Elearning! Magazine: Building Smarter Companies via Learning & Workplace Technologies.
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BEST OF BEST OF E-learning Development Tool Mobile Authoring Solution Category Winner: Articulate Storyline W ith Articulate Storyline, e-learning authors can create interactivity, sofware simulations, and virtually any type of assessment with ease and speed. Articulate Storyline includes one-click publishing to Flash, HTML5 and Articulate Mobile Player, plus a new iPad app that provides the best viewing experience of e-learning content on the iPad. With Storyline's Story View, you get the big picture of your course. You can see all the slides in your course, group them into scenes, and easily alter relationships between slides by moving the lines and arrows connecting them. You can even use triggers in Story View to control how learners proceed through a non-linear course. Articulate has grown into one of the fastestgrowing new technology companies in North America. With Storyline's multimedia support, you can add Flash interactions to your course easily. Or import video in virtually any format — without performing complex conversions. You can also add sound by importing audio, or simply record it right 32 December 2012 / January 2013 Elearning! WHAT CUSTOMERS SAY: >> "Absolutely, tremendously awesome" >> "Impressed with the balance of power and ease of use" >> "Your learners will love what you build" in Storyline, which also lets you insert and format images in multiple formats, then adjust brightness, contrast and color tint. You also can apply efects — such as shadows and refections — to any image or shape you create with Storyline's familiar drawing tools. ALSO: Easily customize the player that learners use to view your course content. Choose which tabs to show, add your logo, or adjust colors, fonts and position of elements. Ten email it to other course creators to enforce brand standards. Give your slides style by applying entrance and exit animations to images, shapes, text boxes, characters and any other objects you add. You can even choose a diferent transition efect for each slide. WHAT ARTICULATE SAYS: "Once again, we are delighted in being recognized by the readers of Elearning! magazine as an industry leader," says Mark Schwartz, executive vice president. KEY CUSTOMERS: >> East Midlands Cancer Network >> Catapult Training Group >> McCain Foods, Ltd. COMPANY HISTORY: Adam Schwartz, CEO, founded the company in 2002 with a vision to create innovative tools that would replace traditional e-learning technology. Under his direction, Articulate has grown from a ground-breaking idea into an award-winning company that has been recognized by Deloitte as one of the fastest-growing new technology companies in North America with more than 30,000 customers. Today, the executive team includes Schwartz, CTO Arlyn Asch, vp of Sales Mark Schwartz, vp of Brand Lucy Soros, and vp of Community Tom Kuhlmann. CONTACT INFORMATION: Articulate 244 Fifh Ave., Suite 2960 New York, NY 10001 (800) 861-4880 or (646) 706-7596 www.articulate.com AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE (SEE PAGES 41-43): >> Zenler Studio Pro >> Trivantis Lectora >> Adobe eLearning Suite >> Adobe Captivate >> ReadyGo WVB