So you have discovered Articulate 360 but don’t know yet the difference between Articulate Rise and Storyline. You are not alone. Robust eLearning authoring tools like Articulate 360 require some explanation, and it is essential to make an informed choice for your unique project. This article aims to guide you through the difference between Rise and Storyline and the types of eLearning projects you can build with them.
This article was written as a guest post via Claire Wyndham. She is a founder of the Right to Learn Foundation – Southern Thailand’s first licensed charity building schools & supporting communities in need.
Articulate: One Brand, Different Tools
It is important to note that both Articulate Storyline and Articulate Rise are award-winning for a good reason. Both authoring tools can be used alone or together and complement one another in many ways.
Articulate Rise vs Storyline
Articulate Rise
- Faster development time
- Very user-friendly for beginners
- Easy built-in interactions & media
Articulate Storyline
- Extremely customisable for developers
- Convenient built-in design tools & features
- Allows for greater creative freedom
Now, let’s go deeper and find out what is different between Articulate Rise and Articulate Storyline. We have organised the pros and cons of these two eLearning platforms to help you decide how and when you want to use them. As you read this article, you will discover which authoring tool best suits your current and future project needs.
Table of Contents
Articulate Rise
Articulate Rise: Overview
Articulate Rise is a web-based eLearning course builder. This means you simply subscribe to the software, which is available as a web application. The platform presents a clean and organised template of your choice with an easy-to-use visual block editor.
In other words, you can directly edit your eLearning course and visualise what it looks like as changes are made without dealing with any complex backend work.
Pros and Cons of Articulate Rise
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Articulate Rise Tip
Did you know Articulate Rise is not only used for eLearning courses? This software is ideal for creating digital resources, including
- Procedure manuals
- Product specifications
- Glossaries
- Toolkits
Types of Projects Best Suited to Articulate Rise 360
It is important to know when to use articulate rise. This software is best for creating stunning responsive eLearning courses within a short time frame that are text-heavy. Projects that require little to no interactivity are recommended for this authoring tool.
But, if minimal interactivity is needed, you can build interactions with Articulate Storyline 360 and add them to Rise 360 as blocks. That is the beauty of this software. If you find you want to add a feature that is not available, you can always create that element of your project in Storyline and add it to your Rise project.
Take a look at the Housing Industry Association Project created by Strawberry Solutions using Articulate Rise 360: Housing Industry Association– Certificate IV in Building and Construction
Articulate Storyline
Articulate Storyline: Overview
Articulate Storyline is a cloud-based eLearning authoring tool. This means it doesn’t need a web browser to function, just an internet connection. You still need to subscribe to Articulate 360 to use Storyline, the information will just be hosted on a network of remote servers rather than local servers.
Articulate Storyline 360 has a slide-style layout that allows for complete creative freedom. Although template sets are available, instructional designers can create a completely unique design from scratch that is highly interactive or transform a template to suit your brand to complete perfection. There are almost no limitations when creating an eLearning course with Storyline.
Pros and Cons of Articulate Storyline
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Types of Projects Best Suited to Articulate Storyline 360
Storyline 360 is excellent for designing highly customised interactive courses that designers want to tailor and brand heavily. This authoring tool is best suited to projects that allow more development time to create a more customised user experience.
We have two project examples demonstrating the level of interactivity that can be achieved with Storyline 360:
- Fire and Rescue NSW– bystander engagement training for delivery to firefighters
- Housing Industry Association– online professional development programs
Pricing: Articulate Rise vs Articulate Storyline
The pleasing news is, that both Rise and Storyline are available with all Articulate 360 subscriptions. This is because both these authoring tools have been designed to complement one another, allowing designers to move between the two as needed.
All the pricing below includes both Rise and Storyline:
Articulate Storyline 360 has a slide-style layout that allows for complete creative freedom. Although template sets are available, instructional designers can create a completely unique design from scratch that is highly interactive or transform a template to suit your brand to complete perfection. There are almost no limitations when creating an eLearning course with Storyline.
| Academic | Freelancers | Companies |
| Personal Plan $549 Annually for 1 user only | Personal Plan $1,099 Annually for 1 user | Teams Plan $1,399 Annually per user |
Teams Plan $699 Annually per user | Teams Plan $1,399 Annually per user |
Each pricing plan offers users access to all of Articulate 360’s powerful tools including:
- Storyline
- Studio
- Replay
- Rise
- Review
- Peek
- Live Chat
- Content Library
The main differences between Personal and Team Plans are storage limits, user administration, license transferability, volume discounts, team slides and collaboration options.
Final Thoughts
When you look at the differences between Rise and Storyline, it is fair to say they are both handy authoring tools maximised by their capacity to be used together. The fact that an Articulate 360 subscription gives you access to both these tools is a game changer for experienced and inexperienced users.
We are Strawberry Solutions
Our team consists of a talented crew of graphic designers, instructional designers, animators, video editors, voiceover artists and eLearning developers who create sophisticated, multimedia SCORM output. Once the content is created, we will export it as a SCORM package which can be uploaded to your LMS and delivered easily to your online students. Even if you change LMS in the future, your SCORM package can be uploaded into the new one, meaning you don’t have to create courses from scratch.
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