The eLearning Guild’s Articulate User Conference

8:40a – 9:15a

General Session: Design Inspiration Is All Around Us

Speaker: Tracy Parish, Southlake Regional Health Centre

9:30a – 10:30a

101: An Overview of Articulate 360

Track: Articulate Foundations

New to Articulate 360? Get all the basics you need to get up-to-speed. I’ll give you a guided tour of everything that’s included in Articulate 360. We’ll walk through the authoring apps—Storyline 360 and Rise 360— and I’ll point out critical resources for getting the most out of your subscription. I’ll also answer common questions like: How will my courses work on mobile devices? What’s the difference between an Articulate 360 Teams plan (for companies) and an individual Articulate 360 subscription? And where can I turn if I get confused or stuck as I’m building my first course?

Speaker: Trina Rimmer, Articulate

102: Tips for Building Accessible Courses in Storyline

Track: Improving Course Design

Course accessibility is a common task for developers and creates many questions. What makes a course "accessible"? How can I use Storyline to make courses accessible to a variety of audiences? How can I easily create closed captions and alternate text for my courses? What are some best practices when planning and developing WCAG or 508-compliant courses? How can I test courses to ensure accessibility?

Speaker: Stefanie Lawless, Yukon Learning

9:30a – 10:30a (continued)

103: 5-Minute Makeovers in Storyline 360

Track: Development Strategies & Tips

Looking to dial your eLearning to 11 but only have 5 minutes? In this incredibly popular session, David will unpack his favorite quick tips for taking your existing projects to the next level. You’ll see exactly how each makeover is done and get to practice as you follow along in this hands-on session. From static to interactive slides, quizzes, and assessments, you’ll learn how small changes can make a big impact on your existing projects.

Speaker: David Anderson, Articulate

104: Create Helpful Performance Support Content With Articulate 360

Track: Building Beyond the Course

Creating responsive performance support materials such as product guides and job aids is super-easy with Rise 360. In this session, we’ll explore a variety of examples, including checklists and standard operating procedures, to show you how eLearning pros create their performance support content. Then we’ll walk you through building your own using Rise 360.

Speaker: Nicole Legault, Articulate

10:45a – 12:00p

201: Common Mistakes in Storyline

Track: Articulate Foundations

Storyline 360 is a powerful tool, and quite often we see developers trying to do things the wrong way, or more often the long way. In this block, we'll show you some of the common mistakes we see in Storyline, and how to fix those mistakes or avoid them altogether. We'll discuss some of the best practices that go along with every Storyline project, and maybe uncover some functionality that you didn't realize existed!

Speaker: Stefanie Lawless, Yukon Learning

202: Improving Course Design Through Better Workflows

Track: Improving Course Design

Developing quality courses can get overwhelming at times. Setting up a project before getting into the throws of development will save you time in the long run. In this session we’ll discuss time-saving techniques on setting up themes, colors and styles, learn tips on how to manage assets while developing, and naming conventions to keep things organized. You’ll learn how to leverage Storyline for better workflows that will aid in troubleshooting and speed development times.

Speaker: Kevin Thorn, LearnNuggets

10:45a – 12:00p (continued)

203: Unlocking the Secret to Advanced Interactivity in Storyline

Track: Development Strategies & Tips

Storyline enables you to create amazing interactions with states, layers, and triggers. But to take your development game to the next level, you need to become closely acquainted with variables.It’s the key to enabling a vast array of advanced interactions such as games with random outcomes, performing calculations, and dial-based machine interfaces. You’ll learn a simple mental model for conceptualizing variables, a variety of use cases for number variables, and how to quickly build an advanced slider interaction.

Speaker: Mike Enders, Articulate, and Ron Price, Yukon Learning

204: How to Create Animated Gifs for E-learning

Track: Building Beyond the Course

Animated GIFs can be used to animate header graphics, showcase simple steps, or create novel graphics that are visually engaging. In this session we’ll review some common use cases for animated GIFs and then learn to build them quickly, using a free application. Learn how to record animated GIFs from a screencast, and create animated GIFs from PowerPoint or from a video.

Speaker: Tom Kuhlmann, Articulate

1:00p – 2:00p

301: Stretching the Canvas in Storyline 360

Track: Articulate Foundations

One of the benefits of slide-based authoring is that we have a clearly defined slide canvas within which we can create our design. How do we get the greatest benefit from this feature instead of seeing it as a limiting factor? In this session we will explore how we can adjust the canvas to best support our desire outcomes.

Speaker: Ron Price, Yukon Learning

302: Graphic Design and Image Editing Techniques in Storyline 360

Track: Improving Course Design

We all know Storyline 360 has loads of features for building engaging and interactive eLearning. But did you know Storyline can be used as an image editor that anyone can use to create custom graphics and special effects? In this session, you’ll learn how to create your own course graphics using the built-in tools in Storyline 360.

Speaker: David Anderson, Articulate

1:00p – 2:00p (continued)

303: 3 Ways to Use the Scenario Block in Rise 360

Track: Development Strategies & Tips

Creating interactive scenarios is quick and easy with the scenario block in Rise 360. In this session we’ll explore three different ways to use the block: decision-making, FAQ, and quick knowledge checks.You will review how to create content with the scenario block, look at different ways to use the block, and integrate the scenario block with other content blocks in the lesson.

Speaker: Tom Kuhlmann, Articulate

304: Why and How to Create an E-Learning Style Guide

Track: Building Beyond the Course

Struggling to make sure all of your courses look, feel, sound, and behave more consistently? Sick of trying to get the branding police to loosen the creative reins? Do your clients struggle to envision how you’ll transform their bulky, static slides into engaging, interactive eLearning? Just as your marketing department uses a branding style guide to define company-wide standards for representing your brand to the public, an eLearning style guide defines the standards while factoring in the instructional, interactive nature of eLearning. I’ll walk you through an interactive eLearning style guide created in Rise 360 and explain how I use it with clients to ease the course development process. You’ll use the remaining session time to start building your own interactive eLearning style guide in Rise 360.

Speaker: Trina Rimmer, Articulate

2:15p – 3:15p

401: "Hacking" Storyline for Increased Learner Engagement

Track: Articulate Foundations

Articulate Storyline can be used to create just about anything your instructional design mind can conceive, but sometimes your inspiration goes beyond what the included tools can accomplish. That's when you need to get even more creative and pull out a few other tools that you can integrate into Storyline. Knowing how to use a few simple tricks is all that is needed to create the interactions you desire to engage your learners beyond the ordinary.

Speaker: Tracy Parish, Southlake Regional Health Centre

402: 10 Ways to Streamline Your Workflow with Rise 360

Track: Improving Course Design

Rise 360 makes creating gorgeous, fully responsive eLearning super-quick and easy. You’ll get hands-on with Rise 360, learning dozens of workflow tips and tricks to help you streamline your course development process. Learn how features like block templates, project sharing, and duplicating a course can speed up the development process. Save time by collaborating with colleagues using the exclusive features in Articulate 360 Teams. Find the images you need using Content Library 360. Use the share and review features to expedite the review process.

Speaker: Trina Rimmer, Articulate

2:15p – 3:15p (continued)

403: Save Time & Money With These Storyline 360 Features

Track: Development Strategies & Tips

Learn which timesaving features the pros use to build Storyline 360 courses quickly and effectively. This hands-on session will include a guided activity, giving you a chance to put into practice many of the features and tips that are covered. Learn the trick to finding the perfect course assets in Content Library 360, and techniques that allow you to leverage existing content. Discover best practices for using Review 360 to get feedback quickly and efficiently, and master timesaving Storyline 360 features, including the ability to add filler text and create button sets.

Speaker: Nicole Legault, Articulate

404: Creative Movement & Animation

Track: Building Beyond the Course

How can we use Storyline to add meaningful animation and motion in our designs that enhance the learning experience instead of distracting the learner? Animations can be great tools for adjusting the focal point of your learner. In this session, we will introduce and practice some creative solutions for creating unique animations in Storyline 360.

Speaker: Ron Price, Yukon Learning

3:30p – 4:30p

What’s Next in Articulate 360

Articulate 360 has everything you need to create eLearning. Get the scoop on what features the Articulate team will be working on next.

Speakers: Megan Cleveland, VP of Marketing, Articulate and Mike Olivieri, CTO, Articulate