# Publishing Options

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When you upload your Colibri exercise, make sure you have a **facilitator uploaded to the space**. The exercise isn't facilitated but you need someone with privileged access to access the reports.
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To make exercises available to participants, you must publish your exercise to your space. When you click `Run exercise` in your Editor, you'll be met with this window:

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When you’re ready to publish your exercise, you have two main publishing options via a toggle:

## Empty and publish

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This is the **default option**.
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| Effect                    | Use when                                               |
| ------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------ |
| Complete reset            | You're not actively running an exercise                |
| Removes all past messages | You want to start an exercise again from the beginning |

## Content only

| Effect                     | Use when                                                                 |
| -------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| Updates content only       | You're currently running an exercise                                     |
| Won't affect anything else | You need to make small corrections without affecting players in progress |

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Be careful: `Content only` doesn't affect the exercise logic or sequencing so if you've edited more than just the content then use `Empty and Publish` instead.
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## Publish options

These options can be selected/unselected via a checkbox.

### Reset "first log in" status

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This is the **default option**.
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| Effect                                                                           | Use when                                                                                             |
| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Ensures all players receive the "first log in" message the next time they log in | You want to run an exercises as a fresh playthrough, as if players are logging in for the first time |

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Make sure players log out and back in again after resetting the "first log in" status to ensure they see the first message again.
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### Publish "first log in" message

| Effect                                                        | Use when                                                  |
| ------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------- |
| Publishes the "first log in" message immediately after upload | Only when testing so you don't need to log out to preview |

### Include style

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This is the **default option**.
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| Effect                                                                                | Use when                                                                   |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Ensures your *Style* (desktop background, favicon etc.) is uploaded with the exercise | You’ve updated or changed the *Style* and want to upload it to an exercise |

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Uncheck to upload the exercise without affecting the *Style*.
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### Clear past messages

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This is the **default option**.
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| Effect                               | Use when                               |
| ------------------------------------ | -------------------------------------- |
| Clears all past messages for players | You want players to see an empty inbox |

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Unselect if you want to avoid interrupting players who are still mid-exercise.
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## Reset personas

These options control what happens to your personas when you publish:

| Persona option | Description                                                                                                                        |
| -------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Reset**      | All online exercise personas are erased and re-uploaded                                                                            |
| **Update**     | Existing personas created during a live exercise remain. However, any persona that matches one in your scenario may be overwritten |


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