Articulate Storyline Development Services
For L&D, HR and compliance teams that need interactive Storyline 360 courses built, converted or translated, without hiring a Storyline developer in-house.
IKHYA designs and builds custom courses in Articulate Storyline 360: branching scenarios, software simulations, assessments and custom players, published to SCORM or xAPI and tested in your LMS before launch. You get the editable Storyline source files at the end.
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Articulate Storyline development services in short
Articulate Storyline development services cover the full build of an eLearning course in Storyline 360: instructional design, storyboard, visual design, interactions, quizzes, accessibility, LMS publishing and testing. IKHYA does this for organizations in 40+ countries, delivers SCORM 1.2, SCORM 2004 or xAPI packages, and hands over the editable .story files.
What is Articulate Storyline?
Articulate Storyline 360 is a Windows desktop authoring tool for building interactive, slide-based eLearning. Its slide layers, triggers, states and variables let a developer create almost any interaction, and its player adjusts to screen size and orientation. Courses publish to an LMS as SCORM 1.2, SCORM 2004, xAPI, cmi5 or AICC.
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What is Articulate 360?
Articulate 360 is Articulate's subscription, now sold as Articulate 360 AI and billed per seat per year. It includes Storyline, Rise (a web-based tool for responsive courses), publishing for stakeholder review, Reach for distributing training and AI features. AI avatars and translation use credits bought separately.
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Why teams choose IKHYA for Storyline work
Instructional design before slides
We plan objectives, practice and assessment first, then build. Storyline is the tool; the learning design is what changes behavior.
One team for the whole build
Instructional design, visual design, Storyline development, voiceover, translation and LMS testing sit with one team, so you manage one supplier, not five freelancers.
Tested in your LMS
Every course is tested in your LMS before launch. LMS platforms we have delivered courses to include Moodle, TalentLMS, Docebo and Cornerstone.
You own the source files
You receive the editable Storyline (.story) files, so your team or any developer can update the course later.
What our Articulate Storyline development services cover
Storyline is strongest when a course needs custom interactivity: decisions with consequences, realistic practice and tracking beyond "slide viewed". Here is what we build in Storyline.
Branching scenarios
Decision trees where each choice leads to a different consequence, built with Storyline's slide layers, triggers, states and variables. Good for compliance, safety, sales and customer conversations.
Software simulations
Step-by-step practice for ERP, CRM, HRIS and other systems in show-me, try-me and test-me versions. Storyline records the screen once and reuses the recording in View, Try and Test mode.
Custom quizzes and result slides
Question banks, custom question layouts with feedback layers, and result slides that report to your LMS. Storyline offers graded, survey, blank and combined result slides; a combined result slide can require learners to pass every selected quiz to pass the course.
Custom player and branding
A player that matches your brand: colors, fonts, text labels, logo, menu, resources and glossary, or no player frame at all for a chromeless design with your own navigation buttons. Storyline's modern player can lock navigation with a conditional seekbar and lets learners choose playback speed from 0.25x to 2x.
Video with accessible controls
Video with captions and controls learners can use by keyboard or screen reader. Storyline's built-in video controls come in light and dark themes that exceed WCAG Level AA contrast guidelines, and we can design custom video controls with triggers when your brand needs them.
Custom flyout menus, layers and animations
Pop-up glossaries, flyout menus, tabs, timelines and drag-and-drop activities built from layers and triggers, plus entrance, exit and motion path animations that show a process, not just decorate a slide.
JavaScript for advanced logic
When triggers are not enough, we add JavaScript triggers, for example to read or set Storyline variables or calculate scores. Articulate's support team does not help with custom JavaScript coding, so we keep it documented and test it on a web server or in your LMS, not just in preview.
Accessible Storyline courses
Courses built to WCAG 2.1 AA and Section 508: keyboard navigation, focus order, alt text, captions and color contrast planned from the storyboard. Storyline is designed to help courses meet these requirements; the build decisions make the difference.
We also use Storyline for PowerPoint and instructor-led course conversion (Storyline imports PowerPoint slides, which we then rebuild as real interactions), for redesigning old Flash or Storyline 3 courses into current HTML5 output, and for microlearning, gamified learning and blended learning packages that combine self-paced Storyline modules with in-person or virtual sessions.
Not sure which build fits your content?
Your free quote includes a recommended approach and a project timeline.
When is Storyline not the right tool?
We work in seven authoring tools: Articulate Storyline 360, Articulate Rise 360, Adobe Captivate, Lectora, iSpring Suite, dominKnow ONE and Elucidat. We recommend Storyline only when it fits. See our guide to eLearning authoring tools for the full picture.
| Your need | Often a better fit | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Text-heavy courses read mostly on phones | Rise 360 | Rise is fully responsive and is built once for computer, tablet and phone. Storyline's player adapts, but slide content keeps its aspect ratio. |
| Software training with many recorded steps, or 360-degree photo and video scenarios | Adobe Captivate | Captivate has demo, training and assessment recording modes, and we build 360-degree scenarios in Captivate. |
| Your SMEs already work in PowerPoint and need to edit courses themselves | iSpring Suite | iSpring works inside PowerPoint on Windows. |
| Teams that author in a browser on Mac or PC | Lectora | Lectora Online runs in Mac or PC browsers. |
| Complex scenarios, simulations, custom interactions and custom tracking | Storyline 360 | Layers, triggers, states, variables and JavaScript give the most control over interactivity. |
Compare the tools in detail
Articulate Rise vs Storyline
Read the comparison →Articulate Storyline vs Adobe Captivate
Read the comparison →iSpring vs Articulate Storyline
Read the comparison →Lectora vs Articulate Storyline
Read the comparison →Many programs combine tools: for example, Rise 360 for knowledge lessons and Storyline 360 for the scenario practice.
What you get
| Deliverable | What it includes |
|---|---|
| Learning design | Objectives, course structure, assessment plan |
| Storyboard | Screen-by-screen script with on-screen text, narration, interactions and feedback, approved by you before the build |
| Visual design | Templates, graphics and player styled to your brand guide |
| Storyline course | Interactions, scenarios, quizzes, result slides, voiceover and captions |
| LMS package | SCORM 1.2, SCORM 2004 or xAPI, or HTML5 for the web |
| Testing | Functional, accessibility, language and LMS testing |
| Source files | Editable Storyline (.story) files and the media used |
Tested in your LMS
We publish the format your LMS supports and test every course in your LMS before launch. LMS platforms we have delivered courses to include Moodle, TalentLMS, Docebo and Cornerstone, and we build courses that track in any SCORM 1.2, SCORM 2004 or xAPI LMS.
Other platforms we test in include Absorb, SAP SuccessFactors, Workday Learning, Canvas and Litmos.
Storyline translation and localization
We translate and localize Storyline courses into 40+ languages, with human or AI voiceover. Storyline exports all course text as an XLIFF or Word file for translation and imports it back into a copy of the project, which keeps the master course intact. Storyline supports right-to-left languages such as Arabic and Hebrew and double-byte languages such as Chinese, Japanese and Korean. Some languages need more space than English, so we fix layouts in every language version and test each one in your LMS.
How a Storyline project works
- 01
Discovery
You and IKHYAWe review your goals, audience, content, LMS and deadline.
- 02
Free quote
IKHYAA recommended approach, scope and project timeline.
- 03
Learning design and storyboard
IKHYA drafts, you reviewObjectives, structure, script and interactions on paper first.
- 04
Visual design and prototype
IKHYA drafts, you reviewBrand templates, player design and one sample screen or scenario.
- 05
Storyline build
IKHYAInteractions, media, voiceover, quizzes and accessibility.
- 06
Review rounds
You review, IKHYA updatesYou comment on a review link; we apply each round of changes.
- 07
Testing and handover
IKHYAFunctional, accessibility and LMS testing, then the final package and .story source files.
What drives the cost of a Storyline project?
Every Storyline project is quoted on its scope. The main cost drivers are:
What you send us and what we prepare
You send You
- Source content: slides, documents, videos or an existing course
- Access to a subject matter expert for questions and reviews
- Your brand guide, logo and fonts
- LMS name and tracking requirements (completion, score)
- Target languages and audience details
- Your deadline and the names of your reviewers
We prepare IKHYA
- Learning design document and storyboard
- Visual design and a prototype screen
- The Storyline course with voiceover and captions
- Review links for each round
- SCORM or xAPI packages tested in your LMS
- Editable .story source files and media
Storyline projects we have delivered
Manufacturing
One Storyline safety course, 9 languages, live at 14 sites in 5 weeks
Client: a global industrial equipment manufacturer that needed one safety course for all its sites.
- What we built
- A 30-minute Storyline 360 course with branching hazard scenarios
- Translated into 9 languages through XLIFF, with the layouts fixed in the tool
- Human voiceover in 6 languages and AI voiceover in 3
- Every language version tested in the client's LMS
- Result
- The course went live at 14 sites in 5 weeks, and all 9 language versions are maintained from one master file.
Financial services
Scenario-based compliance training: 61% to 82% across 1,200 employees
Client: a financial services organization.
- Before
- Annual classroom compliance sessions, which gave different results by branch.
- What we built
- 6 SCORM modules built in Articulate Storyline 360
- Branching scenarios based on the client's own escalation policy
- In 3 languages
- Result
- The average post-training score rose from 61% to 82% across 1,200 employees, compliance-related HR queries fell by 40%, and 3 classroom sessions a year were removed.
"Nine languages from one Storyline master file, all live on the same day at fourteen sites. Every version was tested in our LMS before launch, and the next update is one change instead of nine translation projects."
Storyline courses for your industry
We build Storyline courses for healthcare and life sciences, manufacturing and safety, financial services, compliance training, retail, oil and gas and energy, IT and software (customer and product training), and aviation.
Frequently asked questions
Storyline 360 is used to build interactive, slide-based eLearning: scenarios, software simulations, quizzes and custom interactions that publish to an LMS as SCORM, xAPI, cmi5 or AICC. It runs on Windows.
Articulate 360 (now Articulate 360 AI) is Articulate's per-seat annual subscription. It includes Storyline, Rise, publishing for review, Reach and AI features; AI avatars and translation use credits bought separately.
Cost depends on course length, interactivity, media, voiceover, languages, accessibility, review rounds and LMS testing. We quote every project on its scope; see what drives the cost or get a free quote.
It depends on length, interactivity, content readiness and how quickly reviews come back. Your free quote includes a project timeline. See how a Storyline project works.
Yes. We publish SCORM 1.2, SCORM 2004 or xAPI to match your LMS and test the course in it before launch. See how we test in your LMS.
A freelancer suits small updates or a single short module. An agency suits new programs, multilingual rollouts and projects that need instructional design, media and LMS testing. Compare the options.
Yes. You receive the editable .story files and media, so your team or any developer can update the course later.
Yes. We translate and localize Storyline courses into 40+ languages with human or AI voiceover, and fix layouts in every language. See Storyline translation.
Yes. Storyline 3 files open in Storyline 360, and Articulate ended Storyline 3 support on December 30, 2024. We redesign old Storyline 3 and Flash courses into current HTML5 output in Storyline 360 or Rise 360.
Yes. Storyline's player adapts to screen size and orientation, while slide content keeps its aspect ratio. For courses read mostly on phones, Rise 360 is often the better fit.
Ready to build your next Storyline course?
Tell us about your content, audience, LMS and deadline. Your free quote includes a recommended approach and a project timeline.
Large program or formal tender? Submit an RFP Email: info@ikhya.com
