Insert a Scenario Block

Create Scenes

Create Content and Add Branching

End Your Scenario

Preview Your Scenario

Modify Block Settings

Tips and Tricks

Open a Rise 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 Interactive category, then select Scenario.

Hover over the block to access the left-hand design toolbar. Click the Content icon.

Select the scene you want to modify and change the scene’s title in the main window if desired. This is for your own organization and will not be visible in the published scenario.

To change the background or character, click Edit Background or Edit Character in the main window.
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When selecting a background, you can upload your own image or select a stock image. When choosing a stock image, you can filter by category. You’ll see several backgrounds that work great with scenario blocks. When uploading or choosing an image, we recommend using “landscape” rather than “portrait” images. Since only a portion of the chosen image will display, you’ll want to try out several to find one that’s just right for your scenario.
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When selecting a character, you can filter by clothing, gender, and age. You can have different characters for every scene but can’t change to a different character on individual pieces of content. Please note that you can’t upload custom characters.
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The choices you make are reflected in the thumbnail for each scene in the sidebar. Hover over the thumbnail to make it larger.

To add more scenes to your scenario, click Add Scene at the top of the sidebar. This adds a new scene under the currently selected scene and uses the same background and character. You can also hover over the thumbnail for an individual scene, click the ••• icon that appears, and select Duplicate from the drop-down menu. 

Collapse a scene by clicking the triangle next to the title to easily see the structure of your scenario. Click the triangle again to expand the scene.

Drag scenes up and down to reorder the list. They’re renumbered automatically. 

To delete a scene, hover over the thumbnail, click the icon that appears, and select Delete from the drop-down menu. Click Remove to confirm that you want to delete the scene and all of its content.

To create new content, click Add Content at the bottom of the sidebar. The new content appears under the currently selected content or at the top of the content list if you have a scene selected. You can also duplicate content by hovering over it in the sidebar, clicking the ••• icon that appears, and selecting Duplicate.

To edit content, select it in the sidebar. In the title bar, use the right-hand drop-down menu to change the content type. Responses and feedback are preserved when you convert dialogue to text.
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​Dialogue offers a back-and-forth interactive scenario with multiple options to continue. See below for details.
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​Text provides informative content without interactive responses and one option to continue. See below for details.

For each, enter a statement or question. Enter responses and feedback for dialogue. Select character poses. Then choose your branching options.

For accessibility, enter scene descriptions as you go. These descriptions are read aloud by screen readers.

Drag content up and down the sidebar to reorder the list. You can’t drag content to a different scene.

To delete content, hover over it in the sidebar, click the ••• icon that appears, and click Delete.

Enter a statement or question up to 200 characters, select a character pose, and enter a scene description.

Type a response up to 150 characters and press Enter. Each dialogue can have up to three responses, each with its own character pose.

Enter feedback for the response—up to 200 characters, along with a scene description. Feedback response appears as dialogue text coming from the character. Feedback isn’t required, but we recommend it!

Use the Go to menu to determine what the learner sees when they choose a response. By default, a Continue button will appear connecting to the next piece of content in the scene (if there is content following). However, you can create a branching scenario by linking a response to a different piece of content or scene. Other options include ending the scenario or letting learners try again. You can also add new content from the menu to be the target for the response.

Reorder the list by hovering over a response and grabbing the handle that appears on the left. Responses are renumbered automatically when you drag a response up or down. Branched responses aren’t affected. 

To delete a response, hover over it in the main window and click the trash icon that appears.

Enter a statement or question up to 200 characters and select a character pose. You can also hide the character to center the textbox in the scene.

Use the Go to menu to specify where you’d like the learner to go next. By default, it’s the next piece of content, but you can create a branching scenario by linking to a different piece of content or scene. Additionally, content can end the scenario. You can also add new content from the menu to be the target for the response.

While in scenario setup, click Preview in the upper right corner. 

Select Preview from Beginning or Preview from Current.

The scenario preview will let you interact with your content in desktop mode. To view your scenario in other display ratios, exit scenario setup and preview the entire lesson.

Click the close icon in the upper right corner of the preview to exit. 

Click the Close button in the upper right corner to return to your block lesson when you’re finished.