Ashley Chiasson, M.Ed

Instructional Designer & Consultant

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Screencast: Creating Custom Icons in Articulate Storyline with The Noun Project

I LOVE Articulate Storyline, I LOVE The Noun Project, and I LOVE creating easy value-add components for my client projects. Custom icons are something you can easily do to create value add for clients (everyone loves customization!), and The Noun Project Makes it very easy!

The way The Noun Project works is that artists submit their work/iconography, and if you have a free account, you can use the icons for free with attribution or pay a licensing fee. However, the paid account is only 39.99/year and WELL. WORTH. EVERY. PENNY! The paid account also provides some colour customization for the icons, and you get to support artists and a site that lets them share their work to a very large population. Win. Win. Win!

Check out the screencast below to see how easily you can use icons from The Noun Project to quickly create custom icons/slide objects in Articulate Storyline!



Screencast: Send to Front/Send to Back Functionality in Articulate Storyline

Today’s screencast is another time-saving tip! This one discusses using the Send Front and Send Back functionality in Articulate Storyline. This function allows you to easily move slide objects to the foreground or background on the timeline, and will definitely save you some time. Especially if you tend to duplicate slides and move objects around.

Check out the screencast below:



Screencast: Link to Slide Functionality in Articulate Storyline

In the previous screencast I shared the Link to Slide functionality, so I thought it was only appropriate to demonstrate the Link to Slide functionality in Articulate Storyline. I’ll be honest, I don’t use this functionality very often, so if you’re using it in a meaningful way, please let me know in the comments!

Check out the screencast below:



Screencast: Link to Scene Functionality in Articulate Storyline

As I mentioned in the previous post, Screencast April was a bit of a flop, but I’m determined to redeem myself.

Today I’m sharing a great time-saving tip in Articulate Storyline, and if you work with many scenes per project, you will likely appreciate this one!

Check out the screencast below:



100+ Free Stock Photos for Use in E-Learning!

Screencast April has been a bit of a flop, but for good reason – business has been booming! I know that’s not the best excuse when it comes to blogging, but hopefully I can redeem myself with this post.

100+ Free Stock Photos for Use in E-learning

Instructional Designers and E-Learning Developers are always looking for high-quality stock photos they can use use within their e-learning development.

I’m one of those folks too! What I thought I would do is put together a FREE download of 100+ stock photos that you can use in a variety of e-learning contexts.

All of these photos have been carefully sought out by yours truly, and used within many personal projects. Within this photo set, you’ll find photos organized under several categories: Backgrounds, Business, Devices, People, Urban, and Workspaces.

Enjoy! And if you’d like to see more posts like this, let me know in the comments!

Click here to download 100+ Free Stock Photos for Use in E-Learning.

There’s also a lot of stuff going on at Sprout E-Learning. In the next month, Sprout will be releasing Articulate Storyline 2: Basics, a course that will get you up and running with Articulate Storyline 2, teaching you everything you need to know to create engaging learning experiences for any audience!

This course will be practical and video-based. You will also get access to exercise files, worksheets, and assignments. Stay tuned!

Sprout also has a FREE mini-course – Build Your E-Learning Portfolio. If you haven’t checked it out yet, you totally should. Just click through the image below!