"Fathima, Welcome to Heroes!  I think part of your confusion is what the "base layer" is.  In your story example, slide 1.2 has a layer ca..."

"Have you looked at www.khanacademy.org?"

"Hi Dottie, What I would try is to first save those gifs as png.  Right click on your image and click "Save as Picture."  Then once you ha..."

"Thanks, Nancy!"

"Carla Ollero said: The community tutorials page on the Articulate blog are really helpful: http://www.articulate.com/blog/category/commun..."

"Check your timeline.  Make sure the buttons are set to stay until the end of the timeline."

"Is it the one described in this post? http://www.articulate.com/rapid-elearning/heres-a-quick-way-to-create-your-next-e-learning-template..."

"What are the best ways to standardize the loudness of audio files? I record using Audacity, and see that there are ways to adjust the out..."

"Yes, it is perfectly ok to upload the source file.  Hopefully someone here can solve your problem."

"I think I would put each audio file on a separate layer.  Keep your objects on the base layer.  Then, use your triggers to show layer [co..."

"Jeff, Try this:  Add a rectangle but off the slide so your learner doesn't see it.  Set the rectangle to start on your timeline at x seco..."

"Adam,  Are the buttons on the player or on the slide?  If on the slide, check to see if the duration of your buttons on the timeline is l..."

"Are there any tutorials for using the Insert> Mouse feature?  Specifically, I'm curious about editing the fly-in swoop that the mouse ..."

"Almost every item on your timeline ends after 4 seconds.  Set the timing on them to stay until the end of the slide."

"I had this same issue today with an imported template.  Try right-clicking on the background in slide view (not master) and format backgr..."

"This thread discusses the timeline problem some.  Maybe there is something there that will help you. http://community.articulate.com/foru..."

"Phil and Annie, Thanks!  I was able to insert a slide following my video/lecture with just a T/F question.  Based on a variable on media ..."

"I'm assuming that your score is set up as a variable that is calculated as you move through the slides.  I'd set up my master slide with ..."

"My project includes a video/lecture slide and then several slides with interactions.  Each interaction has a Results slide that reports t..."

"Paolo, You do not need to repeat your clouds on each layer.  They can still show through your layers. To see them on your layer timeline,..."

"When I first started using SL, it crashed constantly.  The problem was resolved when I updated Flash to the latest version."

"Dropbox works well for uploading and sharing finished projects."

"Dave, There is a creative solution here: http://community.articulate.com/forums/p/21239/117150.aspx#117150"

"Steve, Have you set your layer options to "Pause timeline of base layer"?   The layer options are accessed by the little gear icon on the..."

"For a workaround, I would format my text and image in Powerpoint and then copy/paste them into Storyline as an image."