Storyline is a piece of software that allows you to add informative text content to videos in a Powerpoint-style presentation. It is aimed primarily at e-learning practitioners, which was why Seaghan thought it would be a good fit for Digilogue. It's less complicated than Inkling so he thought it would be a good project for me to work on in the time frame that we have. The way it works is that you add graphics to the video and the user clicks these to receive information that you have also added. To create a presentation, it works like a cross between Flash and Powerpoint. You add triggers to graphics in order to hide layers or show layers, according to what you want to show your user. I'm working on a different machine today so I don't have my own screenshots, but I'll post them later.
It's definitely a very useful platform for e-learning; it's great to be able to click into a video for a more detailed overview of what you are learning, and I think it could be very useful to Digilogue's clients. The software can be finnicky in places though; for example, often when I added a new button and placed it farther along the timeline than its parent, the video clip I was working with moved along the timeline itself, which is very irritating when you're trying to place everything correctly, as often you don't immediately realise that it has moved, leading to some frustrating moments.
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