This book is for intended for all those interested in working with Storyline to develop engaging e-learning projects. With a user-friendly interface, you don't need any prior experience with Storyline to create and publish your first project.

Learn Articulate Storyline 360 fast with this step-by-step, project-based workbook! Articulate Storyline is one of the hottest eLearning development tools in the world. This hands-on, step-by-step workbook will teach you the essential Storyline skills necessary to create effective, interactive, and engaging eLearning courses. This hands-on book, which most people can finish in a few short days, contains tons of activities and supporting screenshots. There are even challenge exercises (Confidence Checks) that will put your new-found skills to the test. You'll learn how to create projects from scratch, how to work with slides, add scenes, add and format text, images, characters, and videos. There are lessons that will teach you how to add interactivity to slides via buttons, triggers, text entry areas, and hotspots. Learn about variables and how they allow you to create personalized eLearning. Enhance the learner experience by recording, importing, and editing audio. Gauge the effectiveness of your eLearning by adding quizzes. Then you'll publish Storyline projects for the widest possible audience. This book features: All of the Articulate Storyline projects, images, audio files, videos, and other eLearning assets needed to get started (Just download the Storyline free 30-day trial software from the Articulate website and jump in!) Dozens of step-by-step, hands-on activities Confidence Checks to challenge your new skills Hundreds of supporting screenshots

This book provides one-on-one tutoring to help you quickly get up to speed with the basics while also learning how to best apply Storyline features in the context of the work you do.If you're an e-learning developer, writer, designer, subject matter expert, or all or any one of these, this book is for you. This book is not just for novices, but also for seasoned developers, transitioning from PowerPoint and Articulate Studio '09, and for those who are already working with Storyline.

Adobe Captivate 2019: The Essentials (Third Edition) ... a self-paced workbook that teaches the core Adobe Captivate skills "Adobe Captivate 2019: The Essentials (Third Edition)" is a self-paced workbook that teaches the core Captivate 2019 (version 11.5.5) skills needed to create eLearning courses. You will follow step-by-step instructions and learn how to create a soft-skills lesson from scratch. Then you will learn to record and produce software demonstrations, interactive training simulations, and video demos. By the time you finish working through this fast-paced book, you will know how to add and modify text captions, images, characters, videos, assets, smart shapes, and more. You will record, import, and edit voiceover audio. You will also further enhance the learner experience by adding interactivity via click boxes, buttons, text entry boxes, and quizzes. Have you already created content using Microsoft PowerPoint? Don't throw that presentation away. You will learn how to import existing PowerPoint content into Captivate. Last but not least, you will publish a Captivate project as HTML5 so your output can be opened with a web browser by learners on any device, including desktop computers, laptops, tablets, and smartphones. This book features: Captivate projects, images, audio files, and other assets to get started Dozens of step-by-step, hands-on activities Confidence Checks to challenge your new skills Hundreds of supporting screen shots

This 2021 edition has been updated with 50 new pages to include the latest features in Storyline 360. The E-Learning Uncovered series is designed to give you the maximum amount of information in the minimum amount of time. You'll learn about virtually every check box, every menu, and every option in Articulate Storyline 360. But we don't just tell you HOW to check that box or click that menu; we also tell you WHY you might or might not want to. Brand new users will learn all the basics of how to get started: scenes, slides, graphics, layers, states, questions, and screen recordings. Intermediate users will uncover the more powerful tools to create advanced interactions: actions, variables, and conditions-all in one book! Everyone will benefit from the special tips and insider secrets that let you do more and save time. Look for: Design Tips: instructional design, graphic design, and usability tips that give you insight on how to implement the different features of the software. Power Tips: advanced tips and secrets that can help you take your production to the next level. Time Savers: software shortcuts and ways to streamline your production efforts and save you time. Bright Ideas: special explanations and ideas for getting more out of the software. Cautions: "lessons learned the hard way" that you can use to avoid common problems. Web Resources: the free companion website includes useful resources such as reference guides and practice files. This edition features Storyline 360 version 3.49.24347.0.

This book focuses exclusively on the application of PowerPoint to the creation of online training programs. Better than Bullet Points, Creating Engaging e-Learning with PowerPoint fills that gap. By providing in-depth guidance, specific instructions, and helpful exercises, the book will enable training practitioners to create impactful learning interactions in PowerPoint. The author steps readers through the powerful features of this popular desktop application, covering everything from text to art, animation to interactivity. Provided that the reader owns a copy of PowerPoint, this book will immediately put free real-world tools into the hands of those who need it. The information is practical rather than theoretical and immediately applicable. Most importantly, this book will help make e-learning accessible to those who have previously been excluded from taking advantage of the opportunities e-learning can provide. Jane Bozarth is the e-learning coordinator for the North Carolina Office of State Personnel's Human Resource Development Group and has been a training practitioner since 1989. She is a columnist for Training Magazine and has written for numerous publications including Creative Training Techniques Newsletter and the Journal of Educational Technology and Society.

LEARN HOW TO DESIGN ELEARNING THAT DELIVERS RESULTS (AND DOESN'T SUCK)! When you're tasked with creating your very first eLearning course, it can be hard (and downright scary) trying to figure out where to begin. You likely have a million questions running through your head. How do you plan your project and set it up for success? How do you collect learning content from your subject matter experts? Why do you need an eLearning storyboard, and how do you write one? How do you develop a prototype of your eLearning course? And, what the heck is a prototype anyway? When and where should you include interactivity? When should you let your SMEs review your course? And what's a "SME" again? And what do you do when they don't give you feedback? Trying to get answers to all of these questions can quickly leave you saying to yourself, "I don't think I'm cut out for this eLearning thing!" But, here's some good news: you're not alone! The truth is, most eLearning designers entered fell, stumbled, and dropped into the world of eLearning entirely by accident. This is where the second edition of The eLearning Designer's Handbook can help! In this book, Tim Slade will show you that the eLearning development process doesn't have to be as complicated as it might seem. If you're new to eLearning, Tim will walk you through the complete eLearning design and development process, providing you practical tips and advice, based on his own experience working as an eLearning designer for over a decade. With the second edition of The eLearning Designer's Handbook, you'll discover how to... Plan your eLearning project by conducting a kickoff meeting with your stakeholders. Conduct a needs analysis and recommend a training solution. Draft an eLearning project plan and development timeline. Define the learning objectives and create a blended training solution. Collect and organize your learning content into a design document. Create a course outline and draft a storyboard of your eLearning course. Create a prototype and develop your course with an eLearning authoring tool. Incorporate interactivity into your eLearning course. Reduce cognitive load and increase learning retention. Deliver and measure the effectiveness of your eLearning course. Conduct a retrospective at the end of your project. So, what's new in the second edition? With the second edition of The eLearning Designer's Handbook, Tim Slade went back to the drawing board to rewrite and redesign every single page of the book. Not only does the second edition include a boatload of new content on instructional design best practices, but it also includes even more practical content geared towards new eLearning designers. With the second edition of The eLearning Designer's Handbook, you'll get... 3X more content Full-color print Real-world examples More tools and templates