Articulate Online Shut Down December 31, 2021
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We shut down Articulate Online on December 31, 2021, after 15 years of service. We sincerely appreciate your choosing our legacy learning management system to deliver and track your training content and want to help you prepare your content for another online training system, such as Articulate 360 with Reach 360. Read on to learn how.
Upload Content to Another System
To host your Storyline and Studio courses in another training system, republish your project files as LMS packages.
Locate Your Project Files
To get started republishing, you'll need your Storyline and Studio project files. If you're not sure where they are, search your computer and other file storage locations for the following file extensions:
*.story(Storyline courses)*.ppta(Presenter presentations)*.quiz(Quizmaker quizzes)*.intr(Engage interactions)
Republish Your Content
Publish your projects for LMS distribution. The following user guides can help you do that.
Since Adobe discontinued Flash, Storyline 1, Storyline 2, and Studio ’13 no longer work. If you’re using one of these legacy versions of Storyline and Studio, we recommend upgrading to Storyline 3 or Articulate 360, which includes both Storyline 360 and Studio 360. Upgrading will allow you to publish HTML5 content that works beautifully in all major browsers for computers, tablets, and smartphones.
Try Reach 360, a Frictionless LMS to Distribute Training Faster
As you evaluate your needs, we hope you’ll consider Reach 360. Like Articulate Online, Reach 360 lets you host, deliver, and track SCORM content, You can also create training using the tools available with the full Articulate 360 suite, including prebuilt, fully customizable content. In short, Articulate 360 with Reach 360 is an all-in-one training system. It makes training easy to create, enjoyable to take, and simple to manage all in one place. You can start a free, 30-day trial of Articulate 360 or contact a member of our Articulate 360 team to learn more.
To track your Storyline and Studio courses in Reach 360, publish them as LMS packages and choose SCORM 1.2 or any edition of SCORM 2004 as your LMS standard. Then import them into Reach 360.
FAQs
- Was my Articulate Online data deleted?
- How does Reach 360 compare to Articulate Online?
- Can I transfer my Articulate Online data to Reach 360?
- Which versions of Storyline and Studio do I need to publish content for Reach 360?
- Can Reach 360 courses be public or must users sign in?
- Does Reach 360 Have Reports Similar to Articulate Online?
Was my Articulate Online data deleted?
Yes. We deleted all Articulate Online data directly after it shut down on December 31, 2021.
How does Reach 360 compare to Articulate Online?
Great question! Check out the following comparison and take a look at the Reach 360 FAQs to learn more.
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Reach 360 |
Articulate Online |
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What is it? |
Reach 360 is a frictionless LMS that distributes training faster. Combined with the authoring and review tools in Articulate 360, it's an all-in-one, enterprise-class system. |
Articulate Online hosted and tracked content created with Storyline and Studio authoring apps. |
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What can it host? |
Courses, guides, and other training content created in Rise 360 and Storyline 360. You can also import SCORM content from Storyline, Studio, and third-party apps. |
Articulate Online hosted Storyline and Studio content only. |
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Delivery & Enrollment |  | |
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Tracking | | |
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Learning Paths | |  |
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Training Library/Catalog | | |
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Authoring Capabilities | | |
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Prebuilt Business Content | | |
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Sample Courses | | |
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Templates | | |
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Public Access | | |
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User Profile |
Business users who want to create formal and informal training Instructional designers and e-learning developers |
Organizations that wanted to track Storyline and Studio content only |
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Billing Options |
Annual, multi-year |
Monthly, annual |
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Pricing Model |
Tiered plans based on the number of people (in price bands) added to the system Each person can assume multiple roles, including learner, author, reporter, manager, and admin |
Tiered plans based on the number of learners, publishers, and content items |
Can I transfer my Articulate Online data to Reach 360?
There isn’t a direct migration path from Articulate Online to Reach 360. However, you can republish your Storyline and Studio projects as LMS packages (SCORM 1.2 or SCORM 2004) and then import them into Reach 360.
Although you can’t transfer your users from Articulate Online to Reach 360, you can import users into your Reach 360 team all at once or even synchronize your organization’s user directory with Reach 360 via single sign-on (SSO).
Which versions of Storyline and Studio do I need to publish content for Reach 360?
To import content into Reach 360, you need to publish SCORM packages. Since Adobe discontinued Flash at the end of 2020, you also need to publish HTML5 output. Therefore, you can use Storyline 360, Storyline 3, and Studio 360, which support both SCORM and HTML5.
HTML5 output from legacy versions of Storyline and Studio (i.e., Storyline 1, Storyline 2, and Studio ’13) works in Google Chrome and Safari. However, it won’t work reliably in other browsers. We recommend that you upgrade to Articulate 360 (which includes both Storyline 360 and Studio 360), as these apps don’t have any Flash dependencies and their HTML5 output works in all major browsers. Let us know if you want to discuss upgrade options.
Can Reach 360 courses be public or must users sign in?
At this time, Reach 360 training isn’t public and doesn’t support anonymous or guestbook participation. Each learner must be a member of your Reach 360 team. You can make courses visible to your whole team by publishing them to your training library.
Does Reach 360 Have Reports Similar to Articulate Online?
Reach 360 offers access to detailed statistics about your users and their interactions with your Reach 360 content.
To help you get your bearings, we created a list of Articulate Online reports and their analogous Reach 360 reports, as well as where you can find the data in the Reach 360 interface. To locate the info in Reach 360, check the tables below. We arranged them so the reports that have 1:1 parity are at the top, followed by reports that need a little more development, and finally, those that don’t apply to Reach 360. We’ll update this list as new reporting options become available in Reach 360.
Available Now
These Reach 360 reports provide the same functionality as Articulate Online.
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Articulate Online Report |
Reach 360 Report |
How It Compares |
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Activity |
Course |
The Reach 360 course report tab lets you find each learner's activity in an individual course report. Individual course reports are sortable by learner, duration, the number of lessons viewed, quiz score, and due date. Groups are also available in the exported CSV file. |
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Answer Breakdown |
Question Level Reporting |
Reach 360 provides question-level reporting for quizzes tracked for course completion as well as individual learner answers. This report is available for individual course reports with tracked quiz data and can be accessed by clicking Report under the average quiz score. |
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Attempt Detail | Question Level Reporting |
Question-level reporting provides historical data on quizzes tracked for individual learner course completion. This report is available for individual course reports with tracked quiz data and can be accessed by clicking Report under the average quiz score. |
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Active Users |
Users list |
The Last Activity column under Manage > People > Users lets you see when a user was most recently active. If you manage your users with single sign-on (SSO), check with your identity provider for additional tracking options. |
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Group Activity |
Group |
Reach 360 group reports show group activity. |
Similar Data Exists
These Reach 360 reports provide info similar to their Articulate Online counterparts.
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Articulate Online Report |
Reach 360 Report |
How It Compares |
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Score Results |
Course |
Quiz scores for each learner in a course are available in the individual course reports on the Reach 360 course report tab. You can sort each course report by quiz score (with red and green values for failed and successful attempts). Note: We’re tracking demand for a course-level average score, overall pass/fail rate, and the number of questions answered. Let us know if you’d like to see these features. |
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User Activity |
Course or Learner |
Course reports can be sorted by user, and each entry can be expanded to see a user’s activity in a course. You can also view individual learner reports to see the activity of a learner in all courses. This report doesn’t track lesson counts the same way Articulate Online tracks slide counts. |
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User Activity |
Course |
The course report can be sorted by status to quickly see who’s completed the course, who’s made progress, and who hasn’t started the course yet. |
Under Consideration
We’re exploring options for adding more reports to Reach 360.
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Articulate Online Report |
Reach 360 Report |
How It Compares |
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Active Users |
Activity |
The activity report provides a record of all activity for your Reach 360 account. The activity tab is also available for individual learners, courses, and learning paths. It provides raw data but not qualitative info. Export the activity report to a CSV file for easy data analysis. |
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Traffic |
Course (dashboard) |
The total number of lessons learners have completed and hours spent displays on each course dashboard. We’re tracking demand for more granular metrics. Let us know if you’d like to see this feature. |
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Progress |
Course |
Individual progress can be found in the course reports on the Reach 360 course report tab. Currently, you can track three learner statuses: Completed, In Progress, and Not Started. We’re monitoring demand for adding more progress metrics. Let us know if you’d like to see more progress data. |
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Active Groups |
Course (exported CSV file) |
Exported course reports contain a group field that’s not available in the Reach 360 report interface. Use this field in each CSV file to tabulate active groups. We’re tracking demand for adding the group field to the Reach 360 report interface. Let us know if you’d like to see this feature. |
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Popular Content |
None |
Rise 360 lessons are analogous to slides in Articulate Online. Reach 360 doesn’t track the number of views for individual lessons. Let us know if you’d like to see this data or have other reporting ideas. |
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Custom Reports |
None |
Customizable reports aren’t available in Reach 360, but we’re tracking demand for this feature. Let us know if you’d like to create custom reports. |
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Guestbook Responses |
None |
Reach 360 doesn’t currently allow public viewing of courses, so a guestbook report isn’t applicable. Let us know if you’d like to see this feature. |