Training course

Articulate Storyline Essentials

During this course delegates will learn how to use Storyline to create effective and interactive eLearning projects either for desktop or mobile devices.

The course covers software simulation, handling videos and creating question surveys.

  • 2 Days
  • In person
  • Private courses available
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Course Objectives

  • Navigate the Storyline environment
  • Create a new project from scratch or from PowerPoint
  • Add images, animation, text, audio and video to slides.
  • Record narration
  • Create question surveys
  • Produce surveys with graded questions
  • Record the screen and simulate software
  • Publish a project for desktop and mobile distribution

Prerequisites

  • Delegates should be confident users of a pc and a good knowledge of the MS Office applications (Word, Excel and PowerPoint) would be an advantage.

Included

  • Comprehensive course materials and exercises
  • Lunch and refreshments when training is delivered at our training venues

Course content Back to top

  1. Getting to Know Storyline
    Looking at the Storyline interface
    Story View
    Slide View
    Opening a Project
    Previewing a Project
  2. Creating New Projects
    Blank Projects
    Projects From PowerPoint
    Projects From a Template
    Changing Story Size
    Saving Projects
  3. Scenes and Slides
    Working with Scenes
    Working with Slides
    Slide properties
    Choosing and customising a theme
    Slide Masters and Layouts
    Slide Transitions
    Default and Custom Slide Navigation

  4. Working With Text
    Adding Text Boxes
    Editing Text
    Formatting Text
    Formatting Text Boxes
  5. Adding Graphics
    Pictures
    Shapes and Captions
    Screenshots
    Characters
  6. Media and other content
    Audio
    Video
    Web Objects
    Lightboxes
    Markers
    Scrolling Panels
    Zoom Regions
    Hyperlinks
    Buttons
  7. Working with Objects
    Formatting Objects
    Object properties
    Timing Objects with the Timeline
    Animations
  8. Arranging Objects
    Resizing Objects
    Rotating Objects
    Moving Objects
    Aligning Objects
    Changing Layering Order
  9. States & Layers
    Working with States
    Working with Layers
  10. Questions & Quizzes
    Understanding Quiz Types
    Question Types
    Adding Questions
    Question Options
    Feedback, Scoring and Branching
    Results Slides
    Quiz Options
    Randomising questions with Question Banks
    Drag-and-Drop Interactions
  11. The Player
    Player Overview
    Adding Features
    Menu
    Resources
    Glossary
    Colours & Effects
  12. Screen Recordings
    Preparing for Your Recording
    Record Settings
    Creating a Recording
    Playback Mode Options
    Inserting Recordings
    View Mode
    Try and Test Mode
    Reusing Recordings
  13. Publishing
    Publishing Process
    Publishing to a Learning Management System
    Publishing and Tracking options
    Post-Publish options
    Other Publishing format

Training a team?

Run this course privately, on your dates

  • Private Flexible course content, flexible training date(s), flexible location(s), variable course length, private to your organisation - Courses can be held at one of our training venues or at another location convenient to you. Training can be set over a number of days or weeks to allow for practice time between training sessions.
  • Bespoke Bespoke private training can be based on an existing course or a number of lessons taken from several courses, we can also write bespoke courses for you based on your in-house systems or development program.

What delegates say Back to top

Following this training what are you going to do differently

“Review my trainees more thoroughly”
D.S., Thermo Fisher Scientific, Train the Trainer

Following this training what are you going to do differently

“My whole approach to spreadsheets and obtaining selecting information”
W.F., Excel Level 1

Which part of the course did you find particularly valuable

“Everything was excellent.Transitions, morphing, shortcuts and video use”
H.H., PowerPoint Essentials
“First team’s training session wasn’t sure what to expect. Great facilitator, excellent handouts and an inspiring way to train.Thank you.”
S., Excel Level 1

Which part of the course did you find particularly valuable

“All useful particularly graphs, making tables and copying formula”
G.H., Capstone Foster Care, Excel Level 1

Any other comments or recommendations

“I would recommend this course to many more colleagues”
S., Carveti Partnership, Excel Level 3

Which part of the course did you find particularly valuable

“The trainer allowed us to ask questions and was able to give me advice on how to handle a particular scenario I struggle with at work”
B.P., Tlw Solicitors, Telephone Skills
“Really enjoyed the course today, thank you. Very well presented.”
A., Primula, Excel Level 3

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