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Should non Instructional Designers edit Storyline courses?
In looking at ways to be more agile around our course design, one of the things that is being considered is having non-instructional designers (trainers, SMEs) make the simpler edits in courses. I'...
I've never heard of anyone having trainers or SMEs do simple edits in courses.
The main drawback: They'd need to have an Articulate license, which would be a big expense for this small contribution.
- And to edit a shared Rise course, they'd need to have a Team license (assuming the organization has that type). Otherwise, they could only edit a copy, and then you'd have to track which copy is the most current version.
They'd need enough training on the software to be able to access all the text. For example, some objects might have extra text within States, which aren't visible when just looking at the slide in edit mode.
There's also the possibility that they'd accidentally click something that would cause problems, e.g., hide an object or turn off a trigger.
An alternative might be to use the Translation feature to export the text to Word. Have them edit the Word file, and then import it back into the project.
- This would still require some special learning on their part, to ensure they only edit where they need to edit.
Bottom line: Personally, I think it's easiest to just collect feedback--even about simple edits--and have a developer enter them.
Thanks, Judy! I appreciate you taking the time to reply. Having seen what happens when non IDs get into Articulate files, I don't like the idea at all, but I wanted to put it out here in case there is a different perspective I'm missing. For me personally collecting feedback in the Word file where changes can be tracked and comments made by all parties is best as you can see everything in one file and have documentation of changes.
