Forum Discussion
Rise preview link for participants
Hi Allison! I realize this post is very old. Can you put a number or cap on the amount of users that could access a Preview link without issues? I think that is what some visitors here are curious about. What is the official Articulate definition of a "small number", and at what point do you decide to export to a cloud service versus continue with a preview link? That would be great to have an SOP of sorts. ID colleagues in my organization have discussed using preview links for small pre-work assignments for instructor-led courses. I have done this in the past with success, and I also publish courses to the Google Cloud for long term storage and launches to larger audiences. Personally, once a class size grows beyond 50+ stakeholders accessing a Preview link for feedback, I move to export to Google Cloud. Sometimes this occurs when stakeholders want to experience the course on their phone, so the preview link is best before publication (rather than Review 360 platform), and I often wonder about max traffic in those situations. Reviewers can get up to 50 in my institution. Thank you for the time!
Hi, Brendan! It sounds like you’ve got the right idea for sharing Rise courses. Your stakeholders/reviewers access the preview link for feedback/review, while you keep courses in Google Cloud for sharing with learners and for long-term storage. This provides anyone viewing your courses the best experience.
I understand you're looking for specific numbers, but there isn't a hard limit to the number of people previewing your content using the share link. We monitor for unusually high spikes in users viewing courses via the share link, but it’s not likely that you’re going to high a number that will give you any performance issues. I hope this helps!