Our team currently uses Storyline 3. My boss asked me to do an evaluation of Articulate 360 to determine if we want to purchase the subscription based suite to start using Storyline 360 instead of Storyline 3. I downloaded the free trial and honestly am not seeing that much worth in switching from 3 to 360? I understand that Articulate also gives us access to Rise 360, Review 360 (which I think is great), and some other tools. Other than Review 360, the other tools seem pretty low quality. I also spent some time playing around in Rise and I honestly cannot think of a single time where we’d want to use it and give up the ability to provide VoiceOver.
Is anyone actually using the 360 suite? Are there actually any benefits to switching from Storyline 3 to 360?
Thanks!
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In addition to what people are saying here, you can develop content in storyline and add it as a block in rise as well which makes rise even more useful cause you lose nothing and gain everything rise has to offer that’s already been posted (adaptive sizing for learning on any device, content organization and flow, etc.
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It’s the full suite access that is the big thing. But using something like Rise can make rapid training development more rapid. Stakeholders often want content faster than the time it takes to build something properly in storyline. You can integrate videos into Rise which is what we do. A mix of short 2-3 min videos and text reinforcement.
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Rise is an embarrassment. A product that has failed to update or evolve in nearly 10 years. Fix the question quiz templates and add some more interactions.
Yep, some members in our team use Rise 360 and it’s shit. Limited features and customisation so every course looks the same and boring.
I’ll jump on that bandwagon and add that Rise has no administrative functions. We use it but we’re always looking for better.
I like the 360 features, it’s just wildly overpriced IMO. But it a business can swing it, then the extra features are definitely nice to have.
Rise auto-adapts to different screen sizes, allowing people to learn on phones or tablets.
It’s also cloud-based.
Rise works much faster than Storyline.
Storyline is more customizable.
I thought storyline was better until I tried Rise. It’s not. Rise is the future.
You should really have the people who use storyline already get the 360 trial and try authoring in Rise.
I have been developing eLearning since the dark ages. All courseware has pluses and minuses and it is all expensive. I never thought I would have a use for Rise 360. The drag and drop “web developer” type of course development has been around for years and I have a love hate for it. However, I have started using it. I have the issue in my current job that product development always forgets that end user training is needed. I have created a lock step way of putting together formulaic product training in 10 hours or less using Rise. Do I love it, no absolutely not. I also use the suite for reviewing. It has some nice features for reviews. As a Director in L&D, I love that when materials are created in a Team on 360 the native files don’t leave or disappear. The reviews are nice. It is really hard sometimes to get SMEs to review eLearning in certain settings. I have done everything from drag them into a training room with a presentation storyboard, pens and headphones. Sit here until you are done. To begging. I seem to get more engagement from SMEs in Review 360, and I can track changes very well - almost like a PDF. It also keeps versioning pretty clean. Is it my favorite tool, probably not. However, I don’t have any issues using the whole suite. I do wish that TechSmith products were still part of the bundle. You can add voiceover in Rise 360 in the assets you add to the course. There is never a reason to add vo to an entire asynchronous learning engagement, ever. In the formula above, I add vo to the technical training elements that are done with a screen recorder and AI vo. The Rise style and layout is making its way as a style of choice for some learning teams. I see this style a lot in education - high school and higher education. It is also fantastic for interactive documents like job aids and reference guides. When shopping for courseware, you really need to understand what your core deliverables will be - system training all day, soft skills, etc. – and the capabilities of the team.