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Saving Rise Source Files to Local Hard Drive
Hi
Currently it does not seem possible to save the Rise source files to one's local machine. As we plan do develop some modules in Rise for clients, we would need to send them the source files if ...
Problem:
Suppose I'm a Fortune 500 company who wants to standardize on Rise, and want to hire independent shops/devs to create courseware. If I'm going to invest in that development cost, I need a way to keep all the source files for future use, in case we need a different shop to work on the files. It isn't feasible with the current state of Rise, here's why:
The source files cannot be permanently saved, only "kept alive" by passing it from one account to another. This is not a sufficiently stable architecture for large companies to invest in the platform, without promise of being able to keep what they paid to build.
Solution:
It would seem like a small step to create an archive file that could be given to any developer, who could then open it with a current valid Rise account. I don't see a downside for Articulate, and only an upside for larger companies to adopt.
What am I missing?
BTW: This is not a hypothetical, but is currently happening with our shop. Our longtime Fortune 50 client may actually bypass Rise for Elucidat, unless a solution for more permanent archiving source files develops soon. And that would suck for all of us.
