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Unable to delete a lesson in Rise
I have a section with two lessons. One lesson is populated; the second one is not and the second one still has the placeholder, Add a Lesson Title here. When I hover over the lesson I never see a Delete option.
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Hi there, Peggy. That second lesson placeholder probably looks like this:
There isn't actually a lesson created there until you add a title and have the opportunity to add content. When you preview your course, the last lesson that you titled should be the last lesson you see.
You shouldn't have to do a thing! Tell me if you're seeing something else, and we'll dig deeper.
I had that same question. It's misleading to see empty lesson placeholder if you have no intention of adding content to that lesson.
Hi Ellen!
I'm sorry you find it misleading to see the empty lesson placeholder. The intent is to make it easy for you to add a new lesson when you need to. I will pass along your feedback to our team!
Hi,
I'm new to rise and having the same issue. I accidentally created 6 lesson titles instead of section headings and now it looks so messy! I would love to have a delete option.
Hi Julia,
You can delete the lessons you created accidentally. Simply click on the 3 dots next to the lesson title and select Delete from the drop-down menu (see screenshot).
Hope that helps! :)
Hi Allison, I appreciate this thread since I've spent too much time attempting to delete the extra populated lessons at the end of each section. While testing the course with my trainer via my monitor, she asked me to make sure to delete the "extra lessons" at the end of each section. I had no idea they were placeholders - nay, suggestions, and spent time typing titles then deleting. It's quite misleading, especially for someone new to Rise building a 28 lesson template course. A simple drop-down option to "Add Lesson" would be much more intuitive and less visually confusing. Thanks!
Hi Angela,
We appreciate the feedback and we'll pass it on to our team. You can also submit a feature request here.
Let us know if we can help with anything else.
It's Angela again, logged in as a colleague, having same problem again. Extra lesson won't delete. Looks gross.
Hi Angela / August!
It sounds like your colleague's account is a Course Collaborator. If you don't see the delete option after clicking the 3 dots, click Edit Content to take control. Then press the back button and click the 3 dots again:- If it still looks like this:
Please try adding content in the lesson itself by hitting Edit content, go back and then refresh. Please see the following article on collaboration for more details
Hope that clarifies that for you!
Hi Allison,
I totally agree with Angela. This has been driving me crazy for an hour now. I have 3 extra lessons and the ... dots don't offer a way to delete them so they appear to be there forever. It's kind of frustrating to not be able to clean it up. Thanks..pf
Hi Paula,
If you type something and hit enter, you should see the trash can appear.
Let me know if that works for you!
It did help. Thanks so much Allison!
I just struggled with this as well, and you have to hover over the 3 dots until a pointing finger appears (not just the "hand" icon). Then you will see your options.
So you need to enter something in order to delete it, lol. Come on now. Make it work like most people would expect it to....thanks.
I was able to delete the body but not the header. It still shows up like there was a blank lesson when I publish in Review or Preview. I need to get this out now. Thanks.
Hi Janet,
Not sure what you mean by "body" and "header" as these are not Rise terms.
Within a Rise course, at the highest level you create either Sections (which are just labels with no content) Lessons, and Quizzes.
If you can upload a screenshot and highlight the problem that would help a lot.
Hi Karl,
I'm new to Rise so sorry I was unclear.
Body = Lesson content
Header = Heading
A friend pointed me to the faint ellipsis next to the heading. If you are very patient and hover over the dots just so, the hand morphs into a pointing finger and a drop down menu appears with the option to delete.
Thanks for responding.
