Rise - Can you copy a block between lessons?

Hi all,

Have any updates been implemented related to this?

I'm creating training courses in Rise around several highly technical products and I need multiple variations of the courses relevant to the specific needs of different types of customers.

Some of the courses will include the same lessons, and due to the nature of my work the information will change several times each year.

Is there a way  to create a lesson once, use it in multiple courses, and have the course point to the "master" lesson as opposed to the lesson being fully contained within the course? This way updating the lesson will also update all of the courses using the lesson.

If not... are there other ways to achieve my goal, besides using Block Templates, or having a master course that contains the updated lessons and then copying the updated lesson to each course using it? This would require me to do this operation for each course using the lesson, which isn't ideal. I would also have to keep track of everywhere the lesson is used.

If not... Does anyone know of other course authoring platforms (or LMS' that include course authoring) that allow for this? 

Thanks for your time and input!

I would still like to have a copy and paste feature.  Any ETA?

This was perfect, thank you! I was able able to move several blocks from one lesson to another.

Hey Rick,

It sounds like Block Templates saved the day! Thanks for the feedback, and best of luck on the final stretch of your project!

So, there I was, where many of us have been I am sure, with a near final review of content that has been reviewed before, and my SME wants 3/4 of a lesson moved to another lesson in the course. Well, krikey… But this "make and move a template" really did the job! Thanks for this.

Not bad idea, I have tried it and it did the purpose. It still a very important feature.

Since while review the course with SME and pilot users we often decide to change the location of a block and add it to a new lesson. So it is kind of  a core feature

Using Block templates worked as a workaround today. But, we'd like to raise our hands to vote for an easy way to copy a block to another lesson within the same course! :)

Hi Karen!

Yes, you can absolutely move a single block to another lesson. For instance, let's say you have a Tabs block in Lesson 1 that you want to move or reuse in Lesson 2. To do that, you would use the Block Templates feature. Here's how:

1. Open the first blocks lesson.
2. Select the Templates category from the block library, then click New Template in the panel that appears.
3. The sidebar will close and a check mark will float over each block in your lesson. Click the check mark for the block you want to include in the template you’re creating.
4. After selecting the block you want to include in your template, click Save on the toolbar at the top of the page.
5. Open the second blocks lesson. 
6. Mouse-over the location in the lesson where you want to insert a template and click the insert block icon that appears.
7. When the sidebar opens, select the Templates category and click the template you want to use.

That's it! The blocks and content from the template immediately get added to your lesson.

Give those steps a try, and let me know if you need any help along the way!

Maybe I'm missing something.  I know you can move a singular block (like the 3 boxes in the video above) up or down within a block using the arrow keys on the right.  But what if I want to move that singular content to another Lesson altogether (not the whole block, just one item)?

Hi Karen,

It's easy to move or reuse blocks within the same course using Block Templates! Check out this video to see how it works, then hop over to this tutorial to read more about it!