e-Learning Blog

1. Proven Track Record of Articulate Storyline as a Corporate e-Learning Tool

Since its release in 2012, Articulate Storyline has undergone continuous functional improvements and has become an indispensable tool for e-learning production. In fact, the fact that all Fortune 100 companies have adopted Articulate products (*) demonstrates its high reliability and proven track record.

Articulate Storyline offers an easy-to-use experience similar to PowerPoint along with a rich set of features, making it easy for first-time users to get accustomed to the operation and enabling the creation of highly effective interactive educational content.

Since it is an overseas product, the editing interface and other screens are all in English, but it supports Japanese fonts, so there is no problem creating Japanese content. Furthermore, the fact that it supports over 70 languages, including right-to-left (RTL) languages such as Arabic, is also one of the reasons it is chosen by global companies.

At Human Science, there are many opportunities to use Articulate Storyline for creating e-learning content. It helps in developing materials that meet various customer needs, such as achieving their goals with e-learning courses and solving issues related to existing materials.

We also frequently receive inquiries about editing and customizing content already created with Articulate Storyline, and we fully respond to requests such as "wanting to provide a more effective learning experience while making use of existing materials."

(*) Source: Articulate “Learn About Our Company”

2. An e-Learning Tool Easy to Use Even for Corporate Staff

With the spread of remote work, the number of companies adopting e-learning style training is steadily increasing. However, e-learning still often receives evaluations such as "hard to understand" and "boring," making it by no means easy to create materials that are highly satisfying and effective for education.

Articulate Storyline is gaining attention as a tool that allows you to create interactive e-learning materials without requiring specialized knowledge such as programming. Its operation is similar to PowerPoint, making it easy for first-time users to handle smoothly, which is one of the reasons many companies choose it.

Furthermore, it also features the ability to import existing PowerPoint files, allowing you to make full use of your previous educational materials as they are. Since animations set on the slides are also reflected (with some exceptions), there is no need to prepare scripts from scratch, enabling efficient progress in creating training materials.

3. Flexible Customization to Meet Training Needs

In Articulate Storyline, you can freely set detailed movements and controls by utilizing triggers and variables. For example, controls such as "preventing progression until the slide has been fully viewed" can be easily implemented. This enables flexible instructional design tailored to the learner's level of understanding.

Additionally, Articulate Storyline has few restrictions on content movement, allowing you to freely realize what you want to do rather than conforming to the tool. It also features detailed design capabilities such as adding subtitles, customizing the player's menu, and enhancing user accessibility functions.

This flexibility and abundance of features contribute to an engaging learning experience for participants and support the creation of highly rated content.

4. Multilingual Support Ideal for Global Corporate e-Learning

For companies expanding globally and multinational educational institutions, there are often cases where e-learning materials need to be published simultaneously in multiple languages. Articulate Storyline's translation support features meet such needs.

Since the text of the created content can be exported in XLIFF or Word format, you only need to import it after translation, and the text will be automatically replaced with the translated terms. Because the length of the text varies depending on the language, minor layout adjustments are necessary, but the configured animations and complex triggers remain intact, so there is no need for reconfiguration.

It also features a text-to-speech engine, enabling multilingual support for audio content. Replacing narration is also easy to do.

This ease of multilingual support is one of the reasons why "Articulate Storyline" is chosen worldwide.

5. Articulate Storyline: An Evolving E-Learning Tool That Meets Corporate Training Needs

Articulate Storyline undergoes continuous improvements in line with technological advancements, with a strong focus on enhancing ease of use. The developer, Articulate, values communication with users and incorporates frequently requested features through updates, advancing development that reflects feedback from the field.

In recent years, new features utilizing AI have also appeared, further improving production efficiency. Below, we introduce representative functions from recent improvements.

Automatic generation of narration, text, and images

By simply entering text, you can generate natural-sounding narration or create sound effects optimized for the content.

Similarly, a feature has been released that automatically generates text and images by simply entering prompts. By using this effectively, you can significantly reduce the time needed for brainstorming and preparing materials.

Automatic Generation of Knowledge Check Tests

You can load slides and entire content to automatically create tests including questions, choices, and feedback. You can also change learning objectives or increase difficulty, enabling efficient test creation. However, at this stage, it is not possible to specify a certain number of questions for generation; in Storyline, questions are generated based on the number of words in the text, and in Rise, 1 to 2 questions are generated per lesson.

Articulate Localization

A new feature introduced in 2025 that allows automatic translation of entire content. An additional contract separate from the regular plan is required, but translated content can be created in just a few steps from the editing screens of Articulate Storyline and Rise. It is also possible to translate into multiple languages simultaneously, reducing the time and cost required for multilingual content deployment.
*Since this is machine translation, post-translation adjustments are necessary.

6. Summary

Articulate Storyline continues to be chosen by many companies due to its ease of use, powerful features, multilingual support, and high degree of freedom in content design. It is utilized by numerous production companies, including Human Science, and by leveraging triggers and variables, it is possible to create content that expresses complex structures and unique interactions.

That said, if the project is large in scale or if you are not familiar with the operations, you may not be able to create the desired training materials. In such cases, outsourcing to a production company is also an effective option.

Human Science offers e-learning content production services using Articulate Storyline. We have many staff members with extensive experience, enabling us to produce effective training materials tailored to your objectives in a short period. If you have implemented it but don’t know how to use it, or if you need a large amount of editing and lack internal resources, please feel free to consult with us.

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