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How does RISE store attached pdf files when exported for web or LMS?
Oh wow! That was an eye-opener! Thanks. I LOVE the idea of creating a RISE module that has the pdf template in and then referencing it from another module!
The reason we have been experimenting with the 'pdf-lib' JavaScript library rather than using 'jsPdf' is it's ability to fill out pdf 'forms'. So when creating a pdf for download in Storyline - like a certificate - rather than having to create the pdf in JavaScript and work out where on the page the course title or name or date goes, we can just say - open the form template and fill out the course title, name and date fields - wherever they are in the document. This means we can use the same short segment of JavaScript code to create a whole range of different certificates.
In Storyline we just reference the pdf template from the root directory and copy the template to that directory after we have published. Re-designing the certificate is a breeze - just edit the template and replace it in the course files.
Now, this gives us the ability to use this approach through Storyline blocks within RISE... OK, editing the template might mean we have to re-link the file to the code - but that's no big deal...
Oh, we have so many ideas on how we can use this to spice up our RISE courses!