Forum Discussion
Learning Journal In Rise
UPDATE JUNE 2020:
Firstly, Articulate recently implemented a small update to Rise. As a result, all new exports from Rise will need to include the most recent version of LearningJournal.js which is found at the usual link.
Secondly, at any time Articulate could update their code and bring a breaking change to the Learning Journal. Over a year ago, I shared this functionality freely with the community and the code comes with no warranty or support either implied or expressed. If at any time you want or need to remove the Learning Journal from your modules, simple remove any STATEMENT-NOTE entries that refer to the Learning Journal.
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I built a cool Learning Journal feature for Rise that has been very well-received. I thought I'd share it in case anyone wanted to a. use it or b. improve on it.
The Learning Journal allows the learner to enter text responses to journal prompts throughout a Rise course. At the end of the course, the learner can print their learning journal of all their responses. The responses are saved to the browser so that they persist on future visits to the Rise course.
EDIT May 2019: At the request of a member of the forum, I created a HOW-TO video below that shows each step of the HOW-TO document in action.
Example Rise Course
http://amelangrise.s3.amazonaws.com/learningjournal/index.html
HOW-TO Document
https://github.com/mikeamelang/learning-journal/raw/master/Learning%20Journal%20HOW-TO.docx
HOW-TO Video
https://360.articulate.com/review/content/33873893-2ea1-46d9-9415-3efca951d74c/review
Learningjournal.js file (right-click and save)
http://raw.githubusercontent.com/mikeamelang/learning-journal/master/Learningjournal.js
Learningjournal.css file (right-click and save)
http://raw.githubusercontent.com/mikeamelang/learning-journal/master/Learningjournal.css
Project github site
https://github.com/mikeamelang/learning-journal
I would love any feedback and help to improve the functionality and code.
Mike Amelang
Hi Mike!
The last update to Rise 360 was on June 1. Our engineers had a look at your learning journal, and nothing has changed in Rise 360 that would cause a problem so it could be a browser or security update issue.
Thank you for sharing a fix for everyone at the top of this discussion!
EDIT: After further investigation, our engineers found that the recent accessibility updates made on all statement blocks caused the learning journal to stop working. Thanks to Mike for helping our team discover this!Mike,
Thanks so much for your help and patience in assistance in resolving our issues.
LaRhonda
To all those who were having difficulties over the last couple days due to an Articulate Rise update, please download the latest LearningJournal.js found at the top of this post. Let me know if you have any issues.
Mike
Good news. I have updated the Learning Journal in response to the recent Rise update. Please download LearningJournal.js again and test.
Mike
It didn't fix it for me.
Marti,
Mmm. Can you confirm that the Learning Journal file in your export has "Version 2.0" in line 6 of the file? If you have a link to your module hosted somewhere that you can DM me, I can more quickly troubleshoot.
Mike
Hello everyone,
EDIT: see the more recent comment below.
I'm sorry that the learning journal does not seem to be working in the most recent courses. I will take a look at that today. Unfortunately, I can only troubleshoot so much because I am in a new role now and no longer have access to Articulate 360. I will contact Articulate today to see what they can do about access for me. For the short term, does anyone have an unused license they can share temporarily?
Mike
I just uploaded a revision of a course and the same thing happened - the journal textbox and button no longer work correctly. Hope this can be fixed.
Hi Mike,
We're also experiencing the same issues as Janet and LaRhonda. Previously published modules show the Learning Journal text box as it should but as of this morning, I haven't been able to get the modules to render as before. Could a recent Articulate 360 update affect how the Learning Journal is rendered? If you have found a fix for Janet's problem, we would greatly appreciate you sharing that.
Thank you
KerryMike,
I'm not sure if anything has changed but I'm having the same issues as Janet. It just started with my commenting out button 2. I figured I'd done something wrong, but after recreating my journal a couple of times, the Notes are not rendering. If you and Janet wouldn't my sharing your finding, I'd really appreciate it.
Thanks for your help,
LaRhonda
Hi Mike,
I have previously gotten this to work really well for me. I am trying to do it all again and following the exact procedure but when I open the .html file once I've added the Js and CSS files, and edited the html code the journal doesn't appear and the note boxes are still seen.
Any reason you can think of why this might be happening? I have re-downloaded all the files and started from scratch again and it still won't work.
Thanks
Jen
Janet,
If you would like to send me a link to the output hosted somewhere via direct email, I will attempt to troubleshoot.
Mike
Do the Learning Journals still work when uploading the course as a xAPI Package?
Taylor,
I have not heard any feedback that they do not function as an xAPI package.
Mike
