Lesson Info
Before starting an LE, you can access information about the LE by clicking on the Lesson Info tab. In this tab you will find information about the Place of Interest, the LE itself and the various concepts that will be taught in the LE.
Main Map
The Main Map is where you can get an overall view of the structure and content of a Learning Experience. You may choose to arrange your lesson based on a preferred teaching method, or simply in any sequence or arrangement that you wish. You can access it by clicking on the Map tab at the top of the page.
Note: Content Creators can create and upload customized maps (they can be as simple as an image of your content topic e.g. flowers, or they can be more descriptive, such as a mindmap of the various components of a lesson). You can also find and use a list of free BeED map templates here.
Maplinks
On the Main Map you can find Maplinks. Maplinks are clickable links for you to organize your content even further through a graphical interface. Clicking on a Maplink will take you into a subsection of the LE, with a new Map attached.
Points
You can also find Points on the Main Map. A Point is a clickable link on the map for you to store and present your content. Clicking on a Point will allow you to access the actual lesson content. Points are meant to separate content into smaller chunks so learners don’t get overwhelmed by information. Points can be used to divide content into more bite-sized chunks to facilitate scaffolding (Organizing content from easy to hard to build up increasingly complex thought processes in learners).
Note: If you are a learner, you may see numbers in the point icons of your Learning Experience. This indicates the number of questions left unanswered in your LE.
Stages
You can divide a Point into several Stages. This allows you to sort your content in a more structured format.
Blocks
Within a single Stage, you can place your content into Blocks. There are two types of Blocks - a Lesson block, and a Question block.
Lesson Block
A Lesson Block contains academic content relevant to the topic explored in an LE. This information can include text, audio, statistical data, graphs, videos and so on.
Question Block
A Question Block allows you to input more interactive questions and activities for your Learners to respond to. This allows your Learners to provide answers and responses in the form of text, audio, and videos.