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Overview: the Content locking feature enables you to have more control over how a learner interacts within a course. You can lock whole pages or individual articles until pervious components have been completed. For example, you can lock your assessment page until the learner has read or interacted with all the components within the course.

Start from: the Editor view in the Evolve module for which you wish to set up Content locking.

How to set up Content locking

  • Navigate to Extensions (the puzzle piece icon) on the vertical, left-hand toolbar and select the Content locking checkbox to enable it.
  • Navigate to Content (the list icon) on the vertical, left-hand toolbar and select the page or article that you want to lock. 
  • Select Content locking from the right-hand drop-down list and select the Lock Page? Or Lock Article? Toggle button. 
  • Select how you’d like the learner to unlock the content in the Unlock Page/Article by: drop-down list.
  • Select the components you want to unlock your locked content in the field below.

You can also add text that notifies when the article is locked until the learner completes all components.

Note: please pick components that appear before the locked section, or else the learner won’t be able to finish or complete the course. You can also select whole pages to unlock your section. However, for more robust functionality we recommend selecting individual components.

Hide/show using logic

You can create a similar effect by using triggers within the Logic functionality. You can hide content within courses and set up a trigger to reveal it once another component is complete.

  • Navigate to Logic (the lightning icon) on the vertical, left-hand toolbar.
  • Select the Plus icon (Add trigger).
  • Name the trigger (ie. Reveal Question 2) and apply the following settings:
    • Event: Component completed
    • Condition: Select the component that should be completed for the next to reveal
    • Action: Show hidden article > then select the article you want to reveal
  • Navigate back to the Content functionality (the list icon) on the vertical, left-hand tool bar.
  • Select the article within the course that you’d like to hide and select the eye icon.

Note about Content locking

Regardless of how you set your course up, always test that the settings are working as expected using the full Live Preview button (the blue triangle in the top-right corner), then upload and test on Mapal One.

Content that has been hidden will still show up on the quick preview. Always use the full Live Preview mode when hiding or locking content so you can see a more accurate representation of what your learner will see.