can you get it back once you publish it??

Hi Ericka!

Absolutely. Whenever you save your course, Storyline puts aside what's called the source file - that'll be the .story file. When you publish a course, Storyline creates what is called an output folder, and that contains a collection different files, all of which are necessary to view a published course. 

But anytime you want to go back in and make edits, you'll use the .story source file. Just be sure to save and re-publish after each edit you want to make

Hello,

I have a similar question. I have published courses that are held in a personal network drive at work. I had a virus on my work computer and had to have it re-imaged and wiped clean. I had to reload Articulate Storyline, and no longer have this specific course showing. Can I somehow publish it back from my drive to Storyline so I can again make edits?

Thanks much, David

Hey David!

Really sorry to hear about the virus issues. 

Unfortunately, without a backup copy of the .story file, there's no way to use the published output to make edits or other changes to your project. The best way to think of the published output, is as a baked cake containing all the ingredients you put into it, but once baked (published), there's no way to un-bake it. 

Perhaps your IT team might be able to recover your lost file(s)?

Thanks for your reply,

Great analogy with the baked cake! I thought I saved it before publishing. Most of my courses were there when I reloaded Articulate, but this one was missing.

Thanks again.

Shoot, sorry for the trouble, David. Hope it's not too much work to recreate

Glad this 'old' thread was able to assist you as well Tina :)

I published a filed for school and shared it with my professor. She said she did not get it. Of course I don't see it anywhere. How can you find what you publish? 

Hello Rosetta, and welcome to E-Learning Heroes. 😊

The process of creating, editing, and publishing your Storyline projects should be done on your local drive, typically your C: Drive.

• How did you publish your project to share with your professor?