Remove margins to reduce the blank space left and right of your content in Text, Audio and Download lessons within the Course Player.
In this article:
How to Remove Margins in the Course Player
How to Remove Margins for All Lessons
How to Apply Default Margins for All Lessons
About This Feature
If you have a lot of text content in your course and want to reduce the amount of blank space to the left and right of your content, you can remove margins. This helps decrease the amount of scrolling needed for students viewing your course on smaller screens!
Just like in common word processors, the margin is the space between the content of your page and the page edges. Removing margins in the Course Player reduces the blank space to the left and right of your content.
Here is an example of the default margins in a Text Lesson:
Here is an example of the margins removed in the same lesson. You can see that there is less blank space to the left and right of the text!
Remove margins in Course Player is available for the following lesson types:
This setting can also be applied in bulk to all Audio, Text and Download lessons within your course.
How to Remove Margins in the Course Player
This setting can be applied at a per lesson level for Audio, Text and Download lessons.
- Go to Manage Learning Content
- Select Courses
- Click on a specific course in the Course Overview
- You will now be in the Course Curriculum area of the Course Builder
- Select the Text, Audio or Download Lesson want to edit
- In the Lesson Settings, check off Remove margins in course player
- Optional: click Apply to all lessons in this course (see details below)
- Click Save
How to Remove Margins for All Lessons
You can apply this setting to all Audio, Text and Download lessons in your course and one time!
- Go to Manage Learning Content
- Select Courses
- Click on a specific course in the Course Overview
- You will now be in the Course Curriculum area of the Course Builder
- Select a Text, Audio or Download Lesson in your course
- In the Lesson Settings, check off Remove margins in course player
- Click Apply to all lessons in this course
This will apply to all Text, Audio and Download Lessons in this particular course. If you want to apply this to all courses on your site, it needs to be completed for each individual course.
How to Apply Default Margins for All Lessons
You also have the option to return to the default margins for all Audio, Text and Download lessons in your course and one time!
- Go to Manage Learning Content
- Select Courses
- Click on a specific course in the Course Overview
- You will now be in the Course Curriculum area of the Course Builder
- Select a Text, Audio or Download Lesson in your course
- In the Lesson Settings, uncheck Remove margins in course player
- Click Apply to all lessons in this course
Once you have applied your changes, make sure to preview your course as a student to see the end result!