In this screencast, I’m showing you how to group and ungroup objects in Articulate Storyline 360. This is a great tip to keep your timeline clean!
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Screencast: Make Changes to Multiple Slide Properties at Once in Articulate Storyline 360 Story View
In this screencast, I’m showing you how you can use Story View in Articulate Storyline 360 to make changes to multiple slide properties, without having to do so on each individual slide.
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Screencast: Linking Scenes in Story View in Articulate Storyline 360
In this screencast, I’m showing you how to very easily link scenes in Story View within Articulate Storyline 360.
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Screencast: Quick Access Toolbar AND Shortcuts in Articulate Storyline 360
I just returned home from ATD Core4 Miami, and I’m all hyped up to share some Articulate Storyline 360 tips. For those who attended, I presented on Instructional Design for E-Learning as well as Top 10 Tips: Articulate Storyline. Over the next few days, I’ll be sharing some of my resources, in screencast form.
Today I’m sharing information about the Quick Access Toolbar and how to use it via shortcuts in Articulate Storyline.
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Articulate Storyline: 3 Things I’m Excited About – 2019
I’m ramping up to deliver a session on Top Tips (when using) Articulate Storyline, and boy. oh. boy. Have the Articulate Storyline 360 updates in recent months been coming in handy!
#1 – The New Trigger Workflow
Holy (excuse my language) shit (or poop, or caca, or amazeballs)! THIS. IS. A. GAME. CHANGER! I once got a sneak peek of this about a year ago over breakfast, and let me tell you…my eggs were not as exciting as I had hoped for afterward.
It’s smart, it’s intuitive, it’s modern…I can now start to type the action I’m looking for or the occurrence I’m looking for and it narrows down my options. Holy crap! This makes things SO MUCH FASTER in terms of workflow!
In the Triggers Panel, you can also use the linked dropdown (for ANY portion of the trigger programming) to quickly adjust what needs adjusting -swooooon-! I will say that this does call to the front and centre the importance of labeling things on your timeline, but hey – I’ll lecture you about that in another post. Today we’re joyous.
#2 – SLIDE NUMBERS!!!
I recently posted a screencast showing one method of creating a visual progress meter using the new slide number functionality, and let me tell you…you have so many options when it comes to this. The slide number functionality provides you with a bunch of built-in variables:
And, you can use these variables in many ways to achieve your progress meter creation goals! Stay tuned for other options! This is functionality that I consider an entire game changer. It gives you permission to stop manually setting variables on a slide-by-slide basis, and for this we should praise all of the deities simultaneously. I also like that Articulate is providing you with options, because one progress meter is not the same for all.
#3 – The Recover a Corrupt File Feature
If you’ve been working in Storyline for awhile, you probably know that corrupted files are just a reality. Well – one thing that’s nice is that in a recent update, Articulate has provided a feature that allows you to recover a recently corrupted file, or at a minimum notifies you whether there is a temporary file stored elsewhere.
I cannot explain how valuable this is. I have spent a lot of money on hopefully software purchases claiming to recover my lost data…I have spent hours of my life redoing project files…I’m pretty sure that if this feature would have come out 5 years ago, I would have much fewer grey hairs. I would also likely not have bored 75-100 people to tears in my 2016 Articulate Roadshow: Toronto session (I’m sorry to any of you who were in attendance…though, you likely at some point since then have heeded all of the advice I provided), as now they have one less thing to worry about when it comes to backing up their files.
Attending a Conference? These Are My Top 5 Tips!
DevLearn is upon us and I’m sad that I’ll be missing this one. I’m not cleared to fly post-op until the beginning of November, so I will desperately be consuming the conference backchannel all week long! In any event, several of my colleagues have been sharing their conference-related tips, so I thought if I can’t beat ’em, join ’em.
Tip #1: Be Comfortable
So you’re attending a conference, you’re going to spend your days (and sometimes evenings) learning. You will do a lot of sitting and a lot of walking. If you have an activity tracker, THIS is the time to capitalize on all of the steps you will be getting in!
Because you will be doing so much walking, you will want to make sure you pack a sensible shoe, one that you won’t want to set on fire immediately after the conference because of all the blisters they gave you. When I travel, I usually bring options, but will ultimately choose my old reliable Birkenstocks because 1) they go with everything, and 2) they’re the most comfortable shoes I own.
Tip #2: Fuel Yourself and Pack Snacks
I like to think that I’m good at taking breaks, making time for myself, and being smart about eating lunch and drinking water…but I’m not. I’ve learned that in order to set myself up for success, I need to pack myself a range of snacks. Because there’s so much going on at conferences from the sessions to the expo to the networking nights to the other random conference events, I can’t guarantee that I’ll force myself to eat regular meals.
Here’s what I do: I wake up a little earlier and make time for a decent breakfast. I’ll either fuel myself with something healthy and hearty like oatmeal or eggs. Then, I’ll hit up Starbucks and get the largest vat of coffee they offer. While there, I’ll load up on my pocket snacks of nuts/fruit/something sweet, and will also grab a green juice and fill up my water.
Packing snacks ensures that whatever time it is and wherever I am in my conference-day journey, I can reach into my bag and shovel something into my mouth. This is a very important tip.
Tip #3: Be Organized
This concept can be applied to several areas:
- Session Selection: Be sure to use the conference app to select your sessions and plan out your day. Before the conference is in full swing, do a quick lap around the event area to identify/locate the rooms for the sessions you want to attend. With big conferences (e.g., ATD ICE), you usually don’t have a ton of time to get from room to room, and not being organized in terms of conference geography may contribute to you missing a session you really wanted to attend.
- Note-Taking: You are most likely at a conference for professional development reasons, so you’re most likely going to do a ton of learning and a ton of note-taking. I recommend setting up a notebook page (physical or digital) for each session you plan on attending, ahead of time, so that you can simply flip to that page and start taking your notes. Don’t forget your pen/notebook/laptop. Depending on how organized you are, you might be able to come back to your organization post-conference and share what you’ve learned with your colleagues.
- Devices: Make sure you pack your devices, such as phone, tablet, laptop, and ensure you pack all of the related charging peripherals. You will deplete your batteries faster than you think.
- If you are participating in a conference event, such as DemoFest, this is doubly important for you! Make sure everything is pre-charged and bring fully charged battery packs in case you deplete yours.
Tip #4: Network, Network, Network!
As a Learning and Development (L&D) professional, your participation in these conferences is also to network your butt off and make as many connections as you can. L&D is not only a great world to work in, it’s a great community to be a part of and I have met some of my best friends at these events, so don’t skimp on this tip!
Tip #5: Treat Yo’ Self
Now this is a tip that I learned just last year. If you have spare time at the conference…say you got in early or you fly out late, make some time for yourself. You’ve had a long week. This could be something as simple as taking yourself out for lunch to a nice restaurant, hanging out by the hotel pool, or my personal favourite: spring for a spa day (you will thank me later).
Last year at DevLearn, I delivered a pre-conference certificate workshop, facilitated a morning buzz, judged a HyperDrive competition, delivered a Bring Your Own Device session, participated in (and won!) DemoFest, and then filled up on all of the conference sessions and networking I could. My Friday I. Was. Beat! My flight didn’t leave until 11pm, so I finished up with the conference and admitted myself to the spa at the Mirage for the rest of the day. It was hands down the best decision I made. I got on my red-eye flight back home so relaxed and zen that I couldn’t care less about being trapped in a metal can in the sky for 7 hours. It was luxurious! 10 out of 10 would recommend.
