Breaking news! We just released a cool new feature in Rise that lets learners search course content. Now they can use a field in the course sidebar to search keywords and jump directly to relevant results. This is a great way to let learners find key, useful info.
Pro tip: The search field is on by default, but you can turn it off in the course settings on the navigation tab.
This is a game changer for us to move forward with Rise as we replace traditional InCopy/InDesign/PDF based manuals.
I can't thank the Articulate team enough for listening to your user base and getting this feature out there. I know it couldn't have been easy and I appreciate the intuitiveness of the use/results rendered w/ the new search. Finding out about this earlier today on because of a fellow forum user bringing it to the community's attention has honestly made me have a grin from ear to ear this entire day. :D
Spotted this as I trained Rise on Friday morning, it's a great feature and simple and obvious enough that I could wing it and pretend it had been there forever - not just hours ;-)
I'm assuming this would be a feature request, but is there a way to have the option for this feature to be set as off at an account level? We're a school, and we'd prefer to have this off for all courses we create.
That said, this is still a great feature. Thanks for continuing to give us more value!
I can share that enhancement idea with my team. In the meantime, if you create one course and duplicate it that'll keep the settings consistent. That way you'd only have to set it on the first course you make.
I just gave a presentation about how to use JavaScript to build custom search functionality in an eLearning course. Check out my Articulate post about it here.
I know if you set a course to restricted, it automatically turns off search. Can it be set to turn on once a course is complete? Or if set to restricted, only allow search to parse through completed sections?
Unfortunately, that’s not currently possible. If you have time to log a feature request and tell us more about your specific needs, that would be super helpful!
Let me know if there’s anything else I can help you with.
Just completed a huge course with restricted navigation, exported it to then discover the Search button had vanished.
Could you explain the reasoning behind this? Seems slightly unfair on the user to lose this invaluable function just because a restriction has been set in place.
I would be more than happy for Search to appear once the lesson is complete, for example.
The search feature is disabled automatically when you choose restricted navigation because it would override the restricted navigation by allowing users to go to other parts of the course via the search function. If you'd like to use the search function, you'll need to choose the free navigation option.
I hope that makes sense! Let me know if there's anything else I can do to help. :)
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This is a game changer for us to move forward with Rise as we replace traditional InCopy/InDesign/PDF based manuals.
I can't thank the Articulate team enough for listening to your user base and getting this feature out there. I know it couldn't have been easy and I appreciate the intuitiveness of the use/results rendered w/ the new search. Finding out about this earlier today on because of a fellow forum user bringing it to the community's attention has honestly made me have a grin from ear to ear this entire day. :D
Great work, Articulate!
Does it find text within an embedded Storyline file?
Same for us. This is great!
This is great! I am trying out Rise to build out a few courses, learners will find this useful!
Hi Andy! It won't find text in an embedded Storyline file yet. If you'd like to see this added, you can share your feature request here: https://articulate.com/support/contact/feature-request
This is a great new feature, thank you!
Best Birthday gift! Ever!
Wow! What a great upgrade! You Articulate folks are just simply amazing...
Oh, your tools are, too!
Spotted this as I trained Rise on Friday morning, it's a great feature and simple and obvious enough that I could wing it and pretend it had been there forever - not just hours ;-)
We're so glad you all are enjoying this!
Love it...now if only we could do a search and replace throughout a Rise course!
Great feature!
How can I translate the labels "search" and "result"?
Hi Diseñador,
I don't see that those are included in the Labels you can edit here, so I'll reach out to my team! I'll keep you posted here.
I'm assuming this would be a feature request, but is there a way to have the option for this feature to be set as off at an account level? We're a school, and we'd prefer to have this off for all courses we create.
That said, this is still a great feature. Thanks for continuing to give us more value!
Hi Tim,
I can share that enhancement idea with my team. In the meantime, if you create one course and duplicate it that'll keep the settings consistent. That way you'd only have to set it on the first course you make.
Hi there, Tim!
To add to what Ashley shared, here's how you can turn off that feature in one course:
Simply click Settings >> Navigation >> Scroll down to Search >> Switch toggle to Off.
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Hi Andy,
I just gave a presentation about how to use JavaScript to build custom search functionality in an eLearning course. Check out my Articulate post about it here.
Hope this helps!
I followed this instructions but I didn’t change my label.
I know if you set a course to restricted, it automatically turns off search. Can it be set to turn on once a course is complete? Or if set to restricted, only allow search to parse through completed sections?
Hi Bob,
Unfortunately, that’s not currently possible. If you have time to log a feature request and tell us more about your specific needs, that would be super helpful!
Let me know if there’s anything else I can help you with.
Hi
Just completed a huge course with restricted navigation, exported it to then discover the Search button had vanished.
Could you explain the reasoning behind this? Seems slightly unfair on the user to lose this invaluable function just because a restriction has been set in place.
I would be more than happy for Search to appear once the lesson is complete, for example.
Thanks.
Hi Jim,
The search feature is disabled automatically when you choose restricted navigation because it would override the restricted navigation by allowing users to go to other parts of the course via the search function. If you'd like to use the search function, you'll need to choose the free navigation option.
I hope that makes sense! Let me know if there's anything else I can do to help. :)
I appreciate that. But surely Search could become available once the course is completed and navigation becomes 'free'?
I have submitted a request. Thanks.
That's a great idea! Thanks for submitting a request. :)