There's not currently a way to hide your course title in Rise. If the ability to do this would make authoring in Rise easier for you, please log a feature request to tell us more.
However, I had a quick look at your screenshot and just wanted to mention that since the header image dynamically adapts depending on the device screen size, the text embedded in your header image may not be visible on smaller screens.
That's something I would recommend testing in preview to make sure it's looking the way you want to on all devices (assuming your learners will able to use multiple devices to access your course).
Let me know if there's anything else I can do to help!
Considering that the course title is used when exporting a course and also for importing the course into a LMS, what impact does using an invisible character have on these two processes?
From my own testing, adding an invisible character to the course title does not have a negative effect on publishing or uploading the output to an LMS.
Beyond that, I'm curious to hear more about why you want to remove the title. We are currently tracking a feature request to allow users to begin directly in the first lesson, skipping the course outline page. Would that help you achieve what you had in mind?
Hello, we also wanted to be able to hide the course title. In our case, the reason was because the image we had designed for the course included the name of the course. So when we added that image as the "Cover Photo" (in Rise "Settings"), the name of the course appeared twice. This same image was used in the course banners in our Virtual Classroom, social networks, marketing of the course, etc. Our solution was to edit that image before uploading it as the cover photo, and this time the image did not include the course title. Not the best solution but it worked and reading the messages in this forum was really helpful. Thanks!
Hi Alyssa, if I use that method to hide the title and just use a cover image, will I still be able to title the project for when I export out for LMS, Or name it once it's in the LMS?
Adding an empty title / space will work but isn't very useful if all courses are named that way, you wouldn't be able to tell which course was which in the Rise listings page (unless you change, export and then change back again).
Now that themes have been introduced, a simple switch on/off button should be added to enable you to turn it off.
I use Rise to created modules for the same course. I need the same title to identify the course but also a subtitle to identify the module, so my titles are very long.
We've just released a new feature that allows you to turn off the cover page when you publish for LMS to improve compatibility, streamline training, and get learners into content faster. Give it a try, and let us know if you have any questions about it!
Note: You can't hide the cover page for training created from Next Big Idea Club content templates.
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Hi Reena,
There's not currently a way to hide your course title in Rise. If the ability to do this would make authoring in Rise easier for you, please log a feature request to tell us more.
However, I had a quick look at your screenshot and just wanted to mention that since the header image dynamically adapts depending on the device screen size, the text embedded in your header image may not be visible on smaller screens.
That's something I would recommend testing in preview to make sure it's looking the way you want to on all devices (assuming your learners will able to use multiple devices to access your course).
Let me know if there's anything else I can do to help!
Hello Reena, I have managed to do this by using an invisible character.
On mac you create it by pressing option and space and on windows
on windows you do that by hit ALT + 255 or ALT + 0160
let me know if it worked for you
Considering that the course title is used when exporting a course and also for importing the course into a LMS, what impact does using an invisible character have on these two processes?
Hi all!
From my own testing, adding an invisible character to the course title does not have a negative effect on publishing or uploading the output to an LMS.
Beyond that, I'm curious to hear more about why you want to remove the title. We are currently tracking a feature request to allow users to begin directly in the first lesson, skipping the course outline page. Would that help you achieve what you had in mind?
Hi Alyssa, how far away do you think you are with having the feature to skip the introduction screen?
Hi, Michael. We don't have an ETA on that potential feature at this time, but we'll let you know here if that changes. Thanks for checking in!
Can we enable / disable (on/off) lesson title area with an option to add background image?
Hello, SibraPrasad!
There isn't a way to turn off the lesson titles in Rise 360, but Sarah Hodge found a workaround here!
Hello, we also wanted to be able to hide the course title. In our case, the reason was because the image we had designed for the course included the name of the course. So when we added that image as the "Cover Photo" (in Rise "Settings"), the name of the course appeared twice. This same image was used in the course banners in our Virtual Classroom, social networks, marketing of the course, etc. Our solution was to edit that image before uploading it as the cover photo, and this time the image did not include the course title. Not the best solution but it worked and reading the messages in this forum was really helpful. Thanks!
Hello, Campus Virtual de Salud Pública! You can also delete the course title and simply add a "space" in the title area with the spacebar key.
Hi Alyssa, if I use that method to hide the title and just use a cover image, will I still be able to title the project for when I export out for LMS, Or name it once it's in the LMS?
Hi Chris, if your LMS allows renaming or adding a name, you should be able to change this in your LMS.
I've tested this with SCORM Cloud, and I was able to add a title inside the LMS to identify the course.
Adding an empty title / space will work but isn't very useful if all courses are named that way, you wouldn't be able to tell which course was which in the Rise listings page (unless you change, export and then change back again).
Now that themes have been introduced, a simple switch on/off button should be added to enable you to turn it off.
I use Rise to created modules for the same course. I need the same title to identify the course but also a subtitle to identify the module, so my titles are very long.
Good news, everyone!
We've just released a new feature that allows you to turn off the cover page when you publish for LMS to improve compatibility, streamline training, and get learners into content faster. Give it a try, and let us know if you have any questions about it!
Note: You can't hide the cover page for training created from Next Big Idea Club content templates.
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