Rise is a web-based course creation software that is being considered as an alternative to Articulate Storyline. It has a more limited set of features than Storyline due to its templated nature. Rise courses can be distributed and tracked in the same way as Storyline by exporting them as SCORM packages for upload to a learning management system. While the feature set is more limited in Rise, it may allow for more cost-effective course administration and creation compared to using an external vendor for eLearning development.

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8/3/17
Can Rise Support
Salt Course
Creation?

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Agenda
• Outstanding Questions With Rise
– Feature Set
– Distribution
– Tracking
– Costs
• Storyline Translated: Demo

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Questions With Rise
Compared to Articulate Storyline …
• Does Rise have a robust enough feature set?
• Can we also distribute Rise through Moodle/Remote Learner?
• How does course tracking work?
• Can we create/administer Rise courses cost effectively?

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Rise Feature Set
• Rise is templated, web-based course creation software.
• Unlike Storyline, Rise is fully responsive and automatically moves users
from section to section within a Course.
• Rise supports many content types that can be created in Storyline.
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Text & Images Clickable Interactions
In-Line Quizzes In-Line Videos

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Rise Feature Set (ctd.)
• Templated nature means options much more limited than Storyline.
• Instead of “free reign,” must conform to set fonts, colors, etc.
• Interactions aren’t terribly flexible or universal.
• Lack of VO may make learning feel one-note or less engaging.
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Limited branding options
Single-select quiz only

6. 6
Rise Distribution
• Distribution of Rise courses is exactly the same as Storyline.
• Rise courses can be exported as SCORM packages (as well as
web-only files).
• Packages can then be uploaded to an LMS.
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Course Tracking
• Tracking of Rise courses is exactly the same as Storyline.
• Cannot track individual actions within Rise or Storyline.
• SCORM export identifies the “completion” measurement of
course (by quiz or by module).
• Completion measures tracked/tallied by LMS—not Articulate.
• Majority of current data comes from separate files (pre- and
post-surveys, quizzes) created within the LMS.
• Can export “web-only” Rise to pair with Qualtrics for surveys.
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8. 8
Rise Costs
• Articulate costs us $948 first year ($1,298 thereafter) for two
“seats.”
• This includes Rise, Storyline, and other tools.
• We have a “team” subscription, as we have multiple individuals
and areas within the organization using Articulate.
• This comes with more features for managing our Articulate
subscription (like assigning “seats” to different users)—but not
additional features for creating/managing content.
• We get additional savings by having an education license and
nonprofit discount.
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Rise Costs (ctd.)
• Monetary and time savings from performing work internally.
• Budgeted to spend $150,000 in FY18 on eLearning vendor.
• With external vendor, course completion (from ideation to
storyboarding to production) takes ~6 months overall.
• Creating and checking Storyline files for individual modules
takes 5 weeks.
• Much simpler process to update course materials within Rise as
well (minutes vs. days).
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Storyline Translated: Demo
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Storyline Rise
VS.

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you