Export to PDF

 As you know, you can export Rise courses as LMS, PDF, or Web. The organization does not want to upload the content as a SCORM package. They have chosen to load it as a document. So users would access the PDF from the LMS. 

Hi Charles!

Your 30K learners won't have any issues accessing attachments in your PDFs that are hosted on the Articulate Content server. Thanks for asking!

Is it possible to export a regular SL360 course as a pdf? Not just RISE?

Hi Kendra! You can publish a Storyline 360 course to a Microsoft Word file, then save it as a PDF. I hope that helps!

Wonderful to know, thanks so much!

One other issue of note is when you disable the Lessons  Count Labels [Display current lesson number at the top of each lesson (e.g. Lesson 1 of x)] in the navigation settings. The lesson count appears on the PDF anyway. 

Thanks for letting us know about that issue, Charles! I've shared this problem with our team, and I'll update you if I get any new information that would be helpful.

Do these exported PDF from Rise support Accessibility standards like PDF/UA and WCAG 2.0?

IS there any way Articulate can provide guidance to make it standardize.?

Hello SibaPrasad! The PDF is not tagged for accessibility. We are reviewing PDF output in our accessibility work that we're performing this year, and we'll share an update when we can.

Has there been any update on this?

Thanks for following up, Stephanie! We don't have any updates yet, but we'll be sure to keep you posted here for any progress.

Hello Lea Agato and Crystal Horn,

Lea, was your response above concerning accessibility of Rise PDF exports or the topic of the original post? My question is this, what is the status of accessible Rise PDF exports?

Thanks!

Thanks for checking in, Kathryn. I'm sharing our VPAT which specifies that PDF exports of your Rise courses don't preserve accessibility information at this time.

We're continuing our accessibility enhancements, and our VPAT and accessibility journal will be the best place to get updates about new improvements. 

Currently the PDF do not publish/export the Scenario feedback  ? Can this be fixed to the PDF tool, so that the Scenario export to PDF will have question, options and feedback at once.

Hello, SibaPrasad. We have not included scenario feedback in the exported PDF document. Thanks for letting us know you need that option. We're tracking requests like these, and we'll make sure to update you here if this becomes available in the future.

Not sure if this is the best spot to post this question but it is related to PDF export. We have a Rise 360 course that uses the flashgard grid. When exported into PDF some of the grids cross over 2 pages and the text on the backside does not fully display as a result. Is there anyway to ensure content does not split across 2 pages  (text blocks function properly)?

Hi Nanci,

When exporting a course to a PDF, you have no control over where pages break.

Also not sure if this is the best spot to post the question, but when I export to PDF, I get "artifacts" when there are "ff" or "fi", it seems to delete one of the f and sometimes has funky formatting.  For example, words like Officer, efficiencies, etc.

Any way to avoid that?  

Hi Ursula,

I've seen this happen in our PDF's as well.

It's very weird as it seems to happen randomly.

Hi Ursula and Karl,

I've run into this issue as well. Only thing that worked was going back and forth with support and having them output the file and then share a link to the PDF with me to download. Even then, it took a number of tries. 

Also, somewhat hijacking this thread to ask if there's a way to embed an export button into a Rise course that learners can click to get a dynamic PDF export of the current course. My concern with a static, embedded PDF of the course is the risk of not updating that file when tweaks are made to the course. Any suggestions welcome!

Thanks,

Caryn

Learners cannot dynamically create a PDF from a course. 

We have a large number of courses that are republished quarterly. 

Every time we republish a course, we create a new version of the PDF as well and upload the PDF to our LMS.

One of our larger courses creates a 900+ page PDF, so not quick to make any manual changes.

Ah well, I figured it was too much to hope for, but always worth inquiring. Thanks Karl!

My course comes out at 75M! This is unusable. Editing the PDF file is not easy for some reason. it crashes and gives me errors. It might actually be easier for me to copy and paste my entire Rise course into Word. HELP.