Discover Articulate Storyline's ability to enhance your e-learning by allowing you to create engaging and interactive stories
About This Book
- Familiarize yourself with the need-to-know functions of Storyline to develop and publish your first project
- Let your creativity run wild by creating interactive stories to enchant your audience
- A comprehensive fast paced guide to help you explore the many options Storyline offers to get you up to speed in developing e-learning courses
Who This Book Is For
This book is for intended for all those interested in working with Storyline to develop engaging e-learning projects. With a user-friendly interface, you don't need any prior experience with Storyline to create and publish your first project.
What You Will Learn
- Build a new story and familiarize yourself with the user-friendly Storyline interface
- Discover how to let your content do the talking with the help of text, images, and characters
- Improve the quality of your story using buttons, markers, and hyperlinks
- Create enhanced interactivity by using elements such as triggers, states, and hotspots
- Assess your learners using built-in question types or custom freeform questions
- Preview your story and modify the player settings to create a customized learning experience
- Share your story by exploring the publishing options that are available and choose the option that works best for you
In Detail
Storyline is a powerful e-learning authoring tool that allows you to take your creativity to the next level and easily author your own stories. It helps you to leverage built-in development functions to quickly create interactive and engaging e-learning experiences.
This book will walk you through the life cycle of a story, from creating a new story up to publishing and sharing your story.
You will be taken on a tour of how to effectively enhance your story, including how to add images and audio, how to add triggers and assessment items. You finally round off by learning how to customize the player to suit your purposes.
Ashley Chiasson
Ashley Chiasson is an instructional designer and consultant with nearly a decade of experience developing high-quality e-learning solutions for various clients. She holds a master's of education (post-secondary studies) and a bachelor of arts (linguistics and psychology). In addition to being a small business owner, Ashley works for Mount Saint Vincent University, Canada, as their resident instructional developer. As a self-proclaimed ambassador of the Articulate software, Ashley truly believes that the only thing standing between you and your ability to create engaging and interactive e-learning projects is your imagination. With a strong belief of creating her own professional freedom, Ashley has become a successful entrepreneur, working hard to find a place for herself in the big world of e-learning. She works hard to ensure that her clients are satisfied, because without them, entrepreneurship would be a lonely place. This book is the first of many for Ashley, and she has thoroughly enjoyed the learning experience and has been able to add "published author" to her resume. You can follow Ashley on Twitter (@amdchiasson) or find out more about her through her website (http://ashleychiasson.com).
