Hi Team, I am experiencing difficulty in Articulate Rise 360, so I need your assistance and guidance throughout the development process. How can I add a text box for user input in Rise360? (any readily available templates from content library you can suggest). I tried the knowledge check option, but I don't want to see a result screen, therefore it's not a good fit. I also attempted to incorporate a quiz made in Storyline/Quizmaker 360 by going to Interactive > "Add a Storyline 360 interaction from Review 360," but I'm unsure of where the quiz's results and information are being saved in the LMS. The Multimedia > Embed > Pasted URL / iFrame Code feature in MS-Forms is really useful, however the embedded item still looks like MS-Forms. In the meantime, the two paths I have taken so far, namely: Adding a web form as an embedded object and using that to get the learner's input is a good way to achieve this. However, the challenge is if you do not want the form to look like MS Forms or a Google form, you would need to create and code the custom form separately. Using a Storyline block will work to get the input, however, the input is not sent to the LMS. Only the Storyline block completion is reported to the LMS. A possible workaround would be to send the data manually from within the Storyline course using JavaScript. Additionally, I wanted my learners to download a PDF file of the entire Rise 360 course. We've designated a digital journal in RISE 360 with several text inputs for the learners to fill out during the live classroom discussion. Our goal was to have the participant fill out text boxes (hard coded with JavaScript, not visible in Rise 360) with their responses and then have the page saved as a PDF. Please DO NOT suggest the below mentioned workaround solution. You can give the learners an option to download the PDF version of the course by doing the following: 1. Once you have finished your Rise 360 course, Select Export. 2. Export the entire course as PDF. 3. Edit your course again and add a Multimedia > Attachment block. 4. Edit the Attachment block and upload the PDF file you exported in step 2. Any advice or feedback you can offer is much welcomed.

I would like see a text entry added natively to Rise. I am not going to hold my breath. In a previous course I tried using an iframe embed and made a HTML page that can store the value in local storage. https://frumbert.github.io/public/reflective_activity.html?source=mybucket To get different values showing up I would then send in a 'source' parameter so that each text entry could be unique. I would then have to modify the exported Rise package in order to embed the iframe source file into the Rise package (so that it could run on an intranet without internet access). I made myself a tool for re-packing externally referenced files into Rise: https://www.frumbert.org/risefix/index.php In my next project that required text entries the client required that the learner enter a value before Rise would let them navigate. I hadn't been able to get that working properly with my iframe based solution. I had reversed engineered the Rise player enough to see how other interactions work to set a complete flag so that the Continue button would then become active, and emulated that in my own code. But it doesn't work on iframes, so that prevented me from implementing anything there. I now need learners to be able to write into a text entry and then, later in the course, have these entries show up again somehow. During output of the values, I'd like it to pop up or being something printable, since Rise doesn't save the value from a Storyline file. I had wanted to see if I could hook into the SCORM player of the Rise package and store a value there somehow, but cross-frame scripting gets in the way (and even after published when the package is in the same domain, the code didn't work). So I'm stuck with Storyline, since when a Storyline file completes, Rise will see that completion and release the Continue button. Here is as far as I am right now, and I've attached the storyline files that are loading for reference on that side. https://360.articulate.com/review/content/1770286b-a109-49b1-95ce-a34e61e662fc/review This reveals a couple of bugs in Storyline: You don't get scrollbars on text entry forms. So if the text is long, you might not know you have to click in it, then scroll using the mouse wheel / tap-drag. Depending on the font, the text crops on the last line of the text entry field and you have to know to press Enter afterwards so you can see what you typed. The other thing it reveals is that Rise will re-use the same Storyline instance if you add it multiple times. This might be an efficient programming thing, but it sure is annoying when I want to add multiple text entries. I have to publish the same Storyline file multiple times to Review 360 for each text entry I want in the course. On the summary page, I have a loader which is looking at my local storage and concatenating each entry into the text field. This is far from ideal - mainly because of the scrollbar bug. I tried using a TextBox in Storyline too, but it doesn't have a variable and you can't set its value at runtime. This would have been great since you can add a TextBox to a Scrolling Panel to get the scrollbars showing up. But you can't add a TextEntry field to a Scrolling Pane (or at least I couldn't get mine in one). Executing javascript on form load could pop a window (if the user allows it) or throw up a PDF like in the previous users example - I haven't got that far myself yet. I hope some other developers/creatives can chip-in with Text Entries in Rise and offer their own examples, because I don't think Articulate are ever going to add native Text Entry support to Rise.

My approach was always to use Storyline to do the text entry and embed that into Rise as an interaction, and then the problem was always storage and retrieval. Some people tried storing to local storage (browser), others to the comments field in SCORM, others have tried to send values to a LRS but then retrieval becomes tricky. My approach was to write an external service to load/store generic data, so that it's not reliant on scorm or specific browsers, and it remains compatible with the editor, with Review, Reach 360, and LMS's. I also needed to be able to generate a PDF with all the answers which could be picked up at the end of the course, so I made a separate storyline with a download button. This is all demonstrated here, and the source code to a storage service and storyline files are available here. I like the approach that Mighty have taken but wonder if updates to Rise will break it, and also it might break the terms of service which explicitly prohibits modifying the runtime code. I'd tried a similar idea except using a Storyline embed to inject the code (which self-deletes), an approach of having a notepad icon appear on all pages (example, appears on the top-right), but it wasn't a great experience and ended up abandoning that method. I'd also first approached the problem by using an iframe embed pointing to https://frumbert.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/courses/textarea.html which used the local storage approach

The use of Storyline makes it a bit complicated, and not ideal on mobile. But its a cool solution. I use a modal popup that the user can access throughout the course in a persisting global menu. It also uses localstorage. The user can simply download/print the single text input, the text is 'saved' for the user but it doesn't get sent to the LMS.

Hi Saikat I can't help with the first part of your question - i.e. the quiz - But we have been working on collecting data using a Storyline block in Rise and then outputting the data to a downloadable pdf. This demo I posted a couple of weeks ago demonstrates where we have got to: https://rise.articulate.com/share/CxNcomo7LqqWkBOahhImYPgO8E7PEeYG Inside the Storyline we use text input boxes to collect the input from the learner. We then use a JavaScript library 'pdf-lib' in our JavaScript code to take this input and fill out a pdf 'form'. In the demo the pdf 'form' template is included inside an attachment block. Using this technique, you could create the form to include part of the course itself with form fields where you want the learner input to appear. This works fine BUT... and it's a big BUT... we cannot carry variables over from one Storyline Block to another i.e. we cannot accumulate variables and store them until the end of the course. RISE doesn't have variables. so as soon as the learner exits from the Storyline block the variables are lost. You would have to store the data somewhere to get what I suspect you are trying to achieve. We have a client who has requested we work on this - we are going to try using local storage in the browser (not ideal - but viable). If we have success I will update this post.

Wow, this is great guys. Thanks for sharing, although unsure how to implement with such a little time. Up for Rise text entry functionality being developed ASAP!

saikatpandit-a8

Community Member

2 years ago

Adding a text box for user input in Rise360

Hi Team,

I am experiencing difficulty in Articulate Rise 360, so I need your assistance and guidance throughout the development process.

How can I add a text box for user input in Rise360? (any readily available templates from content library you can suggest). I tried the knowledge check option, but I don't want to see a result screen, therefore it's not a good fit.
I also attempted to incorporate a quiz made in Storyline/Quizmaker 360 by going to Interactive > "Add a Storyline 360 interaction from Review 360," but I'm unsure of where the quiz's results and information are being saved in the LMS.
The Multimedia > Embed > Pasted URL / iFrame Code feature in MS-Forms is really useful, however the embedded item still looks like MS-Forms.

In the meantime, the two paths I have taken so far, namely:

Adding a web form as an embedded object and using that to get the learner's input is a good way to achieve this. However, the challenge is if you do not want the form to look like MS Forms or a Google form, you would need to create and code the custom form separately.
Using a Storyline block will work to get the input, however, the input is not sent to the LMS. Only the Storyline block completion is reported to the LMS. A possible workaround would be to send the data manually from within the Storyline course using JavaScript.

Additionally, I wanted my learners to download a PDF file of the entire Rise 360 course. We've designated a digital journal in RISE 360 with several text inputs for the learners to fill out during the live classroom discussion. Our goal was to have the participant fill out text boxes (hard coded with JavaScript, not visible in Rise 360) with their responses and then have the page saved as a PDF.

Please DO NOT suggest the below mentioned workaround solution.

You can give the learners an option to download the PDF version of the course by doing the following:

1. Once you have finished your Rise 360 course, Select Export.

2. Export the entire course as PDF.

3. Edit your course again and add a Multimedia > Attachment block.

4. Edit the Attachment block and upload the PDF file you exported in step 2.

Any advice or feedback you can offer is much welcomed.

rise 360

LenaDavies
Community Member
11 months ago
I would very much like to have free text entry as well!
Plus a feedback button that would enable to provide for example a model answer if needed. I have used Adapt and this includes this feature.
This is really valuable learning as it enables practice and reflection and can be used in a number of ways.
MoragAnderson
Community Member
11 months ago
+1
StefanLindstrm
Community Member
10 months ago
Please sign me up as well :)
RachelleTulloch
Community Member
10 months ago
Yes please! Me too. Desperate for this feature. I have tried the other workarounds discussed over the the years but they're not ideal.
JohnCooper-be3c
Community Member
10 months ago
Hi Rachelle

Until Articulate introduces this feature, the best solution we could find is as per my previous posts. Create multiple Storyline Blocks to capture the text entry data and store the data in local browser storage (very simple in JavaScript). Then at the end of the course, retrieve the text from local storage, insert the text into a pre-formatted pdf form which also can contain the course notes and then offer the pdf for download, print or email - all in an execute JavaScript trigger.

That's what we do - and it works fine - except we are using local browser storage. So we are OK if the user leaves and returns providing they don't clear the browser cache, use a different browser or different device.

But you mention that you would like the information sent to the LMS. We haven't tried that yet - but, since the data is available in local storage, it should be simple enough to send it via an xAPI call from the JavaScript assuming you are using an LMS with xAPI and an LRS?? Then you would have everything you need:

A downloadable pdf for the learner

Their text input stored in the LMS/LRS

If enough people are interested we might put on a short virtual workshop to go through step by step??

All the best, John
- ErikFullerton-e
  Community Member
  10 months ago
  
  @John Cooper, I'd be interested in seeing a walkthrough of your workflow for your solution. Thanks for sharing with the community,
StefanLindstrm
Community Member
10 months ago
Hey John! A virtual workshop would be much appreciated and helpful.
RachelleTulloch
Community Member
10 months ago
Hi John

Thanks for responding, really appreciate it. I actually have read through your posts about this and looked at the exemplar and I think that it looks fab. I would appreciate a workshop, as I am not a coder so anything that says things like "xAPI call from the JavaScript" freaks me out. How quickly can we get it scheduled? I am in!!! Am working on a course at the moment, so this would be Just In Time learning for me. :)

Also, I am an external contractor so all the Rise and Storyline work I do have to go to the client and live in their LMS. My clients are even less IT savvy than I am, so if I start asking them to install certain things in their systems, that will potentially put them off. Even worse, the IT team might get involved and then it's all downhill from there.

My ideal would be to create a Rise course (or a Rise course with a Storyline block, that's fine) that allows the learner to take notes or jot down reflections like a learning journal, and give it to client, have them upload to an LMS and that is it. I should also say that the learning journal does NOT need to go into the LMS, as this is just for the learner to refer to and save), so that is not an issue.

Hope this helps and thank you!

Best regards
Rachelle
AlisonWolshlage
Community Member
10 months ago
+1 to the list for this feature please!
MaryKyner
Community Member
10 months ago

@John Cooper, I too would be very interested in seeing a walkthrough of your workflow for your solution! I would be delighted to join a virtual workshop. Thank you so much for the exceptionally generous offer!
KelseyLambright
Community Member
10 months ago
@John Cooper, a virtual workshop to walkthrough your solution would be incredible. Thank you for offering to share!