Rise 360: Manage Course Media

While text often forms the backbone of a Rise 360 course, adding multimedia can really make your training content shine.

You can easily add images, audio, and video directly into many Rise blocks or in their own special blocks. Adding web content can enhance your training even more. Keep reading for tips on working with multimedia content.

• Images
• Audio
• Videos
• Web Content

Images

In addition to image blocks, many other Rise 360 blocks also support adding images. Depending on the lesson or block type you’re using, click the camera icon or the Add Images button. Sometimes it’s found in the main window; other times it’s accessible in the sidebar via the content menu.

Upload images from your computer or search photos and illustrations from 14+ million assets in Content Library 360.

Since Rise 360 compresses images with virtually no loss of quality, you can use high-quality images in your courses. Rise optimizes them for web distribution.

After adding an image, click Edit to remove it, replace it, or add alternative text for screen readers.

Audio 

In labeled graphic, process, and timeline blocks, click the Record Audio microphone icon, then click either Start Recording or Upload a file.

You can also add a multimedia audio block on its own. Click Edit to open the sidebar. Choose either Upload or Start Recording.

The maximum file size for each audio file you upload to Rise 360 is 5 GB.

After adding audio, click Edit to remove or replace it.

Mac Users: Safari must be updated to the latest version for audio recording support. Alternately, use Google Chrome or Firefox when you need to record narration in Rise 360.

Videos

In addition to video blocks, several other blocks support video content. Where available, click the media folder icon and choose Upload media. Sometimes the icon is in the main window; sometimes it’s in the sidebar.

For best results, we recommend using high-quality videos with a 16:9 aspect ratio. Rise 360 compresses videos so they maintain high quality while offering smaller file sizes for web distribution. The maximum file size for each video uploaded to Rise 360 is 5 GB.

After adding a video, click Edit to remove or replace it.

Tip: You can also import screencasts you create with Replay 360 and Peek 360.

Web Content

To add web content in blocks that support embedded media, click the media folder icon and choose Embed from web. Sometimes the icon is in the main window; sometimes it’s in the sidebar.

Just paste the URL or embed code for the web content you want to use—for example, a YouTube video or an interactive graphic. You can even use parameters for embedded YouTube and Vimeo videos. 

Note: Videos in embedded web content don't pause when the learner switches to another tab or scrolls away from the content. To enable auto-pause, you must upload the video as a file, as detailed in the previous section.

We use Embedly to embed rich media in Rise 360 courses. That means you can use videos, images, documents, and other media from more than 400 content providers, including YouTube, Vimeo, Instagram, and Scribd. See the complete list of supported content providers here.

If an error occurs or your web content doesn’t display, see these articles for tips:

• Embedded Content Is Missing or Blank
• How to Fix Invalid Embed Code