Articulate Storyline is an eLearning authoring tool used to create interactive online courses. Articulate has a website for its community of users (https://community.articulate.com/). This is an educational website in that it provides templates, eLearning resources and a forum for users to get assistance with build issues or opinions on courses they have developed. I have never used Storyline, but will be leading the discussion on an authoring tool for my department in the next year and have found the website helpful. I would rate the website as an 8 on a 1-10 scale.
There is a wide array of training materials, the site is easy to navigate and the forum offers help from other eLearning developers. You need to set up a free account with minimal personal information to access many of the features. It does not seem to have a knowledge base to search through. The search function appears robust in returning forum answers.
If we choose Articulate as the group software, I am expected to train my department on how to use it. This website would probably be more of a resource outside of the classroom. The content assumes at least a basic level of proficiency and does not provide initial training on the software. However, the learners in my department have little to no experience in creating online courses and some of the eBooks available for download on the site would be helpful for training. I also like how users post some of their courses so our learners could develop some ideas for online projects.
The forum best aligns with the ISTE standard of collaborator. Users can share ideas or issues and gather feedback globally. There is a real-world component to the interactions; users are sharing work-related problems or projects. Overall, this website is easy-to-use and allows thoughtful exchanges of ideas.