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Articulate Storyline 360 Tutorials - The Interface

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Reviewed:: Mar 15, 2020 by Teacher Education

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Overview:

In order to understand what this tutorial is addressing, users need to realize that Storyline 360 from Articulate is an online site for creating interactive elearning sites. Costs start at $499 for a single user and increase for teams, businesses, and institutions. The Storyline 360 Tutorials noted here breakdown the techniques and skills for learning how to efficiently and effectively use the online site.

The Articulate Storyline 360 interface is very similar to the Microsoft PowerPoint interface. This similarity is by design and is intended to help instructional designers that might not have a strong tech background. In this short Storyline tutorial, we take a closer look at the different tabs, ribbons, and panes that make up the Articulate Storyline interface.

Type of Material:

Presentation

Recommended Uses:

Teachers, faculty, and instructional designers that are seeking to develop online instructional content may find this series useful. It can be used in-class, self-paced, or individually.

Technical Requirements:

Internet connection.

Identify Major Learning Goals:

This series of video tutorials are designed to help users that might not have a strong technology background feel at ease as they develop online content. The specific video noted here targets the tables and panes at the top of the Storyline site.

Target Student Population:

high school, College Upper Division, Graduate School, Professional

Prerequisite Knowledge or Skills:

Internet access. Users will need to have a paid account with the actual Storyline 360 site to make use of what they learn from the tutorials noted here. Interest or understanding of what may be needed for online instructional content will be helpful. Basic slide show skills would be helpful.

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Strengths:

The tutorials are systematic and move through information and skills in a sequential manner.

Tutorial is utilizes guided instructional practices. Only prerequisite skillset is working with a slide show application.

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Note: This review is for a video tutorial supporting an online site. It is tricky to review just the tutorial when the online site is not in MERLOT.

Potential Effectiveness as a Teaching Tool

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Strengths:: The video tutorials are organized and make the key concepts for the user clear with visual cues and clear explanations. The tutorial promotes conceptual understanding for actually using the online site Storyline 360. The tutorials can be used independently, by teams, or as references when troubleshooting content development within Storyline 360. Samples are provided for use in a variety of subjects.
Concerns:: Note: The content library, templates, avatar selection, etc. are all available within the Storyline 360 site, but that is not what is being reviewed here. It was the supporting tutorials that were submitted to MERLOT.

Ease of Use for Both Students and Faculty

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Strengths:: Tutorials are available in an online format but not easily found. Voice-overs are clear, well-paced, and articulate with visual cues actually on the video clip. Video clips are approximately three to fifteen minutes in length allowing the user to find the information needed and return to the task of actually creating the online content.
Concerns:: 60 day free trial then need to purchase access to use the actual Storyline 360 site. Prices start at $499 per year for individuals and go up from there for teams, businesses, and instutitions.

Other Issues and Comments:: 60 day free trial then there is a cost for the main program. There are academic prices available.
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