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Rise - adding popup text box
Is there a feature in Rise to add a popup text box? I would like the ability to click on text to provide further information to users. Does Rise have that capability?
108 Replies
- KarlMullerCommunity Member
In our courses we deal with a lot of terms and certainly have a huge requirement for providing definitions for terms using popups.
- AnnaONeal-ccb91Community Member
Yes, I would love to see this feature as well! When I need to define a term, sometimes I have to break up the flow of the text, and this is definitely a distraction for the user.
- DavidTaitSuper Hero
For glossary terms I currently highlight the word, usually bold and a different colour to the body text. I then add an accordion at the bottom of the screen to contain the definition(s).
I would find a lot of use for a popup, definitely +1 on this request from me.
- MartikaCoxFormer Staff
Hi all,
Thanks for sharing your +1s! If we add this to our new feature roadmap in the future, we'll definitely let you know.
- MoniqueDouglasCommunity Member
I am following this thread in case a new feature is added to Rise that can do this. Thanks!
- DianeRiesCommunity Member
We need this soooooo badly!!!!! People have been asking for it for a long time!! Please Articulate, hear our cries!
- MatthewWood-4e5Community Member
Yep. This would definitely be useful, and seems like it should be a fairly standard feature. I would love to see this happen soon.
- NedWhiteleyCommunity Member
An interim solution, provided you don't have pages and pages of text to work through, is to use Storyline to build up your pop-up definitions and then use Storyline blocks in your Rise course.
Here is an example with SL file attached. Each selected word has a filled rectangle over the top of it, set to maximum transparency and a new layer with the definition and a yellow underline for the word appears when the user hovers over the associated rectangle.
Thanks to everyone for your feedback and to Ned for providing a workaround in the meantime. :)
- DavidTaitSuper Hero
Hi Ned, it's a solution that works for desktop devices but for me the issue would be when viewed on a mobile device. I would have to click a play button to be able to view the Storyline block in the first place which unfortunately wouldn't work for me in the majority of cases.
Maybe if we can't have popups in Rise we could hijack the flip card functionality. It would be handy to be able to click some hyperlinked text to reveal a card. This would be ideal for glossary terms and definitions.
- NedWhiteleyCommunity Member
Hi David,
I agree that this is really only suitable for the desktop environment. Yes it does work on a mobile device, but, as you say, you still have to "start" your Storyline block by pressing the play button on the screen, which isn't a good look. I guess at least half a solution is better than no solution.
You may be interested to know that a few weeks ago I submitted a request to have a hyperlink capability within Rise. I know that you can already jump from Button Stacks to the start of any lesson within your course, but what I have asked for is more akin to what you get in a web site. In other words, you first set up your bookmarks and then create hyperlinks to jump to them. This differs from the current Button Stack version in that you can jump to anywhere in any lesson, including the lesson you are currently in. If this does get implemented, it will solve a lot of problems that we currently face and make moving around inside courses a breeze. Fingers crossed . . . . .
- SoledadParralCommunity Member
We really need popup text boxes!!
- MartikaCoxFormer Staff
Hi Soledad,
Thanks for your sharing your +1!
- GailChambers-fdCommunity Member
Nice work-around!! Thank you for sharing!!