Introduction to Author

Welcome to Author, Learnify's authoring tool for creating high-quality educational courses online. This article will talk about the different areas within Author and briefly explain how they're used.

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1. The menu "File" contains options for creating a new module or opening a recently modified module.
2. Page view device selector: Switch between desktop-view and mobile-view for previews in the page view area (6).
3. Preview and Share
   1. Preview: Open the module in the Player to see how it will look for your participants. Use the arrow to choose whether to preview the module in desktop-view or mobile-view.
   2. Share
      
      
      1. Copy a link to the module for viewing in either Author or the Player.
      2. Share with co-author. Add other users that can help update and edit the module.
      3. Publish your module to your organization or in the open library.
      4. Export your module to use it in an LMS of your choice. (This alternative is only available for certain users).
4. Table of Contents (ToC): Here you can see all pages and chapters in your module. You can also change the order by dragging and dropping a page or chapter on a new spot within the ToC.
5. Show/Hide ToC and Navigation Path
   1. Show/Hide ToC: Click on the far-left icon to show or hide the Table of Contents, customizing the workspace to fit your workflow.
   2. Navigation Path: Show where in the structure the currently selected page is located.
6. Page view area: Contains previews for all your pages as well as functionality to manage your pages.
7. Edit area: Before choosing a template for your page, this area will contain all templates currently available to you. After choosing a template this area will change to allow you to edit and format your content (Image 2). Note that there are more available templates below the black tab "More templates".

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