Thanks for the response. I have attached a video of a test course to better explain what I mean. Regardless of whether the sidebar is set to hidden or visible by default, the only place the learner has the option to change whether the sidebar is open or closed is in the very first block. As soon as you scroll down past the first block, the hamburger icon disappears and the sidebar is locked into whatever position was selected. The only way to change the position is to scroll all the way to the first block again.
While this is not difficult when there is very little content on the page, it becomes painful when you have continued through a lot of content and then perhaps want to open the menu again (or close it). Especially on a mobile device where you want to use as much of the screen as possible to view the content, but may need to refer to the menu from time to time, this is an issue.
Thank you Marcia, for making that video and for your further explanation. It does clarify and I do understand now what you mean. That is the expected behaviour (not a bug) but I can see your point and understand how you'd like it to be glued/stuck so the hamburger icon is always visible, no matter how far down the page you've scrolled. I would highly encourage you to make a feature request for that. Our dev team is always making updates and rolling out new features and one of the key ways we identify what to implement is through feature requests from our customers. Thanks again for taking the time to leave a comment and share your feedback with us! We appreciate that.
In Course Settings > Navigation > Siebar "Choose how the course sidebar is initially displayed" the switch is set to Open -- but the Sidebar is not displaying on my screen.
Thanks for sharing your course. I took a look and I can view the sidebar as a learner with no issue.
Were you perhaps looking for the sidebar in authoring mode or on the initial course overview page? If that’s the case, right now there isn’t a way to do either. If that would improve your experience using Rise you can submit a feature request here.
Also, I noticed that your email signature came through when you replied via email. You can remove that if you would like by clicking Edit beneath your response. Here’s a quick Peek video if you need help.
During the Nov 6 webinar demonstration pertaining to Rise, it looked to me that the sidebar was functioning in authoring mode and was providing tools for the designer. I'm not able to access those tools. Now I’m totally confused...
On a small device like an iPhone, the sidebar becomes available only through a hamburger icon in the top left of the first page. If the user scrolls down the page, the hamburger scrolls off, and the user has to scroll all the way back to have access to the hamburger.
Is there a way to either jump to the hamburger from anywhere lower in the screen (once it has scrolled out of visibility), or set the hamburger to a "floating" mode, where it will stay accessible.
To me, it would make sense for the menu to be "sticky." That way, it sticks to the top of the screen while the user scrolls, similar to the EXIT button (if you use this option in the LMS export).
Thanks for the idea! That's not currently an option for the sidebar menu, but I know we've heard similar requests. We'll share your screenshots with our team for consideration!
Hi Liv - How can you use javascript to hide the sidebar for specific pages/modules using javascript? Is there a script out there that you can point me to? I'm trying to hide the sidebar for the final assessment questions pages. Thanks!
Hi Admins - For compliance purposes, when we create an eLearn, then the learner should not be able to go back into the course from the final assessment, and come back to where he left off - which is something the learner can do currently in Rise. And we are not able to use this tool to create compliance courses for this reason. Is there any way to prevent the learner from accessing the sidebar from the FA, and keep it accessible from other modules? Thanks!
While there's not a way to hyperlink an image to a particular block or lesson, you can insert a button block and set it to jump to a particular lesson.
I'll let our team know that an image hyperlinking feature would be helpful for you!
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Hi Nicole
Thanks for the response. I have attached a video of a test course to better explain what I mean. Regardless of whether the sidebar is set to hidden or visible by default, the only place the learner has the option to change whether the sidebar is open or closed is in the very first block. As soon as you scroll down past the first block, the hamburger icon disappears and the sidebar is locked into whatever position was selected. The only way to change the position is to scroll all the way to the first block again.
While this is not difficult when there is very little content on the page, it becomes painful when you have continued through a lot of content and then perhaps want to open the menu again (or close it). Especially on a mobile device where you want to use as much of the screen as possible to view the content, but may need to refer to the menu from time to time, this is an issue.
I hope this clarifies the question?
Many thanks
Marcia
Thank you Marcia, for making that video and for your further explanation. It does clarify and I do understand now what you mean. That is the expected behaviour (not a bug) but I can see your point and understand how you'd like it to be glued/stuck so the hamburger icon is always visible, no matter how far down the page you've scrolled. I would highly encourage you to make a feature request for that. Our dev team is always making updates and rolling out new features and one of the key ways we identify what to implement is through feature requests from our customers. Thanks again for taking the time to leave a comment and share your feedback with us! We appreciate that.
Thanks Nicole
I will definitely do so.
Thanks for the response.
Regards
Marcia
In Course Settings > Navigation > Siebar "Choose how the course sidebar is initially displayed" the switch is set to Open -- but the Sidebar is not displaying on my screen.
Please assist.
Hi Kevin,
I’m sorry that you aren’t seeing your sidebar.
Can you send me a copy of your course and I can take a look? Here’s how:
Hi Martika,
Here’s the sample course I made up for self-learning.
https://rise.articulate.com/share/0FdkW1uN2xkNfLZPlGlQmhSdoJgNwJeK
I don’t see how to turn on the sidebar. Any help you can offer is appreciated!
Kevin Barnard
2013 Golden Gate Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94115
kevin@barnardgraphics.com
415-672-8137
Hi Martika,
Here’s the sample course I made up for self-learning.
https://rise.articulate.com/share/0FdkW1uN2xkNfLZPlGlQmhSdoJgNwJeK
I don’t see how to turn on the sidebar. Any help you can offer is appreciated!
Kevin Barnard
2013 Golden Gate Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94115
kevin@barnardgraphics.com
415-672-8137
Hi Kevin,
Thanks for sharing your course. I took a look and I can view the sidebar as a learner with no issue.
Were you perhaps looking for the sidebar in authoring mode or on the initial course overview page? If that’s the case, right now there isn’t a way to do either. If that would improve your experience using Rise you can submit a feature request here.
Also, I noticed that your email signature came through when you replied via email. You can remove that if you would like by clicking Edit beneath your response. Here’s a quick Peek video if you need help.
During the Nov 6 webinar demonstration pertaining to Rise, it looked to me that the sidebar was functioning in authoring mode and was providing tools for the designer. I'm not able to access those tools. Now I’m totally confused...
Kevin Barnard
San Francisco, CA 94115
I share Marcia's observation.
On a small device like an iPhone, the sidebar becomes available only through a hamburger icon in the top left of the first page. If the user scrolls down the page, the hamburger scrolls off, and the user has to scroll all the way back to have access to the hamburger.
Is there a way to either jump to the hamburger from anywhere lower in the screen (once it has scrolled out of visibility), or set the hamburger to a "floating" mode, where it will stay accessible.
Thanks
Robert
To me, it would make sense for the menu to be "sticky." That way, it sticks to the top of the screen while the user scrolls, similar to the EXIT button (if you use this option in the LMS export).
Yep, that would work nicely.
Thanks for chiming in, Edgar and Anthony! We'll keep our eyes out to track momentum around this request.
Yep, that would work just fine.
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Thanks, Robert!
By the way, replying via email includes your signature with contact information in the public forum. Feel free to edit your reply here.
Sorry, so the options are to have the sidebar completely collapsed (into a hamburger menu), completely open, or not there at all? Correct?
Is there a way to have it opened, but sections within collapsed?
Left (collapsed), Right (defaulted to "open")
Hi Tracy,
Thanks for the idea! That's not currently an option for the sidebar menu, but I know we've heard similar requests. We'll share your screenshots with our team for consideration!
Hi Liv - How can you use javascript to hide the sidebar for specific pages/modules using javascript? Is there a script out there that you can point me to? I'm trying to hide the sidebar for the final assessment questions pages. Thanks!
Hi Admins - For compliance purposes, when we create an eLearn, then the learner should not be able to go back into the course from the final assessment, and come back to where he left off - which is something the learner can do currently in Rise. And we are not able to use this tool to create compliance courses for this reason. Is there any way to prevent the learner from accessing the sidebar from the FA, and keep it accessible from other modules? Thanks!
Hi Archana,
While you can turn the sidebar off for the entire course, there isn't a way to turn it off for a specific lesson.
Is it possible to create two separate courses: one with all of the lessons, and one with the standalone quiz?
Is it possible to click on image and user jump to a specific part of course ?
Hi there, Steven!
While there's not a way to hyperlink an image to a particular block or lesson, you can insert a button block and set it to jump to a particular lesson.
I'll let our team know that an image hyperlinking feature would be helpful for you!
Is it possible to hide a lesson in the sidebar? Not the entire sidebar.
Hi Neena!
Thanks for your question! All lessons will appear in the sidebar, and there isn't a way to hide individual lessons.
It would be SUPER GREAT if there was a sidebar feature that allowed the sidebar to be visible but collapsed to just show section headings.
Give a +1 if you agree!