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Articulate Storyline

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What is Articulate Storyline?

Articulate Storyline is a learning content creation platform. It provides prebuilt and customizable content, along with gamification capabilities. Articulate emphasizes user-friendliness, including mobile accessibility. It is offered on a perpetual license.

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10 out of 10
January 03, 2024
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$1,398

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  • No setup fee
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  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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A Simple Animation Engine in Articulate Storyline 2

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New Elapsed Time Variables for Articulate Storyline 360

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Articulate Storyline 2 - Overview of new features!

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Product Details

What is Articulate Storyline?


Articulate Storyline is software for creating interactive courses. It's designed to be simple enough for beginners, yet powerful enough for experts, enabling users to create virtually any imaginable interaction, in minutes. The vendor further provides that with their new perpetual version of Storyline, users can deliver mobile and accessible courses with enhanced interactivity, faster.

Articulate Storyline Features

  • Supported: Get started building courses right away, without any training. Storyline is so intuitive to use, even beginners ramp up quickly.
  • Supported: Create engaging interactivity, easily. If you can imagine an interaction, you can easily build it with Storyline. Let learners click, hover over, or drag any object to trigger any action. Build engaging interactions in minutes with buttons, sliders, markers, and hotspots. And create dynamic, personalized interactivity with intuitive variables—no programming required.
  • Supported: Build immersive, engaging learner experiences with video and simulations. Record screen activity, add screencasts from Articulate Replay, and import any type of video. To create software simulations simply record your screen once, then edit whenever and however you want.
  • Supported: Assess learners any way you want. Turn objects on your slide into a decision-making activity–or use 25 different question types to create quizzes quickly. You can test throughout your course to get a clear view of performance, and combine results from multiple quizzes for a final score.
  • Supported: Make it easy for every learner to access your content. Storyline supports right-to-left languages and double-byte character sets and includes Section 508 and WCAG support.
  • Supported: Reach learners on virtually any device with HTML5 and Flash publishing options (Storyline 2) and a fully responsive player (Storyline 360 only).
  • Supported: Publish for learning management systems with Tin Can API 1.0, SCORM, and AICC support.

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Articulate Storyline Technical Details

Deployment TypesOn-premise
Operating SystemsWindows
Mobile ApplicationApple iOS, Android

Frequently Asked Questions

Articulate Storyline is a learning content creation platform. It provides prebuilt and customizable content, along with gamification capabilities. Articulate emphasizes user-friendliness, including mobile accessibility. It is offered on a perpetual license.

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

Reviewers rate Implementation Rating highest, with a score of 10.

The most common users of Articulate Storyline are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees).
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Bogumił Ucherek | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Articulate Storyline is a very powerful tool that can be efficiently used for building simulations, trainings, especially more complex ones, where you need to use branching scenarios and variables. It's suitable for both internal capability building and client projects. Articulate Storyline offers a good balance whenever you need to create a more complex training but still want to do it rather quickly.
  • Complex branched scenarios in e-learning modules
  • Variables for personalization of user experience
  • Relatively easy to use thanks to similar UX to PowerPoint
  • Bigger bank of stock characters, images, videos, etc.
  • The way default clickable pins look is a bit old-fashioned
Articulate Storyline is great if you need to build:
* a simulation in which a participant can explore different outcomes basing on different decisions they take during the training
* a training based mostly on theoretical read-through material in PowerPoint which you need to make more interactive and fun
* any training in which "click and reveal" and "drag and drop" interactions are frequent and add value
January 03, 2024

Intuitively Impressive

Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Articulate Storyline is utilized to create operations skills and knowledge training as well as transform current in-person training into online modules.

Many of the modules created are transferred from older Captivate modules to the Articulate Storyline format. The organization has a benefited by a more intuitive software used to create modules in the LMS which reduces time spent on creating online training.
  • Intuitive interface
  • Triggers are easy to create and understand
  • The output files are quick an easy
  • The Review 360 module is a great way of getting input on created modules
  • The inclusion of audio files is cumbersome
  • The inclusion of videos is cumbersom.
  • The look and feel has limited options.
The Articulate Storyline is best suited for highly interactive online modules. The more interactivity and branching needed, the better this program will suit the needs.
For a micro learning scenario on a single path, such as an interactive job aid, Rise would be a better-suited software.
Jamie Drahos | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Articulate Storyline is primarily being used by our Training and Education department as part of the Articulate 360 subscription. We also have various users that have only licensed Storyline for minimal eLearning creation. Storyline is one of our pillars for online training development. We have approximately 350 courses that have been developed in Storyline over the years. It allows us to create in-depth and interactive training for our global workforce.
  • Compatibility with learning management systems. Storyline has remained up-to-date on SCORM standards and now xAPI development. We have had minimal issues with courses working within our LMS.
  • Mobile compatibility. This is one area that Storyline has really upped their game as of late. Their modern course player is a very nice experience on mobile.
  • The breadth of tools in a familiar package. When you open Storyline it looks very much like Microsoft Office, which is familiar to many enterprise users. However, once you dig in, you find that it has a wide range of tools to develop eLearning.
  • I would like to see a better set of video editing tools built into Storyline. The program offers basic editing for a video recorded using the screen recording function or added from an external file, but it could be better.
  • I would like to see faster save times. I have a very robust workstation that I use to edit 4k video, however, saving a large Storyline project seems to take a very long time. I would like to see this improved so it doesn't slow down my workflow.
  • An easier way to work with variables. Variables in Storyline can be a very powerful tool. However, the program does not give you a straight-forward way of learning how to use them or walking you through the process. This could be improved to help users go even further with their eLearning development.
Although there are competing products in the market, in my honest opinion, I believe Storyline is the gold standard when it comes to eLearning design and development. It is a necessary tool for any organization that is designing their own courses for online consumption.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use Articulate Storyline to build all of our e-learning training that went out across the organization in the United States. And help us address the problem of providing consistent training to over 20 hospitals. I did states for us to be compliant with state and federal regulations which are positive
  • Very easy to learn if you know PowerPoint
  • Great training offered if your business can afford it
  • Screen recording feature could be more accurate
  • Free webinars could be offered if not already
Articulate Storyline is most suitable for someone with experience in instructional design. However, it is easier to learn than some of the other software that is out there. This is also a good software if you have the budget, if you do not have the budget you may be able to get away with cheaper options
Michael Whatley | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Articulate Storyline is a great rapid eLearning development tool. Anyone who can use PowerPoint can use Articulate, so it has done a tremendous job making eLearning development available to non-learning professionals. There are certainly more advanced techniques within the platform that allow it to complete on a deeper level with more robust tools such as Adobe Captivate; however, the learning curve for Storyline is so short that you can produce high-quality courses with very little effort.
  • Articulate does a good job of making complex interactivity simple to obtain.
  • Articulate does a great job of keeping their interface clean and intuitive for MS Office users.
  • Articulate could do better with its screen capturing abilities.
  • Articulate should consider adding additional interactivity features that make it more competitive with Adobe Captivate.
For those just getting started in eLearning, or those who are asked to develop online modules as a task of their non-related job, then Articulate is a great way to get your feet wet. The interface is so similar to MS PowerPoint that moving between the tools is nearly seamless. If you're more comfortable working in PowerPoint, you can simply import your slides into Articulate and then add in SCORM or xAPI components to make your PowerPoint more similar to a traditional eLearning module.
Kyle Trail | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I've used Storyline for nearly anything you can think of at my organization. Now, I am the only one developing with it currently and I'm within our Training department.

We've had a variety of issues come up where Storyline wasn't originally considered for development. In the end, though, it was obviously the answer. From just SCORM holders for video, which required completion or retention monitoring, to an interactive map for a client in the exported format of a website, I've used Storyline for a variety of projects.
  • The Online Community is an amazing conglomeration of professionals that are always willing to assist a developer with ideas, troubleshooting, and more. Just having someone available to talk to about how to create your vision within the software is invaluable.
  • The user interface is familiar and easily navigable. If you've used MS Office products, then you'll know where you are and where to go find what you need. Since Office is everywhere, I'd bet you're familiar.
  • I wasn't on board, initially, with the subscription model. I've found that it is a great idea for a variety of reasons. Interactivity with the other products (Review and Rise) is outstanding and flawless.
  • The formats that are available for export are great as well. As I stated earlier, the ability to export as a website really helped me create something special for a particular client that has resulted in that website being used across thousands of locations worldwide. Pretty powerful stuff there.
  • Precision is a sore spot when it comes to developing in Storyline. Much like trying to be precise with items using PowerPoint, it is a frustrating prospect. I'd imagine it has something to do with the product being rooted within the MS Office/PowerPoint format.
  • While I'm familiar with the ribbon in Office, it's flawed for sure. I've found this to be the same within Storyline. Again, I'd imagine it has something to do with the similarity.
  • There are never enough animations/transitions. Though I've managed to mix multiple animations, etc., It's never enough.
I think that if you can truly think outside of the set parameters, you can do almost anything with Storyline. Again, I know I've used it in ways I've never imagined prior to that. Initially, when developing the website, I'd assumed I'd be using a web development tool married with some programming in HTML and Javascript. While I still used some Javascript for parts of it, it was precious little.

Knowing that I can always just drop a video onto a slide and then export the whole thing as a SCORM file is an easy way to get older pieces up to date so that we can make sure people are retaining the knowledge we're passing onto them.
Relton McBurrows | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Articulate Storyline is being used as a course authoring tool in creating our online learning throughout the hospital. It is primarily being used by our department in creating professional development, orientation training, and compliance training. We also use it to create embedded quizzes and exams for testing new staff and nurses.
  • Articulate is very intuitive to use. If you know PowerPoint, you can get a good start with Storyline.
  • Storyline allows for an editable import of PowerPoint slides. Most of our content starts as PowerPoint files.
  • Articulate is full of features to create interactive lessons
  • When creating quizzes and forms within Storyline, it would be helpful to be able to embed multiple data entry modes (i.e. radio buttons & pull-down).
  • Storyline also lacks the ability to apply an audio track across multiple slides.
  • Storyline's narration interface is cumbersome. It lacks the ability to record voiceovers while in the slide, allowing users to track with animations.
Articulate Storyline is extremely well suited for the novice to intermediate course developer. Built on a PowerPoint structure and interface, the workflow is very easy to learn. It is also well-suited to environments like ours where the majority of subject matter experts are producing their content first in PowerPoint. The content import features are unmatched by close competitors.
February 07, 2019

Powerful and intuitive

Duane Stitt | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use Articulate Storyline within our training unit to develop interactive eLearning, video demonstrations, and other training experiences. Our organization is constantly going through changes. Articulate Storyline allows us to quickly develop relevant training to support the changes for our statewide staff without having to conduct it live or in person.
  • Storyline is very user intuitive. If you are familiar with using PowerPoint, it is an easy transition, with much more powerful tools.
  • Storyline provides helpful tools for interactive learning - branching scenarios, drag and drop, multiple choice, etc. The ability to turn any slide into a quiz slide allows for great flexibility and creativity.
  • Setting up triggers and page interactions is simple, with a comprehensive list of choices for button actions, timing options, image transitions, etc.
  • Quiz results are not able to be compiled and emailed to the trainer outside of an LMS system.
  • Some transitions cannot be combined - for example, motion along a path and zoom cannot happen at the same time.
Storyline is well suited for business training when in-person training is inefficient.
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Storyline is used across our entire organization to create training for both internal employees and our corporate partners. We create sales and technical training for a variety of roles. It addresses the problem of having a global workforce that needs consistency in training delivery. We can release a training module for the entire company to support initiatives.
  • WYSIWYG editing (What you see is what you get). It's very helpful to be able to immediately see how actions and scripts affect each piece of the puzzle.
  • The flexibility of exams/quizzes is extremely beneficial. From the different question types available to the ability to randomize answers.
  • The integration of multimedia is super user-friendly—video (hyperlink or direct upload), audio, narration, etc.
  • The opportunities to utilize the motion of objects is extremely limited.
  • I don't like that you can't preview the full workings of the slide if it contains a video upload.
  • The menu visual options are fine, but not super intuitive. I'd like to have more control here.
I'm not sure it's scenario-specific. I think it's great for trainings, certification exams, video-based modules, etc. There isn't a scenario where I think it couldn't be used. It's more about creating the content based on the way that it will be used. I haven't come across a situation where it wasn't suited.
Benjamin Brogdon | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use Articulate Storyline to develop online learning courses that are deployed to our LMS. I do not know if it is being used by other departments, but I would imagine that it is. Everyone in our department uses it. Although it happened before I joined the department, I believe that management made the decision to use Storyline when Adobe announced that they would no longer support Flash.
  • The UI closely resembles the general UI that is used by Microsoft Office products. It is instantly familiar, decreasing the learning curve.
  • Storyline is very powerful. If you can imagine the design, you can develop it in Storyline. The built-in templates and player skins offer a wide variety of page layouts. I particularly like how Storyline organizes slides by scenes and provides a visual map to help you see the course navigation.
  • Storyline is not a resource hog. You can't simply install it on any machine, but you do not need a tricked-out rig with gaming specs to run. It runs very smoothly on an Intel i5 with 8gb of RAM with plenty of system resources available for Microsoft Office and Adobe applications to run in different windows.
  • Storyline output HTML is very clean. With other authoring tools, bad Javascript and poor CSS output really had a negative impact as you had to devise workarounds and implement patches for them to work with your LMS. Storyline is the closest authoring tool that I've found "just works."
  • I wish that you could customize the UI ribbons to bring features you use frequently to the front and to hide options you rarely use.
  • It would be great if there was a way for non-technical collaborators (SMEs, management, etc) to be able to open a *.story file directly and provide comments. You currently have to publish the course, load it to the LMS, update the LMS, and then hope that users can find it in the LMS. A Storyline Viewer/Previewer standalone application would be awesome.
  • The price is too high for freelancers to purchase and use. I no longer contract and work exclusively for the firm, but even with our resources, the high price limits the number of licenses available to use.
If you are designing eLearning and need to load content into an LMS, this tool is for you. If you are a web developer looking to develop websites, this tool is not for you. If you need a drag-and-drop/WYSIWYG interface, this tool is for you. If you are a coder who uses an IDE, this tool is not for you.
Le Tu Quynh | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We’re currently using storyline for creating interactive training material, especially for sales and safety training across 116 countries. As we standardizing our training, this tool helps us to create a uniform, dynamic training to replace the traditional methods.
  • Good content library.
  • Dynamic built-in templates.
  • Various trigger types allows unlimited creativity.
  • More adaptive and unique function for mobile.
  • Able to draw charts and visualize data.
  • Draw lines and boxes with connected points like powerpoint.
Suitable for a training specialist who wants to make training material differently & offer online training. Not suitable for those who don’t have much time and just focus on hands-on experiences or practices.
Brandon Bakken | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use Articulate Storyline for most of our online staff education across our whole organization. This program helps us publish cross-platform training in a selection of different coding conventions. It's flexibility with importing PowerPoints and its ability to import many different media types make it an ideal program to create a variety of online courses covering a vast array of subject matter for our organization.
  • Free stock library.
  • Multiple output options.
  • Multiple ready to use layout and design options.
  • Constantly updating and bugs being removed and added.
  • Large bugs appear occasionally and can completely stop your production.
  • Limited functionality in areas of animation and coding unless you know Javascript.
If you want a solid program that you can spin up courses for an LMS, that is easy to use for almost anyone, look no further. Be warned it can be limited in some areas, but after lots of use, you'll find ways around these limitations and great forums to help you achieve the look and functionality you're looking for.
Kristin Broadhead | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
For most of my instructional design needs, I use Storyline and the Articulate 360 suite. For our Training and Development team, Storyline is used as a rapid development tool to create online learning courses and training videos to be hosted on our LMS. It allows for quick turnaround time and is an easy design platform.
  • I appreciate the screen record has the option to auto-populate the text for events on the screen.
  • You don't have to be a graphic designer to understand how to use the software.
  • Publishing options are great! You can export to Word and even MP4!
  • I wish there was more of a library for people cut outs.
  • The publishing time seems to take significantly longer than other software I've used.
  • The file seems to get corrupted when saved on the cloud. I suggest saving local and backing up to the cloud.
Storyline allows you to create different branches of your course, which is really great when designing an onboarding course. It allows the associate to choose their position, which then directs them into the onboarding best suited for their job. Prior to the newer versions, it was less appropriate to use if you needed a video, but the enhancements now allow this - so it is great!
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
My department under HR exclusively uses Articulate 360 to create web-based training courses. The courses that we create pertain to all different subjects including professional development, product knowledge, showroom, residential/commercial trade, facilities supply, operations, sales, systems, etc. All employees across the organization have access to these training courses.

Use of Articulate Storyline addresses the problems we often face with the expense of sending trainers to conduct a training class in person. Using web-based content is efficient in saving time and money so that the knowledge applied can be more hands-on and convenient.
  • Articulate Storyline is a timeline based editing software that allows all imported graphics, audio, video, and text to be seen simultaneously and adjusted on the timeline by overlapping (send to front, send to back).
  • Articulate Storyline has a customizable player that allows you to coordinate color schemes, organize resources, display of buttons/tabs, include notes or captions, audio controls, and sizing options for the browser window.
  • The Articulate community provides you with pre-made templates for slides and quizzes that you can import directly into your course through the application window. They also provide characters that range from realistic to illustrated and can be instantly imported directly from the application.
  • Articulate Storyline doesn't always allow the copying/customizing of every pre-built interaction (i.e. quizzes) and can be difficult to use at times.
  • Working on slide layers has limitations with what can be done using triggers and states outside of the base slide.
  • The modern player style does not allow for publishing with Flash and can cause a weird font issue if only using HTML. The modern player looks so much nicer than the classic, but only allows for HTML publishing.
I have to create customized courses from scratch frequently. When it comes to creating important Legal/Compliance training, I know that I can restrict certain navigation of slides and customize the way the training must be viewed with Storyline. There are so many ways to ensure that the course content is received in the correct format, along with the ability to track the completion of courses based on passing a quiz or viewing all slides in the course.
Chris Bloom | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use Storyline for internal training courses, both soft skill and product training. It addresses all kinds of topics, from compliance to promotions to product walkthroughs and best practices. Our team uses it for the employees, and another training team uses it for New Hire programs. We haven't used it for any external audiences at this time.
  • Intuitive. It works similar to PowerPoint in terms of slides and structure. Adding assets and narration is fairly straightforward.
  • They have a good stock library. Also, you can add different characters in a variety of poses for added effect.
  • Lots of flexibility in navigation and buttons. Variables and basic scripting makes it easy to customize.
  • Animations are lacking. Limited to real basic types of movement and animations, which can look dated and not as profressional.
  • Lacks a time feature (how much time is used, how much time is left). I know that can't always be accurate due to interactive navigation, but the option to put one in would be nice.
  • Customization of the player is limited.
It's great for creating some basic eLearning tools. The video capability is so-so, though. You can create things rapidly, which is nice. And it does have some power and flexibility. It's good especially for courses where you need to break it out in sections. Quizzing is nice because you can separate it throughout the course, and then it can be tallied together. I'm not as big a fan of external audiences, since those are more video-focused and it doesn't have as many editing capabilities as I'd like.
Elise England | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Articulate Storyline is one of a few e-learning development tools we use as a company. It's the top choice for most IDs due to the fact that it is intuitive, fast, and robust in functionality.
  • Interactive job aids. It goes far beyond the traditional "click-next-to-continue" e-learning style.
  • Scenarios. Articulate Storyline is the best at organizing and branching slides.
  • Traditional e-learning.
  • While AS is very user-friendly, with that comes a loss of control in being able to script things in a customized way.
Scenarios where it is well suited are: click-next- to-continue trainings, interactive job aids, and scenario trainings. I haven't encountered a training yet where it would be less appropriate.
April 13, 2017

AS 2017 Review

Mark Campbell, M.A. | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
It's used for online course development for our clients across campus.
  • Raises the level of engagement
  • Simple implementation process
  • Works will with an LMS
  • I would like to see more "free templates" that offer more plug and play like Articulate 360
Storyline is more suited for presentations, online assessments (affirmation of learning) and demonstrations.
Gregory Morrison | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
In my organization, I am the sole instructional designer for a workforce of 10K+ employees. I use Storyline2 and 360 to create engaging pieces of content from training, to interactive employee handbooks, to mandatory compliance assessments and reviews.

These programs allow me to convert boring PDFs, videos, and multiple choice quizzes into genuine learning experiences, which help with overall effectiveness and retention. Plus, since we have the luxury of gamifying our content, our employees don't view training as a punitive activity anymore.
  • One of Storyline's greatest attributes is its versatility. Although you can use the basic templates, more advanced users will savor the ability to bring their ideas to life using the blank canvas to transform their ideas into powerful pieces of training.
  • I really like the ability to create branching scenarios, which turn a linear story into a multifaceted experience.
  • Storyline also works seamlessly when adding custom interaction and various media types, from audio, to video, to web objects. The combination of these elements helps designers appeal to audiences of varying learning styles.
  • I've always wished that storyline allowed a designer to organize triggers in collapsible folders. Anyone who has used 10 or more triggers all on varying objects throughout the slide knows how difficult it can be to find what you're looking for. Cleaning this area up would do wonders.
  • It would also be helpful if you could delete the result slide variable if you indeed delete the result slide itself. Currently, if you are experimenting with four different result slides and decide to only use one, the variables (points and percent) stay in the project and can never be removed. This can be confusing later on.
  • This really isn't a major problem, but more of a suggestions, but it would be cool if you could manipulate the size and shape of a marker. So if I wanted a large marker or even a rectangular one that looked like a button but had the characteristics of a marker, that would be pretty cool.
With Storyline, your only limitation is your imagination. This program is so powerful, and with new additions like Articulate Review, there is nothing else like it on the market. I would advise new users to take their time to understand the various features and navigation so that you know exactly where to go and for what, but after that, the limit to the software will only be capped by your ability or inability to think.
Dorothy Mocalis | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
The training development team uses Articulate Storyline to create compliance and process training. It was easy for the staff to learn and get used to for those who have never used it before. We have created templates to keep our trainings looking the same and we love the tool.
  • Storyline is great for customizing your training activities. If you can think of an activity, you will be able to create it in Storyline. It is like a blank canvas, great for creative people.
  • Storyline is very forgiving. If you have an issue or something isn't working the way you want it, there are more than one ways to do something. I love finding Storyline loopholes for my colleagues to ease the stress off of their shoulders.
  • It is easy to turn boring PowerPoints into an interactive work of art. You just have to think about the story you want to tell and what the learner should be able to do by the time they finish the training.
  • It would be nice to enter PDF type documents. There are ways to display documents, but you have to know the work-arounds to make it look good.
  • Storyline should be able to edit images better. For example, if I want to use an image that doesn't have a transparent background, I need to open Adobe Photoshop to delete the background. PowerPoint 13' has this functionality.
I was the initial employee to propose the purchase of Articulate Storyline. Storyline is great for getting out information fast to a large audience. It works nicely with any LMS I have ever used.
Anthony Deardorff | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I use Articulate Storyline to create e-Learning that helps address the needs of the business.
  • It's easy to create interactive quizzes in Articulate Storyline 2.
  • The Storyline interface is easy to use. The defaults are usually spot on or close to what I would select as part of an e-Learning project.
  • The best part about using Storyline is the support community, "E-Learning Heroes" which is maintained by Articulate. Questions are quickly answered and some awesome content is available for free download.
  • It would be great if it was possible to create consistent background music in Storyline.
Storyline is well suited to quickly create standalone e-Learning for uploading to an LMS.
Sam Sternman | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
I use Storyline for all of our online softskills courses (within Human Resources). Our Education Services team also uses Storyline for many of their consumer products. Storyline assists me with a more rapid, fluid development cycle (vs. Captivate) and allows me to move quickly through the ID process as well as any changes that result from drafts/reviews.
  • Simple user interface.
  • Triggers (actions) are much easier to create than in Captivate.
  • The characters, particularly the additional bundles, offer a diverse range of photo characters that are great for a global company like ours. You can enhance the images by creating your own characters (they must be ready to scale, though) or purchase third-party characters from companies such as eLearning Brothers.
  • The support on the Community site is far superior to anything that Adobe has/will offer in the future...the amount of tutorials, examples and freebies is staggering.
  • More animation/movement options should be found in later releases of version 2 (let's not see another full release for a while).
  • There are some funky type issues with Storyline 2 - awaiting some bug fixes. Type, when paired with some animations, can be unruly and misbehave.
  • It would be great to have access to more characters (the cost is high for this software and there is no "cloud" version to save on upgrades) included.
  • Version 2 release seemed more like a patch than a full upgrade. Hopefully, the R&D costs will be recovered with this version so that Storyline 3 really has some new stuff that adds to the already organic interface.
Probably not the best for software training - use Captivate or Camtasia for that. I'd make sure that you enlist the help of a trained graphic designer (not self taught) when using Storyline - while a non-graphic user can create content, it's what you do with the screens that will set you apart.
Destery Hildenbrand | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
As an organization we are moving to Articulate 360 as our full eLearning development suite. We have used Articulate Storyline as our rapid prototyping instructional design tool in the past but with the additional options now being offered with the 360 suite we are moving towards using it exclusively for our eLearning development needs. Full course development, short bite-sized learning nuggets, and for just in time job-aid development, and now responsive design and real time review of projects are tools we will be working with to better serve our customers.
  • The best part of all of these tools is that they stay true to what I loved about Storyline and that's a low learning curve to get started. Anyone can sit down and with a little trial and error start using these tools right away.
  • Articulate 360 offers an all in one suite of programs and services that meet all of your elearning development needs. From rapid prototype creation with the Preso App to the content library with ready to use templates and characters for scenario creation the 360 suite provides the tools you need to develop quality elearning for your clients and customers.
  • As a suite you can now receive updates to the software and features as they are made without buying a new version. One price for each licence gives you access to all of the 360 programs and services.
  • Responsive authoring tools are available on your machine and in the cloud with Storyline and Rise. You can effectively tailor your training to fit any device or screen with ease. Rise ios a cloud based development tool that allows for ease of use and creation.
  • eLearning Heroes has been the gold standard for community outreach and support for a software. This community is populated with all users and skill levels to provide ideas and support. Now included in 360 Articulate offers Live. Live webinars by the Articulate gurus themselves offing ideas and instruction on how to use 360 better.
  • Pricing is more straight forward but I would have liked to see a monthly alternative similar to Adobe. The one size fits all may be too much for everyone. An a la carte option again similar to Adobe (Photoshop and Lightroom for a price) might be helpful in this case as well. (Storyline and Content Library for a price).
Articulate 360 really excels as an all in one elearning suite. Everything you need to be successful in developing eLearning from a technology standpoint is here and ready to go. It's ne responsive development tools and cloud options allow for development for any device or screen and any computer with an internet connection gives you access to their cloud development software. From prototype, design, review, and release 360 offers tools to support all steps. This suite offers tools for just about every scenario sans direct web design. You will also need additional image and video editing tools. Articulate offers limited options in those regards.
November 23, 2016

Articulate 360

Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
I have been using Storyline since version 1. With the advent of the subscription-based Articulate 360, I have an all in one solution to all my training needs. I use the suite of tools to develop all kinds of training, testing, and demonstrations. This is used across my facility and I have shared many of my developed courses with other affiliated facilities.
  • Automatic scaling of HTML5 content
  • Easy to share content with SMEs
  • Integrated large and growing content library
  • Resource intensive
  • Video authoring capabilities could be enhanced
If you need a rapid elearning tool, Articulate 360 is your best bet. It comes with all the programs in the Articulate family, course starters, review tools, and the easiest interface in the business.
Andrew Watling | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use Storyline to create trainings for staff to complete online, usually from home. It allows us to get our content to our staff who all work at different times and locations without having to adjust their schedules.
  • It is very easy to learn and use, you can start creating great projects from day 1.
  • It allows me to give computer based training that is very technical to staff who have limited computer skills.
  • It is customizable to every situation I need and can be made to look and feel different from project to project if you desire.
  • The timeline function and ability to reorder objects can be a little difficult to navigate.
  • The files it creates are large and saving can be time consuming, a save as you work function would be helpful.
  • I have had some issues with HTML5 working correctly.
If you need to create a course quickly and don't have programming skills if fills in the gaps to make your work look very professional.
August 31, 2016

Go with the best!

Nick Elkins | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
We use it in the learning and performance team to create experiences that help build better performers across the organization.
  • Animations are smooth, easy.
  • Quizzing is easy and fast.
  • User interface is the best in class for e-learning development tools.
  • Support and community are second-to-none.
  • Wouldn't mind seeing additional audio and video editing tools within the software.
I haven't found anything yet that I can't use Storyline for...and I've been using it since the day it came out.
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