Today we released a new feature in Rise that I think you’ll appreciate—especially those of you who work in highly regulated industries! Now you can export your Rise courses as PDF files for easy printing and meeting regulatory requirements. Watch this quick video to learn more:

I’ve made the PDF available to learners by simply adding a block lesson “download course” and inserting the PDF as a “multimedia” file attachment.

Helpful, but less so since collaborators still cannot export ANYTHING...only the Rise course owner can currently perform an export. We need more granular control so the course owner can authorize collaborators (globally and/or individual course) to do certain tasks (e.g., export to LMS, web, PDF; post to Review, send Share link, etc.). Let the course owner (rather than Articulate) decide how course workflow should be handled!

Really pleased you've introduced this feature. Thanks so much! One suggestion for future improvement is to include the feedback for any multiple choice / multiple response questions, as the PDF version doesn't appear to give an indication of the correct answer(s) nor the feedback given. But otherwise, it's great.

Thanks for clarifying, Ashley. I can see why the correct answers and feedback aren't included if the target audience is the learner. But sometimes our stakeholders want a printed copy as part of the development process, and so it would be helpful if we could choose to include the feedback answers when exporting to PDF.

Hi Ann and Christine, When you export a Rise to PDF, there are certain changes we have to make for interactivity. They're detailed here: Here’s how the interactive parts of your Rise course appear in the PDF file: Hyperlinks work as expected and launch in your default web browser. Audio clips, videos, and web objects become static placeholder images. Interactions, such as labeled graphics and tabs, become a series of screenshots, one for each item in the interaction. (Each flashcard becomes two screenshots, one for the front and another for the back.) A Storyline block becomes a screenshot of the first slide in the project. Quiz lessons and knowledge check blocks display questions and answer choices. They don’t show correct/incorrect responses or feedback statements. The issue that Sumi mentioned was something our team also spotted last night where the Next function to another lesson was missing, and it was fixed up! Let us know if you're still spotting it!

New Rise Feature: Export as PDF | Articulate

CarlaSegurola-5
Community Member
7 years ago
This happens whenever there is a double 'F'.
CarlaSegurola-5
Community Member
7 years ago
For some reason, my response keeps getting flagged, but this error is happening when there is a double (letter that comes after E).
JosephWillisJr
Community Member
7 years ago
Thank you!!!
CarlaSegurola-5
Community Member
7 years ago
I added feedback when I noticed a glitch and provided a screenshot. It has since been flagged and deleted. Any idea as to why? I was hoping it would be helpful for the developers...
- AshleyT-Pollard
  Staff
  7 years ago
  Hi Carla,
  
  I see your other posts here, sorry if they were flagged! That can happen when you're posting too quickly or you're sharing a lot of attachments in a short period of time.
  
  To clarify, you're seeing an issue with text overlapping in the Export to PDF option when there are two letter F's in a row, or a set of two letters that would appear after the letter E? Does everything in the Rise course look normal using the Preview/Share link, and it's only the export? Have you seen this in all lessons?
SupadaAmornc987
Community Member
7 years ago
That is a great news!! Thank you for a new feature.
DavidSuter-8ae1
Community Member
7 years ago
Awesome!
DianeGalloway-5
Community Member
7 years ago
This is a brilliant addition to Rise and I am already using it !!! One quick question I have a series of labelled graphics and noticed in the PDF that the first few display with the marker (i or 1, 2 etc) but they then disappear further into the update, although the screenshots and text do display. Any idea why please?

thanks and once again, great job!
- AshleyT-Pollard
  Staff
  7 years ago
  Hi Diane,
  
  When you're using a Labelled graphic and you Export to PDF, what we'll do it:
  
  We take a screenshot of the Labeled Graphic image with markers to get the full picture.
  
  Then we print the Labeled Graphic image with the active marker, and print its marker contents.
  
  It sounds like you may be seeing something different. Could you share a copy of it here so that we can take a look?
LisaPastoor-51c
Community Member
7 years ago
so so so Happy!!!
PrathibaSrir570
Community Member
7 years ago
Is the export to PDF feature available to learners directly? Or is it something the content authors can do and attach a printable PDF in the course?
- DavidTait
  Super Hero
  7 years ago
  It isn't a feature that the learner can use, it's something that the developer creates.
  - PrathibaSrir570
    Community Member
    7 years ago
    Great - it makes so much sense to provide a downloadable PDF to learners rather than having it as a default option for them. Will be a great feature for our internal development/review processes too to share a copy with the stakeholders. Cheers!
AshleyT-Pollard
Staff
7 years ago
Hi Diane,

Thanks! This PDF and link to the course help and make a lot more sense! Am I correct in noting that the markers are gone after lesson 8, but that the images and text contained in the markers are still appearing in your PDF?

Have you noticed this only on this course, or any courses with more than a handful of labeled graphics in them? Also, in case it may be browser specific, can you let me know what browser(s) you're using to Export to PDF?