I've been playing around with the new scenarios lesson in Rise. They are awesome for scenario based learning with dynamic feedback. However the characters currently offered are kind of limited, specifically for my industry.
I really wanted to use custom characters in my company's uniforms. It may not be officially supported by Articulate, but swapping the stock characters for custom characters is actually pretty easy. I made this quick video to show you how you can do it too.
Great Job, we still would love to see the Rise team step up and offer the option of replacing the characters with custom or no characters at all. Also would be ideal to have the option of removing the background blur, sometimes you want the full background to be visible especially as you may be able to add other characters if the scenario image can be tinkered with.
Thanks for sharing the video Matt, show that basically with some trial and error anything in the course content can be customized after export, which begs the question, why it cant be done from within the system in the first place :)
But for a workaround in a tricky "must have request" situation, it is doable, or as someone said in the thread a life saver :)
You can do that by adding some custom CSS to the exported course. Start by unzipping the exported course.
Find index.html (For SCORM it's in scormcontent, for XAPI it's in in the parent directory) and open it in a text editor. Then paste the following CSS right under the <style> tag.
It should look something like the image below. This will remove the blur from ALL scenario blocks in your course, so you can just upload a background image of your choice.
Once you've done that, zip everything up again and you're good to go.
This is a great tutorial. I want to use a scenario block within a Rise course, rather than stand alone. Would I have to publish the whole course and find the relevant files in order to change the characters in the scenario block?
No, I was wanting to know if I could change the character images and still use it within a Rise course. The video shows you how to change the characters images once you have published the course. I was checking whether you have to publish the who rise course then go in and find the images used in the scenario block?
Madeleine Steeves
Division of Campus Life
3.206 l University Place l University of Manchester l Oxford Road l Manchester | M13 9PL |
Note: I am definitely on campus on Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. I work from home on Tuesdays and Fridays and am available over email and Teams/Zoom for meetings.
Hi Madeleine! Currently, changing the character images in a Scenario block isn't supported. In addition, content library characters are not available for use on all blocks in Rise.
We are tracking requests for the ability to upload custom characters to a Scenario block and to enable content library characters to be used in more blocks that support images.
We'll post updates to this thread if this feature gets released or if we make changes that can help.
Could I see the video? It says that I'm unathorized. I wanted to replace a standard character in a Rise scenario for the face/draw of my customer. Thanks.
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Wow, that's great! Thank you.
Great Job, we still would love to see the Rise team step up and offer the option of replacing the characters with custom or no characters at all. Also would be ideal to have the option of removing the background blur, sometimes you want the full background to be visible especially as you may be able to add other characters if the scenario image can be tinkered with.
This was so so so so soooooo helpful, thank you!
Life saver! This is exactly what I needed. Thank you!!
This is amazing. Articulate - please offer the functionality to add our own characters so we do not require this work around.
Amazing! Thank you!
Great how to video. Very useful , thanks.
Thanks Matt,
Very helpful video. I am looking to get rid of speech bubbles and make them appear as blocks next to the characters, do you think is this possible ?
Your help is appreciated:)
Wow - thank you!!
I wonder if I could also replace the Blurry image .....
Hi Miguel,
Yes, the image can be replaced as shown below.
Karl, Thanks for your response! but I was wondering about replacing it the same way with the characters for a NON Blurry image.
Thanks for sharing the video Matt, show that basically with some trial and error anything in the course content can be customized after export, which begs the question, why it cant be done from within the system in the first place :)
But for a workaround in a tricky "must have request" situation, it is doable, or as someone said in the thread a life saver :)
Love this!! This is really helpful!
You can do that by adding some custom CSS to the exported course. Start by unzipping the exported course.
Find index.html (For SCORM it's in scormcontent, for XAPI it's in in the parent directory) and open it in a text editor. Then paste the following CSS right under the <style> tag.
.scenario-block__background{
filter: blur(0rem) !important;
}
It should look something like the image below. This will remove the blur from ALL scenario blocks in your course, so you can just upload a background image of your choice.
Once you've done that, zip everything up again and you're good to go.
Hi, thanks for the idea and making great video tutorial!
Thank you! Worked perfectly and has saved me a lot of time.
Hi! I am really interested in trying this, but I don't have photoshop. Any suggestions?
Hi Rebecca,
If you don’t have Photoshop, this article has a list of free image editors that you can try! I hope this helps!
Thank you so much!
This is a great tutorial. I want to use a scenario block within a Rise course, rather than stand alone. Would I have to publish the whole course and find the relevant files in order to change the characters in the scenario block?
Hi Madeleine! Yes, you can use the Scenario Block within your Rise course. Go to All Blocks>Interactive>Scenario.
Here's a screenshot for your reference:
Let me know if this is what you're looking for!
No, I was wanting to know if I could change the character images and still use it within a Rise course. The video shows you how to change the characters images once you have published the course. I was checking whether you have to publish the who rise course then go in and find the images used in the scenario block?
Madeleine Steeves
Division of Campus Life
3.206 l University Place l University of Manchester l Oxford Road l Manchester | M13 9PL |
Note: I am definitely on campus on Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. I work from home on Tuesdays and Fridays and am available over email and Teams/Zoom for meetings.
Hi Madeleine! Currently, changing the character images in a Scenario block isn't supported. In addition, content library characters are not available for use on all blocks in Rise.
We are tracking requests for the ability to upload custom characters to a Scenario block and to enable content library characters to be used in more blocks that support images.
We'll post updates to this thread if this feature gets released or if we make changes that can help.
Could I see the video? It says that I'm unathorized.
I wanted to replace a standard character in a Rise scenario for the face/draw of my customer. Thanks.