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156 TopicsWhat happened at Bluff Creek?
Hello! This week, I used Rise's new Custom Block to add extra layers to this microlearning mystery. Can you solve the mystery of what happened at Bluff Creek? As this Beta feature is not yet fully accessible, I needed to hardcode the captions into the videos I used in the Custom Blocks. Otherwise, it was very easy to angle the videos and combine them with shapes, images, and text, to create 'interactive collages' in the Custom Block. Bonus feature I've used Fire Mods from Discover eLearning to add a custom reflection block to the course. (ChrisHodgson is a genius!) This allows you to jot down your hunch during the investigation, and then refer back to your notes before the final reveal. Just like Columbo would. The voice of 'Annie' is 'River' from Storyline 360's AI Text-to-Speech. I exported the audio files and added the tinny tape recorder effect in Audacity. The audiovisual elements were made using CCO footage from Unsplash, with a dash of Synthesia, edited in Camtasia. Then I mixed it all together in Rise and... voila! One half-baked mystery. Can you piece together the events of Tuesday, 13th July, 1976?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. 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 and Focus Order Add Interactivity (Coming Soon) Modify the Block Settings Using Keyboard Shortcuts Accessibility and Compatibility 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: Insert a grey prebuilt shape on your canvas. Click within the shape to add text. Shape formatting options include color, corner rounding, border, shadow, and overlay. 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. 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 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 Change the object's border style: solid, dashed, dotted, or no border. 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 and Focus 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. 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. 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 Compatibility 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. Though accessibility guidelines provide a reflow exception for presentation content like our custom block, 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. Custom blocks aren't supported in Rise.com. Any training exported to Rise.com must have custom block layouts removed. 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.6.1KViews38likes0CommentsRise 360: Outline a Course with Section Headers and Lesson Titles
Before you can add content to a Rise 360 course, you need to outline the course with lesson titles, and you can organize lessons into sections. In this user guide, you’ll learn how to outline a course. A course must have at least one lesson, and there’s no limit to the number of lessons you can add. The outline, or menu, you create with section headers and lesson titles appears on the cover page for your course, and it's also available in the sidebar as learners work through the course content. Learners can collapse and expand sections in the sidebar to hide lesson titles and see the overall structure of the course. (Tip: Learners can show or hide the sidebar by clicking the hamburger icon (☰) in the upper left corner of the course.) Add Sections and Lessons Rearrange Sections and Lessons Rename Sections and Lessons Delete Sections and Lessons Duplicate Lessons Copy Lessons to Other Courses Change Lesson Icons Add Content to Lessons Quick Switch to Another Lesson Add Sections and Lessons Type a section header or lesson title in the Add a lesson title placeholder, then press Shift+Enter to make it a section header or just press Enter to make it a lesson title. To insert a new section or lesson between existing items, click the divider where you want to add it (a plus sign will appear as you hover over it). A placeholder will be inserted between the two items where you can type a section header or lesson title. Rearrange Sections and Lessons It’s easy to rearrange sections and lessons. Just drag them up or down the list and drop them where you want them to appear. Rename Sections and Lessons To rename a section or lesson, simply click the title and type a new one. Your changes will be saved immediately. Delete Sections and Lessons To delete a section header or an empty lesson, hover over it and click the garbage bin icon that appears. If a lesson already has content, hover over it, click the ellipsis that appears, then choose Delete. When you delete a section header or lesson, an undo option will temporarily display in the lower left corner of the screen in case you change your mind. Click Undo to restore it. Duplicate Lessons You can duplicate a lesson when you need a similar lesson structure and just need to swap out content. Hover over the lesson, click the ellipsis that appears, and choose Duplicate. The duplicated lesson will appear immediately below the original lesson in your course outline. Copy Lessons to Other Courses You can reuse existing content and create courses faster by copying lessons across courses. (Click here for a demo video.) In the course outline, hover over the lesson you want to copy, click the ellipsis that appears, and choose Copy to another course. When the course selector appears, click the course to which you want to copy the lesson. You'll see a confirmation message in the lower left corner stating that the lesson was successfully copied. Click the View button to jump directly to the course where the lesson was copied. The copied lesson will appear at the bottom of the outline in the new course. You can change the order by dragging the lesson to another location in the outline. Change Lesson Icons Each lesson that has content also has an icon associated with it. The icon appears to the left of the lesson title in the course outline. You can change the default icon for each lesson by hovering over the lesson, clicking the ellipsis that appears, choosing Change Icon, then selecting an icon from the list. Add Content to Lessons After outlining your course (see above), choose a type for each lesson (lesson or quiz) and add content. See these user guides to learn more: Choose Lesson and Block Types Add Text, Tables, and More Quick Switch to Another Lesson When editing a lesson, use the drop-down menu in the upper left corner to quickly switch to another lesson or return to the course outline.5.7KViews0likes0CommentsRise 360: Control Course Navigation
There are lots of reasons to control navigation in your courses. Maybe you want your learners to take the course in a certain order, you don't want them to be able to search for answers, or you're creating a branched scenario. Whatever the reason, Rise 360 gives you plenty of options. Keep reading to learn how to control course navigation. Access Navigation Controls Disable Navigation Show or Hide the Sidebar Begin with Sections Collapsed Restrict Navigation Turn the Search Feature On and Off Mark Lessons as Complete Disable Video Playback Speed Turn Off Previous and Next Buttons to Create Branched Scenarios Turn Off Lesson Numbers Use Continue Blocks to Reveal Content Use Button Blocks to Branch from One Lesson to Another Access Navigation Controls Most navigation controls are found in the theme menu under navigation. Navigation changes are persistent across themes. Disable Navigation Disabling navigation is easy to do. Click the Theme icon in the upper right corner of the course editor, then select Navigation. Scroll past the navigation options and toggle the Navigation option to Off. Once navigation is disabled, you can no longer select navigation display options. Menu options like search visibility, which are navigation-dependent, are hidden. With navigation turned off, learners can only start the course from the cover page and won't see the course outline. Click Save to commit your changes. Show or Hide the Sidebar The sidebar is open by default and learners can close it as needed. On small screens, such as smartphones, the sidebar automatically collapses to give your content more room, and learners can open it when they need it. To hide the sidebar by default, select Sidebar in the Navigation menu to see available options. Below the appearance options list, toggle the Begin with sidebar open option to Off. Click Save to commit your changes. Begin with Sections Collapsed In the sidebar and compact menus, sections you've defined in the table of contents are expanded by default. To collapse these sections when the sidebar displays, select Sidebar or Compact in the Navigation menu and toggle Begin with sections expanded to Off. Click Save to commit your changes. Note: The overlay menu doesn't have collapsible sections. Restrict Navigation By default, learners can move freely throughout a course. But sometimes you may need them to view lessons in sequential order. Just change the navigation mode! With Restrict Navigation toggled to On, learners have to take lessons in order. Selecting this also disables search and the ability to mark lessons as complete. Turn the Search Feature On and Off Search is active by default in new and existing courses. To disable search, toggle the Search option to Off. If you've turned off the sidebar for your course, you won't see this option. Mark Lessons as Complete If you let learners navigate freely, you can also allow them to mark unfinished lessons as complete in the sidebar without viewing the content. You might allow this, for example, if you’re creating a refresher course and learners are already familiar with some topics. To enable this, toggle the Marking Lessons Complete option to On. Note: Quizzes can’t be marked complete. Disable Playback Speed Playback speed lets learners select a playback speed that’s comfortable to them, from 0.25x up to 2x, they just need to click the icon to the right of the time remaining. It's enabled by default. Toggle the Video Playback Speed slider to Off to disable this option for all videos in the course. Note: Disabling this option may affect your course's accessibility for some learners. Turn Off Previous and Next Buttons to Create Branched Scenarios If, instead of using scenario blocks, you want to make your entire course a branched scenario, limit navigation to button blocks. It’s a fun way to create content where learners must make decisions in order to progress. The key is to disable the default navigation buttons that appear at the top and bottom of each lesson. Select the Buttons tab, then toggle the Previous/Next Lesson Buttons option to Off. (When this option is switched on, the buttons show the titles of the previous and next lessons.) To ensure the only way your learners can navigate your course is via your button blocks, disable navigation. Or, you can provide another way for learners to navigate the course by setting the sidebar style to not display automatically so it's still available when learners need it. Turn Off Lesson Numbers When lesson numbers don’t fit your course content, toggle the Lesson Count Labels option to Off in the lesson headers menu. This removes the Lesson # of # label at the beginning of each lesson. It's particularly handy when you’ve created a branched scenario that doesn’t require numbered lessons. Use Continue Blocks to Reveal Content Use continue blocks to progressively reveal content or require learners to complete interactions before moving on. Just insert a continue block in a lesson where you want navigation to pause, then choose a Completion Type to determine how the continue block behaves. There are three completion types: None means learners simply need to click the button to continue. There are no other requirements. Complete Block Directly Above means learners must complete the interaction immediately before the Continue button. Complete All Blocks Above means learners must complete all interactions above the Continue button to proceed. You can use continue blocks to require learners to complete carousel blocks, checkbox lists, audio blocks, video blocks, accordions, tabs, labeled graphics, processes, sorting activities, flashcards, knowledge checks, and scenario blocks. (Although button blocks and attachment blocks are interactive, you can’t require learners to click them.) Use Button Blocks to Branch from One Lesson to Another Use button blocks to branch learners to other lessons in the course. For example, if you reference a topic discussed elsewhere in the course, you might give learners a button that jumps to that topic. Just insert a button block or a button stack in a lesson, then choose a Destination for each button. The destination can be another lesson in the same course or an external web page. You can also use button blocks to exit the course.7.2KViews2likes0CommentsRise 360: Share Content with Team Folders
Create shared team folders in Rise 360 to organize your content and assign permissions. Quickly assign roles to multiple authors for the content shared in these folders for better collaboration. Team folders is exclusively available to Articulate 360 Teams. Not a teams subscriber? Contact an Articulate 360 sales representative to learn more. Share Folders and Items Understand Tasks and Permissions FAQs Note: Content can only be shared among team members in the same regional data center. Share Folders and Items When you add a collaborator to Rise 360 training, the item automatically moves to the Team directory. Team members see only those items to which they're assigned collaborator roles. If you're a course owner or manager, from the folder or item menu click the More (...) icon and select Share. Add editors or managers. You can also add the Everyone group to give everyone on your team access to the item. You can also remove or modify collaborators from this menu. Move a Shared Item Once an item is in the Team directory, create a new folder or move it to an existing folder to stay organized and assign global collaboration settings. Create new folders with the New Folder button. Hover over a single folder in the sidebar or an item card in the main window, click the More (...) icon, and click Move to move items and folders to new locations. When you move an item or folder to an existing folder, it inherits that folder's share settings. Everyone with a collaborator role for that folder has access to the moved item(s). See the Understand Tasks and Permissions section for more details. Unshare a Folder or Item Unshare a folder or item entirely by moving it to your Private directory. This removes all collaborators from the items. Only owners can move folders and items they've shared. If you unshare a folder that contains folders or items owned by others, those folders and items are also unshared and move to their private directories. Delete a Shared Folder or Item Click the More (...) icon and select Delete to delete individual items or folders. Only owners can delete their shared folder or items and move them to the Deleted section. If you delete a folder that contains folders or items owned by others, those folders and items are also moved to their owners' Deleted section. Tip: Folders and items can only be deleted one at a time. Need to delete several items and folders? Move them to a new folder and then delete the folder. Restore a Shared Folder or Item From the Deleted section, select the folder or item, and choose Remove from trash. Restoring shared folders or items moves them back to their original location. If the location or folder no longer exists, you'll find them in your Private directory. Understand Tasks and Permissions You'll have either editor or manager permissions to Rise 360 items you can see in the Team directory. Control who sees your shared content by placing them in team folders and customizing the folder share settings. Hover over the folder on the sidebar or the folder breadcrumb on top, click the More (•••) icon that appears, and choose Folder share settings. Or select the checkbox in the upper-left corner of the folder, then click the share icon on the dynamic action toolbar on top. In the pop-up that displays, search for specific team members by name or email and click their names. Then select editor or manager. Add the Everyone group to give all seatholders access as an editor or manager. To remove access, hover over selected members and click the trash icon. Permissions can be either explicit or inherited. Explicit permission is manually adding the user or group through the folder share settings. It doesn't change even when you move the folder. Inherited permission is when the folder automatically adds the share settings from the parent folder. If the folder is moved to another location, its inherited permissions are replaced with the new parent folder's share settings. To convert inherited permissions to explicit, remove them and manually add them back. Updating folder share settings applies the change to all subfolders under it. Currently, this also affects folders owned by other members. The permission on the updated folder is explicit, while the permissions on the subfolders are inherited. See the table below to compare permissions: Folder Tasks Owner Manager Editor View the shared folder x x x View shared folder permissions x x x Create a subfolder in the shared folder x x x Add a new item in the shared folder x x x Rename the shared folder x x Change shared folder permissions x x Move the shared folder (for managers, within Team section only) x x Delete the shared folder x Item Tasks Owner Manager Editor View items x x x Edit items x x x Create a snapshot x x x Add items to bookmarks x x x Publish an item x x Send a copy of an item x x Duplicate items x x Move items (for managers, within Team section only) x x Change item share settings x x Delete items x FAQs Is there a limit to the number of folders and subfolders I can create? While the number of folders you can create is unlimited, each folder can have a maximum of five subfolders. What happens to shared content when the owner is removed from the team? When you remove someone from your team, you must transfer all their shared content to another member to complete the process. To keep the user's unshared content with their Articulate ID account, uncheck the Include private content box. This is handy when the user is a contractor or freelancer who used their personal Articulate ID to join your team and has private content connected to it. See this article for more information about managing content when users leave your team. If you're leaving the team, move all the content you want to keep to your Private directory first, then ask your admin to uncheck the Include private content box when removing your access. More details on how long we'll keep your data here. Can I give non-seatholder admins access to team folders? Only seatholders in the same subscription can access team folders. If you're working with other teams, their shared content is in the External Teams section. Will I be notified when someone updates the items I shared? No, we don't send any notifications for team folders at this time. What happens when the subscription expires and I want to reactivate it? Shared content, such as Rise 360 items in team folders, stays with the subscription. If you think you might renew your subscription later and want to keep your shared content, move them to your private directory before your subscription expires. Your online data remains intact if you renew your subscription with the same Articulate ID within six months. You'll have access to all your private content items. Let us know if you need help retrieving shared content from the previous subscription.6KViews0likes0CommentsCheck out the course on Customer Service Training
Hello Everyone, Here is my very first attempt to create a course. I would be highly obliged if you could spare a few minutes to give me a review, which will help me improve and Learn better. Demo Link - Demo Link Here are the details Problem New employees at Smart Petting need a consistent and efficient way to learn store policies, product knowledge, and customer care. In-person training is often inconsistent, time-consuming, and disrupts store operations. Solution I created a digital onboarding course using Rise 360 with custom Storyline blocks. The course delivers: Interactive, scenario-based learning Step-by-step onboarding structure Custom blocks for engagement and practice Flexible, self-paced training for all locations Outcome This program ensures every new hire gains the knowledge, confidence, and customer service skills to uphold Smart Petting’s standards while providing excellent care for both pets and customers.Solved