Our students keep telling us that they still want to be able to print their learning materials. Is there an easy way to export Rise content to a print PDF?
Hey y'all, just saw this comment posted on another thread about printing to PDF... looks like it's coming next month!
Mike Olivieri Staff 2 days ago
Hi everyone,
We know how important exporting courses to PDF is to you and are disappointed we’ve had to keep you waiting. We have our top developers working on this feature and expect it to ship in April.
Here's a little background on why this has been such a challenging feature to get right: While Rise courses look great across all screen sizes, there are some unique challenges to making them look great in printed form while maintaining the integrity of your course content. For example, if you create a labeled graphic, printing out just the initial state of the lesson isn’t valuable. You need a printed version of the labeled graphic with each marker open so you can see the content in context with the graphic. In order to accomplish this, we’ve had to build a new way to display the interaction for print. And we’ve gone through each interaction in Rise to make sure we’re getting it right.
We know it has taken us longer than expected to deliver this feature, but we're feeling confident that you'll be happy with the result. We’re excited to hear your feedback when we ship next month.
We've repeatedly been asked for the ability to print content from RISE courses so i'd like to co-sign this request and i'm commenting to receive updates as to when this feature will be developed.
The option to export to PDF is already available, you'll find it in your export options. If you want learners to be able to print your course, the best option is to export the PDF and include it in your course as an attachment.
Let me know if there's anything else I can do to help. :)
We used to do this: create a PDF of the course and then embedded it in the course.
While this worked the PDF would increase the size of the SCORM ZIP package. From tests we did the PDF typically doubled the size of the SCORM package. As a result we no longer embed the PDF in the course and now host these files in our LMS as an optional download.
Not everyone may have this option but it works well for us.
Just wanted to pop in here and let you know that it's now possible to export your course to PDF and add that PDF as an attachment to your course so that learners can print it out. Here's how that works.
Let me know if there's anything else I can do to help. :)
As I explained to Cheryl above, it's now possible to export your course to PDF and add that PDF as an attachment to your course so that learners can print it out. Here's how that works.
Let me know if there's anything else I can do to help. :)
If you are specifically interested in assessment results, there is currently no function in Rise for students to print this information. This is something that needs to be done using browser functionality.
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Hey y'all, just saw this comment posted on another thread about printing to PDF... looks like it's coming next month!
Mike Olivieri
Staff
2 days ago
Hi everyone,
We know how important exporting courses to PDF is to you and are disappointed we’ve had to keep you waiting. We have our top developers working on this feature and expect it to ship in April.
Here's a little background on why this has been such a challenging feature to get right: While Rise courses look great across all screen sizes, there are some unique challenges to making them look great in printed form while maintaining the integrity of your course content. For example, if you create a labeled graphic, printing out just the initial state of the lesson isn’t valuable. You need a printed version of the labeled graphic with each marker open so you can see the content in context with the graphic. In order to accomplish this, we’ve had to build a new way to display the interaction for print. And we’ve gone through each interaction in Rise to make sure we’re getting it right.
We know it has taken us longer than expected to deliver this feature, but we're feeling confident that you'll be happy with the result. We’re excited to hear your feedback when we ship next month.
Also very interested in being able to export to PDF, hopefully it is happening soon!
Did the Print functionality ever get delivered please, not for authors, as there is the export to PDF functionality, but for end users?
We've repeatedly been asked for the ability to print content from RISE courses so i'd like to co-sign this request and i'm commenting to receive updates as to when this feature will be developed.
Hi there,
The option to export to PDF is already available, you'll find it in your export options. If you want learners to be able to print your course, the best option is to export the PDF and include it in your course as an attachment.
Let me know if there's anything else I can do to help. :)
We used to do this: create a PDF of the course and then embedded it in the course.
While this worked the PDF would increase the size of the SCORM ZIP package. From tests we did the PDF typically doubled the size of the SCORM package. As a result we no longer embed the PDF in the course and now host these files in our LMS as an optional download.
Not everyone may have this option but it works well for us.
Hi Cheryl,
Just wanted to pop in here and let you know that it's now possible to export your course to PDF and add that PDF as an attachment to your course so that learners can print it out. Here's how that works.
Let me know if there's anything else I can do to help. :)
Thanks, Allison! I got emailed with the response too. Thanks for the update!
Have any decisions been made as to whether a print option will be developed for rise?
Hi Katherine,
As I explained to Cheryl above, it's now possible to export your course to PDF and add that PDF as an attachment to your course so that learners can print it out. Here's how that works.
Let me know if there's anything else I can do to help. :)
Hi Ashley,
It has been over a year and I am wondering where this is at?
Is there a way users are able to print off any parts of the Rise course (ex. assessments results, etc.)? yet?
If you are specifically interested in assessment results, there is currently no function in Rise for students to print this information. This is something that needs to be done using browser functionality.
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