Tips & Tricks Sessions

These sessions are informal and a bit organic. We field questions from the community and go through a number of tips and tricks. Use CTRL+F to search for a feature or topic.

2019 | SEASON 4

October 18, 2019: Quick Tips & Tricks S4E10

    • Modifying PowerPoint slides to import into Rise 360
    • Creating simple e-learning games

September 19, 2019: Quick Tips & Tricks S4E09

    • Simple production tips
    • Interaction ideas using pre-built states
    • Customize quiz review options

August 30, 2019: Quick Tips & Tricks S4E08

    • How to use the insert multiple states feature
    • How to extract frame from video to create a number of images in sequence
    • Conditional Text Entry w/ Colors

    • 6+ ways to hide grouped objects
    • Colorize graphics & other tips
    • Use empty layers to trigger events
    • Use scroll panel to key objects
    • Sequential naming tips
    • Content Library template tips

    • 3 ways to work with custom avatar using timeline, object, and slide master triggers
    • Navigate with keyboard arrows
    • Create looping animations in Storyline for Rise
    • Dial-based questions and navigation

    • What's New in Articulate 360.
      • Rise 360: scenario block, quick insert, and tables
      • Storyline 360: media library enhancements and slide numbers
    • Double sliders to create a range slider effect
    • Text input form in scrolling panel

    • Tips for hiding sensitive info in screen recordings
    • Best practices when using hover states
    • Tips when revisiting slides with animations & audio

    • Personality Quiz Demo: variables and random numbers
    • Pie Chart Animation Tip
    • Transparent Link as a Button
    • Timer That Expires and Brings User Back to Menu

February 01, 2019: Quick Tips & Tricks S4E02

    • Using the new Media Library
    • Bullet point makeovers
    • Using the marker's content opens & closes triggers
    • Ideas on offering a right-click interaction for mobile devices
    • Using multiple button sets

January 04, 2019: Quick Tips & Tricks S4E01

    • Using the marker's content opens & closes triggers
    • Ideas on offering a right-click interaction for mobile devices
    • Using multiple button sets

2018 | SEASON 3

December 18, 2018: Quick Tips & Tricks S3E14

    • How trigger order impacts course design
    • How to create your own asset library using templates and team slides

December 14, 2018: Quick Tips & Tricks S3E13

    • Multiple ways to pause timeline and show navigation option
    • Multiple closed caption on a single slide
    • Drag and drop feedback tips

November 02, 2018: Quick Tips & Tricks S3E12

    • How to customize quiz counters to show number of attempts made
    • Animation tips using object intersections and locking motion paths
    • Leverage interactive elements in Rise to create a custom interaction

October 19, 2018: Quick Tips & Tricks S3E11

    • New Rise feature: shortcut bar & convert lessons to blocks
    • Adding translucency to markers
    • Spinning an object with a motion path
    • Controlling object states in scrolling panels

August 24, 2018: Quick Tips & Tricks S3E10

    • Understand and edit post-quiz review layers
    • Interaction to visually identify relationships between objects
    • Personalize menu order using drag & drop with variables

    • New Rise feature: drag & drop sorting block
    • Custom button stacks in Rise
    • Custom shaped videos
    • Add sound effects to buttons
    • Text formatting tips

    • Use variables to track module completion
    • Custom states for tracking
    • Zoom animation technique

    • Custom tool tips alerts for next button
    • Simple but elegant box animation tip
    • Latest features and updates in Rise

    • Overview of the new Modern Player
    • Using the lightbox feature

    • Tips when working with scroll images larger than 2048 pixels
    • Rise feature: disable previous/next button
    • Custom video controls
    • Customize quiz review layers

    • Ideas on how to integrate the look of a Storyline template with Rise
    • Ways to manage templates
    • Creative use of the zoom effect

    • Save Storyline as .MP4
    • Course Completion Trigger in Storyline
    • Random Number Variable in Storyline
    • Create Templates in Rise
    • Hide Sidebar in Rise
    • Animated Character States in Storyline

January 26, 2018: Quick Tips & Tricks S3E02

    • Create a circular navigation
    • Create a simple PowerPoint file to work with SME
    • Use PowerPoint to create animated .gifs

January 5, 2018: Quick Tips & Tricks S3E01

    • Using variables to track progress
    • Fine-tuning motion path animations
    • Reviewing branched interactions

2017 | SEASON 2

December 29, 2017: Quick Tips & Tricks S2E20

    • Insert custom font in Rise
    • Use variables to control multiple tries on quiz question
    • Combine animations with grouped shapes

December 15, 2017: Quick Tips & Tricks S2E19

    • Insert/edit audio
    • Create multiple questions on one slide
    • Zoom region tips

December 01, 2017: Quick Tips & Tricks S2E18

    • Using the random numbers variable
    • Create default shape settings
    • Create toggle button with states & variables
    • Insert text-to-speech narration & toggle captions button

November 03, 2017: Quick Tips & Tricks S2E17

    • Sequential drag and drop interactions
    • Rise tips: Mars Rover overview
    • Create 3D videos/animate .gif in PowerPoint

October 20, 2017: Quick Tips & Tricks S2E16

    • New Storyline blocks in Rise
    • Motion path animation scenarios
    • How to update old courses in Flash or other formats

September 8, 2017: Quick Tips & Tricks S2E15

    • Review the screen caption feature in Storyline 360
    • How to create toggle button for off/on audio
    • Create a custom menu

August 25, 2017: Quick Tips & Tricks S2E14

    • Tips on using the scroll panel
    • Disable/enable previous/next buttons
    • Customizing the markers
    • Pause/start animated motion paths

    • Getting started resources
    • Custom hints & zoom
    • Poster frame for videos

    • Drag & drop workflow
    • Drag & drop custom states
    • Scrolling panel overlay

    • Animation progress meters
    • Variable to create bookmarked menus
    • Add quiz to video

    • Slide master basics
    • Modifying theme colors
    • Modifying theme fonts

    • Importing questions into question banks
    • Drag and drop tips
    • New: Tables in Storyline
    • New: Share courses in Rise
    • New: Photos in Rise

    • Screen simulations
    • Interactive images
    • Quickly update fonts and colors
    • Custom motion paths

    • Drag & drop tips: change states
    • Keyboard shortcuts

    • Shorten timeline when it's longer than content
    • How to reorder scenes in Story View
    • Hide base layer objects
    • Using groups in timelines
    • Show content based on user input

    • New content library assets
    • Customize icons
    • Spin animation tips
    • Fine tune motion path animations
    • Background video
    • SRT and new closed caption feature in Storyline 360

    • Import PowerPoint
    • Convert static to interactive
    • 508 and accessibility

    • What's new in Rise
    • How to lock navigation & provide conditional buttons
    • How to refresh slides on revisits

    • How to build progress meters
    • Working with variables
    • Creating visited states

    • Working with lightbox slides
    • Create custom menus

2016 | SEASON 1

    • Create a flip card interaction with selected states
    • Build custom quizzes

    • Convert static templates to interactive
    • Simple quiz games
    • Feedback & slide layers
    • Disable submit button on drag/drop

    • New features in Rise
    • Custom navigation tips
    • Looping animations
    • Making screencasts more personal

    • Mobile preview
    • Interactive video
    • Slider-based conversation
    • Working with results slides
    • Layers and persistent content

    • What is Articulate 360 & Live
    • Getting started with mobile
    • Change fonts and color themes
    • Multiple quiz on one slide