Source Files

We have the same issues that everyone else has communicated. Has Articulate decided to address this or do we need to find a different solution?

Thanks.

Imagine Adobe doing this - it would halt the desktop publishing business in its track.
So i hope that the years of "tracking" users opinion is enough to implement this as simply a hygienic factor of  being able to comply with customers demands or developers demands that actually originates from their customers. So could be a case of knowing the needs of your customers customer.

We would in our organization use this for compliance purposes.

Rise has a brilliant outlook going forward but when looking in the forums, years  and many years old feature requests which are already available in storyline - one has to wonder whats the strategy, mid long term for Rise360?

Adobe is revamping their captivate offering completely - and very soon. So if it is lack of competition  - that will change.

Offering a source file export (similar to Storyline) would be a HIGE benefit to me and my organisation too - please do seriously consider offering this!  I actually wasn't aware of this limitation until recently and now may need to rebuild certain courses in Storyline360 in order to have the source content available.

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I'm "seconding" the request to implement a download function - or, based on the volume, "hundreding"? Articulate, please respond to the reality that this is a feature your customers request and need, rather than just brushing it off with "if that changes, we'll let you know" 

Adding my voice to this discussion, I agree with everything that's been said here. Rise is a great product and we would love to recommend it to our clients, but the requirement for the client to get and maintain an Articulate 360 licence in order to have the ability to edit Rise modules at some point down the road is a dealbreaker. I understand that this works great for internal learning and development teams but it's a problem for contractors and agencies. Would be great to know the rationale from Articulate behind not offering an alternative despite the clear need for it.

We can still send an editable file to another articulate user, correct?

This is the main reason I advise any serious elearning developer or organization to stay far away from Articulate Rise. With no option to download or import your source/authoring files, your authoring files are essentially held hostage by Articulate, requiring you to have an Articulate 360 subscription in perpetuity if you ever need to go back and edit your courses. And guess what? Most courses need to be revised or edited at some point.

This system is a great way for Articulate to trap its users into a never-ending (overpriced) subscription, but it is a terrible deal for any course developer or organization. If you want to actually have ownership over the course authoring files you spend so much time working on, go with an open-source solution like H5P.