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Issues with Canvas: has Rise changed?
Hi
We recently migrated from Blackboard to Canvas. In Blackboard, my Rise modules were housed as HTML, with a link to the index file embedded in the Blackboard page.
Those modules migrated into Canvas and work ok. However, newly uploaded content is very hit and miss - it seems to depend heavily on the complexity of the module. The weird thing is that Rise modules that are failing to upload, but which I haven't modified since the beginning of the summer, will work if I use zip exports from Rise that were generated in July, but not if I generate a new zip export. Has something changed in the way that Rise packages content?
These lessons will work if they are imported as SCORM. However, SCORM is not ideal because it can't open in a new tab, and you lose half the screen to Canvas menus.
Thanks for your thoughts!
Richard
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If you add the SCORM files and then select either "Import as marked assignment" or "Import as unmarked assignment" that'll give you more options once it's uploaded:
Hit the icon next to it and then the "Edit assignment settings" button. Scroll down and in the submission section you'll see a tickbox for opening in a new tab which removes all the Canvas stuff around it:
Tick that, scroll to the bottom and save and you should be good to go :)
Thanks Dave,
That does indeed open in a new tab. However, the disadvantage is that it creates an item in Grades - I don't use my Rise modules for marked assessments, so I would prefer to keep them out of Grades if possible - the course consists of 22 Rise modules and I think it would confuse students to have so many unused assessments. I had been uploading SCORM as pages, which doesn't cause this issue. I will definitely keep this as a backup option, however, in case Canvas/Articulate support fail to identify what the issue is.
Best wishes
Richard
Ah yeah that is an issue, however if you set it as Not Graded in the assignment settings it won't show in the gradebook:
You're right that there is probably a change with how they're exported as zip files that needs looking at, but at least this should get you the behaviour you want for now :)
