How to Host an Articulate Storyline Course on the Web Using Google Cloud

[@elearningacdmy]

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[@teacherofteachers1239]

Cheez and Crackers this was needed. This guy deserves a lifetime humanitarian achievement award. I was ready to give up on this because until this video I could find no simple person's guide to using Google Cloud. So, thanks to KZbin, in one week I have learned to solve Rubik's Cube and how to post my Storyline tests for clients. Not a bad week.

[@elearningacdmy]

I'm glad the video was helpful! Thanks for watching!

[@aliciablitz9784]

Tim, you are a life saver! 🤩 I was just recently "liberated" from my job after 29 years and was looking for a cost effective way to share my work samples. This is exactly what I needed to get the ball rolling. Your approach is easy to understand and you style resonates with me, a pleasure to listen to. Also always love your sessions at the training conferences!♥♥♥

[@elearningacdmy]

Thanks! I so appreciate the kind words...and I'm glad the video was helpful!

[@KelieFuller]

Ok. Forreal. I clapped at the end of your video. I was doing this whole process with you on my second monitor! You're AMAZING!

[@elearningacdmy]

Thanks, Kelie! I'm so happy to hear it was helpful!

[@chriswilwol]

Dude this was so good and easy. Let Jesus take the wheel... I will remember that when there's big complex tools that I need to use for a simple solution. Thanks Tim!

[@peter-johnwaterboer1113]

I’m a new ID, as I am putting my portfolio together this is such a life saver.

[@raphaelpellisson]

Awesome Tim. I've always thought about how to share my portfolio outside of the storyline. You saved my life man, thank you very much.

[@deborah8607]

Thanks! This worked perfectly! I am building my portfolio and this was exactly what I needed.

[@elearningacdmy]

Glad it helped!

[@DannyAlvarez2004]

Digital GOLD! That's what this is. What tremendous value you have provided to our fellow IDs. THANK YOU TIM!!!

[@elearningacdmy]

Thanks for watching! I’m glad it was helpful! If there are any other topics you’d like to me tackle in a future video, let me know!

[@paulnunn5625]

By far, Tim is the best way at explaining complicated procedures. Wow. Any ID that makes tutorial videos needs to follow his approach. Thanks, Tim!

[@elearningacdmy]

Thanks, Paul! I really appreciate it! The secret is simply to talk to people like they're human...and literally show the things I'm talking about. :)

[@tmobilemobile]

Agreed

[@akilahwillery2676]

Easy Peasy....Thank you for sharing this!

[@elearningacdmy]

Thanks for watching!

[@juliarodemeier9480]

Exactly what I needed, and I wouldn’t have been able to publish without this great step-by-step tutorial. Thank you!

[@elearningacdmy]

I'm so happy it was helpful! Thanks for watching!

[@chrisellis6616]

What a fantastic teacher you are Tim! So few people get right to the point and teach us what we need to know. Amazing instructional video!

[@elearningacdmy]

I’m happy to hear you found it helpful! Thanks for watching!

[@georginacreates]

This is exactly what I needed! You are a star. Thank you!

[@elearningacdmy]

Glad it helped!

[@MichaelBodner-jm2os]

Hey Tim, I just wanted to say thanks for all your Storyline tutorials here. I recently started learning Storyline from scratch, and out of all the tutorials out there, I find your content the easiest to follow. Plus, the way you present and talk about stuff is super engaging, relatable, and fun to watch. So, thanks again!

[@elearningacdmy]

Thanks, Michael! I really appreciate it! You can find more of my content inside our Knowledge Base here: community.elearningacademy.io/c/knowledge-base/

[@ReineDAGBO]

thank you very much Tim for all you are doing !!! from Ivory Coast, Africa !

[@elearningacdmy]

Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@timbakner-ID]

Awesome! I was able to update my portfolio after hosting on Google Cloud. Applying to more positions today!

[@elearningacdmy]

That's wonderful! Thanks for sharing! Best of luck with the applications!

[@emilianissssima]

Gracias nuevamente. Cada vez que lo voy a hacer tengo que ver el video de nuevo 🙃

[@zanelemofikoe4800]

Tim definitely took the wheel here 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽👌🏾👌🏾👌🏾so grateful for this!!!

[@elearningacdmy]

Absolutely!! Thanks for watching!

[@bybites]

I just want to really thank you for your videos. It's a pleasure to watch high-quality delivered content, full of useful information. Thanks a lot!

[@elearningacdmy]

Thanks! I so appreciate the kind words. Thanks for watching.

[@MichelleDeshotels-vb6rn]

You are the best Tim. Have been following you with Storyline for a really long time. You always have an answer just when needed. Thank you!

[@elearningacdmy]

Thank you!

[@Celestespaletteresells]

Amazing tutorial, thank you so much!

[@elearningacdmy]

Glad it was helpful!

[@elmirinsapov]

Tim, thanks for this video! I've never used Google Cloud for publishing courses before. Going to try!

[@peter-johnwaterboer1113]

so helpful. thank you so much Tim!!

[@AshleyLambert-i7h]

Very practical, straightforward, and human. Nice work, Tim!

[@crystalryan3337]

This is great! It was super easy to follow along, and I was able to get it to work the first time through. And, it was a lot easier than using AWS. Super helpful, thanks Tim!

[@elearningacdmy]

Thanks for watching!

[@user-dz1jm4fl7u]

Thank you so much for your viedo. It is very helpful and your explanation is very detail.

[@elearningacdmy]

Thanks for watching! I'm glad it was helpful!

[@utahleansixsigmatrainingce5263]

Exactly what I needed. I've created Storyline courses (well, one so far) that customers will access through Kartra. This allows me to control access using Kartra so I don't have to purchase and administer an entire additional LMS. THANK YOU! As others have said, your video delivery and overall feel is top notch. Very well done.

[@elearningacdmy]

Thanks for watching!

[@stacysworld6368]

This video helps so much...thank you!!!! I came back and watched a second time! 😘

[@elearningacdmy]

You are so welcome! Thanks for watching!

[@miawhite824]

Amazing! You just save me HOURS of research! Thank you so much!

[@elearningacdmy]

Happy to help!

[@dlphoskins9230]

Thanks so much for this - so helpful! I had two questions: 1) Is there a way to integrate Google Analytics to be able track visitors to a course? and 2) Is there a unique URL for each lesson when navigating through should you wish to provide a tailored link to someone? (Someone at Articulate said the URL should be different for each lesson once it's published to the web so I wondered if that's so in this environment.) Thanks again!

[@elearningacdmy]

To be honest, I'm not entirely sure. I'm sure there is a way, but I have yet to try and connect Google Analytics. And regarding your second question, I suppose it depends on what you my by "lesson." Are you referring to separate Storyline courses OR slides within a single Storyline course?

[@Mark-ec5oj]

Absolutely saintly this video - great help!

[@gfranks007]

Tim :) Thank you so much for taking the time to create this video, it was sooooooo helpful :). Love your humor and the style of your down-to-earth practical teaching! Keep them coming!

[@elearningacdmy]

Thanks! Will do!

[@meghakatoria662]

Very useful indeed. Easy to follow. Thanks.

[@elearningacdmy]

I'm glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching!

[@markgreer6585]

Thanks Tim. Fantastic concise presentation.👍

[@elearningacdmy]

Thanks for watching!

[@keimaye]

Thankyou massively! I wanted to share an interactive experience I had created in Storyline on my portfolio and didn't have a scooby how to do it. This was so so helpful.

[@elearningacdmy]

Happy to help! Thanks for watching!

[@luiskaj2434]

Thanks for the info - great way to share a project for others to try and critique!

[@elearningacdmy]

Glad it was helpful!

[@dollaya8893]

This is very helpful! Thank you so much. And your instruction is not too formal, I enjoyed that!

[@elearningacdmy]

I'm glad you liked it! Thanks for watching!

[@ayeshakalim398]

Very well guided. It surely will help me. Thanks Tim.

[@elearningacdmy]

Glad to hear it!

[@shafaq-c6g]

Thank you so much, Tim! You have made the process so easy! 😊

[@elearningacdmy]

You are so welcome!

[@shanc3263]

Thank you so much! This was very easy to follow.

[@elearningacdmy]

Happy to help! Thanks for watching!

[@savannahpettit7657]

THANK YOU! This was great!

[@elearningacdmy]

Thanks for watching! I'm glad it was helpful!

[@BRobertsonwatchvideo]

Thank you so much. Exactly what I needed!

[@elearningacdmy]

Happy it helped! Thanks for watching!

[@benazirsaiyed5084]

You are a life saver!

[@elearningacdmy]

Thank you!

[@adolphussalter598]

Awesome video Tim! Made the process so easy. I was worries when I kept seeing all the alerts. Thanks for explaining that :)

[@elearningacdmy]

Thanks for watching! I'm glad it was helpful!

[@MasterMarslander]

This is exactly what I needed, and you are a true delight. Thank you!

[@elearningacdmy]

Glad I could help!

[@cward22]

Excellent video Tim. Thanks!

[@elearningacdmy]

Thanks for watching!

[@tameishalcampbell]

This was so easy to follow. Thanks Tim!

[@elearningacdmy]

Thanks for watching! I’m glad it was helpful!

[@LisaScott-o6f]

Brilliant! I needed this, and you did a fantastic job of showing how to make it happen! WOOHOO! Thank you!

[@elearningacdmy]

I’m so glad to hear it was helpful! Thanks for watching!

[@melissafranklin5725]

Thank you, this was very helpful. I appreciate the time you took to make the video and walk through how to get a Google Cloud account.

[@elearningacdmy]

Happy to help! I'm glad you liked it!

[@NLGVIDEOS2]

You did an excellent job this video was very helpful.

[@kaylanicole5410]

You’re a life saver! This was so helpful.

[@elearningacdmy]

Thanks for watching!

[@alijohnston2383]

Such a good step-by-step video!!. I would've been lost without it.

[@elearningacdmy]

Thanks for watching! I'm glad it was helpful!

[@sneharecites]

Around one and half years ago, upon the advice of a friend, I got into Google cloud to save a few of my sample storyline courses I created for tests at a few companies. 😂 As soon as it asked for my Credit card information, I got scared. I know LinkedIn learning also asks the same. But that day I just could not gather courage to do so! 😅

[@elearningacdmy]

I totally understand! I'm usually very nervous about entering credit cards...but Google is very secure. With that said, if you have an Articulate 360 license, another option (which is actually simpler) is to host your projects on Rise 360. Here's a video on how to do that: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iafHcmhrYpudi7M

[@sneharecites]

@@elearningacdmy thank you Tim, I am aware of the same.

[@PlayPals117]

Thank you, Tim! You're a life saver!

[@JessieCarty]

I am SO excited about being able to have this as a storage option instead of AWS! Thanks for this easy to follow walk-through.

[@elearningacdmy]

Thanks! After playing around with AWS, I found Google Cloud easier.

[@TamelaEdens]

Thank you Tim - just what I needed and you presented it so clearly!

[@elearningacdmy]

Glad it was helpful!

[@NazaninRafatmanesh]

Tim! You definitely saved my life!

[@elearningacdmy]

Thanks for watching!

[@chicagoclarinet]

Really helpful. Thank you!

[@elearningacdmy]

You're welcome!

[@10000iris]

This worked with my Rise 360 course. Finally, something worked!

[@elearningacdmy]

Yay! So happy to hear it! 🎉

[@SarahShaikh-d8h]

Thank you Sir for this. Will this work even after my trial period of Articulate Storyline expires?

[@elearningacdmy]

Yep! :) Just get it published before your trial ends.

[@GenevraSelf]

You are the best! Thank you so much for posting this video. Like the rest of your videos and work, It was so incredibly helpful. I learn so much from you.

[@elearningacdmy]

I'm glad you liked it! Thanks for watching!

[@xamandapanda]

Tim you are the best. Thank you! :)

[@elearningacdmy]

Thank you!

[@thesavvybassist]

Your videos and thumbnails always have such a great aesthetic. Would love a video from you on your journey to how you achieved that.

[@elearningacdmy]

Thanks! I'll add this to my list!

[@yucindy157]

This video really helps a lot. thank you so much.

[@elearningacdmy]

Thanks for watching!

[@jenifersarah]

So incredibly helpful....thank you, Tim!!!

[@elearningacdmy]

Glad you liked it!

[@mrpanaceaful]

Thank you so much, was a huge help for me today!

[@elearningacdmy]

Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@rstaalsen2254]

Yet another great tutorial! Thanks so much.

[@elearningacdmy]

You are so welcome! Thanks for watching!

[@AldoMenFashion]

Thank you. It was so helpful

[@elearningacdmy]

Thanks for watching!

[@gloriannheikes3580]

Thank you! This was so easy to create! I blurred out all the rest - for now! ;)

[@elearningacdmy]

Happy to help!

[@MohammedHassan-bm5nz]

Super! thank you Tim for all of your videos.

[@elearningacdmy]

My pleasure!

[@LoganMonday]

This is fantastic, thanks for creating this video. I was stressed how to figure it out before!

[@arilovestoast]

This was super helpful and straightforward. Thank you!

[@elearningacdmy]

Thanks for watching!

[@AlexKoshy]

Thank you very much for this video ❤

[@elearningacdmy]

Thanks for watching!

[@MattMarsland]

This was fantastic. Thank you!

[@elearningacdmy]

Thanks for watching!

[@MpomartMedia]

Hi Tim, thank you so much for this session, very informative, enjoyable and straight to the point, well done and keep up the great work🙏🙏

[@elearningacdmy]

Thanks for watching!

[@MpomartMedia]

@@elearningacdmy You are welcome Tim, it was worth watching for sure!

[@educate2inspire560]

"Put on your blinders and let Jesus take the wheel" 🤣 Thank you! Great content, and I got a little giggle at that line.

[@elearningacdmy]

Ha! I'm glad you liked it!

[@crystalwasham1658]

Thank you!

[@elearningacdmy]

You're welcome!

[@TheChefDWC]

I am in awe of your God-like abilities with this technology. I can't imagine how you figured out how to do this but thank you for creating this easy-peasy how-to guide. Until recently (just last Monday), I was a teacher. This would have been my 33rd year on the job. On Monday a high school student threw a sneaker at my head. He missed. Another student threw a water bottle. She missed and shattered the clock on the classroom wall. Both students thought this was amusing. I filled out a discipline referral and alleged attempted assault. My building admin told me that this wasn't assault and suggested that I either step up my class management or quit. I chose to quit. I don't have a large pension and have been trying to figure out what to do with myself. Since I have a Master's in Curriculum and Instruction, know how to Adobe illustrator, Cyberlink PowerDirector, and Articulate 360, I thought about becoming an instructional designer but needed help with figuring out how to host an Articulate lesson. This video was exactly what I needed. So thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

[@TheChefDWC]

Everything worked perfectly except upload a folder. The system doesn't see a folder. I tried uploading this as a file but since it's in a folder, it isn't accessible. Do you have any tips?

[@stacysworld6368]

You are wonderful! I enjoy your videos, they really help me continue to take Storyline issues to Jesus and leave them there! 😀

[@elearningacdmy]

Thanks for watching!

[@widahamidi5389]

Fantastic video! So easy to follow and works for Adobe Captivate too :)

[@elearningacdmy]

Thanks for watching!

[@cshayne59]

Thank you Tim! Do you know if this would work with any other cloud/drive services?

[@elearningacdmy]

It's going to vary from service to service, but the other one I know it works with is Amazon AWS.

[@mike7811]

This is awesome, thx for the video. Way better than hosting these files on Drive. Question: Every time I re-visit my webpage, if the Storyline file has already played once, it displays the last screen and not from the beginning. Any way to always restart the Storyline file from the beginning? 🤗

[@elearningacdmy]

Great question...this you adjust those settings within the Player settings of Storyline. Here's how: community.articulate.com/articles/articulate-storyline-360-user-guide-how-to-change-the-resume-behavior

[@xingchenwang2750]

Thanks for this tutorial. I want to know what is your cohort program? Is it the real world project with your guide? Thanks

[@pvsquare]

This was super helpful, thankyou so much!! Is there a way to hide the Menu? when we share the link if yes please do let me know

[@elearningacdmy]

Thanks for watching! When you say "hide the menu," are you talking about the built-in player menu in Articulate Storyline...or perhaps something else. Let me know!

[@lucyhood6044]

This literally popped in my inbox at exactly the right minute!! Do you know if you can get any access data from this? e.g. how many people have viewed (accessed) the eL file in Google cloud?

[@elearningacdmy]

Thanks! I'm so happy to hear it! Regarding tracking number of views, I'm sure there's a way...I just haven't figured that out yet. It's something I'm currently researching.

[@lucyhood6044]

@@elearningacdmy Legend! I did one quick search for info and all I found was "If you put a CDN in front of the bucket, and then use the CDN URL, Stackdriver will log access via the CDN."...i didnt know what 90% of those words meant so I gave up!! It is a scary place to explore - very glad I'm not the one having to take my blinkers off to try and work it out :) Just know you'll be even more of a hero if you manage to solve it :)

[@ezzanaveed]

Hi Tim! Great video. Question: will uploading it on Google Cloud lead it to being permanent? If I lose access to Articulate Storyline, will I still have access to the files via Google Cloud? Thanks!

[@elearningacdmy]

Great question! The simple answer is yes: as long as you have the published files, you'll be able to access the published version of the course. However, without Storyline and the editable .story file, you wouldn't be able to make any changes to the content. I hope that make sense!

[@abilicious9921]

Thank you so much for this video! It truly helped me! There is one update: Instead of story.html, Articulate changed the name to Index.html

[@elearningacdmy]

Thanks for watching...and thanks for the mention about the update!

[@abilicious9921]

@@elearningacdmy No problem!

[@alil1812]

Thank you for the great video! Do you know if there is a way to use this for Rise modules as well? I exported one for the web and uploaded to Cloud, but the folder contents have different names than Storyline and I can't find which part is the shareable part...

[@NBjornvick]

This was a GREAT help! Just to clarify...if I created a course in Rise 360 trial and upload it following these steps, it will still be accessible after my trial expires. Correct??

[@elearningacdmy]

Yep!

[@NBjornvick]

@@elearningacdmy Thanks for this and it worked great the first two times. But...now I'm trying to follow the same steps and every time I go to upload the folder, it's uploading all of the indiviual files (97 in my case) separately to my 'bucket' and then the 'index' URL doesn't actually work. Any tips?

[@leifnicole]

Hi Tim. Is this the same principle for Articulate Rise? Thank you for all that you do for the L&D community.

[@elearningacdmy]

Yep! Just published it for the Web and the rest is the same! :)

[@bqr5]

Thank you!!!!

[@elearningacdmy]

No...thank YOU!

[@krishankachhwaha407]

Hi Tim, Thanks for this tutorial it is amazing and so very useful! I did have one questions. Once I have a course uploaded and it has a public URL, How can I update said course and drop the new folder in there and will it keep the same URL for the "Story.html" file?

[@elearningacdmy]

You should be able to simply replace the files inside the bucket, and you should be good. However, I would test it first to confirm.

[@krishankachhwaha407]

@@elearningacdmy Hi Tim, I did give this a go but for some reason it just kept showing the older version of the course even after doing a replace of the files. Then I went down the google rabbit hole of versioning settings inside cloud storage and unfortunately I felt a bit too out of my depth to try it out. Thanks, really appreciate the help, if you do ever have an answer for this I would very much appreciate it!

[@carlosgaleana11]

Thanks!

[@elearningacdmy]

Wow! Thanks! I really appreciate it!

[@dallasdudzic6361]

Tim, your video was incredibly helpful and easy to follow!! Do you anticipate the cost to be substantial if I sell my course (on TPT) for students to use? I’m assuming this will work with Google Classroom LMS?

[@elearningacdmy]

Thanks for watching and commenting! I'm not sure what you mean by TPT? Can you elaborate?

[@dallasdudzic6361]

Thank you for your response! Teachers Pay Teachers is a website for teachers to sell classroom materials. Once your client pays for the course, is it your responsibility to keep it available forever? Alternatively, if you publish on 360, does the buyer need an account to access? I’m trying to figure out a way for easy student access (on Chromebooks or iPads) to access through Google Classroom LMS

[@mindsetworkssupport1273]

@@dallasdudzic6361 Did you ever figure this out? Trying to do something similar.

[@jawadwaheed5105]

Thanks Tim, the video was very help ful, can you let me know if it is possible to place a password on the website hosted on google cloud, a generic password, no collection of name or email, is it possible?

[@chih-yumaytsai3909]

Hi Tim, thanks for the video, that's very helpful! Just wondering if it's possible to host Storyline/Rise course on MS Azure?

[@elearningacdmy]

Thanks for watching! I assume you can host courses there, I've just never done it...but I assume the concepts are the same.

[@petemichaels11]

Tim, will this approach allow users to save their progress?

[@elearningacdmy]

Yes...as long as the learner uses the same computer and internet browser, the course should ask them if they want to resume where they left off.

[@amypullen1436]

Hello! Thank you so much for making this video, it is greatly needed! Are there any security measures we need to take to keep our account safe from hackers since our payment (be it credit card, paypal or whatever) is linked on google cloud? I had a similar instance happen to me when using AWS where my account was hacked and lage sums added to my account. Thanks so much for your help!

[@elearningacdmy]

Great question! Yes, I believe there are options to limit usage, so that you don't run into those issues. Here's a video that might help you with that: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gZq3mGuIhdV6fZY

[@mphondadza1468]

Hi Tim love your videos as always... I just wanna know if we can apply the same principle for a project I did with Adobe Captivate ?

[@elearningacdmy]

Yeppers! This will work for Captivate, Rise, etc. Just upload the files and link to the proper file. I hope that helps!