In November 2016, Articulate launched Articulate 360, which has everything eLearningprofessionals need for the entire course development process. The annualsubscription includes award-winning authoring apps like Storyline 360 and Rise, over 2 million course assets,an easy-to-use project review app,and live online training with industry experts. Articulate subscribers also receive continuous productand asset updates.
“With our new subscription model, we’regetting highly valuable features into customers’ hands faster than ever,” saysArticulate CEO Adam Schwartz. “In just under a year after launch, we’ve alreadyshipped more than 65 new features for Articulate 360, and there’s a lot more onthe way. It’s truly satisfying to continually deliver features that make ourcustomers’ jobs easier.”
New collaboration features for Articulate 360 Teams
Recently, Articulate added exclusive productfeatures for Articulate 360 Teams subscribers, making it easy for team membersto collaborate on Storyline 360 and Rise courses. They can build a sharedcollection of templates, slides, and scenes that colleagues can access rightfrom within Storyline 360. And they can work together on Rise content, creatingand editing courses at the same time. The Articulate 360 Teams plan alsoprovides organizations with simple account management and priority support.
New accessibility features and productivity enhancementsin Storyline 360
Since launch, Articulate has added 20 newfeatures to Storyline 360, including several new productivity boosters that leteLearning developers build mobile and online courses with custom interactivity.New features to Storyline 360 include slide layer enhancements and the abilityto detect and replace all missing fonts in a project at once. In the past fewmonths, the company has also released several accessibility features. Coursedevelopers can now create and edit closed captions in Storyline 360, customizethe fonts of closed captions, and let learners toggle them on and off.Storyline 360 also now includes rich tables that communicate to screen readershow data is organized, and a new dial style that gives course developers evenmore options for creating beautiful interactions.
“I’m really happy with the new closed captionseditor in Storyline 360,” says eLearning developer Joe Waddington. “It’s soquick and easy to use. I just copy and paste captions from my script into thecaption placeholders. Not having to use a third-party program to create closedcaptions cut the time I spent captioning my course in half!”
New ways to do more in Rise
Rise makes it easy for anyone to build gorgeous,fully responsive courses in minutes right from a web browser. Over 42 newfeatures have been added to Rise since launch. For example, Rise users can nowadd photographs and illustrations from the over 2 million assets in ContentLibrary to their courses. They can also publish their Rise courses toArticulate Review to gather stakeholder feedback in one place, speeding projectreviews.
Most recently, Articulate has added aStoryline block type in Rise, which lets course developers add a customStoryline interaction to a Rise course in seconds. That gives course authorsthe best of both worlds: custom Storyline 360 interactions in gorgeous,inherently responsive Rise courses.
Other new features in Rise include moreoptions for interactivity, more flexibility for course authors, and more waysto share projects. New stackable blocks for creating custom lessons includeknowledge check, interactive flashcard, and attachment blocks. eLearningdevelopers can also now add photographic covers to their courses and customizecourse elements like buttons and lesson headers by changing the label text. Andenhancements to the text editor make it simple to format course text with fontsizes, bulleted lists, indentations, superscripts, subscripts, and more.Finally, Rise includes new features that allow course authors to share theirsource files as well as export their courses as xAPI (aka Tin Can) packages.
“Rise has become a go-to tool for all ourcourse development needs,” says Michael Culligan, director of learning solutionsarchitecture at LINGOs. “It’s easy to learn and simple to use, and it lets usget courses done really quickly. Our design and development time is thequickest it’s ever been. And with consistent updates and new features, we can’twait to see what comes next.”
New gorgeous assets in Content Library
Content Library is an ever-growing library ofcourse assets for creating beautiful courses—fast. At Articulate 360 launch,Content Library included professionally designed slide templates and characters.Since then, Articulate has added new template sets and characters as well as over2 million royalty-free photographs, illustrations, videos, and icons to ContentLibrary. Course developers can access Content Library assets right from withinStoryline 360 and Rise, without interrupting their workflow.
New flexibility in Articulate Review
Articulate Review makes it easy to moveprojects through the approval process. Stakeholders can view courses andprovide consolidated feedback on Articulate 360 content in a web browser—nodownload required. Articulate has released several new features since launch tomake the course review process even easier. For example, eLearning developerscan now choose to receive a daily digest of comments, subscribe to specificcomments, and even export all comments as a PDF document or CSV file for easybackup or to meet compliance requirements. And reviewers can attach files suchas screenshots and course assets to their comments so everyone is on the samepage.
To stay abreast of all the new features inArticulate 360, check out what’s new and what’s next.
“Articulate 360 has been out for a while now,and the updates keep coming,” says eLearning developer Jeff Kortenbosch.“Articulate continues to add powerful new features across all the apps andresources in Articulate 360.”
Availability and pricing
Articulate 360 is available on the Articulate website and through Articulate authorized resellers.Until the end of 2017, Articulate is offering discounted upgrade pricing to existing Studio and Storyline customers who qualify: $599 per user for the first year forindividual subscriptions and $799 per user for the first year for Articulate360 Teams subscriptions. Individual annual subscriptions are available for $999per user, per year. The Articulate 360 Teams plan is available for $1,299 per user, per year. Eligibleeducational customers receive a 50 percent discount on list prices.
You can also get a free 30-day trial of Articulate 360.
About Articulate
Trusted by more than 60,000 organizationsworldwide, Articulate software, services, community, and content make it easyto create compelling courses for every device. Articulate 360 is an annualsubscription that gives eLearning developers everything they need for theentire course development process. Articulate users can also find inspiration,guidance, and best practices on the Articulate community, E-Learning Heroes. It’s the number onecommunity for course creators, with more than 550,000 members worldwide, and it’scompletely free to join.
