Creating Your First Learning Experience: Part 2 - Structuring Your LE

Now that the basic information of our LE is sorted out, let’s optimize a little extra information. Click on the Lesson Creation tab located at the top of your Learning Experience.
 

Resources Needed: Add any extra materials needed by the Learner to complete this Learning Experience, e.g. calculator, ruler, rubber gloves. 

 

Overall Timer: Toggling this option will turn the Learning Experience into a timed Learning Experience. Timed LEs have a timer that begins as soon as a Learner opens the LE. Once the timer ends, answers in the LE become uneditable. This is a good choice for quizzes and exams.
 

Location Details: Toggling this option will allow Learners access to any location detail or information such as its address, any admission fees involved, etc.

 

Map Templates aka Main Map: Once we have ironed out the kinks in our Learning Experience Basic Information, It’s time to choose a Map Template as our Main Map!

In the Contributor Dashboard, you can browse through a range of map images and choose a suitable map for your lesson. To download a free map template, click on Check out our resources to get you started option and then on Free Map Templates in the main Contributor Dashboard page, or click here.

Note: We recommend images uploaded as map templates having a resolution of 800 x 460 for better viewing on both web and mobile.

 

1. Before selecting a map, you may want to consider how you would like to organize your content under your Main Map, divided into Map Links, Points and Stages.
2. To simplify the organizing process, you can think of your Main Map as the main topic and each Point as your subtopics. Within each Point (Subtopic), you can divide your content into knowledge (Stage 1), questions (Stage 2) and reflective questions (Stage 3).
3. If you need ideas on how you can arrange your content into Maplinks, Points and Stages, click here.
4. To upload a map, click on the Edit icon located at the top right of the main map box in your Learning Experience.

 

Adding a Map Link: Creating a map link allows you to further organize your lesson into a separate map.

1. Add a new Maplink by clicking on the Map Link icon.
2. Drag and drop the Maplink to any position on the Main Map (this will determine where your users will be able to see the Maplink on their own browser/device).
3. Clicking on the Maplink will take you inside the Maplink, where you will be able to upload another Map.
4. To delete a maplink, click on the delete icon located on the top right of your screen.
    

 

Adding a Point: Adding a point helps you organize your content in a linear manner. 

 

1. Add a new point by clicking on the point icon.
2. Drag and drop the Point to any position on the Main Map. This will determine where your users will be able to see the Point on their own browser/device).
3. Name your point in the box provided.
4. If you have created multiple Points, you can navigate between them using the dropdown menu.
5. To delete a point, click on the delete icon next to the Name of Point field. 

 

Adding a Stage: Adding a stage within a point helps you further break down and organize your content in a step-by-step manner. 

1. To add a stage, select a Point in your Main Map and then click on the + icon located under the Name of Point field.
2. You will now be prompted to fill in the Stage name, the icon and the color. The icons and colours selected for each stage will be seen as such by your learners on their own browser/device. When you are done, click Create Stage.
3. To edit the basic information for your stage, click on the pencil icon located next to the name of your stage.
4. To delete a stage, click on the delete icon located next to the name of your stage.

 

Adding a Lesson block: Lesson blocks can be added into any stage, and contain content such as text, images, videos, audios and even hyperlinks as useful information for your learners. These blocks do not require your learners to submit answers.
 

1. Click on Lesson Block to add a block into your stage. The functions of a Lesson Block include the following:

           A: Changing the order of the Blocks in this stage by dragging the sidebar.

           B - H: Select these buttons to format your text, or attach audio, video, image or links and maximize your blocks. 

         

Adding an Open Response Question Block: Question Blocks can be added into any Action stage of a standard Learning Experience, and in any stage of a Custom Template. You can select to include either Open Response or Multiple Choice Questions into your Question Blocks.

1. To add an Open Response Question Block, click on the Question Block button, then select Open Response.
2. Selecting this option allows your Learners to respond to your questions in a variety of ways (E.g. through text, attachments, photos, videos and even audio ). The functions of an Open Response block include the following:

           A: You can change the position of the Block by dragging the sidebar.

       B- H: Select these buttons to format your text, or attach audio, video, image or links and maximize your blocks. 

             I: You can leave hints on answering the questions in the Guide Box.

            J: You can also leave sample answers for your Learners in this box.

           K: By turning on the Show Answer slider, sample answers will appear after a Learner has submitted an answer. If this is turned off, only other Educators using this lesson can view Sample Answers.

           L: You can indicate the Question Type by clicking on the Add Type button.

          M: For each question, you can indicate a point value in the Maxpoints box.

 

Adding a Multiple Choice Question: Selecting this option allows your Learners to respond to your questions through a multiple choice answer format.

 

1. When you create a Multiple Choice Question, you have a choice to either

• create a new question
• import a question from the Question Bank

          The functions of a created or imported MCQ block is as follows:

          A: You can change the position of the Block by dragging the sidebar.

     B - H: Select these buttons to format your text, or attach audio, video, image or links and maximize your blocks. 

       I - K: Add various tags to help you easily identify your question. 

            L: Allows you to set whether the question has only one or multiple correct answers.

           M: Lists down the answer options for Learners.

            N: Sets a timer for the Learner to answer this particular question. Different from the Overall Timer, which applies to an entire Learning Experience. If the Overall Timer is activated, this question-specific timer cannot be activated.

            O: Select a question type that applies to this question.

            P: Toggle this button to reveal the correct answer to Learners after they submit their answer.

            Q: Max Points allows you to set the amount of Points gained from answering this question correctly. 

 

3. To add MCQ answer options, click on the + icon in the Answer choice section. A new Answer block will appear for you to create. Any entries here will appear as answer options for the MCQ question. You can insert your answers as text, images, audio or video files.

4. Click on the checkbox to select the correct answer for the question after you have input all your answer choices. Note: only single choice questions will be auto-marked by the system.

 

Retrieving Questions from the Question Bank: Instead of creating MCQ questions from scratch, you can also retrieve questions from the Question bank that have been previously created.

1. To add a question from the Question bank, click on the Question Block, and select Multiple Choice Question, and then Select from Question Bank.

          This will open up a new menu for you to select your question.

          A: Filter for questions by Subject or Grade.

          B: Search for questions by keyword.

          C: Lists all the questions available. Click on the checkbox to select the questions you want to import into your Lesson. You can select multiple questions at a time.

          D: Click Add to complete the selection.

 

 

Importing Questions in Bulk

 

1. To import questions in bulk, click on “Import” in the top right of your screen.

2. In the new menu, click on “Download Template” to download a csv template.

3. Fill in the csv template according to the example given. Once complete, save the csv template.

4. In the Question Bank, click on “Choose File” and select the csv template you saved. Then, click on “Import”. Your questions will now be available in the Question Bank.

 

 

 

Deleting a Block: You can remove a block by clicking on the delete button located on the top right corner of the block.