Articulate Rise: Hiding the Page Title Area

I appreciate your input, Adam.

I'm not criticizing Rise. But in the case of a video based training (like software for example), the title area is so deep that the learner must scroll to see the video. In some cases, it would be helpful to at least have a more compact title area. I would use Storyline, but I am unable to get it to be responsive across a wide range of devices (something that Rise does spectacularly).

Not every project requires strict adherence to e-learning science and protocol. Sometimes a simple video explanation is the best training tool (think YouTube). Rise provides an excellent 'container' for videos with a menu that organizes everything very nicely. And most importantly it is RESPONSIVE. In some cases, making the title area more compact would create a more attractive and user-friendly interface for the learner. I can tell from your response that your not convinced, but I do appreciate your prompt and candid reply.

Agreed. We would really like to remove the titles as well. Users are complaining about having to scroll down so far to get to the content. 

I made the original post and I'm glad to see some interest in this feature. In my opinion, if a course is properly developed, it is generally unnecessary to display title after title to keep the student oriented (the context of the lesson should keep the student from getting lost). But, based on Adam's original reply to this thread, his research says otherwise.

Thanks for the quick reply, Adam. I do tutorials for aircraft technicians that are often demonstrations of procedures or processes. I'm developing one now that demonstrates the procedures for building an aircraft connector (i.e., choosing the correct crimping tool, configuring the crimper, etc.). They are more or less a series of videos that are organized in sections by Rise's awesome menu. There will also be quizzes along the way. If you have ever watched any videos on Lynda.com you will get the picture.

The link to the video in my last post does a good job of explaining the need to remove the title area in some cases. I think you may agree if you watch the first 30 seconds or so.

I certainly have other options, but I love Rise's ability to be responsive to all devices and it's attractive interface.

Thanks again for the prompt reply.

I agree that it would be great to be able to remove or at least shrink the header. It's really huge.

Hi Christopher,

Thanks for sharing your thoughts and the document with images. 

Sounds like you're interested in having more options regarding the padding and margins around your lessons. This is a feature we are tracking as well, so I've added this thread to the report.

As for your mention of having the word 'task' vs 'lesson', you can certainly do that by adjusting your text labels. Check out the documentation here. Please be sure to Click New to create a new label set or all of your courses will get updated with your edits :)

I wanted to use Rise to make sales presentations for my training but with the title area and start button, plus lesson labels, I have to use a different software when Rise would be perfect.  It's a pain that Rise isn't flexible enough to use for interactive presentations.

Has this feature request been written off by the Articulate dev team or is it on a to-do list? 

Two years later, and this is still a big ask by our instructors and discussed a lot in our things to improve within student feedback. 

Yes, the CSS hack works, but we are constantly making updates to our content and republishing needs to happen rapidly. It's quite cumbersome to do this for over 50+ of always evolving Rise content manuals we've created. 

Thanks!

Hey everyone!  I just wanted to let you know that since this discussion has picked up some traction, I'm documenting the need and your points regarding the course title bar.  We'll be able to track this feature request and properly prioritize it.

Here's more on that process.  Thanks for sharing all your thoughts!

I want to weigh in on being able to hide or scroll the title bar/header off the screen so it doesn't use valuable (phone) screen real estate.  Something similar to the way you scroll down a web page and the URL bar disappears would work. It's technically always there; you just have to scroll back up to view it again. It would also be nice if the Articulate Review title bar would also scroll up or otherwise disappear so you can really see a Rise course the way the learner will when you test it. My two cents!