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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?
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I too would really benefit from a simple pop-up on roll-over function. My courses have occasional terminology that needs explaining. The workarounds take the ease out of reading them.
Count me in too! It would be an ideal way to make a short explanatory aside without interrupting the flow. Not to mention some students come from different backgrounds and might already know these definitions, so they won't be feeling like they've being told the same thing over and over.
+1 for the need... I hope this feature can be added soon.
Adarsh said in a previous post: "touch a word and select "Look Up" to view a definition without leaving the page."
This is really the key to the solution for us. We deal with a lot of legal terms, and it is essential to provide definitions of terms in context without leaving the page.
Nice work-around!! Thank you for sharing!!
We really need popup text boxes!!
Hi Soledad,
Thanks for your sharing your +1!
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.
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.
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 . . . . .
Thanks to everyone for your feedback and to Ned for providing a workaround in the meantime. :)
Yep. This would definitely be useful, and seems like it should be a fairly standard feature. I would love to see this happen soon.
We need this soooooo badly!!!!! People have been asking for it for a long time!! Please Articulate, hear our cries!
I am following this thread in case a new feature is added to Rise that can do this. Thanks!
