Usually, when a re-release is made to a live course, the bookmarking in any active learner sessions is reset meaning they will need to start from the beginning again when they revisit the course.
You can choose to preserve your learner's bookmarking but this is only possible if you've made certain types of changes.
Preserving bookmarking following a re-release can only be done if the changes made since the last release are non-clearing edits. These are generally non-structural changes which can be made in Author. As long as the only changes made since the last release are non-clearing edits, bookmarking can be preserved on a re-release.
Bookmarking cannot be retained in a re-release when one or more clearing edits have been made. These include structural changes to the Project that can be made in Layout as well as the Project's configuration settings. A re-release of a course following one or more clearing edits will clear the bookmarking for any learners currently in progress.
If you have made a clearing edit, the option to preserve your learner's bookmarking will not be available to select when you re-release.
Here is a quick reference guide to which actions are non-clearing and clearing edits.
| Non-clearing edits | Clearing edits |
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Changing text |
Adding, moving, duplicating or deleting pages |
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Changing fonts |
Adding, moving, duplicating or deleting chapters |
| Formatting text (enabling/disabling bold, italic etc) | Adding, moving, duplicating or deleting parts on one or more pages |
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Adding, resizing and removing images or other media from their containers in Author |
Changing the page type |
| Adding, changing or removing links to pages, external websites and uploaded Resources | Changing a page's completion requirement, Rules, Achievements or creating a Question Pool and adding it to a Question Pool in the Page Settings |
| Changing answers to correct or incorrect | Applying a page lock to a page |
| Changing the style of buttons | Modifying a page's score weighting |
| Removing image elements or text boxes in Author | Changing whether a page appears in the Menu |
| Changing the appearance of a Project from its Style | Adding or deleting Variations of a Parent Course |
| Changing the Style of a Project | Making changes to the Scoring & Completion settings in the Project's Configure page |
| Changing the learner tracking options in Configure | |
| Importing translations | |
| Changing settings in Time Limits in the Page Settings | |
| Uploading Resources to your Project |