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© Fredrickson Communications 2012 All rights reserved.
an overview for leaders and developers
introducing
Articulate Storyline
Gerry Wasiluk, Affiliate, Fredrickson Communications, and Articulate MVP/Super Hero
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1. This Presentation 2. Some Ground Rules 3. About You 4. About Me 5. About Articulate 6. Exciting Time For Developers
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This Presentation
Introduction
Storyline
Basics
mLearning, HTML5, Flash
and iOS
Strategic
Implications
Key Features
Demos
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This Presentation
≥ Tailored more to leaders and to folks who have not yet used Articulate Storyline
≥ Some things will be included for developers
≥ Background then demos
≥ Another presentation next month at the ASTD e-Learning SIG will be more in-depth for developers
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THIS PRESENTATION WILL BE AVAILABLE ELECTRONICALLY AFTER THIS TALK.
Will be on Fredrickson Communications website
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Some Ground Rules
≥ Feel free to ask a question or make a comment at any time, though if you can wait, that’s cool—there’ll be time for Q&A at the end.
≥ To ask a question or make a comment, raise your hand and, when acknowledged, identify yourself, your organization and your job.
≥ Please remember, I don’t know it all. If you’re a Storyline user, feel free to “rescue me” if I go off the deep end.
≥ If we’re stumped, please give me your business card or contact info after—I’ll try and get you an answer.
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About You
We don’t have time for everyone to introduce themselves but: ≥ How many of you were beta testers for Storyline?
≥ How many of you are now using Storyline?
≥ How many of you are supervisors or managers responsible for learning?
≥ How many of you are supervisors or managers in non-learning functions?
≥ How many of you develop e-learning?
≥ How many of you have folks that use Articulate products?
≥ Others?
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About Me
≥ 27+ years involved with corporate learning, learning systems, and e-delivery of learning (business TV, satellite, videoconferencing, virtual classroom, e-learning, etc.)
≥ Retired this year as Learning Solutions Manager in 3M HR Talent Solutions
— Managed our internal Saba LMS and our e-learning-related services; also was 3M’s pre-eminent e-learning specialist
— Sponsored/supported Articulate and Lectora at 3M
— Provided/managed corporate content servers
— Set governance, processes, and e-learning standards for internal LMS
— Developed/directed/consulted on creating e-learning courses
— LMS specialist, especially configuring and on e-learning
≥ One of 5 Articulate MVP’s/Super Heroes (since June 2006)
≥ Currently an Affiliate with Frederickson Communications
≥ Been using Storyline since late June of last year (when beta testing began)
≥ Have produced 9 “real” courses in Storyline since the beta ended
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About Articulate
From their press releases . . .
Articulate develops stunningly simple, remarkably powerful e-learning software. More than 28,000 customers in 120 countries rely on our easy-to-use tools to create professional-looking, interactive courses that fully engage learners. Packed with powerful e-learning functionality, Articulate’s intuitive tools make it easy for anyone to deliver polished interactive content—every time. Articulate’s e-learning community—the largest and most active in the industry—offers hundreds of helpful tutorials, free course downloads, and expert advice on building amazing e-learning content. Visit us at http://www.articulate.com
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About Articulate
http://www.articulate.com/company/about.php
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About Articulate
http://www.articulate.com/company/about.php
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Articulate and Some Competitors
Company: Type: Some Products: Employees: Net Sales: Headquarters:
Adobe Systems, Inc. **
Public Adobe Presenter, Captivate 9,117 $3,800,000,000 345 Park Ave. San Jose, California 95110-2704
Articulate* ** Private Articulate Presenter, Quizmaker, Engage,; Articulate Online
50 $10,500,000 244 5th Ave Ste 2960 New York, NY 10001-7604
Atlantic Link
iSpring ? iSpring Presenter, Quizmaker
? ? Russia
Qarbon ** Private 12 NA 4 N. 2nd St., Ste. 1240 San Jose, CA 95113
ReadyGo * Private ReadyGo Web Course Builder
10 NA 918 N Rengstorff Ave Mountain View, CA 94043-1714
Techsmith SnagIt, Camtasia, Jing 100 $13,000,000 2405 Woodlake Dr. Okemos, Michigan 48864-5910
Trivantis ** Private Lectora, Snap, Course Mill 50 $6,650,000 311 Elm St., Ste. 200 Cincinnati, OH 45202
Wondershare ** NA PPT2Flash Professional; QuizCreator
NA NA Shenzhen, China
Source: Lexis-Nexis – October 2011 Key: * = e-learning tool(s)-only companies ** = Offers PowerPoint to Flash tool
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Articulate’s Effect on E-learning
If Articulate didn’t invent the “PowerPoint-to-Flash e-learning” industry back in the early 2000’s, then, at the very least, for better or worse, they may be the ones most responsible for making the industry what it is today—and helping move things forward and stretching the boundaries of what is possible.
Like having a product (Quizmaker 09) that is both form-driven and free-form.
And they’re doing it again with Articulate Storyline . . .
Storyline is to e-learning what the Beatles where to music—they changed things for the better.
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Some Articulate Products
Build explorable interactions
Create quizzes & assessments
The “Microsoft Office” of e-learning?
Convert many kinds of videos into an FLV
Quickly convert PowerPoint content to Flash
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Some Articulate Products
Articulate Online (http://www.articulate.com/products/articulate-online.php) – hosted service (a “baby” LMS) that tracks how learners interact with your Articulate e-learning courses, assessments and presentations.
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Some Articulate Products
Screenr – free, online screencasting service published to Flash or HTML5 for iOS playback – maximum 5 minutes
Screenr Business – for fee version of Screenr – private and longer screencasts
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How Articulate Shines
≥ Products developed by people who “get” learning and instructional design
≥ Aim for “sweet spot” in terms of power and functionality – “less is more”
≥ Tools designed to be simple and easy to use – from SMEs to expert developers
≥ Software will be released when it’s “right” and will be of high value
≥ Users have input into new features and product directions
≥ Helps you to succeed “after the sale”
– Excellent, top-notch global support and service
– One of best (if not the best) learning communities
– Lots of free resources
– Huge social media presence
– No “BS” attitude – instead very friendly and responsive
≥ As a result, a “good cult-like” following
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Exciting Time for Developers
≥ mLearning is the buzz (and the challenge)
≥ Lots of new authoring tools coming out
— ZebraZapps from Allen Interactions
— New totally revamped version of Lectora out this summer
— Lot of other companies, some new, producing new tools
— But one of the most anticipated new tools in the industry has been . . .
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Which Brings Us To . . .
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Quote From Adam Schwartz, Articulate CEO
The most engaging e-learning tells a great story. Engagement is about storytelling.
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In This Section 1. What Is Articulate Storyline 2. Important: First Version of Storyline 3. Early Reviews—Almost All Very Positive 4. Strengths and Opportunities for Improvement 5. Is Storyline for Everyone? 6. Where Does Storyline Fit? 7. Does Storyline replace the Articulate Suite?
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What Is Articulate Storyline
≥ A desktop tool that produces highly-interactive and media-rich e-learning courses for a variety of needs: — Web
— LMS (AICC and SCORM 1.2/SCORM 2004)
— CD
— Articulate Online
— Microsoft Word
≥ Published content can be Flash-based, HTML5, or iOS (Apple devices) or all three at once!
≥ Windows-only software
— But runs with Parallels on the Mac
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≥ Storyline bears the typical Articulate promise of being able to do advanced things without being a programmer.
— Imagine taking a lot of what a programmer can do in native Flash and giving some of that power to non-programmers through an easy-to-use interface
— Started with Presenter—now extending that even further with Storyline
— Some sense of programming concepts will help
— Some really advanced things may require more (more the exception than the rule)
What Is Articulate Storyline
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What Articulate Storyline Is
My personal equation . . .
— A lot (but not all) of Articulate Presenter
+ All of Articulate Quizmaker
+ A lot of Articulate Engage
+ Some of Microsoft PowerPoint
+ Some of the best features of Captivate/Camtasia/Screenr
+ Some of the programmability of Flash
+ Plus some other goodness
= Articulate Storyline
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Important: First Version of Storyline
≥ Was just released the first week of May 2012
≥ Remember: Still version 1 of the tool and while not “perfect” is already very mature
≥ Storyline, IMVHO, has a very bright future
≥ Articulate to push improving Storyline hard?
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Early Reviews – Almost All Very Positive
≥ Kineo http://www.kineo.com/zh/authoring-tools/articulate-storyline-review.html
≥ This Week in mLearning Podcast http://rjacquez.com/this-week-in-mlearning-podcast-a-review-of-articulate-storyline-
episode-5
≥ Is Articulate Storyline Any Good? http://aurionlearning.wordpress.com/2012/05/22/is-
articulate-storyline-any-good/
≥ Game Changer for the E-Learning Industry http://afr.com/p/technology/game_changer_for_the_learning_industry_DmdOPfNTc9h2yq
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≥ Why Articulate Storyline Is My Go-To Authoring Tool http://www.suddeninsight.com/why-articulate-storyline-is-my-go-to-authoring-tool/
≥ Learning Solutions Magazine http://www.learningsolutionsmag.com/articles/931/articulate-storyline-a-brand-new-
elearning-development-tool
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Early Reviews – Almost All Very Positive
≥ Articulate Storyline First Impressions http://www.designedforlearning.co.uk/articulate-storyline-first-impressions/
≥ E-Learning 24/7 Blog http://elearninfo247.com/2012/06/04/product-review-articulate-
storyline/
≥ Our Thoughts On Articulate Storyline (with link to podcast) http://elearninguncovered.com/2012/05/our-thoughts-on-articulate-storyline/
≥ Technically Speaking – Articulate Storyline http://technicallysqueaking.blogspot.com/2012/06/articulate-storyline.html
≥ Clever, Cool and Creative….Nice to Meet You Articulate Storyline! http://bonlinelearningcom.web10.hubspot.com/elearning-blog/bid/127102/Clever-Cool-and-Creative-Nice-to-Meet-You-Articulate-Storyline
≥ 3 Defining Features of Articulate Storyline http://blog.integratedlearningservices.com/2012/05/3-defining-features-of-articulate.html
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Strengths and Opportunities For Improvements
Some Strengths: ≥ Ease of authoring ≥ Intuitive user interface ≥ Templates ≥ Importing content from other projects ≥ Characters ≥ Easy interactivity via triggers, variables,
timeline, layers, and object states ≥ Flexible quizzing ≥ Easy (and reusable) screen recording ≥ Mobile publishing ≥ Improved Section 508 ≥ Right-to-left language support ≥ Sharing of templates and interactions ≥ Lightbox slides ≥ Easy drag and drop interactions ≥ Many features work and feel like
PowerPoint ≥ Three publishing options
Some Opportunities for Improvement: ≥ Limited animations and shapes ≥ Text editing/features could be better (yet what e-
learning tool is good at this?) ≥ Few more programming additions would be nice ≥ Translation ease ≥ Even better Section 508 ≥ Some features could be deeper and even easier ≥ Multiple monitor support/movable panes ≥ Access to system variables ≥ Parity in functionality between outputs ≥ Some more of Presenter’s features used
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Is Articulate Storyline for Everyone?
IMVHO, no, not really . . . ≥ If you have basic computer skills . . . ≥ If you cannot grasp some simple programming constructs . . . ≥ If you struggle with PowerPoint, Articulate Presenter,
Articulate Quizmaker and Articulate Engage . . . ≥ If your e-learning needs are very simple . . . ≥ If you only develop e-learning courses “now and then” . . .
Then perhaps Articulate Storyline is not for you.
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Where Does Storyline Fit?
For SME’s For Programmers
Very Powerful and Versatile
Some Power and Versatility
Flash
Early Articulate Presenter
Articulate Suite 09
Articulate Storyline
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Does Storyline Replace The Articulate Suite?
≥ No—Presenter, Quizmaker and Engage are NOT going away.
≥ In fact, Studio ’12 is coming soon. See a preview (http://www.articulate.com/products/studio-preview.php).
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Articulate Storyline or the Articulate Suite?
From the Articulate site:
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S In This Section 1. If You Get Nothing Else From Today . . . 2. What is Adobe Flash? 3. What is HTML5? 4. What is iOS? 5. So What’s the Fuss? 6. HTML5 Support Varies Among Browsers 7. Storyline Support for Flash, HTML5 and iOS 8. For Viewing iOS Storyline Content 9. How Storyline Courses Work for Desktop and Mobile 10. Articulate Storyline—Best for mLearning? 11. The Bottom Line
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If You Get Nothing Else From Today . . .
We’re in crazy time . . .
“Old” Technology:
Flash, HTML
“New” Technology:
HTML5, iOS
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What Is Flash?
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What Is HTML5?
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What Is iOS?
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So What’s The Fuss?
≥ HTML5 is a standard still under development and not ratified
≥ Not all browsers support HTML5 equally—politics?
≥ HTML5 abilities ≠ Flash’s abilities
≥ iOS abilities ≠ Flash’s abilities
≥ iOS communication with a LMS can be a challenge
≥ iOS supports different interface elements and navigation
≥ All this makes designing e-learning authoring tools difficult in the short-term and difficult for e-learning developers to keep track of all the exceptions
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HTML5 Support Varies Among Browsers
http://html5test.com
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Storyline Support for Flash, HTML5, and iOS
http://www.articulate.com/support/kb_article.php?product=st1&id=1568gg1ayot2
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For Viewing iOS Storyline Content
≥ Articulate supplies a free player: The Articulate Mobile Player
≥ Install from the Apple AppStore
≥ For iPad only
≥ Helps with media-rich Storyline courses
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How Storyline Courses Work for Desktop and Mobile
When publishing your Storyline course, you can include HTML5 and iOS support with Flash.
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When the learner launches a course . . .
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Articulate Storyline – Best for mLearning?
≥ Articulate Storyline, and its approach of publishing to multiple platforms, may right now be the best application out there for developing mLearning.
≥ One caution: We’re still at the bleeding edge of things with mLearning.
— Note: Not discussing designing for mobile or different devices.
≥ Still bugs and other issues to work through
≥ As good as Articulate is, they’re still sifting through things and technologies are still evolving.
≥ But they have the “trifecta for developer success.”
— Leading software that is easy to use, produced by people that get learning
— Leading support after the sale
— Leading resources after the sale to make you successful
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The Bottom Line
≥ It may be darn-near impossible to create a highly interactive, media-rich e-learning course that works the same as a Flash version, as a HTML5 version and as an iOS version.
— Bound to be compromises, differences, and some features that work on one platform but not on another
≥ If you commission a developer to produce a single e-learning course that plays in Flash, HTML5 and iOS, don’t be surprised if it’s a challenge.
— You may, in some circumstances, need three separate versions developed or a very simple course
— Don’t beat up the developers or vendors!
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What Storyline Gives An Organization
≥ No longer need fancy, custom Flash programming for many things
≥ Vendors should be able to do some interactive things easier (and cheaper)
≥ If you’re already use Articulate, you now have an advanced tool (Storyline) to go with your beginning-to-intermediate tools (Articulate 09 Suite)
≥ Experienced Articulate developers now have a growth path and can do more
≥ Even more so than before, an organization can insist that custom development be done in an Articulate tool—Storyline
≥ Reusable content - the “Articulate eco-system”
≥ Worldwide, world-class support and community and many free resources “after-the-sale”
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The Articulate-PowerPoint “Eco-System”
≥ An organization’s investment in the current Articulate Suite can be repurposed
≥ Integrated tools
≥ PowerPoint can continue to be leveraged as a source of content
≥ Projects start out in PowerPoint or the Articulate Suite and then moved to Storyline or can be done totally in Storyline
≥ All or parts of other Storyline projects can be re-purposed in new Storyline projects
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Optional sources of content for advanced projects
with Presenter
More advanced projects and intermediate-to-advanced developers:
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Articulate Storyline Resources For Your Success
≥ The Articulate Community Forum for Storyline (http://community.articulate.com/forums/65.aspx)
≥ Tutorials to learn Storyline (http://community.articulate.com/tutorials/products/articulate-storyline.aspx)
≥ Free resources (http://community.articulate.com/downloads/)
≥ Storyline Knowledgebase (http://www.articulate.com/support/kb.php?product=st1)
≥ Free support (though Platinum support may be recommended) http://www.articulate.com/support/contact/
≥ Submit requests for new features http://www.articulate.com/support/contact/submit.php?form=feature
≥ Third-book books and web sites (http://storylineauthors.com/)
≥ SDK coming for advanced developers ≥ Blogs and social media
— Rapid E-learning Blog ( http://www.articulate.com/rapid-elearning/) — Articulate Word-of-Mouth Blog (http://www.articulate.com/blog/) — Articulate on Twitter (https://twitter.com) — Articulate Community Blogs (http://community.articulate.com/blogs/)
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Articulate Storyline Is Both A . . .
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Let’s Look At Storyline
Demo of the tool: ≥ The UI ≥ Scenes ≥ Slides ≥ Ribbons ≥ Timeline ≥ Triggers and Actions ≥ Variables ≥ Object States ≥ Ribbon ≥ Player ≥ Lightbox Slide ≥ Characters ≥ Screencasting ≥ Flexible quizzing
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Hands-On Demos
≥ Drag and drop
≥ Hover tip
≥ View all content before moving on
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Demo Content
Articulate Showcase: • Sales Orientation
http://articulate.demos.s3.amazonaws.com/sales_orientation/story.html
• SMS Treasure http://articulate.demos.s3.amazonaws.com/sms_treasure/story.html
• Broken Co-Worker http://articulate.demos.s3.amazonaws.com/broken_co-worker/story.html
• Avoiding Meeting Missteps http://articulate.demos.s3.amazonaws.com/avoiding_meeting_missteps/story.html
• The Right Time, The Right Style http://articulate.demos.s3.amazonaws.com/right_time_right_style/story.html
• DC Fundamentals http://articulate.demos.s3.amazonaws.com/dc_fundamentals/story.html
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Demo Content
Articulate Showcase: • Enders Collection
http://articulate.demos.s3.amazonaws.com/enders_collection/story.html
• Social Media Guidelines at Hitachi Data Systems http://articulate.demos.s3.amazonaws.com/HDS_Social_Media/story.html
• U.S. State Capitals http://articulate.demos.s3.amazonaws.com/us_capitols/story.html
• Recycling http://articulate.demos.s3.amazonaws.com/recycling/story.html
• Are You Busy? http://articulate.demos.s3.amazonaws.com/are_you_busy/story.html
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Demo Content
Articulate Showcase: • State Facts
http://articulate.demos.s3.amazonaws.com/state_facts/story.html
• Periodic Table http://articulate.demos.s3.amazonaws.com/periodic_table/story.html
• Green Monster http://articulate.demos.s3.amazonaws.com/green-monster/story.html
• HP Envy Laptop http://articulate.demos.s3.amazonaws.com/HP-Envy-Demo/story.html
• Pandemic Flu Clinic http://articulate.demos.s3.amazonaws.com/pandemic_flu/story.html
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Demo Content
Articulate Showcase: • Creating Effective Meetings
http://articulate.demos.s3.amazonaws.com/CreatingEffectiveMeetings/story.html
• The New $5 Bill http://articulate.demos.s3.amazonaws.com/FiveDollarNote/story.html
• Optical Illusion http://articulate.demos.s3.amazonaws.com/OpticalIllusion/story.html
• Hangman Game http://articulate.demos.s3.amazonaws.com/HangmanGame/story.html
• Bananas http://articulate.demos.s3.amazonaws.com/bananas/story.html
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Demo Content
My Work: • Escape From the Learning Lab (beta)
https://s3.amazonaws.com/GJW-SL/ELL/launcher.html
• I’m From Minnesota (beta) https://s3.amazonaws.com/GJW-SL/Minnesota/story.html
• Christmas Card (beta) https://dl.dropbox.com/u/21556107/Christmas-Card/launcher.html
• 3M Environmental Health and Safety https://s3.amazonaws.com/GJW-LPA-Redo/EHS/story.html
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This Presentation
Introduction
Introducing
Storyline
mLearning, HTML5, Flash
and iOS
Strategic
Implications
Key Features
Demos
Tools That Help Us Reach Our Purpose . . .
≥ Are important
≥ One reminder why we do this and why tools like Storyline help us get there https://s3.amazonaws.com/GJW-SL/Leaders-As-Developers-v3/launcher.html#
Thank You
≥ Questions or comments?
≥ Thanks for the opportunity to speak—hope you found it of value
≥ Shameless plug: Frederickson Communications has Storyline capability
≥ Gerry Wasiluk – [email protected]