Hey Everyone - we just released Flashcards to Rise. Check out this quick video overview. (Recorded with Peek and posted to Articulate Review, naturally.)
The flash cards are awesome and I'm loving the fact that you can add images to them. A great way to break down large chunks of text and to make it interactive too. Good work Articulate! :)
Cheryl - the reason that arrow cuts off is it's not a square image. The dimensions of that image is 341 x 290. You can either put it on a square image and save it out before you upload to Rise. Or just use the "Centered Image" option and it will work well too.
Hi, Adam and Articulate team! I am using images with a transparent background with the flashcards, but I am getting a white block around the image. It just doesn't look as good as if the image were transparent. Do you know why this is happening? I am attaching a picture of what I see. I would prefer to have the image float in the center of the tile with no background.
Also, I concur with Frederick that having the option to include text above and below images would be useful in some cases. Also, in the case with music and language learning, audio would also be a nice enhancement, but I am sure it is down the road if you decide to implement this feature.
Thanks for the feedback, Anthony. Right now we don't have support for transparent backgrounds. But we'll put it on the board for evaluation.
In the meantime, change the background of that image before you upload to hex color #FAFAFA if you're placing it on the back of the card. (If you're placing it on the front, it will look fine already.)
Sounds good, Adam. Now that I know the color, I can adjust the images. Can you give an ideal size for the card, or does that not matter? It seems that Rise scales it down to be perfectly centered in the card despite the size.
You can export Rise courses for AICC, SCORM 1.2, and SCORM 2004 4th Edition learning management systems. Just open your Rise course for editing, click Export in the upper right corner of the screen, and choose an LMS specification. Then you'll be able to upload that into your LMS that supports one of those standards.
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Flashcard blocks look really cool, Adam!
Thanks Montse! You're always so creative so I'm looking forward to seeing them in action from you.
Very cool function, but I'm still seeing the "Coming Soon" notice on mine!
Hmm, that's odd, Lindsey.
Can you try 2 things for me and let me know what happens:
1) Open the blocks sidebar and then refresh the page. See if that clears "Coming Soon"
2) If #1 doesn't help, can you log out and log back into Rise. (Click your avatar in the upper-right.)
Can you report back and let me know the results?
That worked – thanks, Adam! It’s still early, and I haven’t had any coffee yet. I should have just tried that in the first place ☺
We've all been there Lindsey, no worries. :)
Just an FYI that responding via email includes your signature here as well. You can edit the post if you'd like to remove that information.
Which part worked, Lindsey? Simply refreshing? Or did you have to logout/login too?
Logging out and back in again.
The flash cards are awesome and I'm loving the fact that you can add images to them. A great way to break down large chunks of text and to make it interactive too. Good work Articulate! :)
Thanks Troy - the team is loving all the praise we're getting on Flashcards.
Very cool the flash cards! :)
Now if I can make some suggestions for them... :)
It would be nice to be able to...
Front
- add text above or below the image (centered/aligned left/aligned right)
Back
- center/align left/align right the text
- do paragraph (use of 'return')
I attached an image to show you what I have in mind.
Thanks,
Or add text overlaying an image. I was going to use it with a Step 1, 2, 3 situation where the back of the card will be text heavy.
Also, when I used full-size image, it cut off the end of my arrow. I've attached the arrow if you want to test it.
Thanks a ton for that feedback, Frederick.
Cheryl - the reason that arrow cuts off is it's not a square image. The dimensions of that image is 341 x 290. You can either put it on a square image and save it out before you upload to Rise. Or just use the "Centered Image" option and it will work well too.
It looks like this: https://cl.ly/2R1W0T1i3U0h
My network blocked what you attached, but I understand. Duh. : (
Hi, Adam and Articulate team! I am using images with a transparent background with the flashcards, but I am getting a white block around the image. It just doesn't look as good as if the image were transparent. Do you know why this is happening? I am attaching a picture of what I see. I would prefer to have the image float in the center of the tile with no background.
Also, I concur with Frederick that having the option to include text above and below images would be useful in some cases. Also, in the case with music and language learning, audio would also be a nice enhancement, but I am sure it is down the road if you decide to implement this feature.
Thanks for the feedback, Anthony. Right now we don't have support for transparent backgrounds. But we'll put it on the board for evaluation.
In the meantime, change the background of that image before you upload to hex color #FAFAFA if you're placing it on the back of the card. (If you're placing it on the front, it will look fine already.)
Sounds good, Adam. Now that I know the color, I can adjust the images. Can you give an ideal size for the card, or does that not matter? It seems that Rise scales it down to be perfectly centered in the card despite the size.
Any size is fine. Larger is better. Square dimensions will work best,
especially if you're using the Cover Card option.
Great. Thanks, Adam.
Much needed feature! Thanks!
Can Rise be exported as a SCORM file or is there another way to embed it in an LMS?
Hi Elizabeth,
You can export Rise courses for AICC, SCORM 1.2, and SCORM 2004 4th Edition learning management systems. Just open your Rise course for editing, click Export in the upper right corner of the screen, and choose an LMS specification. Then you'll be able to upload that into your LMS that supports one of those standards.
Is there a "rise" update log or site?
Hi Joshua,
You can see all the Rise updates listed here.
Hope that helps!