Preface

• About Articulate 360 and Storyline 360, 2
• Planning eLearning Projects, 3
• Budgeting eLearning Projects, 4
• eLearning Development Phases, 5
• eLearning Development Process, 6
• Designing Storyline Slides, 7
• Fonts and Learning, 8
• Scripts for Software Simulations, 11
• Storyboarding for Soft Skills, 12

Exploring Storyline

• The Storyline 360 Interface, 14
  • Explore a Finished Storyline Project, 14
  • Explore Slides and Windows, 16
    • Scenes Confidence Check, 17
  • Zoom and Magnify, 18
  • Explore Panels, 20
    • Windows Confidence Check, 21
• Indexing, 22
  • Renumber Scenes, 22
• Previewing, 23
  • Preview the Entire Project, 23
  • Previewing and Storyline Options Confidence Check, 25

Creating Projects

• Scenes, 30
  • Create a New Storyline Project, 30
    • Scenes Confidence Check, 34
• Themes, 35
  • Apply a Theme, 35
• Master Slides, 36
  • Apply a Content Master Slide, 36
    • Master Slides Confidence Check, 38
• Content Slides, 39
• Insert Slides, 39
  • Create a New Content Master Slide, 41
  • Apply a Master Slide Layout to a Slide, 43
    • Content Confidence Check, 44

Adding Content

• PowerPoint Integration, 46
  • Import Content From PowerPoint, 46
    • PowerPoint Confidence Check, 48
• Images, 49
  • Insert and Format Images, 49
    • Images Confidence Check, 51
• Text Boxes, 52
  • Create and Format a Text Box, 52
    • Text Boxes Confidence Check, 53
  • Format a Bulleted List, 54
    • Text Formatting Confidence Check, 56
• The Content Library, 57
  • Insert and Edit an Imported Image, 57
    • Cropping and Resizing Confidence Check, 60
• Captions, 62
  • Insert a Caption, 62

Buttons, Triggers, and Hotspots

• Buttons and Triggers, 66
  • Add Button to a Slide, 66
  • Add a Trigger to a Button, 68
    • Text Button Confidence Check, 70
  • Use an Image as a Button, 71
    • Image Trigger Confidence Check, 72
  • Edit a Trigger, 73
    • Editing Triggers Confidence Check, 74
  • Remove Default Player Buttons, 76
  • Enable Automatic Slide Advance, 79
• Hotspots, 81
  • Insert a Hotspot, 81

States, Layers, and Variables

• States, 86
  • Change Button States, 86
    • States Confidence Check, 90
• Layers, 91
  • Create Layers, 91
    • Layers Confidence Check, 96
  • Create a Trigger to Show a Layer, 97
    • Triggers and Layers Confidence Check, 99
• Text Entry Fields, 101
  • Insert a Text Entry Field, 101
• Variables, 103
  • Manage a Variable, 103
  • Reference a Variable, 104
• Conditional Triggers, 106
  • Add a Condition to a Button, 106
    • Layers and Conditional Triggers Confidence Check, 108

Tables and Number Variables

• Tables, 112
  • Insert a Table, 112
  • Tables Confidence Check, 114
• Calculation Variables, 115
  • Create Variables that Calculate, 115
    • Variables Confidence Check, 118
  • Adjust a Variable with a Trigger, 119
    • Calculation Variables Confidence Check, 123

Audio, Animation, and Video

• Audio, 128
  • Insert Audio, 128
  • Use Text-to-Speech to Create Audio, 129
  • Edit Audio, 131
  • Replace Audio, 133
    • Inserting Audio Confidence Check, 133
  • Recording Audio, 134
  • Record Voiceover Audio, 134
• Adding Animation, 138
  • Animate an Object, 138
  • Animate Text, 140
    • Timing Animations Confidence Check, 142
  • Animate an Image, 143
  • Create an Animation Completes Trigger, 144

• Motion Paths, 146
  • Create a Simple Motion Path, 146
• Adding Video, 149
  • Insert a Video onto a Slide, 149
  • Embed an External Video, 150
    • Embedding Videos Confidence Check, 153

Quizzes

• Quizzing, 158
  • Insert a Multiple Choice Slide, 158
  • Insert a Matching Drop-down Slide, 162
    • Quiz Confidence Check, 163
  • Insert a Freeform Drag and Drop Quiz Slide, 164
  • Insert a Quiz Result Slide, 167

Player Settings and Publishing

• Player Settings, 170
  • Add a Resources Link, 170
  • Add a Glossary, 172
  • Customize the Project Player, 174
• Modify Player Features for Select Slides, 180
• Enable the Seekbar for a Single Slide, 181
• Use the Media Library to Replace an Image, 182
• Publishing, 184
  • Publish Course Content, 184
    • Publish Confidence Check, 187

Themes and Templates

• Themes, 192
  • Create a Theme, 192
  • Format a Master Slide, 195
    • Master Slide Confidence Check, 197
  • Create Layouts, 199
    • Custom Layouts Confidence Check, 203
  • Save a Theme, 205
  • Load a Theme, 206

• Templates, 207
  • Add Slide Navigation to the Slide Master, 207
  • Navigation Confidence Check, 210
• Variables, 213
  • Create Variables, 213
    • Variables Confidence Check, 214
• Progress Indicators, 215
  • Add Triggers for a Progress Indicator, 215
    • Reuse Triggers Confidence Check, 221
  • Create and Use a Template, 222

Motion Paths

• Motion Paths, 226
  • Preview Completed Motion Paths, 226
  • Create a Motion Path, 227
  • Modify a Motion Path, 228
  • Change the Duration of a Motion Path, 230
  • Add a Second Motion Path to an Object, 231
• Motion Path Triggers, 234
  • Control “When” a Motion Path Occurs, 234
    • Editing Triggers Confidence Check, 236
• Triggers and States, 237
  • Add Triggers that Reset Motion Paths, 237
    • Motion Path Resetting Confidence Check, 239
  • Add Triggers that Disable an Object, 240
    • Disable States Confidence Check, 241
  • Add Triggers that Enable Interactivity, 242
    • Enable States Confidence Check, 243
• Triggers and Layers, 245
  • Create a “Show Layer” Trigger, 245
    • Show Layers Confidence Check, 248

Advanced Quizzing

• Custom Quiz Question Properties, 250
  • Modify Drag and Drop Questions, 250
  • Add an Image as Question Feedback, 253
• Branching, 255
  • Set Remediation, 255
• Importing Question Data, 260
  • Import Questions From a File, 260
• Question Banks, 263
  • Create a Random Quiz, 263
    • Random Quiz Confidence Check, 266
  • Quiz Result Redirection, 267
  • Redirect a Quiz, 267
    • Redirection Confidence Check, 269

Engagement Tactics

• Games and Learner Engagement, 272
• Preview a Completed Project, 272
• Delete Existing Triggers, 274
• Hotspots, 275
  • Insert a Hotspot, 275
• Change States, 278
  • Make a Trigger Conditional, 280
  • Reuse Hotspots and Triggers, 281
    • Reuse Hotspots Confidence Check, 282
• Resetting Variables and Slides, 283
  • Create a Game Reset Hyperlink, 283
  • Reset Slide Properties, 285
• Leveraging Variable Values, 287
• Assign a Variable to Another Variable, 287
• Adjust Variable Values, 289
• Reference a Variable, 291
• Forced Navigation, 292
  • Use a Conditional Trigger to Show a Player Button, 292

Video Controls, Sliders, and Dials

• Advanced Video Control, 296
  • Embed External Video, 296
  • Work with Web Objects, 299
  • Edit Video Parameters, 301
    • Parameters Confidence Check, 302
• Cue Points, 303
  • Add Cue Points to the Timeline, 303
    • Cue Points Confidence Check, 304
  • Add Triggers Based on Cue Points, 305
    • Triggers and Cue Points Confidence Check, 307
  • Change a Character’s State Based on Time, 308
• Sliders, 310
  • Insert and Format a Slider, 310
  • Set Slider Values, 312
  • Add Triggers to a Slider, 313
    • Sliders Confidence Check, 315
• Dials, 316
  • Insert a Dial, 316
  • Set Dial Values, 318
  • Add Triggers to a Dial, 319
    • Dials Confidence Check, 321
  • Connect a Dial to a Slider, 322
    • Dials and Sliders Confidence Check, 323

Virtual Reality

• Creating Immersive VR eLearning, 326
  • Add 360° Images, 326
  • Add Static Text to a Virtual Reality Slide, 328
  • Add a Static Image to a Virtual Reality Slide, 329
    • Adding 360° Images Confidence Check, 330
  • Set the Initial View for a 360° Image, 331
  • Add a 360° Image Marker and Trigger, 333
    • Initial View and Markers Confidence Check, 336
  • Add a 360° Hotspot and Trigger, 337

Accessibility and Reporting

• Accessibility, 342
  • Make an Image Accessible, 343
    • Image Accessibility Confidence Check, 344
  • Control Accessibility Visibility, 345
• Focus Order, 346
  • Edit the Focus Order, 346
• Keyboard Shortcuts, 348
  • Add a Keyboard Shortcut to a Button, 348
• Closed Captioning, 350
  • Add Captions from an SRT File, 350
  • Show the Closed Captions By Default, 353
  • Add Captions Manually, 354
    • Manual Closed Captions Confidence Check, 355
• Reporting, 356
  • Publish a SCORM-Compliant Package, 357

Recording Your Screen

• Screen Recordings, 362
  • Rehearse a Screen Recording Script, 363
  • Record a Software Simulation, 364
• Recording Modes, 369
  • Insert an Unused Screen Recording, 369
  • Adding Modes Confidence Check, 371
• Branching Scenarios, 373
  • Create Jumps Between Scenes, 373
    • Branching Confidence Check, 376
• Action Fine Tuning, 378
  • Use Fine Tuning to Remove an Animation, 378
    • Action Fine Tuning Confidence Check, 380
• Microsoft Word Integration, 381
  • Use the Translation Feature, 381