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This quick video demo shows how to create a Scenario Block in Articulate Rise 360, featuring character dialogue, branching choices, and targeted feedback. Ideal for quick, mobile-friendly practice, which can be embedded into your LMS by publishing it as a SCORM package and uploading it to your LMS.Â
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Six Fun & Practical Tips for Using Articulate Rise 360 |
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In today’s digital learning landscape, online course authoring tools have become essential for creating streamlined, engaging, and accessible instructional materials—without requiring advanced technical or design expertise. Whether used for full course development, microlearning, faculty training, or student support resources, these tools empower educators to build interactive learning experiences that align with modern expectations for clarity, responsiveness, and mobility. While premium platforms offer robust, polished design capabilities, there is also a growing ecosystem of free or low-cost authoring tools that allow instructors and instructional designers to achieve similar outcomes. Depending on the instructional need, tools such as Google Sites, Canva, H5P, Microsoft Sway, and Adobe Express can provide flexible alternatives for creating interactive content, quick modules, visual explanations, or multimedia-rich learning objects. These options make high-quality digital learning more accessible—supporting institutions, programs, and educators who need rapid development, budget-friendly solutions, or lightweight tools for supplemental learning experiences.Â
These tools demonstrate the wide range of accessible options available for designing modern, web-based learning materials. However, when instructional goals require greater interactivity, responsive design, and rapid production at scale, Rise 360 provides a comprehensive solution.Â
Articulate Rise 360 (video) is a web-based authoring tool that makes it incredibly easy to create clean, modern, interactive eLearning without needing any design or coding experience. Built like a responsive website builder, Rise lets creators drag and drop content into beautifully structured blocks—think scenarios, multimedia, quizzes, flashcards, and interactive storytelling elements. The result is sleek, mobile-friendly learning that feels more like exploring a well-designed webpage than clicking through a traditional course, making it perfect for fast-paced training, microlearning, and on-the-go professional development.Â
Rise 360 can also be embedded within an LMS as a flexible way to deliver focused content, guide learners through concept reviews, or create interactive study materials that help students prepare for assessments. Its responsive, polished design allows educators and instructional designers to stay focused on engagement and clarity—without getting tangled in formatting or layout work.Â
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Treat Rise 360 Like Your “Instant Microlearning Studio.” Lean into what Rise does best: beautiful micro‑modules with zero stress. Create short, focused learning that supports students, whether reinforcing a complex concept, offering supplemental instruction, or providing quick skill refreshers. Its clean design keeps cognitive load low while supporting flexible, on-demand learning.Â
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Use Scenarios to Strengthen Applied Learning and Critical Thinking. Branching scenarios in Rise 360 are perfect for turning otherwise dry content into stories and helping students apply theoretical concepts to real-world or discipline-specific situations. Whether modeling clinical decisions, ethical dilemmas, lab procedures, or classroom interactions, scenarios prompt students to practice judgment and deepen understanding.Â
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Treat Multimedia Blocks as Tools for Multimodal, Accessible Learning. Rise’s multimedia blocks support multimodal learning by integrating videos, diagrams, simulations, and interactive elements in ways that align with accessibility and UDL principles. These blocks help simplify complex topics and maintain student engagement while creating a sense of motion and discovery.Â
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Expand Courses with Modular Learning Objects and Resource Hubs. Rise modules can serve as standalone learning objects within a larger course—ideal for orienting students, supporting mixed-mode classrooms, or organizing resources into a centralized, easy-to-navigate hub. They’re also useful for faculty development or TA training.Â
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Use Knowledge Checks to Encourage Retrieval Practice. Instead of high-stakes quizzes, Rise’s knowledge checks can promote retrieval practice, self-assessment, and metacognition. These low-pressure interactions help students gauge understanding and strengthen long-term retention.
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Use Rise’s Scroll-Based Design to Guide Learning Flow and Add Moments of Discovery. Rise’s natural scrolling format mirrors the way students already consume digital content, making it an effective tool for progressively structuring concepts. You can use reveal blocks, dividers, and intentional pacing breaks to support instructional scaffolding and improve course clarity. For added engagement, reveal blocks can also be used to gamify the scrolling experience—placing small, unexpected moments of discovery throughout the learning experience to keep students curious and moving forward.Â
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Summary
In a digital learning landscape where educators have access to a wide range of online authoring tools—from free options like Google Sites, H5P, and Microsoft Sway to more advanced platforms—Rise 360 offers a uniquely flexible and intuitive way to design modern learning experiences. Whether you’re creating microlearning, supporting applied practice, building resource hubs, or guiding learners through scaffolded content, Rise’s streamlined format and interactive features make it easy to deliver clear, engaging, and accessible instruction without the technical overhead found in many other tools. By leveraging its multimedia options, scenario-based activities, and responsive, web-style design, educators can enhance course quality while keeping development efficient. In short, Rise 360 stands out as a polished, powerful environment that empowers faculty and instructional designers to elevate learning, one thoughtfully crafted module at a time.Â
Sample Lesson PagesÂ
Use this sample as a reference to better understand how Rise 360 can create engaging, interactive learning experiences. The content presented here may not constitute complete lessons or final versions of the original courses. It is intended solely to showcase the structure and functionality of Rise 360.Â
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Is XR Right for Your Course? Start With the Questions |
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Dear ADDIE,
I am interested in trying out Extended Reality, like virtual, augmented, or mixed reality, to make learning more immersive at my institution. It sounds exciting, but I’m not sure how to begin. I’d like to start with a needs assessment to see if XR makes sense for our courses and our students. For any course, I want to be sure it connects to our learning goals, that we have the right technology, that it is affordable and accessible, and that both faculty and students are ready for it. Read more →
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Go-to Resources for Better e-Learning Design |
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Adobe Express (Free): Quickly build explainer graphics, mini‑web pages, and short videos. Â
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Articulate Rise 360 (License): an easy‑to‑use authoring tool for creating responsive, interactive online learning modules.Â
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Canva (Free + Pro): Use interactive links, embedded media, or scrolling layouts for lightweight microlearning. Create diagrams, videos, infographics, and animations to embed in any LMS or authoring tool. Â
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Google Forms (Free):Â Surprisingly effective for simple, linear scenario pathways using conditional logic.Â
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Google Sites (Free): Build simple, scroll‑based micro modules or resource pages quickly. Â
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H5P (Free/Open‑Source): Offers robust branching logic and scoring options inside many LMS platforms. Â
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Microsoft Clipchamp (Free with Microsoft 365):Â Add accessible, captioned videos that integrate with a course or module.Â
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Microsoft Sway (Free with Microsoft 365): Create visually appealing, scrollable microlearning with built‑in templates. Â
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Notion (Free for individuals): A flexible, database‑style space for collections of learning objects. Â
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Padlet (Low‑Cost): Create visually organized hubs or curated collections of links, videos, and documents.Â
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Quizizz / Kahoot! (Free +Â Pro):Â Gamified checks for understanding that work well asynchronously.Â
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Twine (Free): Great for narrative branching stories or choose‑your‑own‑path learning experiences.Â
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Canva Community - Different communities from nonprofits to teachers.Â
- E-Learning Heroes Articles (Free) - Articulate Learning Community containing articles, blog posts, videos, and learning opportunities.
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Generative AI may have been used to support information gathering and initial drafting. All final material was reviewed, refined, and approved by human contributors.
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Bren Bedford, MNM, SFC®, Web Project Analyst II, Center for Distributed Learning, University of Central Florida
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Florence Williams, Ph.D., Associate Instructional Designer, Center for Distributed Learning, University of Central Florida
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