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New Rise Feature: Export as PDF
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.
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Hi, Does anyone have guidelines to ensure that the Rise course exports to a PDF with clean page breaks?
I am running in to this exact issue. It would be amazing if there were an interactive PDF Preview were you could mark page breaks and have the output update dynamically. (i.e. I mark a break, content adjusts for the break, and I scroll down to see where the next forced break might be needed.)
The only other way is installing a full page screenshot tool - but the quality might be a little pixelated. I use 'full page screen capture' chrome extension
Hi there, Ben. Currently, the PDF is perfect for meeting compliance requirements or having a quick and easy print-off of your course. We don't have immediate plans to customize how the PDF output displays, but we'll let you know if that changes.
If anyone in the community has block combination ideas with PDF formatting in mind, feel free to share!
HI Crystal,
Someone mentioned this above, but the PDF export feature isn't yet perfect. A major hurdle we run into on the compliance side is that Rise does not export all text elements of the course. Many in-built labels and buttons (eg, navigation elements and scores in assessment sections, lesson navigation buttons) don't export. Would love for this to be updated.
Thanks,
Curtis
Hi - I love that a PDF can be created from a Rise course!
For my next project I am considering Rise to create an interactive workbook.
One that could print a clean PDF workbook which learners use as a hard copy, but also an online workbook. Ideally I would like the online workbook allow the learner to take onlines notes, then being able to print it with what they have written.
Is this possible with Rise or am I way off base? If not, any other suggestions?
Thank you!
Hi there, DJ! You could export the course as a PDF, and then use an attachment block from your media blocks library to include the PDF for learners to download. I hope that starts you in the right direction!
Hi Allison,
Thanks for your response. I moved the files. The path was too long. Now it is working just fine. LaVon
Leslie, I am creating a course in Rise and the SMEs want pdf versions available for all the students. I created them and I used Adobe Acrobat DC. I set my preferences in Acrobat to display at 150%. I have 7 courses and I have inconsistent fonts in all the pdf files even though I have set all the fonts and style in Rise to be identical. Why are they displaying differently and is there something else I can do either in Rise or Acrobat to solve this issue? Some are perfect, some are very difficult to read (very small). Problem is the user will print these out not always use the digital version. That is where the real issue is because if the viewed them on the computer they can always zoom in. That is not possible, of course, with a printed version. Have they found a solution to this problem yet? the last posting I see on Articulate was a year ago. Thanks for any help you can provide.
Hi LaVon,
I’m sorry that you’re having some trouble here.
The quickest way to resolve this issue is to have our Support Team take a look. You can submit a case here.
In the meantime, if there's anything else I can do to help, please let me know!
Hi All,
This is a great feature.
Are there any guidelines on how to format the rise course if you want to export it as a PDF? For example, If we want to export to PDF but want particular blocks to stick together on a page, or not have a single block divided across two pages?Thanks,
Ben
Hi Elizabeth,
This is fixed up and you should now be able to export for PDF courses that include a Process Block. Please let us know if you need anything else!
Hi Elizabeth,
I'm so sorry you ran into this roadblock! Gren shared with you that we're working out an issue with publishing Rise courses to PDF when the course contains a process block. I know this has caused a major hurdle for you, and we're committed to keeping you posted on our progress. As soon as this is fixed, we'll let you know!
Greetings, everyone. Hope that someone can assist... When I export to PDF, I'm just getting a single blank page. None of the content that I've built.
When I published the sample course (Wellness, I believe), I have success, but not with the courses I've built.
Thoughts on where I might be off the rails?
Many thanks in advance.
I am glad this is an option, however the PDF does not have page numbers. I'm not sure why this is, though it has lesson numbers, sorting the output would be easier when printing if there were page numbers included.
Hi Phoenix,
Rise doesn't have page numbers as a web-based course, and the lesson numbers are what you'll see throughout. If you need to add page numbers in for ease of flipping through a PDF I'd look at adding those in using Adobe Acrobat Pro or a similar tool.
Hi Irina!
We've heard similar comments from other folks who publish Rise courses to PDF, and we're keeping an eye on those feature requests. Adding a feature to give you more control over the page breaks in the PDF isn't on our roadmap at this point, but we'll let you know if that changes!
Dear Alyssa,
Thank you very much,
We do not need a control feature, sorry for not being clear on that, for us it is fully enough that Rise won't break the images. It is just a solution of other free editors to postporcess Rise output is a burden. Hopefully this will be resolved soon! Thank you very much for supporting!
