Word & PDF Export

Document export turns your course into a flat, readable document. Choose Word for an editable file you can revise, or PDF for a fixed, print-ready layout. Both pull from the same content, so every block in your course is represented one way or another.

Use document export when learners need offline reference material, when stakeholders want something to read and mark up, or when you need a static record of course content.

Word or PDF

When you open the Export dialog, choose Document, then pick a format:

• Word - an editable .docx file that opens in Microsoft Word, Google Docs, or Pages. Text reflows, so it suits documents you want to keep editing, repurpose into other materials, or hand off for further writing.
• PDF - a print-ready file with a fixed page layout. It looks the same everywhere and is the better choice for handouts, sign-off copies, and anything headed straight to a printer.

Both formats contain the same course content. The only difference is whether the result stays editable (Word) or stays fixed (PDF).

What’s included

A document export walks your whole course, section by section and lesson by lesson, and lays the content out as a flat document. It includes:

• Course title, sections, and lesson titles as a clear heading structure
• Text with its formatting, links, and bulleted or numbered lists preserved
• Images, including the labels and descriptions from Labelled Graphic hotspots
• Tables with their headers and cells
• Callouts, accordions, tabs, cards, and flip cards, expanded so all of their content is visible at once
• Column layouts, flattened into reading order
• Buttons, shown as their label with the link preserved
• Knowledge checks, laid out as a printable study guide (see below)

Knowledge checks become a study guide

Interactive knowledge checks can’t be answered on paper, so each one is rendered as a study guide instead. The question appears with all of its answer options listed below, and the correct answer is marked. Fill-in-the-blank questions list their accepted answers. This gives learners a printable review sheet without giving away that it was once interactive.

How media and embeds appear

Video, audio, and embedded content can’t play in a document, so each one is replaced with a labelled placeholder that names what belongs there and links to the source where possible:

• Video - a placeholder with the caption and provider, plus a link to the video
• Audio - a placeholder with the caption. If the audio was AI-generated, its transcript is included as readable text
• Embedded content - a placeholder with the embed’s title and a link to the original

This way the document records where each piece of media belongs, even though it can’t be played inline.

How to export

1. Open your course in the Slate Builder
2. Click Export in the toolbar
3. Choose Document from the format list
4. Select Word or PDF
5. Click Export, then Download

Limitations

• No interactivity - interactive blocks are flattened or shown as placeholders. Nothing in the document responds to clicks
• No tracking - document exports do not report completion, scores, or progress
• Media doesn’t play - video, audio, and embeds appear as placeholders, not playable media
• Static format - the document is a snapshot of the course at the time of export and does not update automatically

Plan availability

Word and PDF export are available on Standard and Pro plans. Free plans can export SCORM 1.2; upgrade for document, website, and the other LMS formats.