Chapter 2.  Refresher of Key Concepts

Now you may already be familiar with the basic development functions of Articulate Storyline, but just to make sure we've covered the basics, this chapter will provide you with a refresher of the key concepts.

These key concepts will allow you to prepare your story for bigger and maybe even better things. Once you understand the primary functions of Storyline, you will easily be able to apply more complex functions across your e-learning project to make Storyline bend to your will!

The purpose of this book is to get you comfortable with pushing Articulate Storyline to its limits. Doing this may also broaden your imagination, allowing you, in turn, to push your creativity to its limits.

There are so many things you can do within Storyline, and a lot of those features, interactions, and functions are often overlooked because they just aren't used all that often or a client project doesn't require them. Often, the basic functionality overshadows the more advanced functions for the following reasons:

• They're easier
• They often address the need
• They take less time to learn and implement

That's understandable, but this book will attempt to open your mind to many more things that are possible within Storyline!

In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:

• Preparing a story
• Adding content to your story
• Adding interactivity and extending slide content
• Adding visual media
• Adding audio
• Assessing your learners
• Working with slide properties