Articulate 360 has been out for a couple of months, but I just got around to starting a 30-day trial. My favorite new application that’s included in Articulate 360 is called Rise. Rise is a super-rapid development tool that lets you create responsive courses in a fraction of the time it would take in Storyline. The interface doesn’t require any technical knowledge- it’s basically all WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get).
As a trade off, it doesn’t have the flexibility that Storyline does. I would not use Rise for a course that is aimed at changing learner’s behaviors, as you wouldn’t be able to create interactive enough scenarios. However, Rise is perfect for courses that are mostly about transmitting knowledge. If you were to break it down by Bloom’s Taxonomy levels, the learning objectives in a perfect Rise course would focus on Remembering, Understanding, and Applying.
For my course, I decided to create a Facilities Orientation guide for new hires that could be part of an onboarding process. This course is for a fake company I made up called Blue Beta. Not only did Rise make this a very fast course to build, it allows learners to easily revisit content (which would definitely be useful for new employees overwhelmed by information), and it works on mobile.
The Method
Rise has a number of different lesson types to choose from, as you can see here:
For the most part, I ended up using the Blocks lesson type, as it allows you to combine many different types of content on one lesson page. Most of my content was regular text, so I use the Text and Statement block types quite heavily. I did also like the interactive and multimedia block types as well; you could really build some neat interactions using those (if your content called for it).
Besides the Block lessons, I also incorporated a labeled graphic:
Finally, I ended the course with a quiz to test learners on the important takeaways from the course. All of the lesson types looked gorgeous by default, but the quiz was really where I appreciated it most. The way Storyline built the quiz and the ending animation with the learner’s score is very elegant.
Overall, I’m very pleased with Rise. I think it’s very applicable to a lot of courses we might design at my company, and it would save so much time in comparison to building the same thing in Storyline. Some things could definitely be improved (more customization options for sure, pulling directly from the content library is another). However, the posts I’ve read in the Articulate Community show that their product team is really listening well to the feature requests and use cases that community members post.
The Result
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Hi –
Nice work – can you supply the template for this new employee onboarding using Rise. Thank you.
Loved “Onboarding New Employees”. Is it possible to get a template?
Thanks
Karen Hymel
Hi Karen,
I just sent you a copy of the course- enjoy!
Great Job Allison, can I also get one copy of your template ? Thanks in advance
Hi Fuad,
Can you send me an email message through Articulate’s site? I need your email associated with your Articulate 360 account to send you a copy of the course. Thanks!
Love this example. Can you share a template for it?
Hi Allison. Great job with the onboarding course. It gave me a lot of ideas as an Articulate newbie. Would you please send me a copy of the template?
Thanks!
Hi Allison,
How are you? This is a great onboarding course. Is it possible to receive a copy?
Thanks!
Hi Karen and Rene,
I just sent a copy of the course to you- enjoy!
Hi Allison,
I am in the process of making an onboarding course and noticed your course. It is simply wonderful and it looks great. Could I ask you for a copy? It would kick-start my project enormously.
Thank you.
Hi Allison. Nice work. Could you please send me this course, I loved the look and feel. thanks.
Hi Ed,
Can you send me a message through the Articulate community so I have your Articulate-associated email address?
Hi Allison,
I love your work on this course. Would you please send me a copy of this
Many thanks !!
Marvelous design. Allison. Please share a copy of Onboarding Employees using a Rise Course with me too. I love your work.
Thanks in advance.
Hi KAM,
Can you send me a message through my Articulate profile so I have your email address associated with your Articulate 360 license?
Thanks!
Allison
Hi Allison
Any chance to get a copy ? That’s a fantastic course indeed
thank you
Hello,
Please send me a message through the Articulate community so I have your Articulate subscription-related email address. I tried sending the course to this email address but it said you didn’t have a current subscription.
Thanks!
Great course! Can I get a copy of this template?
Hi Allison,
Love the structure, simple and easy with key topics covered. Could I please get a copy of this course on Rise?
Cheers,
Carl
Great course! Can I get a copy?
Wow! This is great. I’m completely new at this and would love to get a copy to explore. Can you send this to me?
Would love a copy, what a stellar job you did on this and thank you for this!
Warmly,
Chris