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Rise 360: Create Custom Blocks
Custom block is currently in beta. Functionality may change over time. Based on feedback and feature stability, some options could be modified, and others removed. Articulate Localization isn't supported for custom blocks at this time. Need a unique block to meet your exact training needs? Custom blocks unlock fresh possibilities! Add text, objects, and media elements to a blank canvas, then drag and drop them to craft the perfect creation. Note: While custom block supports several accessibility features, some aspects are not yet fully accessible. Insert Blank or Prebuilt Templates Set up the Canvas Add Templates and Objects Manipulate Objects Format Objects Adjust Object Order and Accessibility Settings Add Interactivity (Coming Soon) Modify the Block Settings Using Keyboard Shortcuts Accessibility and Known Issues Feedback Step 1: Insert Blank or Prebuilt Templates Get started with a blank canvas or a prebuilt template. Open the block library in your training to begin. Start from Scratch Expand the Custom Block menu. Select +Blank to insert a blank canvas into your course. Click Create a Custom Block to begin. Start with a Template Expand the Custom Block menu. Choose a category, then select a template. Hover over the block and click the Content icon to personalize the template. You can also add templates to blank blocks. Follow the link for a full list of prebuilt templates. Step 2: Set Up the Canvas The canvas is where you add objects and create your custom block. Only objects placed on the canvas are visible to learners. Use the toolbar that displays to select the canvas to modify the color, border style, and overlay. You can also manually enter the canvas pixel width and height or automatically shrink the canvas to the included objects. Please note, custom blocks aren't responsive at this time. We recommend using a slightly taller canvas size so that your content remains legible on smaller screens and mobile devices. Step 3: Add Templates and Objects Once you're in the custom block editor, you can either manipulate objects in your selected template (more on that in the next section), insert a new template, or add objects. Use the search bar in the object category menu to quickly find what you need. Use the control in the lower-right corner to zoom in or out on the canvas. Templates On the left sidebar, click Templates, and then make a selection. On a blank canvas, click Use template. This inserts the canvas and all objects associated with the selected template On a populated canvas, you can also select Add to canvas. This keeps the current canvas and inserts the template objects over the existing objects. Selecting Use template on a populated canvas completely replaces the existing canvas and objects. Once inserted, the individual objects of a template can be manipulated and formatted just like any other object. You may have to ungroup or drill into objects to access all formatting options. Objects Add additional objects from the left sidebar. Text: Insert a text box with the selected text type as the default. This can be modified in the formatting toolbar. Add a hyperlink by selecting text. (Note: superscript and subscript formatting aren't available for custom block text.) Shapes and Lines: Insert a grey prebuilt shape or black prebuilt line on your canvas. For shapes: click within the shape to add text. Shape formatting options include color, corner rounding, border, shadow, and overlay. Line formatting options include color, line style, and shadow. Images: Insert an image generated with AI, an image from Content Library 360, or upload your own. Regardless of source, images have corner rounding, border, shadow, and overlay options. Crop and alt text tools are available by right-clicking on an image. Videos: Insert a video by dragging and dropping or selecting a video file to upload. If you'd like your video file to keep its specific file format and not undergo compression, you can opt out of optimization by selecting Preserve file quality. Note that this may decrease performance. Forward seeking can't be disabled for videos in custom layouts. Audio: Generate audio with AI Assistant, record your own audio, or upload an audio file with transcription to insert into your canvas. Click any of the icons to insert the object you want, then simply drag it to where you'd like it to be in the block. You can also select an object or group of objects and enter the X and Y positions in the Position toolbar menu. Step 4: Manipulate Objects You can work with objects in multiple ways. In addition to direct manipulation, right-click menu commands, formatting toolbar options, and keyboard shortcuts are available. The options available for individual objects are also easily accessible from the Objects sidebar. Change the Order The easiest way to change the order of an object on the canvas is to right-click the object and select an option from the Move menu. There are also several keyboard shortcuts for adjusting an object's placement. Align Horizontal and vertical alignment guides display as you move an object, multiple objects, or an object group. If you have other objects placed on the canvas already, you'll see vertical and horizontal alignment guides in relation to those objects as well. You can also select an object, multiple objects, or group and choose an option from the Position menu, or right-click and select an option from the Align menu. Resize You can quickly resize an object by hovering over the edge or corner and dragging in that direction. Hold the Shift key while resizing to maintain the object's aspect ratio. You can also enter the width and height values in the Position menu. Rotate Rotate objects by hovering over an object's corner. When the cursor changes to a curved arrow, click and move the cursor in the direction you want to rotate the object. You can also select an object or group and use the slider, or enter a value in the Position menu. Note that alignment guides don't appear when you’re moving rotated objects. Group Grouping is a handy way to move, resize, rotate, flip, or change other attributes of several objects all at once—as if they were a single object. To group objects, Shift+click or drag your cursor over two or more objects, then choose Group to group them. To ungroup objects, choose Ungroup. Lock Select an object or group of objects and click the lock icon in the toolbar that appears to lock their position. You can also right-click and select Lock. Duplicate Select an object or group of objects and click the duplicate icon in the toolbar that appears. You can also right-click and select Duplicate. The duplicated object or group appears slightly offset from the original and is automatically selected. Delete Select an object or group of objects and click the delete icon in the toolbar that appears. You can also press Delete or select the Delete option from the right-hand menu. Restore deleted items by pressing Ctrl+Z. Step 5: Format Objects Select an object on the canvas to access the formatting/action toolbar. Different objects have different toolbar options. The formatting toolbar for multi-selected and grouped objects reflects the available tools for the objects in the group. If a tool doesn't affect a particular object, modifying the value will have no effect on that object. Tools that are available for all objects or multiple object types will equally affect all relevant objects. For example, changing the opacity for a group overrides any individual object settings and, instead, sets the opacity for all group objects to the same value. All Objects Opacity Adjust an object's visibility. When multiple objects are selected, this value overrides any individual object's value. Position Align the object to the canvas using the available options. Rotate the object. Enter pixel values in the W and H fields to adjust the object size, using the lock icon to preserve aspect ratio. Use the X and Y fields to position objects on the canvas. Images Crop Use the drop-down menu to select an aspect ratio and crop the image accordingly. You can also use the freeform crop tool or enter specific values in the position menu. Reset to abandon changes. Lines Line Start/Line End Select from a variety of shapes to start and end the line. Line start and line end styles can be set independently. Shapes and Text Text Formatting These tools let you adjust the font type, size, and formatting, as well as the paragraph and line positioning. Shapes, Lines, and Images Change Shape Switch to a different shape. Color (Shapes only) Change the object's fill. Apply a color to the selected object using one of the following methods: Click the color you want in the Saturation and Value area. Drag the hue slider to change the dominant color of the spectrum. Use the eyedropper tool to match the color of anything visible on your screen. Just click the eyedropper, then click any color on your screen. (Chrome-based browsers only) Entering a custom color value in Hex. Choose a color from the theme color palette. Or select a color you've used in the current layout. Adjust the visibility of the color opacity with the Opacity bar under the Hue slider. Border/Stroke Change the object's border/stroke color, opacity, width, and type: solid, dashed, dotted, or no border (shapes only) Corner Rounding Use the slider or enter a specific value to change the degree of rounding for image and shape corners (does not apply to ovals). Drop Shadow Add a shadow to the selected object. Use the X and Y fields to control the position of the offset. The shadow is black by default, but you can change it in the Color menu. Opacity determines how visible the shadow is, and blur affects the sharpness of the shape. Overlay Add a color overlay to your object. The overlay is black by default, but you can change it in the Color menu. Adjust overlay opacity with the slider or enter a value. Step 6: Adjust Object Order and Accessibility Settings There are two ways to adjust the order of objects and object groups. One way affects the visual order while the other affects how accessibility tools like screen readers interact with objects in a custom block. Visual Order Select Objects in the sidebar to access controls for the canvas and all objects in your current custom block. In addition to using the combined formatting toolbar, you can easily drag and drop individual and grouped objects to adjust their visibility. You can also remove items from groups. Note that newly added objects appear at the top of this list. Focus Order Select Focus order to access a list of objects and groups in screen reader and keyboard navigation order. Items in this list can be adjusted independently of object order for accessibility purposes, but you can't remove items from groups here. Click Match visual order to reset the list to the same order as the objects list. Newly added objects appear at the bottom of this list. Add Alt Text In the focus order panel, use the Alternative text field to add alt text to any object, object group, or the canvas itself. If they don't have alt text, images, lines, and shapes without text are considered decorative and aren't announced. Step 7: Add Interactivity (Coming Soon) We're still exploring how to add interactivity to custom blocks. We'd love to hear your thoughts. Hover over Interactivity in the sidebar and click Share Feedback to let us know what interactive features would make your custom blocks even better. Step 8: Modify the Block Settings Hover over an existing block to access the left-hand design toolbar and modify the appearance of your block. Click the Style icon to access block background options. The Format menu provides options for changing the block padding and content width. Since custom blocks aren't responsive at this time, use the following values as the maximum widths for your canvas so that the block fits within the content width parameters: Large - 920px Medium - 760px Small: 520px We recommend using less padding around custom blocks for a better mobile experience. Using Keyboard Shortcuts The following keyboard shortcuts can be used on the custom block canvas. Mac/Windows Keys Function O Add circle (oval) item to canvas T Add paragraph item to canvas R Add rectangle item to canvas Cmd/Ctrl+] Bring forward ] Bring to front Delete Delete object Cmd/Ctrl+D Duplicate objects Shift+H Flip horizontally Shift+V Flip vertically Cmd/Ctrl+G Group objects Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+L Lock/Unlock Shift+Arrow Keys Move object 10px Cmd/Ctrl+Click Select object within a group Cmd/Ctrl+Y Redo Cmd/Ctrl+A Select all Cmd/Ctrl+[ Send backward [ Send to back Cmd/Ctrl+Z Undo Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+G Ungroup objects Cmd/Ctrl+0 Zoom custom block canvas to 100% Accessibility and Known Issues Accessibility We're still evaluating and improving the accessibility compliance of custom blocks at this time. In its current state, the custom block feature doesn't fully meet accessibility guidelines. Custom block templates and user-defined custom blocks don't reflow to fit different screens. This can make them hard to read on small screens or when zoomed in. Accessibility guidelines provide a reflow exception for presentation content like our custom blocks, but they can still be difficult for mobile users and people with low vision to use. To make sure your content works for everyone, test it on both a mobile device and a desktop browser zoomed to 400%, not just in preview mode. Even though it doesn't meet full compliance at this time, we encourage authors to use the accessibility tools provided to improve accessibility. Read on to learn about managing the focus order and other accessibility tips for custom blocks. Manage the Focus Order Authors have full control of how a screen reader navigates the content in custom blocks. Objects can be reordered separately from their visual stacking order to dictate the exact reading order for screen readers. Here are some guidelines to keep in mind: Shapes, lines, and images are decorative by default. They will not be announced by screen readers unless the author assigns an alternative text. Text will always be announced. This includes text inside shapes. Groups aren't announced by default, unless they’ve been given alternative text. Leaving the group without alternative text just means the group itself won't be announced as a separate item. Any meaningful object within the group (for example, text or images/shapes with alt text) will still be announced. Audio and video have predefined labels. Authors can add alternative text when additional context is helpful. But if the field is left blank, screen readers will announce the default, predefined labels as “video player” and “audio player” respectively. The custom block canvas follows the same principle as groups, audio, and video. Authors can optionally assign alternative text to the canvas or leave it blank, in which case the screen reader would move straight to the content. Accessibility Tips Ensure that all meaningful objects and groups are clearly named in the objects panel. This makes them easier to identify later and saves significant time when managing both the visual and focus order. Use correct heading levels in order with clear, descriptive titles. Keep objects organized in a logical order from the start. A well-structured objects panel makes it much easier to set the final focus order later on. Provide alternative text (alt text) for any object that's meaningful or helps convey structure. Because alt text can be added to any object in Custom Block, authors can strategically use it to communicate important visual information effectively, especially in visually rich layouts. Use the focus order panel to reorder objects independently of their order in the objects panel. Conduct manual testing with a screen reader to ensure the focus order is correct. Known Issues Articulate Localization isn't supported for custom blocks at this time. To translate custom block content, authors must use the manual translation process. Share Your Feedback We're excited about the creativity that custom block will unlock and need your help to ensure it meets the needs and expectations of all Articulate users. Your feedback will directly influence the development of custom block within Rise 360, so consider sharing your thoughts on the following topics: Uses: How are you using custom blocks? Share your creations! Bugs: Is anything not working as expected? Improvements: How could this feature be better? Insights: How does this feature benefit you and your learners? Click Beta next to Custom Blocks and select Share feedback to share your thoughts.
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Rise 360: Restore Content with Snapshots
Want to preserve versions of your training as you create drafts, collaborate with colleagues, and publish courses? The snapshots feature lets you save and restore your work with just a few clicks. Snapshots are particularly handy when you're working with collaborators. You can capture a moment in your training as it develops and then compare it against collaborator versions or restore back to it as needed. No more having to create a duplicate copy of your training! Snapshots can also come to your rescue when you accidentally delete training elements, apply updates to the wrong training, or just need a manual way to track your versions. Here's how snapshots work. Create a Snapshot Restore a Snapshot Manage the Snapshot List Step 1: Create a Snapshot When you first create a training, your snapshot history is empty. To get started, open the Snapshots menu next to the title in the upper left and click Save snapshot. Enter a name and click Save to create your first snapshot. Whenever Rise 360 detects changes, like adding or removing content, you can create a new snapshot. Just open the Snapshots menu and follow the same process. Are Snapshots Ever Automatically Created? Creating a snapshot of your training is primarily a manual process, but Rise 360 will automatically save a snapshot whenever you publish to Review 360 or Reach 360, export your training for LMS, or create/update a Quick Share link. These events show up in the snapshot history. Do Snapshots work with localized courses? Yes! Learn more about how snapshots work in multi-language Rise 360 content. Step 2: Restore a Snapshot Need to return to a previous version of your training? Open the Snapshots menu and click the Preview button for the snapshot you'd like to restore. After reviewing the content to confirm it's the version you're looking to restore, click Restore this snapshot in the upper-right corner. You can also restore a snapshot without previewing it by selecting the Restore option from the . . . menu. Step 3: Manage the Snapshot List If your snapshot list starts getting unwieldy, don’t worry. You can rename, restore, or delete snapshots by clicking the . . . menu next to the snapshot you'd like to modify and choosing the appropriate option.
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AI Assistant: Setting the Stage for AI Magic
Before diving into the course creation process, you want your authoring tool to be tailored to your specific requirements so you can focus on developing high-quality content. With features designed to streamline your workflow, AI Assistant allows you to do just that. Available only in Rise 360, AI Assistant’s AI course drafts and AI settings features boost your efficiency—setting the stage for AI magic! Get a Head Start Generative AI speeds up course creation, but not all AI tools are built for e-learning, often leading to more time fixing than creating. Thankfully, AI Assistant’s AI course drafts workflow helps you turn concepts into structured, learner-focused content with just a few clicks. The AI course drafts workflow involves four simple steps: gathering context, configuring course details, reviewing the course outline, and generating lesson drafts. The official AI course drafts user guide explains each step in more detail. Here are some tips to consider as you get started: During the first step, you can specify particular requirements when providing context, not just a description of the course content. For example, you might ask AI Assistant to write your content in a specific voice or character. In the second step, you can regenerate your Course information (topic, tone, audience, goals) by selecting any text and clicking the sparkle icon to edit with AI Assistant. To update all these fields at once, click the Edit with AI button to the right of the Course information heading, add any special instructions if needed, then click Try again. Similarly, you can manually edit each field or use Edit with AI next to the Learning objectives heading to update all learning objectives at once. To update both the Course information and Learning Objectives at the same time, use the global Edit with AI button in the upper right. Just like in the second step, you can ask AI Assistant for writing help when reviewing and refining the generated course outline. Remember, AI Assistant generates content in between steps, but you can always click Stop and go back to return to a previous step. And if you go back to update your input in the previous steps, the global Edit with AI button shows a pulsing blue dot to remind you of the option to regenerate the content. After generating a course draft, you can easily return to the workflow by navigating to the AI Assistant menu on the course overview page and clicking Return to AI Outline. When reviewing your inputs from the Create course with AI view, click on the tabs at the top or use the navigation buttons at the bottom to quickly switch between steps. Need to leave your course drafting process? Don’t worry—AI Assistant will remember your progress during the first three steps and resume where you left off once you come back. Canceling the process while AI Assistant is still creating lesson drafts will also delete lessons that have already been generated. Keep Any Documents Handy As a course author, you probably start gathering assets and reference materials right after choosing a topic and writing an outline. While you can now generate content from scratch using AI, you may also want to create courses based on existing documents. You can import source documents to use as a reference whenever you want to generate new content using AI Assistant. But instead of uploading reference materials each time, you can keep them all in one place by uploading them in the Source content tab of the AI settings window before you start. Access AI settings from the AI Assistant dropdown menu in the upper right. Drag and drop files into the Source content tab or click Choose file to upload them. Supported file types and limitations are listed in the following table. Content Type File Extension File Size Limit Character Limit Portable Document Format .pdf 1 GB 200k Microsoft Word .doc , .docx Microsoft PowerPoint .ppt , .pptx Text .text , .txt Captions .vtt , .srt , .sbv , .sub Storyline 360 .story Audio .mp3 , .wav , .m4a Video .mp4 , .webm , .ogg Website URL — — Tips: For PDF, Word, PowerPoint, and Storyline 360 source documents, AI Assistant only references extractable text. Images, audio, and video are not included. To use an existing Rise 360 course as source content, export the course to PDF, then upload the resulting file. Audio and video files are transcribed and then processed like caption files, so it’s faster if you just upload a caption file. Only text-based content contained in publicly accessible URLs is supported. Website URLs that require authentication, block crawlers, redirect to inaccessible content, or sit behind paywalls will not work. While there’s no hard limit on how many files you can upload to use as source content for AI Assistant, we recommend uploading only what you need for faster processing. If you don’t have entire files as reference, you can also copy and paste content from the source into the text box provided.
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Rise 360: How to Use Code Block
Want to offer deeper, richer experiences to your learners? Create code-based projects directly in Rise 360 with code block. Develop interactive tools and demos with an in-app code editor, or upload your own completed projects. Not sure where to start? Check out this training for inspiration, or read on to try it yourself. Insert a Code Block Modify the Block Settings Accessibility and Known Issues Note: Code blocks can only use the resources available in the block itself, and what’s written affects only that block’s environment. Code written in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript works best for custom code blocks. Step 1: Insert a Code Block Open a Rise 360 course, then edit an existing lesson or create a new one. Select All Blocks from the blocks shortcut bar. Or, click the insert block icon (+) that appears when you mouse over a boundary between blocks. From the sidebar, choose the Code category. Select an option depending on how you've compiled your code project. Click Add code to enter and edit code directly. Changes you make are reflected in real time. Click Upload project to upload a ZIP file that meets the following criteria: Includes a core project file named index.html that contains the code for your project. It can't be named anything else. This file can't be in a folder and must be at the root level of your file Includes all assets for your project, including source files such as images Isn't larger than 5 GB When the block displays, click the action button or hover over the block to access the left-hand design toolbar. Then, click the Content icon. In the sidebar, add your code or upload your zipped project. In the Add code block, use the search/replace, copy, and delete icons to quickly make changes to your entire code block. In the Upload project block, use the delete icon to clear out the currently uploaded ZIP file. Your project will run immediately once added to Rise 360. Note: Code blocks included in training published for LMS or web export can't be previewed locally but will display as expected when uploaded to your training host. Completion Parameters To ensure learners complete a code block activity before proceeding, set completion parameters for your code block. With the following steps completed, continue blocks recognize when learners have completed the activity within the block. Either edit the content of an existing code block or add a new block. Enable the Set completion requirements toggle. Copy the code snippet that displays: window.parent.postMessage({ type: 'complete' }, '*'); Paste the code into the code window or into your existing project. For existing upload project blocks, you'll need to re-import your project after adding the completion code snippet. That's it! Now Rise 360 continue blocks will recognize when the code block activity has been completed. Note: Activating the completion toggle and including a completion-based continue block without including the code snippet in your project will block learners from continuing the training. Inspiration Gallery Both blocks have one-click access to our tutorial course with sample projects. Take a look and see what's possible, then build your own based on the provided code and assets! Just click the Need help getting started? button to check it out. Vibe Coding If you use a third-party LLM to generate code (also known as "vibe coding"), use the following as your prompt template to ensure enhanced compatibility with Rise 360. Replace the text in square brackets with your own content. Create an `index.html` file that can contain HTML, CSS, and JavaScript and doesn't include external web requests This `index.html` file will be used inside an `<iframe>` In the `index.html` file, create [describe your project], give it a transparent background Encode that once [describe completion parameters], the application should call `window.parent.postMessage({ type: 'complete' }, '*');` to let the parent window know that the interaction has been completed Step 2: Modify the Block Settings Modify how your content looks on the screen by hovering over an existing block to access the left-hand design toolbar. Click the Style icon to access block background options. The Format menu provides options for changing the block padding, content width, and max height of the block. Accessibility and Known Issues Accessibility Code block accessibility is determined by the accessibility of the HTML code it contains. Check out these tips for making your code block accessible: Write code that is aligned with WCAG 2.2 standards. Use semantic HTML whenever possible. It provides built-in accessibility and reduces the need for custom code. Use screen readers, keyboard navigation, and zoom features to test your course. Double-check that learners can follow updates and have enough time to respond or explore content. Use an accessibility checker plug-in such as axe DevTools provided by Deque or the Wave accessibility checker to verify your code. Looking for more accessibility design tips? Check out the following resources: Rise 360: How to Design an Accessible Course Accessibility Index Known Issues Currently, code blocks have the following known issues: Publishing your training to PDF doesn't produce a one-to-one reproduction of code block content. Automatic translation with Articulate Localization isn't supported. However, you can manually insert language-specific code blocks after translation.
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AI Assistant: Using Magic Text Import to Transform Existing Content
Turning content from a separate document into an interactive block used to require copying and pasting paragraph by paragraph. Now, with AI Assistant, you can simply copy and paste your content into the Magic Text Import dialog box. Your content is automatically arranged into a process block, accordion, or tabs interaction—while your original wording stays intact. Available only in Rise 360, magic text import can be accessed from the AI Assistant menu in the upper right or from the AI Blocks menu within the block library. Please note that importing media such as images, audio, and video is currently unavailable as we continue to improve this AI Assistant feature. While magic text import can save you a ton of time, you’ll get the best results if you follow some simple conventions when formatting your source document. Read on to see examples of some formatting Do’s and Don’ts. Process Blocks To get a process block complete with an intro, steps, and a summary, organize your source content by paragraphs with headings. The table below shows the formatting that gives the best results. Do: Use Paragraphs with Heading Labels Intro: Cake Baking Process Baking a cake is a delightful and rewarding experience that combines creativity with culinary skills. Whether for a special occasion or just a treat for yourself, following the right steps ensures a delicious outcome. Step 1: Gather Ingredients Start by gathering all necessary ingredients: flour, sugar, eggs, butter, baking powder, and vanilla extract. Make sure to measure them accurately for the best results. Step 2: Mix the Batter In a mixing bowl, cream the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Add the eggs one at a time, mixing well after each addition. Gradually incorporate the flour and baking powder, followed by the vanilla extract, until the batter is smooth. Step 3: Bake the Cake Pour mixed batter into a greased pan and place into a preheated oven. The cake is done when a toothpick inserted in the cake comes out clean. Summary: Enjoy Your Delicious Treat In conclusion, baking a cake involves gathering ingredients, mixing them properly, and following a systematic approach. With practice, anyone can master the art of cake baking and enjoy the delicious results. Some formatting conventions tend to produce unexpected or less satisfactory results and should be avoided. For example, skipping paragraph breaks—as shown in the table below—may result in a process block with empty steps or an incorrect summary. Don’t: Skip Paragraph Breaks Intro: Cake Baking Process - Baking a cake is a delightful and rewarding experience that combines creativity with culinary skills. Whether for a special occasion or just a treat for yourself, following the right steps ensures a delicious outcome. Labeling paragraphs with markers like “description”—as the table below demonstrates—may result in repetition within your process block. Don’t: Label Paragraphs Intro: Cake Baking Process Description: Baking a cake is a delightful and rewarding experience that combines creativity with culinary skills. Whether for a special occasion or just a treat for yourself, following the right steps ensures a delicious outcome. Finally, using list numbers or bullets in your process steps—as the below example shows—may cause AI Assistant to make every item a process step, with no introduction or summary. Don’t: Use Bullets or Numbers Gather Ingredients: Flour Sugar Eggs Butter Baking powder Vanilla extract Make sure to measure them accurately for the best results. Accordion and Tabs Interactions For accordion and tabs blocks, AI Assistant turns headings into titles and the corresponding paragraphs into related content. Organize your source content by paragraphs with headings for best results. If you don’t provide a heading, AI Assistant will generate titles based on the content. However, if you skip the headings and format the paragraphs as a bullet or numbered list, the content may not import correctly. The below table offers a side-by-side comparison of formatting Do’s and Don’ts for the best results when using magic text import to create accordion and tabs interactions. Do: Use Paragraphs Headings Don’t: Skip headings and format the paragraphs as a bullet or numbered list Various Breeds of Cats Various breeds of cats have distinct characteristics and traits. From the sleek Siamese to the fluffy Maine Coon, they come in a wide range of sizes, colors, and temperaments. Known for their agility and hunting skills, cats often display playful antics. Their ability to purr and knead with their paws adds to their charm, creating a soothing presence that many find comforting. Physical Attributes and Behaviors Cats exhibit a variety of behaviors that reflect their unique personalities. The energetic Bengal enjoys interactive play, while the laid-back Ragdoll prefers lounging and being pampered. Understanding these traits can help potential cat owners choose a breed that aligns with their lifestyle. Bond Between Cats and Humans The bond between cats and humans can be incredibly rewarding. Many cat owners find joy in the companionship their feline friends provide. Cats sense their owner's emotions and often offer comfort during stressful times, further enhanced by playful interactions and affectionate behaviors, making them beloved members of many households. 1. Various breeds of cats have distinct characteristics and traits. From the sleek Siamese to the fluffy Maine Coon, they come in a wide range of sizes, colors, and temperaments. Known for their agility and hunting skills, cats often display playful antics. Their ability to purr and knead with their paws adds to their charm, creating a soothing presence that many find comforting. 2. Cats exhibit a variety of behaviors that reflect their unique personalities. The energetic Bengal enjoys interactive play, while the laid-back Ragdoll prefers lounging and being pampered. Understanding these traits can help potential cat owners choose a breed that aligns with their lifestyle. 3. The bond between cats and humans can be incredibly rewarding. Many cat owners find joy in the companionship their feline friends provide. Cats sense their owner's emotions and often offer comfort during stressful times, further enhanced by playful interactions and affectionate behaviors, making them beloved members of many households. Pro tip: Stuck coming up with a title? AI Assistant’s block editing feature can shorten the first sentence of each paragraph to create a title for your accordion or tabs blocks.
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Rise 360: Preview Content
Preview Rise 360 content at any time to see how it looks. It’s simple, responsive, interactive, and contextual. Simple Click the Preview button in the upper right corner of the editor to switch to preview mode. When you’re done, click Edit to exit preview mode and return to the editor. Responsive Click the device icons in the upper right corner to see how your course looks on computers, tablets, and smartphones. It’s fully responsive and adapts to each screen size and orientation beautifully without any extra work. Interactive Click through features, such as labeled graphic markers and accordion interactions, in the same way learners will experience them. Contextual For courses, if you’re on the course outline when you preview, you’ll see the entire course. If you’re editing a lesson when you preview, you’ll only see that lesson. For microlearning, you'll see the entire training.
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Rise 360: Get Started with AI Assistant
Maximize productivity with AI Assistant, an AI information and automation tool now seamlessly integrated into Rise 360. Generate content and images, refine existing content, and more. Getting started is quick and easy. Keep reading to discover how to access AI Assistant and how it can help you at the course overview level. When you’re ready, learn how to use AI Assistant to create content in lessons. Then, check out some tips to help you get the most out of AI Assistant. Did you know AI Assistant is also available in Storyline 360? Check out the Storyline 360 user guide to learn more. Access AI Assistant Adjust Training-wide Settings Manage AI Assistant Access Access AI Assistant When you open a Rise 360 course or microlearning, click the AI Assistant button in the upper right corner to display the AI Assistant menu. AI Assistant button inactive or you don't see it at all? If features on the AI Assistant button aren't active, then your Articulate 360 Teams administrator has disabled AI Assistant on the Teams dashboard. If you don't see the AI Assistant button at all, the feature is unavailable for your account. Contact your Articulate 360 Teams administrator for assistance. Features are grouped together based on the section of training to which they apply. The options at the bottom of the menu are available at any time. Simply click an active option to get started. Adjust Training-wide Settings Click AI Settings to access training-wide settings and upload source content. Click Done when you're finished adjusting your settings. These settings apply to the current training only. You can access AI Settings from anywhere in your training. Source Content Drag and drop or click Choose files to upload source content for AI Assistant to use in the current training. Check out the table in this article for a list of supported file types and limitations. Once your files have been uploaded, you can select one or more of them whenever AI Assistant prompts you to specify source content. When uploading source content, a dynamic status message appears under each item and on the lower right of the page if the process takes longer than expected. Green checkmarks appear next to successfully analyzed files that are ready for use. To delete a source, hover over the title and click the trash icon that appears. You can also manage this list wherever source content is used. Manage AI Assistant Access Admins can turn AI Assistant off for all team members from the Articulate 360 Teams Dashboard. The AI Assistant button still displays in Rise 360 and Storyline 360 but the features aren't functional. To disable and hide Articulate 360 AI features completely, please reach out to Support. We'll be glad to help. Need more information? Check out our FAQs to quickly find answers to common questions, or dive into our tips to get the most out of AI Assistant.
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Rise 360: Manually Translate Your Content
This article covers the process of manually translating Rise 360 content into left-to-right languages using XLIFF exports and imports. This method is best suited for single-language translation. Articulate Localization, available as a subscription add-on, allows for seamless creation of multi-language courses within Rise 360. Learn more by visiting the Articulate Localization user guide, or contact our sales team to learn how you can add Articulate Localization to your subscription. Read on for the manual process. Duplicate Your Content Export the Content as an XLIFF File Import Translated Text Translate Your Labels Translate Training into Multiple Languages Step 1: Duplicate Your Content The first step in the manual process is to duplicate the content you want to translate. The duplicate you create is used for the translated version. On the Rise 360 dashboard, hover over the content you want to translate and click the ellipses icon that appears. Select Duplicate. Enter a name for the duplicate content. (We recommend using the original course title, appended with the language code, such as “fr” for French.) Then, click Duplicate to confirm. The duplicate content appears at the top of your Rise 360 dashboard. Note that you'll need to create a duplicate for every language you want to translate your training into. Alternatively, with Articulate Localization, you can translate your content into 80+ languages (including right-to-left languages) and manage all language versions as a single project stack, right from the Rise 360 dashboard. Step 2: Export the Content as an XLIFF File Open the duplicate content you created in the previous step. Click the Settings icon in the upper toolbar. On the Translations tab, expand Traditional XLIFF Translation. If you're following this guide, skip Steps 1 and 2. Under Step 3, if you don’t need to preserve formatting you’ve applied to your text, deselect Include HTML formatting. This exports your content in easy-to-translate blocks of text. However, it doesn’t contain the coding necessary to maintain any formatting you’ve applied to that content. Enter the source language in the Set source course language code field if it's something other than U.S. English (en-us). As you type, a list of available language codes appears. Click Export XLIFF File and save the file to your computer. Edit your exported XLIFF file with a web app, computer program, or professional translation service. If Include HTML formatting was selected, you'll see additional HTML tags and extra spaces in your exported XLIFF file. These are there to preserve your formatting when you import your translated file. Please note that question banks aren't translated when using the manual XLIFF export process. Questions drawn from question banks included in knowledge checks and quizzes are displayed in their original language. To translate question banks, add Articulate Localization to your subscription. Tip: Rise 360 uses XLIFF version 1.2. Step 3: Import Translated Text Once you've translated your content, import the file back into Rise 360. Open the duplicate content. Click the Settings icon in the upper right corner. On the Translations tab, expand Traditional XLIFF Translation. Under Import, click Import Translated Text. Select your translated XLIFF file and click Open. A message displays when your text is successfully imported. Why am I seeing an error? If you see an error message that says the “Translation file doesn’t match this content,” make sure you’re in the content from which you originally exported your XLIFF file. The XLIFF file is content-specific, so it can't be exported from one piece of content and imported into another. If you see a different error, the XLIFF file may be incomplete or corrupt. Download a fresh copy of the file and try again. Where did my formatting go? If you deselected Include HTML formatting in step 2, any formatting you applied to your content prior to importing the translated file is not retained. Let us know if you have any questions. We’re happy to help! Step 4: Translate Your Labels Once your content has been translated, translate your buttons and other built-in navigational elements. Click Settings in the upper right corner. Select the Labels tab. Follow the instructions in this article. Note: In order for the correct language to be assigned to your training so that assistive technologies can communicate the content with the correct presentation and pronunciation, labels must use the same ISO language code as your translated content. Translate Training into Multiple Languages For multiple-language training, we recommend Articulate Localization. Not only does it provide a streamlined experience for translating training into multiple languages, but it also offers a deep set of features custom-built for your translation needs. Contact our sales team to learn more.
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Rise 360: Use Your Dashboard to Manage Content
Create fully responsive e-learning content with Rise 360, an easy-to-use web app included with your Articulate 360 subscription. There’s nothing to install, so you can get started right away. U.S. and EU creators access Rise 360 by signing in to https://articulate.com and clicking Rise 360 on the navigation bar at the top of the screen. (Click here for a list of supported web browsers.) Note: Rise 360 users can collaborate with and send copies of courses to other Rise 360 users in the same regional data center. However, Rise 360 users can’t collaborate with or send copies of courses to Rise 360 users in a different regional data center. Learn more about our EU data center. Let’s explore the Rise 360 dashboard. Check out the video below for a guided walkthrough. Then take a look at the following image and refer to the table below to learn about each feature for managing Rise 360 content. Click image to view larger Header Feature/Location Description Switch Apps Switch to another app—collaborate with stakeholders in Review 360, take and manage training in Reach 360 (if available), register for Articulate 360 Training webinars, or return to your Articulate 360 dashboard. Edit Your Account and Update Your Profile Click your avatar to edit your account, update your profile settings, or sign out of Articulate 360. Select Deliverable Type The Content tab is selected by default. Click Question Banks to access your and your team's question repositories. Change the Layout View your content tiles in the default grid layout or switch to list view. Search Quickly find created or shared content by entering the title and pressing the enter key. Change the Sort Order Sort content by date or alphabetically by title. Rise 360 remembers your choice the next time you open your dashboard. Filter by Content Type View all types of content or filter to see only courses or microlearning content. Filter by Owner In a folder with team or shared content, filter content by author. Left Sidebar Feature/Location Description Create New Click to create a new Rise 360 course or microlearning. All Content See all your training, including content you're working on with other team members. Shared With Me Quickly access training on which you're a collaborator. My Shortcuts Bookmark private and team content you don't want to lose track of and organize it into folders. Private Work on content you aren't collaborating on with other team members. Create folders and subfolders to organize your content. Team Work on content you're collaborating on with your team or that's been shared with you. Move content to folders so it's easier to find and modify share permissions to manage content collaborators. External Connections (if available) Work on content with teams outside of your organization in the same regional data center. Deleted View recently deleted content and restore it or delete it forever. Main Dashboard Feature/Location Description Content Tiles As you use Rise 360, a new tile appears for each piece of content you create. Each tile displays the cover photo, title, lesson count, and last modified date. Articulate 360 Teams subscribers who collaborate on content will also see the owner's avatar on the course tile. Click a tile to open the content for editing and previewing. Learn more about creating new content Learn more about previewing content Hover over a tile, then click the ellipsis that appears to see options for managing the content. Tip: Collaborators' options depend on their role. Only course owners can delete content. Collaborators can remove themselves. Not every option appears for every piece of content. Reach 360 badge Conveniently tell at a glance if content is published to Reach 360 and if it's live or offline. Go to the current file location If viewing a shortcut, click to jump to the actual location of the content. Publish Quickly deploy content with Quick Share, publish content for Reach 360 (if available), or export your training for LMS distribution, web hosting, or PDF download. Only the course owner and course managers can publish content.) Send a Copy Send the source file to other Rise 360 creators. Only the course owner and course managers can send a copy of the content. If a creator sends a copy of the content back to you later, a new copy is added to your Rise 360 dashboard. Duplicate Duplicate existing content when you want to translate it or create new content with the same layout. Only the course owner and course managers can duplicate content. Move Organize content in folders so it's easier to find. You can also move content to a team folder to share it with other team members. You can move several items at once with multi-select. Share Add content editors and managers as collaborators. Delete Once deleted, content can be restored or permanently deleted from the Deleted folder. You can delete several items at once with multi-select. Only the course owner can delete and restore content. Collaborators can remove themselves. Add/Remove Shortcut In private or team folders, add content to or remove it from My Shortcuts. In My Shortcuts, move or remove content. Content Count Displays the total number of projects in your dashboard and the current range you're viewing. Only 16 tiles are displayed per page. Pagination Use this bar to quickly jump to another page of content or navigate with the Next and Previous buttons.
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AI Assistant: Creating, Refining, and Converting Blocks
Blank page problem? Not when you have AI Assistant! You don’t need to start from scratch because you can now easily generate, edit, and convert blocks in seconds. Our human-centered AI block generation process works with you to draft your content, ensuring that you stay in control every step of the way. Available only in Rise 360, AI Assistant’s block generation, block editing, and quick block conversion features can be accessed in multiple ways. Find them in the AI Assistant menu in the upper right, the block formatting menu on the left when you hover over a block, the shortcuts bar at the bottom, and within the block library. Are you ready to get started? Here are some tips for using these block generation features to enhance your course creation process. Create New Blocks from Scratch Refine Existing Blocks Convert Existing Blocks to Another Type Supported Blocks Create New Blocks from Scratch Spend less time putting your thoughts into words—just pick a block to generate. Enter a topic, select reference materials, and let AI Assistant draft the content. Use custom prompts to guide AI Assistant in revising and polishing your draft. When you’re happy with the final copy, click Insert block and see your new block appear. It couldn't be easier! Use Source Content and Specify a Topic You can upload source documents in AI settings or when creating a new block and select them as a reference. AI Assistant uses the content in those documents whenever you generate new content. If you don’t have full files to upload, you can copy and paste content from external sources. The topic you specify guides AI Assistant in narrowing down the content from your source documents. This is especially useful when you have multiple source documents. If you specify a topic that isn't in your selected reference material—existing lessons or source documents—AI Assistant can also generate content using general knowledge. For best results when specifying a topic, try asking AI Assistant to: Focus on a particular subject within the source material. For example, you could say, “Focus on strawberries” when working with a source document about fruit. Focus on a specific section. For instance, “Focus on chapter two” ” when working with a source document with multiple chapters. Write in a particular order using specific source documents. For example, “Write an overview of all my source docs, write an introduction about fruit, write a conclusion about fruit.” AI Assistant also generates relevant topic suggestions when you select source documents. These are displayed above the prompt input box as quick-action buttons. Outline Your Content When creating a list or interactive block, AI Assistant generates an outline before drafting the content. For a sorting activity block, AI Assistant brainstorms the categories after you choose the topic and select the block type. You can then click one from the list or enter one of your own. This particular step gives you a bird’s-eye view of the main topics covered in your block, letting you arrange the main content and structure of your block. Focus on big-picture items like what topics to cover, what order the content will appear in, and how content will be separated into different sections of the block. Polish Your Draft In the final step of the block generation process, AI Assistant shares a full block draft. Now you get to collaborate with AI Assistant to finalize the copy for your block. You can task AI Assistant with doing just about anything here—changing the tone, target audience, format, or topics. Or, get creative! Try asking AI Assistant to: Add scenarios or examples Add pros and cons Add key takeaways Simplify or paraphrase Add more or less text Bold key terms Add emojis Add bulleted lists Note that AI Assistant doesn't support generating media such as images, audio, and video within generated blocks. While AI Assistant is designed to adhere to your topic and source materials, always check for accuracy. AI can't read your mind! It follows instructions but can struggle with context or knowledge gaps and may generate incorrect information. Before clicking Insert block, double-check the output. And if you’ve already inserted the block but want to make changes, use the write and edit inline or block editing features. You can also provide quick feedback to help improve AI Assistant without disrupting your workflow. Use the simple thumbs-up or thumbs-down feedback tool on the right. Clicking the thumbs-up icon means you like the content AI Assistant generated. Clicking the thumbs-down icon indicates you dislike it and gives you specific options for adding context to your feedback, including the opportunity to write your own comments. Our engineering team will review your feedback and use it to improve AI Assistant for everyone. Refine Existing Blocks In addition to generating new content, AI Assistant makes editing existing content easier than ever with its block editing feature. Use custom prompts to set the tone as more casual or professional, or target a specific audience by simplifying the language or adding technical terms. You can also shorten or lengthen content, or even completely change the topic. Since editing a block allows you to interact with AI Assistant using custom prompts, experiment and have fun! Remember, though, that AI Assistant rejects malicious requests and automatically blocks offensive content. After refining your content, choose to replace the original or insert the modified block below it to compare changes. Convert Existing Blocks to Another Type Want to see how your content would look in a different block? That used to mean tedious copy-pasting from one block into another. But with AI Assistant’s quick block conversion feature, you can convert an existing block into a different type in a flash. Turn a static list block into an interactive flashcard in just two clicks, or condense interactive blocks into a statement or a paragraph block. When converting blocks, AI Assistant retains as much of the original content as possible. AI Assistant maps the content between the two block types to retain content and generates new content only when necessary. In the case of blocks with a different structure, such as a paragraph block and a process block, AI Assistant treats the original block as the source to generate content for the new block. Supported Blocks The following tables provide a quick rundown of all supported block types that can be generated, edited, or converted with AI Assistant. Block Generation Type Default variant Paragraph Paragraph with heading Statement Statement B List Numbered list Accordion Tab Process Sorting Sorting activity Flashcard Flashcard grid Table Timeline Block Editing Type Exceptions All list blocks All text blocks Heading, Subheading All interactive blocks Labeled graphic, Scenario, Button, Button stack, Storyline Block Conversion Original block Target block All text blocks Statement B, Numbered list, Sorting, Flashcard, Accordion, Tabs, Process, Knowledge Check, Table, Timeline All list blocks Paragraph with heading, Statement B, Sorting, Flashcard, Accordion, Tabs, Process, Knowledge Check, Table, Timeline Statement B Paragraph with heading, Numbered list, Sorting, Flashcard, Accordion, Tabs, Process, Knowledge Check, Table, Timeline Accordion Paragraph with heading, Statement B, Numbered list, Sorting, Flashcard, Process, Knowledge Check, Table, Timeline Tabs Paragraph with heading, Statement B, Numbered list, Sorting, Flashcard, Process, Knowledge Check, Table, Timeline Process Paragraph with heading, Statement B, Numbered list, Sorting, Flashcard, Accordion, Tabs, Knowledge Check, Table, Timeline Sorting Paragraph with heading, Statement B, Numbered list, Process, Flashcard, Accordion, Tabs, Knowledge Check, Table, Timeline Flashcard Paragraph with heading, Statement B, Numbered list, Process, Sorting, Accordion, Tabs, Knowledge Check, Table, Timeline Timeline Paragraph with heading, Statement B, Numbered list, Process, Sorting, Accordion, Tabs, Knowledge Check, Table Video Tutorials Want to learn more before getting started? Check out our video tutorials for additional guidance on using AI Assistant to generate, edit, and convert blocks. Generate blocks with AI Assistant Edit and convert blocks with AI Assistant Articulate 360 Training also has additional video tutorials on using other AI Assistant features. Use AI Assistant features in Rise 360 Use AI Assistant features in Storyline 360 You must be logged in to your Articulate 360 account to watch the videos. Don’t have an account yet? Sign up for a free trial now!
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