Rise 360: A library of custom blocks
Apr 24, 2024
By
Ali Shuaib
Hey Rise community, I recently had to build a course for Grade 12 computer science and immediately ran into limitations with the available block options.
I ended up creating these 2 custom blocks with Embeds for things like
- Markdown with syntax highlighting (colour-coded code), since Rise code blocks are very basic.
- Code editor allowing students to write and run code in the Rise courses.
I'm considering building a library of Rise 360 Embeds, curious if its something the community is interested in?
Goal is to replicate current blocks in Rise, editable in edit mode and view-only in preview/published mode but using embeds. AKA custom blocks.
Some ideas include, advanced graphs, tables, calculators and spreadsheets.
What are some blocks you would love to see in Articulate Rise?
4 Replies
Hi Ali.
Great idea.
How do you plan on sharing these blocks with the Rise community?
I think the best way would be through an external website.
Simple site with <iframe/> code snippets and showcase for embeds, users can copy paste the snippets into their Rise courses.
Ideally the absolute best way would be to share a folder of block templates, but I don't think Rise has that functionality. Only lets you share with your Team.
Open to ideas
Sounds neat. The one downside of iframes (and Storyline) embedded content is they don't display very well inside Rise on mobile. Rise has great support for mobile (thats why I use it) but the sizing and behavior of the iframe fails a mobile usability test.
That's a great point, I'd definitely need to look into how the embeds work/look on mobile. Most of the courses I've designed are intended for desktop so it didn't cross my mind.
Thanks for the insight Phil