Well, here we are at design journal 4! These past few weeks I've attempted to learn Articulate 360. As I mentioned in my previous post, the learning was slow-going which was surprising because I usually pick up new technology fairly easily. But after spending days on the software, watching countless Storyline 360 explainer videos, and reading tons of S360 knowledge base articles and only completing two design elements, I decided that the software was not worth the effort. At the end of the day I have to be able to account for the hours my boss pays me for, and I would have a hard time accounting for learning Storyline. 1) It took a long time to learn. 2) It did not look that great when it was finished. 3) Other programs produce a more professional-looking product in less time. So, after all of that, I decided to drop Storyline 360 from my project plans and just stick with Articulate Rise. I finished module four using the same module design I had developed earlier. I have only one more module to design and develop as well as develop the final assessment.

Overall I'm happy with the project. I'm disappointed Storyline 360 was not a more viable option, but I appreciate how easy and fast Articulate Rise is. I've been using it to create all sorts of last-minute training modules. It only takes about 5 minutes to put together a good module as long as the content has been developed and just needs to be dropped in. After a lot of work and after learning a lot of new software, I'm in the home stretch for my design and am just finishing building my project out!