Page numbers in Rise
Apr 01, 2019
By
Dave Hardin
We would like to transform some of our paper-based training manuals (learner guides and instructor guides used in classrooms) into interactive training manuals that can be used on mobile devices or PC. Rise will do just about everything we want except for page numbers. Instructors as used to pointing learners to specific pages in their learner guides during classes. Since Rise really isn't setup to support page numbers, has anyone had success finding a way to point a user directly to a section/page in Rise? Some of these paper guides are 400 pages long which is creating the problem.
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Hi Dave,
Have you thought about having instructions point learners to a specific lesson by simply using the lesson name?
Just an idea :)
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Hi Allison,
We have explored that option but breaking up a 400 page learner guide into that many lessons gets very clunky. You can't have too much information in any one lesson because it becomes a big challenge getting all 20-30 learners in a classroom to land on the right spot. On the other hand, if you break up every page into 400 lessons, trying to get people to find a lesson name in 400 different lessons would be even tougher.
We have thought about making some sort code that you could search for (L1S13 = Lesson 1, Section 13) but maintaining that during edits could become a mess.
Ah yes, I see what you mean! Hmm... I'm not sure what to tell you here. Maybe someone else in the community will have an idea.
I tried to do this just yesterday! I wanted a Welcome guide to accompany some onboarding courses we had created. I built it in Rise and published to PDF. The consistent look and feel to the guide and subsequent courses was great - but the inability to insert page numbers, along with the "Lesson 1 of 2" text at the top of each section made it look a little wonky.
Hi Gillian,
Just wanted to jump in here and let you know that you can turn off the lesson numbering in the course settings (see screenshot).
I hope that helps! :)
Hi Dave,
Have you tried adding section titles between the lessons to break it up by topic? Another option would be to split the manual up into multiple Rise courses.
Hopefully one of these options can work for you!
It does help! Thank you - I had googled this last week and must have ended up with some old information. So great to see this feature has been added.
You're welcome :)
Hi Allison, that is just for the top of the page though? Is there a way to turn the numbering off at the bottom too but still have the back and next (ie no sidebar). Or start from a variable ie ignore the intro/menu page and start numbering from the main content?
Hey Steven!
There isn't a way to remove the lesson number in the next button area.
Have you considered turning off the previous/next buttons completely, and controlling navigation using button blocks?
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