10 Tools for Technology Integration - SCC Workshop 2016
Learn what free, freemium, and premium tech tools may work for your library!
About Articulate Storyline
Storyline is PROPRIETARY software. Purchase one license per user. Contact sales department for information about discounts for educators.
What is included for free:
- Ability to quickly build highly interactive tutorials
- Assessment tools - quizzes, freeform questions, question banks
- LMS compatible; integrates with gradebook
- Give users instant feedback
- Customizable player
- Screen recording
- Simulations
- Embedding video, audio, web objects
- Screen reader accessible
- Fabulous and supportive e-learning community
- Lots of free downloads (images, backgrounds, templates, and usable activities)
What you need:
- Server space, an LMS, or another way to host the tutorial content
- PC (doesn't work with Mac OS)
Practical Uses
Why would you want to use Storyline?
Storyline allows you to quickly and easily create interactive and engaging online tutorials that provide instant feedback to your users.
What are some practical applications?
| All libraries | Train volunteers, student workers, or new employees. |
| K-12 and Higher Ed | Great tool for blended learning! Create tutorials that students complete prior to class to address lower-level thinking activities so that when they arrive in class they're prepared to tackle higher-order tasks. |
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The real benefit is how engaging these tutorials can be, and they really can apply to any setting, and any age group. You can make them engaging without using any text, so even the youngest of kids can play with them! |
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Examples
Don't go away! Sometimes it takes a moment for the Storyline tutorial to load. Thanks for your patience!
Alternative Tools
Use PowerPoint to create non-linear "choose-your-own-adventure" presentations.
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FREE; A great alternative to the simulations feature in Storyline because this is the real deal, but with a guide...on the side. |
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PROPRIETARY. Same as Guide on the Side, only with a broader range of features. |
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Another great PROPRIETARY option for creating tutorials with a similar level of engagement and interactivity to Storyline. In comparisons on the web, these are the two contenders that most often go head to head. |
| Microsoft PowerPoint | PROPRIETARY. PowerPoint can be used to create non-linear, "choose-your-own-adventure" presentations. |