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| Can the overall design of courses be tweaked with CSS? | |
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dominKnow | ONE
You can adjust your overall design using your course theme, which provides a wide range of WYSIWYG editing options for easy customization. Additionally, authors with the appropriate permissions can apply custom CSS to override design settings for further flexibility. Since themes are reusable, these customizations can be consistently applied across multiple projects, ensuring design consistency and efficiency.
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Rise
You must publish a package, unzip it, and then tweak the CSS code and rezip the package. Alternatively you can purchase a third party add on.
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| Can the color of the 'Continue' button be changed? | |
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dominKnow | ONE
Yes, the 'Continue' button is a divider that can be customized at the theme level, allowing you to maintain design consistency across your content. Additionally, you can make specific adjustments to individual dividers as needed. Since themes are reusable, these customizations help ensure a cohesive look throughout your content library.
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Rise
No, not unless you modify the CSS post publish.
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| Can course player fonts and styles be customized? | |
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dominKnow | ONE
Yes, course player fonts and styles can be fully customized using the theme designer’s WYSIWYG editor. Additionally, you can apply custom CSS and JavaScript for further design flexibility. Since themes are reusable, this ensures greater efficiency and consistency across courses.
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Rise
You have limited options in the provided course player designer. You need to use a third party solution or add it post publish.
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| Can the color of the fonts be changed in the navigation bar, quizes and other standard controls | |
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dominKnow | ONE
Yes, within the theme designer you can make color changes for fonts and various elements of the design.
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Rise
No, the fonts are either black or white depending on the Theme color of the course.
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| Can Javascript be added at the course level and used throughout the course? | |
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dominKnow | ONE
Yes, JavaScript can be added at the theme level and used throughout the course. The theme designer allows you to create custom designs that can be reused across multiple courses, ensuring consistency.
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Rise
No.
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| When adding a font to a course, are OTF, TTF, EOT, WOFF and WOFF2 formats supported? | |
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dominKnow | ONE
Yes, all of these font formats (OTF, TTF, EOT, WOFF, and WOFF2) are supported and can be uploaded into your theme for seamless use throughout your course. This ensures full design flexibility and brand consistency across all learning content and eliminates the need to use outside tools to convert to a specific font format before importing. |
Rise
No, only WOFF format is supported. Fonts in other formats must manually be converted to this format. |
| Can the primary body font color be set? | |
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dominKnow | ONE
Yes, you can fully customize the primary font color, along with all other text and design colors. This ensures brand consistency, enhances readability, and allows for a visually engaging learning experience tailored to your design preferences. |
Rise
No. It is always the default grey color with no options. |
| What controls are there over font colors and default font settings? | |
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dominKnow | ONE
There are extensive controls over font colors and default settings, ensuring brand consistency and design flexibility. The WYSIWYG editor provides a wide range of customization options, including the ability to set brand and secondary colors, upload custom fonts, and define multiple font styles. In addition to the theme settings, there are unlimited course wide font controls and options that enable an update to have changes cascade throughout the course. These options allow for a fully branded, visually cohesive learning experience that enhances readability and engagement. |
Rise
There are very limited capabilities often requiring manual brand changes. |
| Can learners be provided with an estimated time to completion of a course? | |
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dominKnow | ONE
Yes, learners can be provided with an estimated time to completion for a course. This is set as a system variable within Project Properties and can be displayed anywhere in the project for clear visibility. Additionally, some themes automatically generate estimated read times, helping learners manage their progress and set expectations. This feature enhances transparency and supports better time management for a more efficient learning experience. |
Rise
No options. |
| Can controls be set to limit a user's ability to navigate through a course? | |
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dominKnow | ONE
Yes, authors have full control over course navigation, allowing them to define how learners progress through the content. With customizable triggers such as 'Page Complete' and publishing profile settings to lock user forward progress, navigation can be structured to ensure learners fully engage with key material before advancing. This level of control supports a more guided learning experience, reinforcing comprehension and preventing learners from skipping critical content. |
Rise
Basic page and section levels blocks are available, but customized options, limiting on objects such as getting a Knowledge Check correct, and triggers base on page content being complete are not available. |
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