Is there a way to remove the cover page altogether? I'm referring to the first page you see with the Start Course button, Details link, and content areas listed below. When my learner clicks to view the course, I want it to open directly to the first lesson.

Hi Alyssa - thank you for your post. Just to put a bit of context around my own "+1", I run a reasonably large training company and we're considering using Rise more widely because it does create lovely output, and is also a pleasure to use. However, we are creating individual modules rather than set courses. These modules can be combined in different ways within a variety of LMS and LCMS. Rise lets us do this by hiding the menu, and essentially creating one module per course, but the cover page breaks the flow as people move from one module to another. We could kludge it by pointing to an HTML page within the module, but that's a nasty solution. Far better if your team are able to make it optional. Many thanks indeed! Richard

How can this feature be so popular and completely disregarded by Rise? So disappointing to see it has persisted into the Beta release. Yes, there is a workaround, but like many people I have created hundreds of micropages that can be stiched together in multiple ways. That workaround is very onerous compared to a toggle switch. Please resolve this. How can you have been so busy for 4 years that this can't get on the backlog? Posting this whole thread in the public domain to raise awareness... Let's see if the Twitterverse can help us.

In Rise360 there doesn't seem to be a way to do this yet. If your SCORM holds onto learner data, they should only see it the one time. I'd personally like to see the cover page be optional as well.

I figured out a way around this that works for us -- hoping that Articulate doesn't change it though. We use Google Cloud to host our courses - and then call on them from Thinkific or Teachable, primarily. On the hosted page (not preview), click the "Let's Begin" button, and copy the link address of the launched page. Then, use THAT link as your content URL in your LMS. It skips the landing page and gives our students direct access to the content. Hope this helps some others solve this problem.

I thought the one of the main motivations for Microlearnings was allowing us to disable the course cover; not supporting a toggle on that seems like a huge mistake.

Remove course cover page? | Articulate

143 Replies

KarlMuller
Community Member
8 months ago
You can edit the Label set and change "START COURSE" to something more suitable.
NUABYSS
Community Member
2 years ago
+1
HafsaHamid-d094
Community Member
2 years ago
+1
- KarlMuller
  Community Member
  2 years ago
  Hi Hafsa Hamid,
  
  See this link for instructions about how to remove / hide the course cover page if publishing for LMS: https://community.articulate.com/discussions/rise-360/new-in-rise-360-hide-cover-page
SaraKourtsou723
Community Member
2 years ago
Hi Karl, but it doesn't actualy remove it, but rather makes the image smaller. I want to be able to remove it completely. Mayeb it is different with the microlearning feature, but there is no way to simply remove the image. Mhy group wants me to remove all scrolling within our LMS. I will have to add an insane number of pages to the course in the LMS if I have to have an image each time as even the smaller size takes up valuable space.
SaraKourtsou723
Community Member
2 years ago
Is this available yet? When input into Canvas, there is scrollinng that my team woudl like to be rid of. The only way to accomplish that is to create small chunks of material at a time but if I can't remove the cover image (microlearning or module) than it doesn't matter.
- KarlMuller
  Community Member
  2 years ago
  Hi Sara,
  
  Yes, it's been available for about 3 months.
  
  See the announcement and details about this feature just 5 or 6 posts above yours.
CindyHaddad-5a6
Community Member
2 years ago
Thank you for giving us the "Hide Cover Page" option!

In the future, might it be possible to give control over the padding in the title, maybe even go negative padding? At the moment the title contains so much spacing that it is too different to interweave Rise sections into our native LMS. An example comparison is attached.

We were hoping that a course might consist of a native page, then a Rise page, then a native page, and on and on. With such a difference, and the moments it takes to load, we feel that users might think the course errored - and those with enlarged views (150%) may not even be able to see that there is content below.

Minimal font control would be appreciated as well.
- LeaSAgato
  Staff
  2 years ago
  Hi Cindy,
  
  Thanks for letting us know how we can improve Rise! I've documented your requests, and I'll be sure to update you here if we make changes that will help!
MichelleGree267
Community Member
2 years ago
I would also like it to be removed when use 'Share' link, currently we use the work around where you click to start viewing the content and then copy that link, however its not ideal.

We are using the share link on our Support Portal as Articles so dont need a cover page.
DylanCohan
Community Member
2 years ago
Any way to do this when you export via web not LMS?
- LeaSAgato
  Staff
  2 years ago
  Hi, Dylan! Currently, the Hide Cover Page is only available when you're exporting your course for LMS. We're tracking requests to have the option available for web exports as well, so I've added your voice. We'll share it here if this becomes available in the future. You're in the right place!
  - SandiLiscombe
    Community Member
    8 months ago
    Any update on this from 2 years ago? I am using Rise 360 to create "How to guides" and by just linking the URL so the cover page is not a great user experience as it's effectively not a course so "start course" is confusing. Any work around? Please!!!??
AngeloCruz
Staff
2 years ago
Good news, everyone! We've just released a new feature that allows you to turn off the cover page when you publish for LMS to improve compatibility, streamline training, and get learners into content faster. Give it a try, and let us know if you have any questions about it!

Note: You can't hide the cover page for training created from Next Big Idea Club content templates.
JodyPhillips
Community Member
2 years ago
Yeah, but there are issues... seems to mess up the Menu the floating menu with an image for sure, haven't bothered testing others...