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Practical guides to testing Storyline courses: why learners get stuck, why completion never reaches the LMS, and how to check before you publish.
12 Common Articulate Storyline Bugs That Pass Preview
Common Articulate Storyline bugs that pass Preview: empty layers, dead hovers, stale copied triggers, stuck gates. How to spot, catch and prevent each one.
18 min read
E-Learning QA Process: Review Rounds, Severity, Sign-Off
A practical e-learning QA process for teams: alpha, beta and gold rounds, who reviews what, a severity scale, bug reports, regression and sign-off.
20 min read
How to QA an E-Learning Course from a Vendor
How to QA an e-learning course from a vendor without the source file: acceptance testing, imsmanifest.xml, a learner pass, SCORM Cloud and privacy.
15 min read
Secure E-Learning Course Review: Questions Before You Upload
Secure e-learning course review for confidential training: what a course holds, what to ask before you upload it, and how to see if it phones home.
22 min read
Storyline Course Not Reporting Completion to the LMS?
Storyline course not reporting completion? Check the tracking rule, SCORM 1.2 vs 2004 vs xAPI, and test in SCORM Cloud. Includes a copyable checklist.
15 min read
Storyline Next Button Not Enabling? Fix Visited Gates
Storyline Next button not enabling after learners visit every item? Seven reasons visited-state gates break, a durable build recipe and a test checklist.
17 min read
Storyline QA Checklist: What to Test Before You Publish
A practical Storyline QA checklist: triggers, layers, states, variables, media, quizzes, SCORM completion and the player, with how to test each by hand.
18 min read
Storyline Quiz Not Scoring Correctly? 9 Causes to Check
Storyline quiz not scoring correctly? Check the results slide, question banks, pass mark, Submit, Retry and what reaches the LMS. Plus a QA checklist.
19 min read
Storyline Right-to-Left: Hebrew & Arabic Problems and Fixes
Storyline right-to-left guide for Hebrew and Arabic courses: player direction, punctuation, bullets, fonts, translation import, plus an RTL QA checklist.
15 min read
Storyline Slide Not Advancing? Why Learners Get Stuck
Storyline slide not advancing? Find where learners get stuck: timelines that never end, cue points past the end, paused video, layers with no way out.
19 min read
Storyline Triggers Not Working? Step-by-Step Debugging
Storyline triggers not working? A step-by-step method to isolate the cause: trigger order, variables on layers, hover vs states, Preview vs published.
16 min read
Storyline Works in Preview but Not in LMS? Here's Why
Storyline works in preview but not in LMS? Fonts, video, resume, Resources, web objects, cross-domain, JavaScript: why each breaks and how to isolate it.
21 min read