Best tool to convert a massive training manual?
Aug 15, 2018
By
Michael Wood
At our company, we have this huge Manager's Training manual, about 300 pages or more. There is a lot of static information, but there are also pages where the trainee fills out forms, such as phone numbers or reflections on the day's training. So, in effect, that huge printed manual becomes individualized to the learner, although all the manuals start off the same. It functions more like a giant workbook.
If I wanted to convert this huge thing to Articulate, what do you think is the best tool for the job? Can Rise handle all that content? And if so, can Rise keep track of an individual's progress in the LMS where it functions like a workbook the student can come back to and pick up where they left off?
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I just thought about breaking the book up into sections, like Week 1 and Week 2, and making each of those a separate Rise course. But the questions remains, can it function in the LMS where it remembers various answers the student generated? For example, I might set up a quiz as an open-ended question and ask how things went that day. Will that answer remain if the user logs out of the LMS and comes back into the course?
I'm curious about this as well, esp. the import function... Any chance that rise will eventually be able to import word or PDF files, with lesson brakes associated with H1 headers?
Hey there, Michael. Rise would be a great way to convert your static information to a clean, engaging course. We've got a nice feature article about deciding between Storyline and Rise for different projects.
The one challenge would be open-ended questions. Currently, Storyline might be a better fit to track learners' open-ended input since it takes advantage of text entry variables that can be remembered across the course, and if learners resume the course later.
I'm excited to see what other input you get from the community!
Hey Michael. Thanks, as always, for your thoughts! ☺️
Nothing on the roadmap at this point, but we love hearing new ideas. In the meantime, we're happy to help you on the road to transforming your text-based content to something fresh and gripping for your learners!
Hi Crystal, it would be good to get that on the road map. I think that for a lot of us with existing print/pdf material convincing our bosses to make a switch to Rise would be difficult if it had to be cut and pasted manually
Thanks for sharing your use-case Cameron. I've shared a feature request with our team on your behalf :)
Thanks. I know that doing it automatically would be difficult, you'd have to write detection for bullet list etc, but it would really make the selling job to my president a lot easier.
Does rise have this functionality to save the learners progress yet?
Hi Melissa,
Yes - when imported into an LMS, Rise 360 will resume where the learner left off.
Let me know if you have any other questions.
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