Thank you Crystal, this is great news for narration. For my learners who are ESL and those who learn better by listening than reading I'm sure they would not mind having to click a button to start the narration - if that is the only option for your developers. I'm looking much forward to this feature!
Hi Stormi! I would suggest adding an audio block below the text, statement, or quote blocks. Then learners can play the audio when they're ready to listen.
Hey there, everyone. We've been listening to your experiences and wanted to share an update about automatically playing audio in Rise 360 courses.
Web browsers are moving toward stricter auto-play policies in order to improve the user experience. We agree that requiring some kind of action from the user- such as clicking a button before playing audio- is the right approach to ensure a unified experience for all learners. To that end, we won't be adding any auto-play features to Rise 360. However, we are looking at ways we may be able to provide narration features that don’t auto-play.
Hi Crystal,
Is there any more on this option of playing background music (if a learner would like)?
How do you add audio within a table? I would like to insert an icon (speaker) and have the learner click the icon for the audio? any help would be appreciated. I cannot insert a icon or audio into a column with in the table. Thanks
@Mathew - with those Stricter policies in mind - then isn't it possible to add music on the Start button for the LEarners? from my understanding, a button can have multiple functions right? so when the Learner Clicks start add a feature for us, content developers, to Upload music to play throughout the Course just like in Settings where one can hide and unhide a menu button.
Thanks for letting us know you want the Start button to also initiate playing audio across your course. We'll keep our eyes out for more interest in this idea!
Hi there, i'm new this arena and i just wanted to know if anyone knew of a way to make the play button bigger to play audio. My customer wanted to know if this was possible but I'm not sure if i can. Please help :) thanks in advance
Shoot, I wanted to use Rise for a text heavy policy training I have and background music would have been a nice addition. It looks like I will have to go a different route.
Hi Scott! Thanks for letting us know about your need for audio for intro and outro blocks that play automatically. We'll update this thread once we make changes that can help!
I just would like to add, though I am not interested in looped background music, I am really interested in having the possibility to add audio narration to text blocks (with a player to play/pause it for accessibility reasons).
Having background music that auto-plays is still not an option due to web browsers' strict auto-play policies. The best way to mimic this functionality is to use multimedia blocks throughout the course.
Auto-play narration would be a great feature to have on each block option, if possible. Learners have reported frustration and some even missing the small play buttons for audio and commenting that courses would be better with audio and they dislike having to click play for each section.
I realize this is old but I tried doing this, while it worked in the html folder, once I re-zipped and tried to upload to my LMS I was given an error that my scorm wasnt formatted correctly. Any tips?
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Thank you Crystal, this is great news for narration. For my learners who are ESL and those who learn better by listening than reading I'm sure they would not mind having to click a button to start the narration - if that is the only option for your developers. I'm looking much forward to this feature!
Hello,
Can you add audio to written content like the Text, Statement or Quote content?
Thank you!
Hi Stormi! I would suggest adding an audio block below the text, statement, or quote blocks. Then learners can play the audio when they're ready to listen.
It would be better to have the audio scrub bar under the content in a process block, IMO. It looks odd sitting on top.
Hi Crystal,
Is there any more on this option of playing background music (if a learner would like)?
Hello, Anthony! While Rise 360 doesn't have a background audio feature, you can add audio to each lesson using a multimedia audio block.
Hi,
Also for the mix of suggestions, audio on Flip Cards and Tabs/Accordion. This would be great for low vision learners.
How do you add audio within a table? I would like to insert an icon (speaker) and have the learner click the icon for the audio? any help would be appreciated. I cannot insert a icon or audio into a column with in the table. Thanks
Hi Deanelle! While you can't insert audio inside a table, you could add an audio block below the table.
You could also design a custom table in Storyline 360 (including audio) and embed it in Rise using a Storyline block!
@Mathew - with those Stricter policies in mind - then isn't it possible to add music on the Start button for the LEarners? from my understanding, a button can have multiple functions right? so when the Learner Clicks start add a feature for us, content developers, to Upload music to play throughout the Course just like in Settings where one can hide and unhide a menu button.
is that doable?
Hi, Lebogang!
Thanks for letting us know you want the Start button to also initiate playing audio across your course. We'll keep our eyes out for more interest in this idea!
Hi there, i'm new this arena and i just wanted to know if anyone knew of a way to make the play button bigger to play audio. My customer wanted to know if this was possible but I'm not sure if i can. Please help :) thanks in advance
Hi there, Ashley. There isn't a way within Rise 360 to enlarge that button.
Can the "start audio" action can be linked to the "next lesson" or "Continue" buttons?
Cool looking forward to that :)
Great question, Matt! The "start audio" action only plays audio — it can't be linked to the next lesson button or continue button.
Shoot, I wanted to use Rise for a text heavy policy training I have and background music would have been a nice addition. It looks like I will have to go a different route.
I am interested in using audio for intro and outro blocks that plays automatically.
Hi Scott! Thanks for letting us know about your need for audio for intro and outro blocks that play automatically. We'll update this thread once we make changes that can help!
It's 2022 and running background music that plays between transitions is still a huge QOL need in this space. Especially with the new Scenario blocks.
Hello,
I just would like to add, though I am not interested in looped background music, I am really interested in having the possibility to add audio narration to text blocks (with a player to play/pause it for accessibility reasons).
Thank you for considering this request!
Is there any reconsideration to add themed music to the entire course for background music? it is a nice feature to have.
Hi Donnisha,
Thanks for checking in on this topic!
Having background music that auto-plays is still not an option due to web browsers' strict auto-play policies. The best way to mimic this functionality is to use multimedia blocks throughout the course.
Auto-play narration would be a great feature to have on each block option, if possible. Learners have reported frustration and some even missing the small play buttons for audio and commenting that courses would be better with audio and they dislike having to click play for each section.
I realize this is old but I tried doing this, while it worked in the html folder, once I re-zipped and tried to upload to my LMS I was given an error that my scorm wasnt formatted correctly. Any tips?