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Articulate 360

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What is Articulate 360?

Articulate 360 is an e-learning course development subscription offering. It includes every Articulate authoring tool, including the latest version of Storyline and Rise, a web-based app for creating inherently responsive courses. The vendor offers a 30-day free trial.

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Articulate 360 has gained popularity as a reliable alternative to the Adobe suite, reducing users' reliance on multiple software tools. …
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Love it!

10 out of 10
November 04, 2022
I use Articulate 360 to build safety training lessons in Storyline and Rise. I love the programs and think they are very intuitive. My …
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Rise First

10 out of 10
October 12, 2022
Incentivized
Articulate 360 is used in our organization to meet the business problem of lack of availability of our leaders and core staff members to …
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Articulate 360 for eLearning

10 out of 10
October 12, 2022
We use Articulate 360 pretty much every day at 4pt. It enables us to deliver well-designed eLearning solutions to our customers. For …
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4 Years Later: Articulate 360 Storyline is a 8-9/10
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User Review: Articulate 360 Is An Aid in Refreshing Course Development
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Articulate Storyline Provides A Helpful Elearning Community To Bounce Ideas Off Of: User Review
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Pricing

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Academic - Personal

$549.00

Cloud
per year

Academic - Teams

$699.00

Cloud
per year

Freelancer - Personal

$1,099.00

Cloud
per year

Entry-level set up fee?

  • No setup fee
For the latest information on pricing, visithttps://articulate.com/pricing

Offerings

  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Product Demos

An introduction to Articulate 360

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Vyond + Rise 360: Tips &Tricks

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Installing Articulate 360

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Articulate Rise 360 tutorial | Rise 360 Demo | Learn Rise 360

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Product Details

What is Articulate 360?

Articulate 360 is an annual subscription designed to give course creators everything they need for course development. The vendor describes its content as including:

  • Authoring apps—Storyline 360 and Rise 360—for creating courses available on every device.

  • A library of more than 10 million course assets, including stock photos, templates, characters, icons, and videos to help create beautiful courses faster.

  • A web-based project review app for collecting consolidated feedback from stakeholders.

  • And live and on-demand training webinars to help them get up to speed on Articulate 360 and grow their skills as course developers.

Articulate 360 Features

  • Supported: Storyline 360: a authoring app that lets e-learning developers create a variety of customer interactions that will engage learners.
  • Supported: Rise 360: a web-based authoring app used to build fully responsive courses.
  • Supported: Content Library 360: a library of course assets for creating courses quickly.
  • Supported: Review 360: a simple web app that lets users gather and share feedback on all Articulate 360 content.
  • Supported: Articulate 360 Training: training on the topics desired from e-learning gurus.

Articulate 360 Screenshots

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Articulate 360 Technical Details

Deployment TypesOn-premise, Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsWindows, Mac
Mobile ApplicationNo
Supported LanguagesEnglish, French, German, Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

Articulate 360 is an e-learning course development subscription offering. It includes every Articulate authoring tool, including the latest version of Storyline and Rise, a web-based app for creating inherently responsive courses. The vendor offers a 30-day free trial.

Adobe Captivate, iSpring Learn, and Lectora are common alternatives for Articulate 360.

Reviewers rate Usability highest, with a score of 9.1.

The most common users of Articulate 360 are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees).
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Reviews and Ratings

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Community Insights

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Articulate 360 has gained popularity as a reliable alternative to the Adobe suite, reducing users' reliance on multiple software tools. Customers have found value in its comprehensive suite, utilizing various tools like Studio, Replay, Storyline, Rise, Peek, and Preso for e-learning development. The software has been widely adopted across different sectors ranging from K-12 education school districts to large customer service organizations. It is used for a multitude of purposes such as ongoing training, onboarding and development of internal corporate employees, and creating SCORM learning modules on compliance, leadership training, product knowledge, and soft skills.

Instructional designers recommend Articulate 360 for its speed and ease of use, particularly with tools like Rise and Review. The ability to efficiently gather feedback within courses is also a standout feature that allows learners to make comments directly within the course and track them at the slide and layer level. Additionally, the software's integration capabilities make it easy to package webinars into on-demand formats and implement components onto websites. Users appreciate Articulate 360's mobile device support, collaboration through Review, and the extensive Content Library available for creating well-designed e-learning solutions. While occasional crashes have been reported by some users attributed to compatibility and memory issues with their computers, overall, Articulate 360 streamlines the e-learning development process and makes client reviews efficient.

Users have provided several recommendations for Articulate 360 based on their experiences with the program. The three most common recommendations are as follows:

  1. Try the trial version and watch tutorial videos: Many users suggest taking advantage of the trial period and watching tutorial videos to assess the capabilities of Articulate 360. This allows users to get a feel for the platform and its quality before committing to a subscription.

  2. Start with Articulate Rise for easier course development: Several reviewers recommend starting with Articulate Rise for simpler course development. They find it easier to use and appreciate its flexibility and responsiveness in creating web-based training and robust e-learning content.

  3. Join the online community and explore all the available resources: Users highly recommend joining the online community for Articulate 360. This provides access to valuable resources, trainings, and free webinars that can enhance one's understanding of the program and help maximize its potential.

Overall, users find Articulate 360 to be a powerful program worth the investment. It is considered easier to use than its competitors, especially for creating engaging presentations, high-quality e-learning content, and interactive materials. The collaboration and administrative functions are also praised for their convenience. However, some users note that it may not meet all classroom and educator needs, so it is recommended to evaluate if the full suite of Articulate 360 is necessary before subscribing. Additionally, users suggest keeping an eye out for improvements in Storyline 360 and new content or functions in Rise. While there may be a few bugs that need to be worked out, Articulate 360 is regarded as the best tool on the market for rapid e-learning development, offering an integrated solution that streamlines training development processes.

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Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I use Articulate 360 to design scientific training courses our customers use in Biotechnology. Our customers use an Online Academy to get trained on our products. Articulate 360 has a suite of software for creating interactive courses. I mostly use RISE and Storyline which are software within the Articulate 360 products.
  • Rise is clean and professional. It looks polished to users and is easy for learners to follow.
  • They have outstanding support.
  • Storyline allows you to create some very engaging intricate interactive learning.
  • Generally, their products are user friendly.
  • They are considered the Gold standard in elearning authoring.
  • Their courses can be read on phones, tablets computers. etc.
  • They also have a powerpoint add in for making really nice slides.
  • Their review tool, allows you to easily send the courses to reviewers who can update in course.
  • Although you can do a lot with Storyline, it does require a bit of a learning curve and a new designer would not easily be able to get started. Sometimes, if you don't design it correctly, your users might get stuck such as with a "submit" button that doesn't work, etc. The program files can be big and clunky.
  • Rise is easy to use and looks nice but can use a bit more functionality. After you have made a few courses, you wish you could have more functionality and design, although Articulate does keep adding to it.
  • Being a market leader, Articulate has just reaped the benefits of its stellar product. But they haven't done much to introduce newer products into the market. Soon other companies may come up with something that could cause them to lose their unique position.
RISE - great for new instructional designers that need to get started right away and have a clean, polished look to their courses. Storyline - terrific for intermediate or advanced designers that want to be creative and really build nice engaging interactions; less appropriate for new designers right away. Review 360 - wonderful if you deal with a lot of Subject Matter Experts and want to see in-course reviews. Articulate does have a high price point though it is very reasonable for those committed to designing learning. It is our main tool. However, because of the high price, it does limit us from dabbling in a lot of other authoring tools.
November 04, 2022

Love it!

Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
I use Articulate 360 to build safety training lessons in Storyline and Rise. I love the programs and think they are very intuitive. My only complaint is it crashes a lot. I realize it's partly a compatibility/memory issue with my computer, but I don't have that issue with other training sites. I've opened a ticket and was given troubleshooting, but it didn't work....
  • Easy to use
  • Clean and crisp look
  • a lot of resources to help you
  • program crashes a lot
  • program seems to get gremlins....
I really like the products. I just feel that it does crash more than it should and it gets gremlins. Things happen that I can't explain.....and have to re-build to work it out. But when you get to know the program, you know where to look for the issues.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
We primarily are using Articulate 360 to develop and create online/self-paced courses for our membership base for a variety of classes. This has allowed us to significantly upgrade and refine the user's learning experience, both on a cosmetic level and an interactive level. The tools and options at our disposal with Articulate 360 specifically have greatly expanded our ability to enhance our online offerings and have made the learning experience much more dynamic and involved. Students are no longer simply scrolling through PowerPoint slides and are more immersed in the information they are reviewing.
  • Expands instructional design palette with interactive tools such as flip cards, drop-down lists, quizzes, and video/audio.
  • A deep image library that enables to craft more visually-pleasing online/self-paced courses.
  • Review tool allows for specific commentary on elements/areas within a course that need revising/editing.
  • There's a bit of a learning curve. It takes some time to get used to the interface and litany of tools that are at one's disposal.
  • There are some tools (tables/bullet points) that are a bit finicky and it can be tricky discerning how to implement some of them.
I am not a fully trained instructional designer, but I found the user experience to be enjoyable. I have crafted my own revision of a course using Articulate 360 and while the process was lengthy, I found edits and changes to be relatively easy to implement. I also had a great deal of fun making tweaks, organizing and adding imagery. I think with regard to creating online courses/products for students to utilize, this is a great program and serves several levels of instructional design well (from me being brand new to this, to my supervisor who is newly certified, up to a longtime LD). I don't know that this is wholly relevant to courses that are live, be they in-person or virtual (Zoom webinars for example). Most of the material created in Articulate 360 tends to sit on the side of an on-demand, at-your-own-pace as far as coursework is concerned. A live course with an instructor, while it could be utilized in a live setting, the way it would be used I am unsure would be as dynamic or worthwhile as other more traditional options.
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use Articulate 360 to create in house training courses to be uploaded to our LMS. Some problems we face are not being fully knowledgable on how to use the product as well as not being able to speak to anyone directly. Note: communication is only provided via email I've found.
  • Allow flexibilty in course creation
  • Provide technical support 24/7
  • Providing live and on-demand training courses that are easy to access
  • Providing customer support via telephone or video chat
It allows us to create training courses in house so we don't have to out source training vendors.
It is less suitable becasue becasue you have to have creative expertise when using the product. It would be better if the product offered suggestions on how to create/make the trainings.
Ilyssa Russ | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We have two major use cases: we have a large MX (customer service) organization that needs ongoing training around SLAs, changes to product, supply, chain, constraints, and all sorts of ways to help our customers when they call in or email. Some of these trainings are part of a certification program, and other ones are just in time trainings. we also have do use case for our internal corporate employees for their on-boarding and ongoing learning and development.
  • Ease of use
  • Aesthetically beautiful
  • Templates
  • Interactive elements
  • Collaboration between teammates
  • Custom, save-able themes and palettes
  • Quizzes that allow for grading
  • Editing and spacing can be spotty
Articulate 360 as a whole package is great for users who have both Mac and Windows machines–Storyline does NOT work on Mac, which is definitely a bummer. As I mentioned before, our team had a good understanding of what we needed to convert from a previous LMS/CMS into the Articulate 360 platform, so it was quite easy to replicate or re-create that content in Rise. One thing Rise doesn't allow for it really detailed templates that fit your corporate theme/style...you're dependent on what Rise provides.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We are a K-12 education school district. As members of the instructional technology department, my team and I are responsible for the design, administration, and support of a variety of training materials for our district's teachers, staff, and administrators as part of our responsibilities. Learning opportunities range from mandatory state and federal training initiatives to professional development. From in-person training offered at our training center, to presentations administered over Teams, our team supports a wide variety of learning including the development of self paced courses.
  • User interface
  • On going support
  • Web based platform
  • Software based platform
  • More support with text to speech options
  • High cost
  • Can be overwhelming at first
We have used several different platforms to develop training materials for our staff. From PowerPoint and slides, to captivate. Articulate 360 is the most full featured product for all the options we seek to develop for. In the past, we would have to incorporate many different tools together to develop the content and graphics necessary to make our pieces of training impactful. Articulate 360 let's us do it all under one roof. The collaborative and review process makes it easy for our team to vet the training before we release them to the users.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I use Articulate 360 to develop SCORM learning modules on compliance, leadership training, product knowledge, and soft skills as needed for my company. I primarily use Articulate Rise, as well as the Review feature to have Subject Matter Experts (SME's) perform content reviews. I've also started sharing content access with another learning designer so we can edit each others work as needed.
  • Develop content quickly with use of pre-designed content blocks for text, media and interactions
  • Provides an easy way for Subject Matter Experts to review content in development
  • Allows variety in themes, layouts and moderate amount of customization in the branding and course look/feel
  • I'd like to see more variety in the types of interactions available. The ones that exist now (hot spot, drag n' drop, flip cards, etc.) are useful, but it would be nice to have more options without having to build something custom in Storyline to pull over. For example, I'd like a more elaborate sorting activity, customizable drag and drop activity, game options such as crosswords, options that allow user response, and more variety in the quizzing and assessment.
  • The built-in branching scenario feature requires a bit of trial and error. I'd like to see a snapshot, at-a-glance view of the scenario so it easier to see where the branching is, or where its missing.
  • The built-in assessment features are pretty limited - the Knowledge Check block has only multiple choice, multiple response, fill in the blank and basic matching. There is the option to pull in a test bank which is great, but it would be great to have more options built-in without having to develop something more elaborate in Storyline.
Articulate 360 is great for one-person teams where rapid development is needed, as well as bigger teams and projects as it allows for easy sharing, content reviews and quick edits. One of the best features is the pre-built templates that can be modified easily, including some that actually contain real, usable content as is. We haven't used these (yet) at my company but it's only because I haven't had a chance to showcase them to others since they became available.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
This platform is used to create meaningful learning modules for our enterprise and for our clients. Being able to use a platform that allows the end-user to be more interactive with what they are learning has been a great experience. The polished and professional look of the modules continually impresses our staff and our clients.
  • Accessing from an online platform vs. downloading to your desktop makes it less cumbersome. You are able to access a majority of their products from any device at any time.
  • Its extremely easy to navigate and learn. I was hesitant to try learn Rise and found that is very user-friendly and was not intimidating at all. First time creators will find it easy to create.
  • The ability to let others review a module and experience what the end-user will experience has been great. Adding comments and suggestions to enhance the module has been helpful.
  • Move Storyline to an online platform. And simplify it. Its hard to learn.
  • The price can be a hindrance especially for small companies or non-profits
  • More customization. Sometimes I feel tied and have to find creative ways to showcase information with the features available especially if an SME wants to present their diagram or process a specific way.
Building an eLearning module from a presentation was a lot easier than I had anticipated but knowing how to set up the flow was difficult. That took some learning but reviewing Articulate 360 videos helped with that. Articulate 360 has features in the platform that is not available in a presentation and it brings new life to the presentation. You can take a fairly mundane presentation and turn it into an interactive module that people aren't bored reviewing. Despite some of the cons noted previously, I still recommend Articulate 360. The pros definitely outweigh the cons when it comes to looking polished for your clients and the ease of use when creating a module.
October 13, 2022

Articulate 360

Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Articulate 360 is the key product used for creating our WBT training for the company. Not only is it extremely user friendly, it works extremely well with SumTotal LMS. This was the most important factor for using Articulate 360 as previous training material did not work well with the LMS.
  • it is very easy to use format, very much like using PowerPoint or Microsoft Word
  • Using layers is a great way to include a large amount of information to be used on one slide
  • Videos and pictures can be added easily
  • Audio can be imported or recorded directly to the slide in Articulate 360
  • I would like to see more entrance and exit animation choices than what is currently provided.
  • Better documented tool usage, dos/don'ts, nice-to-knows, would be extremely helpful
Articulate 360 works much better with our LMS system than previous products we have used. It is resolved many of the end user issues of blank slides in the training, freezing or locking up, buttons not working, etc. This has led to our end users no longer dreading training courses because they know they wont have the same issues.
October 12, 2022

Rise First

Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Articulate 360 is used in our organization to meet the business problem of lack of availability of our leaders and core staff members to complete learning. Additionally to help improve the learning culture amongst core staff and leaders. There is a specific need to support leaders, new hires, and role specific training.
  • Collaboration features
  • Variety of templates
  • On demand support
  • Rise 360 functionality
  • The access to several templates can be overwhelming. It may be helpful to have templates introduced based on specific criterion present at enrollment.
It is a great resource for our of the box HR training. We have found it very helpful for our new hire training and leadership development.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We need to be able to create training easily for our staff, and make it mobile-first as 90% of staff use phones or ipads to completed
  • Many options for custom training
  • easy to show stakeholders for review
  • RISE allows us to create duplicates for sight variation between business units and departments where only minor changes are needed
  • The layering can be fairly complex to create so takes a bit of training to get used to making all the triggers work correctly
It works really well for our needs, as we often have new products and services that users quite training for on a quick turn around to co-ordinate with launches. For larger projects it allows us to get that complexity and create something a little more engaging when the subject is maybe a little dry to help make it interesting and less like reading and a quiz.
Glenn Soliven | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use Articulate 360 to make all of our internal training courses. Our industry has 2 points of learning. On hand training and online. With so many various topics and operational tasks the Articulate 360 software allows us to make content for online training fast and great looking. It is also nice that you have multiple ways to publish your course. We have a learning management system that allows a SCORM file upload. Makes it fast and easy to build the course into our current LMS.
  • Build a training from scratch or with pre determined templates.
  • Download the course multiple ways including a SCORM file.
  • Integrates well with a LMS.
  • Training to use the software could be a little better.
  • Give ability to record a screen for training and download and customize in Articulate.
  • Take screenshots from the software to use as images
If you are a training manager looking for an easy to implement online training maker. This is definitely it! Very customizable and can add in various media elements into courses like YouTube links and raw video. We also love you can download into a SCORM file for an easy upload to an LMS.
Marti Stemm | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We have purchased this software to use for our e-learning modules. We create specific courses and do not outsource any of our e-learning.
This software allows us to create engaging and interactive courses that even our employees that are computer challenged can take and succeed using.
  • It is a program that is going to be kept up to date and the user will automatically have updates available.
  • It has some graphic capabilities that are extra in Articulate's other programs.
  • It has some new fast development tools that will assist with creating mobile training. (Our company currently doesn't have any plans for mobile-based training.)
  • provides lots of graphics including video that saves a lot of money for small businesses
  • Annual Cost. Most commercial software is going this direction, so it is to be expected. It allows the user to have new updates quickly, but can be a budget buster for small organizations.
  • Annual cost is still a problem
The program pushes and tries to get everyone to use RISE, but it doesn't allow for narration like 360 and when you have a number of employees that have English as a second language, narration is invaluable. I hope that they make that change in updates to Rise
David Tait | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
We use Articulate 360 pretty much every day at 4pt. It enables us to deliver well-designed eLearning solutions to our customers. For complex interactions we use Storyline, where we can really flex our creativity and build engaging learning interactions. When the content is more simple, or where budget is more of a consideration, we use Rise. Rise allows us to turn around projects more quickly.
  • Industry standard software with fantastic community support.
  • Suitable for creating both complex and simple interactions.
  • Widely used, so provides peace of mind to our customers, giving them the security that they can easily find another vendor should they wish.
  • I'd like to see improved global styling options in Rise. For example, changing font size and colour across an entire module would be a massive time-saver.
  • Reverse page transitions would be a nice to have addition to Storyline. For example, if a user clicks to view the previous slide, the transition would animate to look as though the page was moving back, instead of forward.
  • The addition of a fully customisable colour palette that carries through globally to Rise would be welcomed.
I'd highly recommend Articulate 360 products to anyone looking to develop eLearning content. It is suitable for relative beginners but is powerful enough for professional users to create very engaging interactions. Articulate 360 can be used to create learning materials with a wide reach. THis reach was beneficial to organisations during the pandemic, and is still being leveraged now as companies opt for a blended learning approach to their solutions.
Keith Lillico, M.Ed, MBA | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
My company is currently using Articulate 360 as our primary tool for all of your eLearning development. We use Storyline 360 for or large courses, Rise for quick builds and Review to allow our clients to review all of our courses. There is not a better tool on the market for this.
  • Full suite of software
  • Industry standard
  • Expensive subscription program
  • Some basic features are still being develops while complex ones have been already.
Articulate 360 is hard to beat. It is the industry standard for a reason. Articulate 360 is ideal for any time that you need to develop eLearning courses for internal or external clients. The only time I would not recommend this is when you do not need the ability to send courses out for review, or you do not need Rise. In that case, I would purchase just Storyline 3
May 25, 2022

Articulate 360

Sonya Jackson | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use Rise for rapid development of courses with a large curriculum and we use Storyline for eLearning development for short courses or general eLearnings.
  • Rapid development
  • Large content library for videos and graphics
  • More editable features like colors or fonts
  • In tool help or guidance with things like variables
I had to create a curriculum for new hire contact center agents. Using Rise is able to blend Storyline courses that were existing and add them to the new course material in Rise. And we then created a blended learning virtual environment for the agents.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We have an LMS and use Articulate to create our own content. Mine is a company that has its own products (Electronic Health Records and Medical Practice Management Applications) and we do a lot of "how to" videos. Articulate makes it easy to create good looking, professional content for all of our products. I have done and re-done at least one of our libraries of content and do not know how it could have been done in the time I did it without Articulate.
  • Easy, even for a novice to produce a video quickly.
  • If you know PowerPoint, then you can use Articulate. You can use it even if you don't know PowerPoint.
  • They have amazing training sessions via regular webinars. I've learned so many things from these amazing pros!
  • Well, we have had a few issues with screen recordings.
  • The biggest issues we have had have been addressed fairly quickly. But, because we use the application in a way that most of their users do not, we feel a little like orphans. We are not treated that way, but can't help but feel that way sometimes.
  • They are very much open to suggestions for enhancements. Of course, these things take time and have to be feasible and wanted by a majority. Because of what we do, we understand that very well.
If you need to create your own content - compliance or whatever - this is a great tool. We love it! I use it every day and haven't grown bored yet! There is just so much to know and learn and that never stops because they keep making it better. We do mostly screen recordings, but also create content from scratch and it's easy to do drag 'n drop, interactivity and more.
Matthew Gardner | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Articulate is being used within our customer success team to create training modules and quizzes for our customers after their deployment. This helps their staff review and learn our product.

This helps us to provide added value during the on-boarding process and also to track who is completing training very easily within our partner companies. They can host in their LMS or we also self-host if needed.
  • Export to LMS.
  • Ease of use/creation.
  • Quiz creation.
  • Robust importing.
  • Self-hosting option is not built in so you HAVE TO have an LMS, which is overkill for one-offs.
  • Cloud based but a desktop app, kind of annoying.
  • Price is high if you're not making many courses.
Very well suited for internal training if you have an LMS. Not great if you do not also want to pay for LMS software. We are currently hosting via HTML but a lot of functionality is lost. I think at the price point a lightweight web-based LMS should be included to show value.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Articulate 360 is our primary method of creating online learning content. It is used by learning and system specialists with the Human Resources department.

The solution it has solved for us is to be able to create online learning content compatible with Learning Management Systems, both rapidly with Rise 360 and more sophisticated with Storyline 360.
  • As the leader in the eLearning market, there is plenty of community support and training readily available.
  • Is cloud-based so can be accessed anywhere.
  • Very user friendly so even non-traditional L&D users can navigate and create content.
  • The only negative I can think of is that it was behind in moving to the Cloud, so we didn't use it a few years ago because Cloud based apps are a must for us. Since we've started using it again we've had to develop many courses in 360 again. However since transition period it has been smooth sailing.
Articulate 360 should be first on any eLearning Specialist's list when they're evaluating which eLearning tool might fit their business. Its competitive pricing makes it accessible for small businesses as well.

The introduction of Rise 360 is particularly useful for non-specialists who want to create online learning content because it's a user-friendly WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) tool with templates and preset animations that do all the heavy for you.
Nicholas Messiah | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Articulate 360 studio plays a critical role in our organization. We utilize the tool in many ways. Mainly in packaging webinars into an on-demand format so our customers and potential customers can gain knowledge on our various products and services through our LMS. We also generate custom eLearning tools as well. The Articulate studio comes with other handy tools which allow us to implement certain components onto our website.

These webinars and eLearning tools are compliant with popular eLearning formats such as SCORM and AICC. We can track the user's progress and provide reporting based on quizzes and answer fields. Users can gain continual education credits and print certificates.
  • Has many templates, a full content library, and plenty of references and tutorials.
  • It is user-friendly and functions within powerpoint so your organization can pick up the software fairly easy.
  • Adding seats and more users is easy.
  • Sharing review links and getting others to review and collaborate is a feature that Articulate added.
  • There are some functions in scoring and reporting that can be improved. I have had to use advanced scripting to accomplish some tasks that could be added to the product.
  • Their Rise product is great for using template content blocks and creating a modern look to training courses - however, it is limited in the amount of customization compared to Storyline 360.
  • The audio editor can be a little jumpy when trying to micro-edit sound.
If you want to generate eLearning tools or do screen captured based tutorials - this is a great solution.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We purchased Articulate 360 to use in our Learning & Development department as well as within individual contracts, for more tailored training development. This platform has helped us convert standard "paper" policies and procedures into interactive LMS training sessions. The LMS export is easily uploaded to our employee database platform for en masse enrollments and tracking of completions.
  • Creates interactive training sessions that are also multi-layers.
  • Add-ins include video, images, and other media platforms for greater interaction.
  • User-friendly for even first-time course developers.
  • While there is an "undo" button, it would be helpful to see prior versions for ongoing editing and development of courses.
10 - absolutely! Annual price is reasonable considering the cost for hiring individual training development staff. Online trainings are offered in the Articulate 360 library and on an ongoing basis. Great templates for course development further lend to ease of use, including image libraries, feedback groups, and course review features. Can be applied to smaller contracts as well as large organizations.
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Using across the L&D team to create e learning modules that are engaging. We also utilise in the H&S team to create mandatory e learning modules.
  • Simple to use
  • Easy to pick up for new users
  • Similar format to powerpoint
  • No Instruction guide
  • Some of the transitions were difficult
Articulate 360 is really good for creating your own e learning modules, it’s simple to pick up after a demo. I couldn’t find any user instructions but as similar to PowerPoint was able to pick it up quite quickly. Can make the e learning engaging and personalised.
April 21, 2021

Great Intuitive LMS

Jonathan Delgado | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I am currently the only user at my organization who is trying [Articulate 360]. My goal is to try it and explore the various interactive tools in order to increase student engagement and participation; especially asynchronous participants. I have brought the good and bad points to my superiors and they are keen to continue using this in my department.
  • It is very intuitive and user friendly. There is no need for previous authoring tool experience as it has many options to customize any learning program.
  • The interactive option from the block library has nice collection of engaging options to chose from.
  • You can use one of the many options already made as templates.
  • It has a very clean and simple UI to keep track of your courses.
  • It doesn't have the ability to create sub-lessons which would make navigation easier.
  • The multiple response in the knowledge check only has the option for one question at a time, it would be great if you could make a mini quiz with several options instead of having to create new "multiple responses" in order to have more than one question.
  • The scenario option could be improved to make it easier to use, sometimes it is confusing as to where the answers and the prompts should go.
  • The match option sometimes doesn't mix the options and they are left right next to each other.
Articulate 360 is a great authoring tool for beginners. It has a very clean user interface and makes creating courses a breeze. You don't need to have much experience as an instructional designer to create a great and professional-looking course. I would recommend it for instructors who want to create intuitive courses available on many different platforms.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use Articulate 360 in our Education (system-level) and Nursing Education departments to create robust, interactive e-learning and online training for our employees. We use Articulate 360 in conjunction with our Learning Management System.
  • Interactive training - Articulate 360 offers many rich interactive features to keep learners engaged
  • Content Library - Articulate 360 has a huge library of content including images and videos, characters, and templates.
  • Product training - The Articulate 360 website (for product training) and e-Learning Heroes (for best practices) websites are the best in the business. Articulate offers video guides, webinars and user forums. If you have a question about Articulate, it's super easy to find an answer.
  • Accessibility - Articulate 360 is great at keeping up-to-date with accessibility features but it would be nice if they offered more education on these requirements.
Articulate 360 is great for any company looking to create feature-rich e-learning. Articulate 360 might be less appropriate for companies that are just looking to push out static content.
Paul Alders | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Articulate 360 is mainly being used for E-learning development for third parties (clients). Most of the companies that I do business with are using these E-learnings to train their staffs worldwide.
  • Articulate 360 offers a complete tool set for mobile and desktop training solutions
  • Articulate 360 offers the possibility to quickly translate an e-learning course into every language
  • The learning curve of the toolset within Articulate 360 is easy to understand
  • More flexibility to customize the look and feel of Articulate Rise templates (think of position of corporate logo and colors in quizzes)
  • A functionality that I would love to see is A morph transition
  • The JavaScript trigger can’t be used in preview mode. This really slows down the workflow when working with JavaScript
In case of situations like formal training Articulate 360 is well suited. In case of trainings on the job I think a learning style of blended learning is more suited. In this last scenario Articulate 360 can take care of the theoretical part of the training.
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