Preface

Articulate Storyline is an incredibly powerful e-learning authoring tool, but much of its functionality goes untapped—not for long!

As you read through this book, you'll get hands-on experience creating some pretty cool interactions that go beyond the basics of Storyline. You’ll quickly find out just how easy it is to create crowd-pleasing, advanced e-learning elements that build on the basic concepts of Storyline.

Storyline is near and dear to my heart, and once you begin developing in it, I'm confident that the reasons why will become apparent. Acting as a one-stop-shop for e-learning authoring, you no longer need to work across authoring tools to create elements such as interactive video, software simulations, or high-quality audio.

This book takes you beyond the basic concepts of Storyline, allowing you to learn ways of bending the program to your will! Working through the chapters, you will be amazed with some of the things you create—not realizing how powerful Storyline is. By the time you finish this book, you'll be running to show off your e-learning talent to all of your colleagues, and you'll be the Storyline sensei of your office!

With relevant exercises, this book aims to provide you with tons of opportunities to get down and dirty with Storyline, testing out new concepts and applying Storyline features in a variety of contexts.