Hi everyone, is there a way I can expand and collapse the content of a section in Rise? I have 15 sections with 5 lessons in each so my course has approximately 75 line items in the course preview screen. If there is a way to collapse the sections I could reduce that greatly and make for a better user experience. Thanks in advance!

Hi Team This request has been ongoing for OVER three years in this and other threads. The threads in themselves are indicative of how important this feature request is for many users and their learners. The fact that it is NOT on your roadmap is concerning!!! My question is WHY is this not on your roadmap? You only need to trawl through the threads and requests to see this is not a 'nice to have feature' but a necessity for our learners to simplify their user experience. In addition - I have just reviewed the features on your roadmap. My concern is that you are adding more bells and whistles but not attending to foundational navigation features to enhance and support the user experience to move through a course.

Agreed. Seems like a very useful function, that should relatively simple to implement in an upcoming upgrade? Kind of strange this wasnt part of the functional design of Rise in the first place, actually.

Hi all, Learners can now collapse sections of the course outline in the sidebar to see the overall structure of a course. Take a look at this quick Peek for how that'll behave, and note this is automatically included if you're using Sections within your course.

Is there a way that the sections can automatically be minimised when they start the course? or that only the first section shows for example? I feel that although they can go do it manually - it would be better that they just initially see the section they are working on so its a little less overwhelming especially if there is a lot of content?? EDIT* Just read this has been requested above!.... Any update on this??

A collapsible/retractable side navigation menu (sections) would be extremely beneficial as I too develop courses with a ton of sections. It can be frightening to learners to launch a course that lists endless amounts of menu lines...

Expand/Collapse Sections in Rise | Articulate

DorrienVenab103
Community Member
8 years ago
That is a great idea, I would prefer that functionality as well. Perhaps a collapsible side menu could also work as an add-on to this.
AlyssaGomez
Staff
8 years ago
I love these ideas! Rise is an ever-evolving tool, and we love hearing how we can improve it to work smarter for you. Thanks for sharing what you'd like to see in future releases!
MichaelFimian
Community Member
8 years ago
+1
ChetHertz
Community Member
8 years ago
+1
AlyssaGomez
Staff
8 years ago
Thanks for adding your voice, Ronny! I totally understand where you're coming from. I'd be glad to pass your thoughts along to my team for you!
LogisticsAdmin
Community Member
7 years ago
Hi Alyssa, has Articulate made any progress on this functionality? If not, does anyone know of a post-output hack to make this happen?
AlyssaGomez
Staff
7 years ago
Thanks for checking in, Jennifer!

Can you tell me more about what you're looking to do? There are a few different features mentioned here, so I'd like to get some more details from you.

Are you looking for the option to close the course sidebar and remove course outline from the cover page?
LogisticsAdmin
Community Member
7 years ago
No, I just want to expand/collapse sections (not lessons) in Rise.
AlyssaGomez
Staff
7 years ago
Ok, Jennifer! Thanks for letting us know that feature would be useful for you.

While there isn't a built-in method for expanding/collapsing sections at this time, other folks in the community may have ideas for you.
CassiusNetzley
Community Member
7 years ago
This is an often requested feature by our team and learners for being able to cull through lengthy courses (20+ 'chapters', 5 - 6+ 'modules' in each chapter) when navigating the TOC.

Albeit, the ability to collapse sections and content listing within the sidebar pop-out TOC menu AND also while in the main course navigation/description page. Would be nice while editing, reviewing, and being used by learners.