Poet lets you save a version of a course at key milestones and later view a version history to see all earlier versions.
Saving a version
- Click Versioning in the editor toolbar.
- Select Save As Version.
- Enter a comment describing the version (e.g. "Initial draft", "Client feedback incorporated", "Legal review complete"). This makes your history easy to navigate.
- Click Save Version.
Saved versions are read-only — you can't edit them directly, but you can view them to compare against the current version.
Auto-saves
Poet auto-saves your course as you work, and records each auto-save as a version. To see them, open Versioning › Version History and switch on Display Auto Saves. Auto-saves are listed with the comment Automatic Save, alongside the date, time and the person who made the change.
Content you change inside a page or slide is the exception. Poet doesn't save it for you. When you change content, the page's Save button turns blue; click Save to keep your changes.
Tip: Auto-saves are easy to lose among the timestamps. At important moments (before sending for review, after client sign-off, before translation) use Save As Version and add a short comment, such as "Sent to legal".
Viewing version history
- Click Versioning in the toolbar.
- Select Version History.
For each version, you'll see:
- Version number
- Timestamp of when it was created
- Author who created it
- Comment describing the version
View button to open that version
Completing a course review also writes entries to your Version History (e.g. "Review [id] completed: applied 3 accepted change(s)").
Tip: Versioning is separate from Download › Full Backup, which exports the whole course off-platform.
Use Save As Version for in-tool checkpoints; use Full Backup before major structural changes or handoffs.