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MattAdlai-Gail
6 years agoCommunity Member
While the development team is thinking about this feature request, please also have them think about the content maintenance aspect of this. If you are copying a block because you want repurpose and tweak, then Copy is great - the original and the copy have lives of their own and there is no ongoing relationship.
HOWEVER, another really important use case is if you have the same block that is used in multiple courses, and if you update the original block, you want all its instances in other courses updated as well. This is a content management use case, and solving it would save subscribers lots of pain and time. Since you have a team structure, seems like you could create a team block repository for reusable blocks and when you reuse a block, you have the option to make a copy and modify, or make a copy and have that copy be updated when the original block is updated.
HOWEVER, another really important use case is if you have the same block that is used in multiple courses, and if you update the original block, you want all its instances in other courses updated as well. This is a content management use case, and solving it would save subscribers lots of pain and time. Since you have a team structure, seems like you could create a team block repository for reusable blocks and when you reuse a block, you have the option to make a copy and modify, or make a copy and have that copy be updated when the original block is updated.
- AllisonLaMotte6 years agoStaffThanks for that additional context, Matt! I will pass it on.
- MarcelleBezu3015 years agoCommunity MemberHi Allison
Has there been any development of keeping the Master lesson and any changes filtering through to the copy's of the lessons'. I am designing for a software program that might be specific to more than one client and would love to be able to make version changes on a master and it changes through all the linked lessons. Thanks!- AllisonLaMotte5 years agoStaffHi Marcelle,
I haven't heard anything about a feature like that, but it sounds super interesting! Would you be willing to submit a feature request? Here's where you can do that: https://articulate.com/support/contact/feature-request