Looking to get the most out of Articulate 360 for your eLearning projects? Whether you’re using Articulate Rise, Storyline, or other tools in the suite, success depends on more than just great apps. The real difference lies in the tools that support your process.
At B Online Learning, we develop content exclusively in Articulate 360. We’re also Australia’s only certified Articulate training provider. After two decades in the industry, we’ve built a tried-and-tested stack that helps teams build faster, design smarter, and deliver engaging, accessible learning experiences.
But having this great app isn’t quite enough. To create truly impactful learning, you need a full stack that supports your workflow from start to finish from planning and collaboration through to testing and delivery.
That’s why we’re sharing the top 10 tools our team uses every day. These tools support each stage of the eLearning development process: Design → Develop → Deliver.
Whether you’re building content in-house or partnering with a provider like us, this guide will help you choose the right tools to:
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Plan and structure effective learning experiences
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Develop interactive, accessible, and on-brand content
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Test and launch with confidence
As a result, you’ll save time, improve learner outcomes, and make your development process smoother.
Let’s take a closer look.
🎨 DESIGN
Where great learning starts. Before a single screen is built, we work with our clients to understand the learner journey, clarify outcomes, and plan how to structure content in a way that’s both meaningful and measurable.
1. Miro – For Planning and Storyboarding
Miro is our go-to platform for collaborative storyboarding, planning out course flow, mapping scenarios, and capturing feedback from stakeholders in real time. It’s especially helpful when working remotely or across time zones.
Use Miro during project kick-off workshops to align all contributors from subject matter experts to designers around a clear, shared visual plan.
2. PowerPoint – For SME-Friendly Layouts
Although it’s not purpose-built for eLearning, PowerPoint remains a powerful tool for early-stage layout and content approvals. It allows us to rapidly mock up screens, sequence learning, and present concepts in a format that’s familiar to SMEs and business leaders.
Once approved, these designs are seamlessly rebuilt in Articulate Storyline or Rise for development.
3. Coolors.co + Google Fonts – For Visual Consistency
These free tools help define the visual language of a course. Coolors.co generates accessible colour palettes that meet contrast standards, while Google Fonts ensures clean, modern typography that works across all devices.
These elements play a huge role in accessibility, branding, and learner engagement, all core values in our development approach.
🛠 DEVELOP
Now the real building begins. This phase transforms content from concept into an interactive, multimedia learning experience using a powerful authoring stack supported by expert instructional designers, graphic designers, and developers.
4. Articulate 360 – The Authoring Suite We Build In
At the centre of our development process is Articulate 360, the industry-leading authoring suite that includes Rise, Storyline, Review 360, and more.
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Articulate Rise is ideal for rapid development and mobile-first modules.
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Articulate Storyline offers full flexibility from custom interactions to gamification and variables.
B Online Learning is the exclusive certified Articulate training provider in Australia, and our development team are true experts in using these tools to their full potential.
5. Articulate Review 360 – For Collaborative Feedback
Articulate Review 360 is an integral part of our process. It allows stakeholders, subject matter experts, and clients to leave comments directly on course slides or screens during development. This ensures faster, more accurate feedback loops and fewer review rounds.
We use Review 360 to keep collaboration smooth and centralised, avoiding endless email chains and version confusion.
6. Adobe Photoshop & Illustrator – For Custom Visual Design
When custom illustrations or high-fidelity visuals are required, we turn to Adobe Creative Suite. Our team of in-house graphic designers use Photoshop for layouts and image editing, and Illustrator for creating scalable, clean visuals that reinforce your brand.
Whether it’s a custom character set or an animated workflow diagram, these tools enable us to elevate the visual quality of your learning.
7. Adobe After Effects – For Animated Video
Video can be one of the most powerful tools in eLearning when used strategically. We use After Effects to create branded intro animations, motion graphics, and scene transitions that keep learners engaged and improve content retention.
These are embedded directly into Storyline or Rise blocks to support learning objectives with a more cinematic feel.
8. ElevenLabs AI Voice (Now Built into Storyline)
With the latest AI voiceover integration in Storyline, we use ElevenLabs to create professional-grade narration without the cost or wait time of studio recording. The voices are natural, diverse, and great for prototyping or final delivery.
This tool enables us to meet accessibility and localisation requirements efficiently, while keeping your project on track and on budget.
🚀 DELIVER
After building, testing, and refining your course, it’s time to deliver it into the hands of learners — using platforms that support access, engagement, and measurement.
9. SCORM Cloud – For Testing and Validation
Before any course goes live, we use SCORM Cloud to validate how it performs in a neutral LMS environment. This lets us confirm that completion tracking, quiz results, and other SCORM or xAPI functionality works as intended regardless of the client’s platform.
10. Publish and Deliver via Birch or Articulate Reach
Once tested, it’s time to publish. We help clients roll out their modules via Birch Learning Platform, our full-featured LMS that supports custom learning pathways, reporting, external audiences, and automation.
For shorter-term or public delivery, Articulate Reach offers a simple hosted solution to distribute Rise and Storyline content without an LMS.
As your content partner, we can manage the full delivery cycle from uploading to user setup to learner support.
How to Skill Up on These Tools
Looking to build internal capability in these tools and approaches? Here’s how you (or your team) can upskill quickly:
Start with our eLearning Design Essentials workshop – a hands-on course that teaches storyboarding, learner-centred design, and practical planning strategies. Explore the workshop.
Join our Certified Articulate Rise or Storyline Training – designed for developers at all levels who want to create effective, interactive, and accessible content. View upcoming dates.
Want to dive deeper into Adobe tools – visit these links for Illustrator or After Effects on LinkedIn Learning.
Watch this Troubleshooting SCORM content with SCORM Cloud video on YouTube.
Need support rolling out via Birch Learning Platform? Our team can help from setup to post-launch reporting.
Final Thought: Tools Are Only Part of the Solution
It’s easy to get caught up in tools but the real value lies in knowing how to use them to design with purpose, build with clarity, and deliver with confidence. Whether you’re working on compliance training, onboarding, or capability development, the combination of the right tools + expert design + real collaboration is what leads to lasting learning outcomes.
And that’s exactly what we offer in our content development at B Online Learning.
Every tool in this list is only as good as the hands that use it. We don’t just teach these tools we use them every day to develop high-impact learning solutions for government, corporate, and not-for-profit clients.
What sets us apart:
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Over 20 years of eLearning experience
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An award-winning team of instructional designers, visual designers, and developers
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Exclusive Articulate training provider in Australia
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Proven track record delivering on-time, on-budget projects, no matter the complexity
Whether you’re looking to upskill your internal team or outsource your next course, we bring the right combination of strategy, design, and development to make your learning succeed.
Need a hand with your next learning project? Get in touch to talk about how we can help.
