Articulate 360 Adds New Features at a Rapid Pace

In November 2016, Articulate launched Articulate 360, which has everything eLearningprofessionals need to simplify course development. The annual subscriptionincludes award-winning authoring apps like Storyline 360 and Rise; over 1.5 million course assets; an easy-to-use course review app; and live online training with industry experts. Articulate 360 subscribers also receivecontinuous product and asset updates.

“With our new subscription model, we’re getting highlyvaluable features into customers’ hands faster than ever,” says Articulate CEOAdam Schwartz. “In the two quarters since launch, we’ve already shipped morethan 35 new features for Articulate 360, and there’s a lot more on the way.It’s truly satisfying to continually deliver features that make our customers’jobs easier.”

New productivity and accessibility features in Storyline 360

Storyline 360 lets eLearning developers build richlyinteractive mobile and online courses—no programming required. Since launch,Articulate has added several new productivity boosters to Storyline 360,including slide layer enhancements and the ability to detect and replace allmissing fonts in a project at once. In the past few months, the company hasalso added several accessibility features. Course developers can now add closedcaptions to courses, customize the fonts of closed captions, and let learnerstoggle them on and off. Storyline also now includes rich tables thatcommunicate to screen readers how data is organized, and a new dial style thatgives course developers even more options for creating beautiful interactions.

New options for creativity in Rise

Rise makes it easy for anyone to build gorgeous, fullyresponsive courses in minutes, right from their web browser. Over 15 newfeatures have been added to Rise since launch, including more ways to createcustom lessons with new stackable blocks, such as knowledge check, interactiveflashcard, and attachment blocks. Articulate has also added features that give eLearningdevelopers more flexibility. They can now add photos to course covers andcustomize course elements, such as buttons and lesson headers, by changinglabel text. Also, new features make it easy for course developers to sharesource files with other Rise authors and export Rise courses as xAPI(Experience API, aka Tin Can) packages. Most recently, Articulate integratedRise with the Content Library in Articulate 360, allowing course developers toaccess photographs and illustrations from the over 1.5 million royalty-freeassets in Content Library, right from Rise.

“Rise has become a go-to tool for all our course developmentneeds,” says Michael Culligan, director of learning solutions architecture atLINGOs. “It’s easy to learn and simple to use, and it lets us get courses donereally quickly. Our design and development time is the quickest it’s ever been.And with consistent updates and new features, we can’t wait to see what comesnext.”

New, gorgeous assets in Content Library

Content Library is an ever-growing library of course assetsthat helps developers create beautiful courses—fast. At the time of Articulate360’s launch, Content Library included professionally designed slide templatesand characters. Since then, Articulate has added new template sets andcharacters to Content Library and expanded it vastly to include over 1.5million royalty-free photographs, illustrations, videos, and icons. Coursedevelopers can access Content Library assets right from within Storyline 360and Rise without interrupting their workflow.

New flexibility in Articulate Review

Articulate Review allows stakeholders to view courses andprovide consolidated feedback in a web browser—no download required. Articulatehas released several updates since launch to make the course review processeven easier. For example, course developers can now choose to receive a dailydigest of comments, subscribe to specific comments, and even export allcomments as a PDF document or CSV file for easy backup or to meet compliancerequirements.

New ways to work together in Articulate 360 Teams

The Articulate 360 Teams plan gives entire trainingorganizations access to all the apps and resources in Articulate 360;account-level management for user, billing, and seat administration; andpriority support. Articulate has added new Teams plan features that makeaccount management even easier and has announced features that will letArticulate 360 Teams users collaborate more effectively on Rise courses.

To stay abreast of all the new features in Articulate 360,check out what’s new and what’s next.

Availability and pricing

Articulate 360 is available on the Articulate website and through Articulate Authorized Resellers. For a limited time, Articulate is offering discounted upgradepricing to existing Studio and Storyline customers who qualify: $599 per user for the firstyear for individual subscriptions, and $799 per user for the first year forArticulate 360 Teams subscriptions. Individual annual subscriptions areavailable for $999 per user, per year. Articulate 360 Teams isavailable for $1,299 per user, per year. Eligible educational customers receivea 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 organizations worldwide,Articulate’s software, services, community, and content make it easy to createcompelling courses for every device. Articulate 360 is an annual subscription that gives eLearning developers everythingthey need for the entire course development process. Articulate users can alsofind inspiration, guidance, and best practices on Articulate’s community, E-Learning Heroes. It’s thenumber-one community for course creators, with more than 487,000 membersworldwide, and it’s completely free to join.

If you are attending next week’s FocusOn Learning 2017 Conference & Expo, June 20 – 22 in San Diego, California,you can find Articulate at Booth 201.