How to Fix Heading Structure in Rise 360

Overview

Rise has a dedicated Heading block for a reason, it tells a screen reader "this is a heading," not just "this is big, bold text." A learner using a screen reader can jump directly from heading to heading to get a quick sense of a lesson's structure, the same way a sighted learner might skim a page by its headings. If a section title is really just a Text block with large, bold styling, it looks identical to a sighted learner but doesn't exist for that navigation shortcut at all.

Step-by-step instructions

1. 1

   Look through your lesson for anything that visually functions as a section title or heading.

2. 2

   Check what block type it actually is.

3. 3

   If it's a Text block styled to look like a heading, replace it with a real Heading block instead.

4. 4

   Choose the right heading level for its place in the structure, don't skip levels just because a smaller size looks better visually.

5. 5

   Keep the wording itself descriptive, a heading should make sense on its own, out of context, the same way a good link or button label does.

Screenshots

Tips

• If you're not sure whether something should be a heading, ask whether a learner skimming just the headings would understand the lesson's structure from it.
• Keep heading text reasonably short, a heading that runs several lines is harder to use as a quick navigation point.
• Consistency matters more than perfection, use headings the same way throughout a course rather than mixing real headings and styled text from lesson to lesson.

Common mistakes

• Using a Text block with large, bold formatting instead of a real Heading block because it was faster or looked identical.
• Skipping heading levels, jumping from a top-level heading straight to a much smaller one, purely for visual reasons.
• Writing heading text that only makes sense with the surrounding paragraph, rather than standing on its own.

Why it matters

Screen reader users often jump between headings to navigate a lesson. Text that only looks like a heading is invisible to that shortcut.