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Skip the Into Page > Immediately Start Course
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.
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?
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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.
Thank you for sharing, Bill!
Hi Bill, thanks for your hack. I'm a little stuck as to what you mean by "open your exported site" are you referring to once I download it or once I add it onto a server? I'm a little confused.
Brilliant ! Thanks!
All of what Tim said. I’ve been following for over a year. Pleeeease!
Is there any way to see your immediate roadmap? Maybe users could upvote what they want most.
It almost makes you wonder if Articulate doesn't want Rise to be used this way.
Yes. If they did skip the start page the Rise content could be used anywhere in a website. It would become a fast and general web content creation tool. I suspect they've decided they want to maintain their focus in eLearning design and not see their advantage watered down.
That being said, if someone wants to be $X,XXX for a web builder, good luck to them :)
+1 to be able to skip the front page and start directly with the first lesson! This should be implemented into the course settings menu.
Every time someone comments I get a notification and I hope it is Articulate saying they have made this a publish option. But Alas not! Sorry people.
I have figured out a way to bypass the start page if using the web export option. If interested, feel free to email me at augert@me.com.
