How to export Storyline variables to Smartsheet?

September 12, 2021

This is a follow-up article on my previous xPorter 2.1 demo. When you build a large and complex project, you end up with tons of user variables in Storyline. Keeping

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Storyline Variable xPorter 2.1

September 6, 2021

A couple of years ago I made an auto-hotkey script (xPorter 1.0) for Storyline. I wanted to export the list of variables into an Excel sheet so I can document

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Articulate Storyline Variable xPorter

January 2, 2018

UPDATE: This tool is now deprecated. I hope at some point Articulate will provide a native way to export (and import) variables? Maybe using json? Or XML? Why export variables?

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Storyline Variables for Non Coders

March 17, 2016

“I’m not a coder. What’s a variable and who really pulled the trigger?” First, check out these two-minute clips to have an idea on variables: Why using a variable? Images,

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Storyline Variables and JavaScript

December 16, 2015

In Storyline 2, you have the ability to manipulate/adjust variables via triggers and conditions. You might want to increase the player’s points when collect coins or something. For each of

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Storyline: Variables, Triggers and Conditions in 2 Minutes

August 9, 2015

Absolutely short intro to Variables, Triggers and Conditions. Special thanks to Mr. Mice. Hare we go…  

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Playful Entry in Storyline

October 1, 2021

This is the starting screen for the interactive game taxonomy example I shared at the ATD international conference in 2021. Many designers asked how to do something like that in

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Let’s Celebrate!

December 20, 2020

We often forget to celebrate our accomplishments and move on to the next big challenge. If you ever wanted to add a little confetti celebration in your Storyline course, this

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Free-Text Input for Recall

August 2, 2020

A couple of years ago I played around with the Sørensen–Dice coefficient algorithm to innovate simple multiple-choice challenges for terms vs. definition types of questions. This creative approach works when

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The Dundeal Mifflearn Challenge

July 19, 2020

This post is a challenge. I’ll get to the challenge at the end. For now, let’s look at this fictitious company called, Dundeal Mifflearn. Good news is, you’re hired! Bad

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