We are working with a large corporation that hosts the rise modules on their internal LMS system. Here is an example of one of the assets we created. http://dialectic.solutions/wp-content/uploads/samples/RC/P1/How-Values-Boost-Your-Freedom-And-Energy-At-Work/index.html With some hacks we have been able to add "share this" functionality to the site. We want our users to share what they have learned with the outside world. Part of this would be creating "Teasers" of the rise modules that would sit on the open web, for anybody to view. These teasers would then direct them to the portal where they can signup and pay for the course etc. Here is an example of our "teaser" http://dialectic.solutions/RC-DERM/101/shareable/index.html I want to use the mapping tool option as an item someone could share. HOWEVER. I don't think in this use case we need to have them "Continue" or "Start Course" - I really just want them to come directly to the first lesson. So that it's the first thing they view. Is something like that possible, has anybody come across a hack that would accomplish this?

I found the answer I was looking for... After publishing, you can edit the indexAPI.html file with the starting page of your choice. First you'll need the URL of the page you'd like to start on. Unzip the exported course and in the "scormcontent" folder, open "index.html" in your browser. Navigate to the page you want and copy the URL after "index.html#". Should look something like: file:///C:/Users/User/Documents/TrainingPackage/scormcontent/index.html#/lessons/-abcdefghijklmnops?_k=xyzmp30 Go back to the unzipped course files, in the "scormdriver" folder, open "indexAPI.html" with Notepad++ Search for "StrContentLesson" and find the line: strContentLocation = "../scormcontent/index.html#/preview"; In the indexAPI.html file, replace "preview" with the URL of the page you'd like to start on: strContentLocation = "../scormcontent/index.html#/lessons/-abcdefghijklmnops?_k=xyzmp30"; Save the indexAPI. html file. Rezip the files and you're good to go!

Here's my hack for a "web" export. open your exported site and click on the "Start Course" button and in the address bar, copy everything after index.htm and save it for later rename the exported index.html file to index_target.html create a new index.html file with only the bare necessities:<!doctype html><html><head><meta charset="utf-8"><title>Untitled Document</title><script>location='index_target.html#/lessons/z2g1--QmkDuYmxI-yuMEc4BMbBwbJle6'; </script> </head><body></body></html> edit the javascript you just created to use the url string you copied earlier (keep the hashtag after ".html") Now open the index.htm file like you did before and the start screen is bypassed.

I'm interested in this solution as well. I don't think the Start page is necessary - it's an extra button push and the format looks different from the rest of the training. It makes the experience slightly more confusing to an already new format for many users.

Here's my revised hack for exporting without a start page. I revised it after I realized that when you publish it to an LMS, the Rise content bookmarks the latest viewed page/block with a different hash in the URL, and my previous hack always overrode this. It's similar but takes a couple extra steps. For those who can't manipulate the code before being sent to the LMS folks, you're out of luck and at the mercy of the Articulate gods to save us. open your exported site and click on the "Start Course" button and in the address bar, copy everything after index.htm and save it for later (including the hash mark) rename the exported index.html file to index_target.html create a new index.html file with only the bare necessities:<!doctype html><html><head><meta charset="utf-8"><title>Rise Redirect</title><script>preferredHash = '#/lessons/NQOrewsdLmW1234xri8bAXqBrluuBO07';if(window.location.hash) { vHash = window.location.hash; if(vHash.indexOf('/lesson') !== -1) { preferredHash = vHash; }} location='index_target.html' + preferredHash;</script> </head><body></body></html> edit the javascript you just created to use the url string you copied earlier (keep the hashtag after ".html") Now open the index.htm file like you did before and the start screen is bypassed. But wait, there's more! The course title in the upper-left part of the menu is a hyperlink to the start page (bummer, right?). So do a search and replace of the \scormcontent\lib\main.bundle.js file like so: open the \scormcontent\lib\main.bundle.js file in Notepad++ (don't even try in regular notepad) search for: createElement(S.b,{to:"/",className:"overview-sidebar__title"Note: the variable names might change from course to course, so you might have to search for just: to:"/",className:"overview-sidebar__title" and make sure it's the only instance in the whole file. replace with createElement("div",{to:"/",className:"overview-sidebar__title" (this makes it create a div instead of an A tag) And to further complicate things, when you're on the first actual page of the course/site and scroll up, there's a link to "Home" (AKA, the dreaded Start page) Search for className:"previous-lesson__link",to:"/" Replace with className:"previous-lesson__link pleasehideme ",to:"/" Open the \scormcontent\lib\main.bundle.css file in Notepad++ (don't even try in regular notepad) add: a.pleasehideme{display:none !important}; to the very beginning of the css, so the css on line 7 will look something like:*/a.pleasehideme{display:none !important};.clearfix:after{clear:both;display:block;... There you go, that's what I'm currently doing. I'm actually doing several other modifications to the files to make Rise look and behave like I want.

Hi Paul, I went ahead and submitted your idea as a feature request. And since you're now subscribed to this conversation, you’ll automatically be notified as we share updates. In the meantime, if there's anything else I can do to help, please let me know!

Skip the Into Page > Immediately Start Course

FredrikDahlin
Community Member
5 years ago
+1
HarryCarter
Community Member
5 years ago
+1
BeckyBuehner
Community Member
4 years ago
Does anyone know if this feature "skip intro page" is still in the list for the future request list? Any information would be helpful.
- CNavarro
  Former Staff
  4 years ago
  Hi Becky,
  
  Thanks for checking in. We don't have any updates to share yet but once we do, we will update this thread.
JeremyLiles
Community Member
4 years ago
I also need this feature. There are already enough extra clicks and poor UX when embedding SCORM content in an LMS; it would be nice to at least be able to eliminate this completely unnecessary intro page. It certainly wouldn't be difficult to implement as an export option.
JamesSmith-8306
Community Member
4 years ago
This feature is still not here? Surely there is a simple way to implement a "set starting page" option. I can think of a few non linear or single page projects that would be great in Rise if I could get this to work without having to adjust a post published file.
MarcRolland
Community Member
4 years ago
+1 please
MeganTilles
Community Member
4 years ago
Ditto, need to bypass the start page without modifying the zip. Please add as a new feature.
TomOscar
Community Member
4 years ago
Hoping for an update on this soon!
TaylorFayle
Community Member
4 years ago
+1 please
- Crystal-Horn
  Staff
  4 years ago
  Thanks, Taylor and everyone, for adding your voices. We'll post an update here if we change the launch page options for Rise 360 courses.
  - TimDanes
    Community Member
    4 years ago
    Hi Crystal. I've been following this thread for at least a couple of years, and I don't think there's been any sign of it appearing as a priority in Articulate's roadmap. Hopefully the following may offer a little insight to help promote it as a priority.
    
    I think the original user story was something like;
    As a course owner, I want to turn off the front page so that the user can jump straight into the course.
    I think this is an overly simplistic understanding of the request, so I'd like to elaborate on it so your Project Manager/Product Owner can be better informed for prioritising this piece of work.
    
    WHY CLIENTS NEED THIS
    During the Covid era, many of my clients are looking to diversify their offerings as funds dry up and the eLearning space becomes more competitive.
    As a result, many of them are looking at micro-credentials. It ticks the boxes for a number of reasons, and from a Production perspective, this often means that a large course is created, then broken up into micro-courses.
    
    In Storyline, you can publish an individual Scene, which means it's easy(er) to break the course up. But for Rise, the combination of course file management, lack of section publishing, and inability to turn off the front page is a product-killer, and makes it very difficult for xAPI/SCORM packages without very serious workarounds.
    
    The production time/cost of creating multiple Rise Courses out of a single course is prohibitive, and frankly a pain...
    
    As developers, we need an option for efficient production of micro-credentials with Rise so that clients can meet new emerging market opportunities (that's your User Story right there)
    
    A WAY FORWARD?
    Putting my Business Analyst Hat on, I suspect that the front page acts as a buffer for Apple devices (which block media if it's on the front page of a package and force a 'play' icon to appear). The act of clicking 'Begin' meets Apple's requirements? At least that's what I'm guessing. So... the workaround that I use in Storyline all the time is to have a blank page, or a page with hidden objects that loads first, then automatically moves to the next slide... Not a play button prompt in sight!
    
    I'm not a coder, but I know that workarounds aren't ideal (tech-debt) and an appropriate solution needs to be found. However, I hope that you'll see from this post that it's a strong emerging priority, and the current status of the Rise User Experience is not acceptable for Production or Deployment in the micro-credential learning space.
    
    Thanks Crystal, and I look forwarding to hearing about this climbing onto the roadmap.
JoanneSutton
Community Member
4 years ago
Any update on this thread Articulate? We would like to break up our lessons and import separately into our LMS. Is there a way yet to skip the intro page?