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The Articulate Guru competition is long over, so it’s about time I shared my entry on my blog. Did I win? Nope, I didn’t, but I am still pretty happy with my demo. Nut Factory is a game designed to teach nut identification. I was inspired to create a fun game for my daughter,…
The Challenge Last week’s Dave Anderson’s e-learning challenge was to create a toggle effect. Once could use a button, a slider or any other creative way to achieve this. The idea My first idea was to create a button where the user could choose an avatar to represent them for the rest of the…
The missing piece This is the last part in this series, phew! If you missed the previous 3 parts, you can find links to those at the bottom of this post. Here, I’ll show you how I told Storyline to show the appropriately-dressed teddy based on the learner’s choice. So, if you’re looking for…
Lately I’ve been making a lot of interactions aimed at kids, which is weird because most of my projects are for companies and universities. I guess that’s what having young children does to ya’. So, when Dave Anderson posted the challenge to design an interactive conversation, I decided I would go all grown up……
Storyline 2 variables let you to control when and how your content displays. This post tells you how you can make and combine variables in Storyline 2 to show the appropriate feedback. So, if you’re looking for a quick demo on how to use variables to show feedback in a drag-and-drop interaction, you’re in the right…
Object states: how it is and how it’s gonna be Object states define the different ways that a thing can appear in your Storyline 2 interaction. For example, you can set the base state of an object, defining its colour, size and position. Other software use object states too, but Storyline 2 makes it all…
A few months ago, I had no idea what an Emoji was. I was still doing this : ) ; ) :0 Now, I am cooler than all that. How cool, you ask? So cool that I used this e-learning heroes challenge to shoehorn emojis into an online interaction. Concept: Use emojis These…
Motion paths are what? Motion paths are an easy way to define movement patterns in Storyline 2. They may sound complex, but the software does most of the grunt work for you. What you get is a user-friendly way to rapidly develop some impressive animations. They were one of the simple methods I applied to quickly create the Adjectival…
As I recently promised, I’ve put together a short video to show how to develop a customised progress bar. It’s pretty easy with Articulate’s Storyline 2. What’s in the progress bar video? The video below shows you how to: Create the different states for the bar Create the variables you’ll need to make it work Set the triggers to…
Creative ways to show learners how much progress they’ve made: that was the E-learning Heroes challenge #60. Storyline Developer recently completed a project to integrate elearning into a university-level maths course. The client asked for the familiar look and feel of their LMS to be replicated as closely as possible. (We did, and the new interactions integrated seamlessly–which was ultimately what they wanted.) Replication…
