Hi I got a bit carried away (having fun!) and was adding all my blocks to one lesson. I now want to move or copy some of the blocks to a separate lesson or section. Or can I duplicate an entire lesson (and delete the extra blocks)? Is there a way to easily do this that I'm missing? Thanks. j

Any update on when the ability to duplicate lessons or move blocks between lessons will be available? Last update was 5 months ago. Thanks.

I think Jan is asking the same thing that I need to know, how to move blocks from one lesson to another. I started a course and I want to add a block from one of my other courses, so how do I move it from one course to the other?

I think I found a way around this issue for now. At your table of contents section you can duplicate an entire lesson or module. Then you can drag that entire lesson to a new section and delete the information in the lesson or module you do not need. For example, in my lesson, I wanted to move some of the blocks to a Glossary. So I duplicated the lesson, then dragged it to the glossary module. Now I can just delete the information I don't need instead of rebuilding all the interaction. Click on the attachment for a visual.

Is there any chance that we'll get the ability to move blocks between different sections? I have a course that is full of accordion tabs on different pages that now need to be reconfigured. Really wish you could combine blocks and move them between different sections in one lesson.

Hey Articulate, though I find copying a lesson useful and am glad you did it, really, copying a block between courses is a much more common use case for me. Requirements below.Use case:There have been many, many times I want to pull elements of courses into new courses, but not entire lessons.Issue 1: It is a lot of work to copy a lesson and delete everything out and build around it, especially if I've already started building a lesson and decide I want to incorporate a block I had in another course. In addition, if I decide, well, I'll just copy and paste the content from this block to the lesson I already started building, for blocks like labeled graphics, timelines, tab interactions, basically all of the common interactive blocks, this is a pain in the butt, repositioning all the markers, finding the images/media all over again if they're uploads and not link-based, etc. These simply aren't "copy and paste-able."Workaround for Issue 1: Lots of time spent :( And perhaps more storage on your part, eh? With me having to upload the same files in multiple places? $$$ saver? Proposed Solution for Issue 1: My assumption is you've already got code that's copying lessons you can use parts of, and presumably every block has an ID, so then it's a matter of just figuring out how to map the ui and your database to ask, "which lesson do you want this to go in?" or "create a new lesson with this block in it." The former of these asks will lead to the need for the solution for issue 2 below, as well. I know this means new code which is a lot heavier lifting, but it would make us rapid-devs so much rapid-er!Issue 2: This also speaks to the difficulty of moving blocks around once you've got a lesson that's even more than five blocks or so long (please give us a reorder blocks option that is not one click at a time!).Workaround for Issue 2: My workaround ends up just zooming so far out that the long blocks don't take as much scrolling to move.Proposed Solution for Issue 2: It's sort of silly I can't drag and drop or just literally give them a number order.

Is there a way to move/copy blocks to other lessons or sections?

108 Replies

AdamSchwartz
Staff
9 years ago
Glad you are having fun with Rise, Janet.

We're working on a feature right now to duplicate lessons. It's weeks away. Sorry you don't have it now, but since Articulate 360 is a subscription you'll get it the day it's released.
- CaymanPersichin
  Community Member
  8 years ago
  Hi Adam - wanting to add blocks as a learner progresses through a program over a certain period of months...am I able to do this now?
- JamiePolzin-6f9
  Community Member
  6 years ago
  What's the status on this? Huge pitfall of Rise that this isn't easy to do.
  - KarlMuller
    Community Member
    6 years ago
    Jamie, it seems you were replying to a post by Adam related to copying entire Rise lessons.
    
    This feature has been available in Rise for quite a while now.
    
    If you want to copy only certain blocks within a Lesson, that function works well too.
TimRacey
Community Member
9 years ago
Would this include incorporating multiple types of content into one lesson? For example, whenever I create a lesson it locks me into whatever type of content I choose and I have not found a way to switch between content types in the same lesson.

Is this being addressed as well?
- Crystal-Horn
  Staff
  9 years ago
  Hey, Tim! It sounds like you'd be interested in the Blocks lesson type in Rise. In a Blocks lesson, you can incorporate different content into one lesson. Check out this video tutorial on Rise; you'll see around timestamp 6:15 where Tom demonstrates Blocks!
  
  Once you have started a lesson type, however, you won't be able to change it to a different type. You can create a new lesson and delete any lessons that are unnecessary.
JanMathews-a8c1
Community Member
9 years ago
Any update on when the ability to duplicate lessons or move blocks between lessons will be available? Last update was 5 months ago. Thanks.
- Crystal-Horn
  Staff
  9 years ago
  Hi Jan. Thanks for asking.
  
  You can duplicate your lessons in Rise right now! Have a Peek at how that’s done.
  
  So if you have blocks that you’d like to reuse, duplicate the entire lesson and delete any extra blocks.
  
  I’m really sorry that I didn’t update this discussion. New features are released all the time, and you get them automatically.
  
  You can stay up to date on the latest additions to Rise right here. Enjoy!
  - ShawnConnelly-d
    Community Member
    2 years ago
    Thanks, but that link doesn't demonstrate an easy way to copy blocks between lessons in the same multi-lesson course.
    
    For example (one of many examples), I have a recommended reading section consisting of a header block and a numbered list block. While I can duplicate these two blocks in the same lesson, I do not know of a way to copy the blocks to other lessons within the same course.
    
    Many of my Rise 360 courses have more than 8 lessons, so I need to manually redo the same two blocks for every lesson, a time-consuming requirement of applying style and format each time.
    
    Why not use the block template feature?
    While a library of frequently used blocks is nice, that is a separate use case. I often need to duplicate blocks that are unique to one course, and I don't want to have to create a template or library of one-off blocks. This is similar to my issue regarding the question pools. I wish I could also generate one-off question pools inside a specific course rather than being forced to create a library.
    
    It just seems like a huge miss that I cannot duplicate content within a single course.
JanMathews-a8c1
Community Member
9 years ago
To move blocks from one lesson to another, therefore, we have to duplicate the course first? Then, open each course in a separate browser window. Select, copy, and paste the content from one to the other. Right?
LeslieMcKerchie
Staff
9 years ago
Hi Jan! Perhaps I'm not following, but if you are duplicating the lesson/course, you would not need to copy/paste - the content would already be there. If there are 'extras' that were duplicated that you did not need, you could delete those.
RondaAdamic
Community Member
9 years ago
I think Jan is asking the same thing that I need to know, how to move blocks from one lesson to another. I started a course and I want to add a block from one of my other courses, so how do I move it from one course to the other?
LeslieMcKerchie
Staff
9 years ago
Hello Ronda,

Thanks for clarifying your question. At this time, this is not a feature. I can see where the instructions shared above would be difficult for courses already started or to merge features from multiple projects as well.

This would be a great feature request and I have submitted this on your behalf.
CassiusNetzley
Community Member
9 years ago
Hopefully this request sees some traction soon as it would benefit my team's workflow as well. We manage the production of some expansive course materials w/ many collaborators. The recent copy content to another user feature was great to consolidate material into one account; however-- we still have to manually recreate the same piece to do our own version of a merge for true consolidation into one Rise file/course.
- AdamSchwartz
  Staff
  9 years ago
  Yup, we're working on a great solution for this Cassius. Hang tight.
CassiusNetzley
Community Member
9 years ago
Makes my day to read this. Thanks, Adam! When I relay this info, I know the immediate follow-up question I'll be met with..."Is there any timeline on when they're trying to get the feature into production?"

Thanks again!
- AdamSchwartz
  Staff
  9 years ago
  This year. :-)
LoraGerard
Community Member
9 years ago
Just chiming in to say this feature would be very helpful to my working group as well.