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How Do You Update Existing Courseware When the Product or Process Changes?

Course maintenance should distinguish between a targeted content revision and a true redesign. Rebuilding everything for every product release can be wasteful, but silently editing old deliverables also destroys traceability.

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A practical maintenance process

  1. Identify what actually changed

    Document the product, process, policy, screenshot, command, or workflow change and the parts of the course it can affect.

  2. Update the approved source evidence

    Make sure the revised claim or procedure is supported by current authoritative material.

  3. Revise the affected course content

    Use the Courseware Editor and the available Rev workflow when the change fits the delivered course structure.

  4. Regenerate the affected deliverables

    Create clearly labeled revised output instead of overwriting the original audited courseware.

  5. Retest practical dependencies

    Recheck labs, assessments, job aids, and other downstream artifacts that may depend on the changed content.

Redesign only when the scope changes

If objectives, audience, module architecture, or course duration have materially changed, treat the work as a broader course redesign rather than forcing it into a small revision.

Put the workflow into practice.
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