Articulate Storyline is easy to learn, which means many people can get pretty far along with little to no help. However, when you pick up a tool this way, sometimes you learn the harder, more time-consuming approaches to tasks and miss out on the tricks that experts use to save time and effort.

In this session, you’ll be introduced to many of the best time-saving tips that will help you use Storyline more effectively. You’ll look at how slide masters and templates can help speed up your development processes without making your content look blandly identical. You’ll then find out how custom default settings and format and animation painters can reduce the number of steps in creating new screens or interactions. Finally, you’ll discover how to leverage duplication and other simple tools in ways that still allow for creative flexibility. Even if you’ve been using Storyline for years, by the end of this session you’ll be able to use this familiar tool more efficiently.

In this session, you will learn:

• How to master the art of using slide masters to build course consistency
• How to set your own defaults to help design slides with less editing
• How the format and animation painters can give you quicker formatting options
• How to create design templates that you can easily reuse and update
• How to use duplication and other simple tools to save time without sacrificing creativity

Audience:
Novice to intermediate designers and developers.

Technology discussed in this session:
Articulate Storyline 360.

Participant technology requirements:
Windows laptop (or Mac running Windows) and Storyline 360.