong training, or just need a manual way to track your versions. Here's how snapshots work. Create a Snapshot Restore a Snapshot Manage the Snapshot List Step 1: Create a Snapshot When you first create a training, your snapshot history is empty. To get started, open the Snapshots menu next to the title in the upper left and click Save snapshot. Enter a name and click Save to create your first snapshot. Whenever Rise 360 detects changes, like adding or removing content, you can create a new snapshot. Just open the Snapshots menu and follow the same process. Are Snapshots Ever Automatically Created? Creating a snapshot of your training is primarily a manual process, but Rise 360 will automatically save a snapshot whenever you publish to Review 360 or Reach 360, export your training for LMS, or create/update a Quick Share link. These events show up in the snapshot history. Do Snapshots work with localized courses? Yes! Learn more about how snapshots work in multi-language Rise 360 content. Step 2: Restore a Snapshot Need to return to a previous version of your training? Open the Snapshots menu and click the Preview button for the snapshot you'd like to restore. After reviewing the content to confirm it's the version you're looking to restore, click Restore this snapshot in the upper-right corner. You can also restore a snapshot without previewing it by selecting the Restore option from the . . . menu. Step 3: Manage the Snapshot List If your snapshot list starts getting unwieldy, don’t worry. You can rename, restore, or delete snapshots by clicking the . . . menu next to the snapshot you'd like to modify and choosing the appropriate option.
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Articulate Localization: Create Multi-Language Storyline 360 Projects
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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 Localize Media Assets Localize Video Assets With Closed Captions Localize Audio Assets With Transcripts Generate Translated AI Text-to-Speech 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. Include closed captions with video assets, and add transcripts to blocks with audio so they can be translated automatically. You can also add AI-generated captions with AI Assistant. If you have AI Assistant and the target language is supported, add your narration with AI-generated text-to-speech to automatically generate translated versions. 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. Similarly, code blocks will be the same across all languages after translation. You can have language-specific code blocks by modifying the code for each language after translation. 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. Localize Media Assets Images, 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. For audio assets, you can reset the target language audio by clicking the Options (...) icon on the right of the audio player and selecting Revert to source audio. Localize Video Assets With Closed Captions 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 or add AI-generated captions with AI Assistant. Localize Audio Assets With Transcripts 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 on using AI Assistant to generate audio and transcripts. Generate Translated AI Text-to-Speech If you have AI Assistant and the target language is supported, you can generate translated, AI-generated text-to-speech when translating your course. Here’s how: Generate text-to-speech narration with AI Assistant. Translate your course or microlearning to generate text-to-speech narration for supported target languages. If you need to modify the narration, recreate it in the source language. Then, click the language dropdown and select Back to Stack. From the course stack, click Update Translation to generate narrations for the target languages. When you publish your course to Review 360 for validation, validators will be able to see the text-to-speech scripts as they review the whole course. If there are edit suggestions for the script, importing suggestions generates a new text-to-speech audio file with the suggested text. Note: Text-to-speech translation is currently in beta. Functionality may change over time. Based on feedback and feature stability, some options could be modified and others removed. 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. 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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Rise 360: How to Use Code Block
Want to offer deeper, richer experiences to your learners? 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 and Known Issues 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 meets the following criteria: Includes a core project file named index.html that contains the code for your project. It can't be named anything else. This file can't be in a folder and must be at the root level of your file Includes all assets for your project, including source files such as images Isn't 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. Note: Code blocks included in training published for LMS or web export can't be previewed locally but will display as expected when uploaded to your training host. Completion Parameters To ensure learners complete a code block activity before proceeding, set completion parameters for your code block. With the following steps completed, continue blocks recognize when learners have completed the activity within the block. Either edit the content of an existing code block or add a new block. Enable the Set completion requirements toggle. Copy the code snippet that displays: window.parent.postMessage({ type: 'complete' }, '*'); Paste the code into the code window or into your existing project. For existing upload project blocks, you'll need to re-import your project after adding the completion code snippet. That's it! Now Rise 360 continue blocks will recognize when the code block activity has been completed. Note: Activating the completion toggle and including a completion-based continue block without including the code snippet in your project will block learners from continuing the training. 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 external web requests This `index.html` file will be used inside an `<iframe>` In the `index.html` file, create [describe your project], give it a transparent background Encode that once [describe completion parameters], the application should call `window.parent.postMessage({ type: 'complete' }, '*');` to let the parent window know that the interaction has been completed 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 and Known Issues Accessibility Code block accessibility is determined by the accessibility of the HTML code it contains. Check out these tips for making your code block accessible: Write code that is aligned with WCAG 2.2 standards. Use semantic HTML whenever possible. It provides built-in accessibility and reduces the need for custom code. Use screen readers, keyboard navigation, and zoom features to test your course. Double-check that learners can follow updates and have enough time to respond or explore content. Use 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 Known Issues Currently, code blocks have the following known issues: Publishing your training to PDF doesn't produce a one-to-one reproduction of code block content. Articulate Localization isn't supported for code blocks at this time. Code blocks also can't be translated via manual XLIFF translation. To translate code blocks, you must manually insert language-specific code blocks after translation.
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AI Assistant: Essential Tips to Unlock its Full Potential
Generative AI’s rapidly advancing capabilities are transforming the way we work. In e-learning, generative AI can be a valuable partner in course authoring. That’s why we designed AI Assistant—a powerful ally in your course creation journey, seamlessly integrated into the Articulate 360 apps you already use. Whether you’re a newbie eager to kickstart your course creation journey or a seasoned instructional designer looking to leverage AI for more efficient authoring, you’ll be ready to unlock the full potential of AI Assistant with the essential tips contained in the articles linked below. AI Assistant: Setting the Stage for AI Magic AI Assistant: Creating, Refining, and Converting Blocks AI Assistant: Using Magic Text Import to Transform Existing Content AI Assistant: Writing and Editing Inline Content AI Assistant: Creating Images Using Prompts AI Assistant: Building Effective Quizzes and Knowledge Checks AI Assistant: Summarizing Swiftly with Summary Generation AI Assistant: Producing Highly Realistic Audio AI Assistant: Using AI Prompts to Create JavaScript Entrance Animations
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Storyline 360: Getting Started
We’re so excited you’ve chosen Storyline 360 to create your interactive e-learning courses! Watch the following overview video to familiarize yourself with Storyline 360. Then go deeper and grow your skills with Articulate 360 Training—included with your free trial and subscription. Live webinars On-demand videos Feature tutorials Check out the Storyline 360 user guide and knowledge base articles for detailed documentation. And if you have questions, drop us a line in the discussion forums. We’re happy to help!
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Storyline 360: Corner Radius Formatting
This user guide covers the corner radius options on the Format Shape/Format Picture window. These options control the appearance of rectangle shapes, captions, and buttons. (See this user guide for ways to access the formatting window.) Border/Corners Icon Select the Borders icon to modify all four corners with the same value or the Corners icon to modify each corner independently. Corner Value Enter the value(s) in pixels or select Use percentages to enter percent values. You can also use the arrows to adjust the value. To reset the corners to their default values, click Reset to default. Rounded rectangles default to percentage values. You can round all corners of a shape by dragging any of its sizing handles. You can also adjust one corner of a shape by pressing the Alt key on your keyboard and dragging the corner. When you change the corner radius in a shape’s normal state, those dimensions get applied to other states. However, when you change the corner radius in a shape’s state that isn’t the normal state, the new dimensions are only applied to that state.
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