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How to Copy Blocks from One Lesson to Another in Rise 360

AllisonLaMotte's avatar
7 years ago

Have you ever built a course in Rise 360 and realized, later on, that some of the content in one lesson would work great in a different lesson? Or maybe you want to reuse the same content structure? I’ve been there! Luckily, it’s super easy to copy blocks from one Rise lesson to another, thanks to the blocks template feature. Here’s how it works.

1. Open the Blocks Library

The first thing you’ll want to do is navigate to the lesson that contains the block you want to copy and open up the block library. You can do that either by clicking the plus sign (+) between two blocks …

 

… or by clicking All Blocks in the blocks shortcut bar.

2. Create a New Template

Next, select the templates tab in the block library and click the New Template button.

3. Select the Blocks to Copy

Then, select the block or blocks you want to copy by clicking the checkmark for each one.

4. Save Your Template

Next, click Save, name your template, and click Save once again.

5. Insert Your Template

Finally, navigate to the lesson where you’d like your copied block to go, open up the blocks library, and select your template.

Wrap-Up

Et voilà! It’s that easy. With blocks templates, you can copy blocks from one lesson to another within the same course and copy blocks to lessons in other courses; you can even share your blocks with members of your team if you have an Articulate 360 Teams subscription. It’s super handy!

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Published 7 years ago
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31 Comments

  • It's sad to see they haven't fixed this yet. Last time I tried to use this process, it spun and would not paste in the block to the new location. I had to re-create it instead.

    Then it requires maintenance, since you have to delete the blocks afterward.

    It would be GREAT if you could load all the lessons in an outline form, group certain blocks and move them to a new location within all the content.
    • AllisonLaMotte's avatar
      AllisonLaMotte
      Staff
      Hi Amy! I'm sorry to hear you're struggling with this feature. We do have a feature request logged for something similar to what you're describing, so I'll make sure to add your voice to that request.
  • 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.
      • Deleted user's avatar
        Deleted user
        Hi 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!
  • Thanks for your feedback everyone! I'll be sure to pass it along to our development team :)
  • This is indeed a helpful feature. But it is a workaround in place of a very easy and straightforward feature: why can't we simply copy a block to a different lesson, just like you can copy a lesson to a different course? I am very much waiting for the day the super simple feature is available. Creating a template just to copy a few blocks every time is overhead and unnecessary.
    Hope your development team is considering this, it's really not a lot to ask. I think.
    Love the constant new updates, keep up the good work!
    • GenaM-fc03d35b-'s avatar
      GenaM-fc03d35b-
      Community Member
      I would like to second Maya's comment. I like this template feature, but I too would like to copy a block to a different lesson and not have to make a template to do it. Some things I copy will only be copied once. I feel like a template is for something that will be used multiple times.
      • KalliLochner's avatar
        KalliLochner
        Community Member
        I would like to third that comment/feature! Would save tons of time and effort.
  • OMG knowing this would have saved me HOURS last month, LOL thanks for posting!! I will know moving forward.