Courses: Adding Enrichment Activities

Traditional textbooks may be going out of print, but that doesn’t mean you need to lose learning content! Use enrichment activities to provide text, or document a process. Sprinkle in some comprehension checks, and you’ve got yourself an incredibly engaging resource!

Add an enrichment activity

1. If you’re not already in your course, click on Learning > Manager.

2. In the Courses list tab search for your course, or click on your course card. You may even create a new course from here if you’d like.

3. Scroll down to the Activities section and enter a name for the enrichment activity.

4. Click the Create Activity button.

5. In the Set Content Type drop-down next to your new activity, choose Enrichment.

6. Hover your mouse over your new activity and click the edit icon to access the

Enrichment page.

The following 3 options are available for your Enrichment Activity:

• Text

• Process

• Comprehension Check

For Text

1. Click the Text button to add a block of text.

2. Add text in the block. Double-click to display the formatting popup.

3. Add more text blocks if desired.

For Process

1. Click the Process button to add a list of steps.

2. Click on the edit icon.

3. Enter process name, description, and steps. Click Save.

Comprehension check

Adding a question to a specific point in the timeline is known as a Comprehension check. Add questions to check a learner’s comprehension.

1. Click Comprehension Check.

A new box will appear.

2. Click Enter Question to create your text. Click Enter.

A message will appear reminding you that the comprehension question is only partially complete at this point. You still must create an answer to your question.

3. Hover over the question to make the edit icon appear. Click the edit icon.

An edit panel will appear. This same panel will appear for Video and Quiz activities as well. You may edit your question in the edit panel.

4. Choose the Question Type.

There are three options for the Question Type:

• Unique choice - the learner can only choose one correct answer.

• Multiple answers - out of 10 possible answers, the learner would need to choose at least two answers.

• Short Answer - the learner would need to type out an answer in one or more sentences.

5. Add the answers to the question. Begin by entering text for Answer option 1, and

then click the + Add Answer Option link to add another answer option until you

cover all the options that you want for this question.

6. Choose the Feedback Type.

There are several options for Feedback Type:

• All Answers - provide feedback after the learner answers a question correctly.

• Correct/Incorrect answers - give a message to the learner for correct AND incorrect responses.

• Per option - Give custom messages for each of the options that the learner can choose. The message that you provide for each option will appear when the user clicks on that option.

7. Add your Feedback.

• For All Answers: Enter the text you’d like to give to your learners for the correct answers.

• For Correct/Incorrect Answers: Enter the text you’d like to give to your learners for BOTH Correct AND Incorrect answers.

• Add a custom text for each option the learner may choose.

8. Click Save.

Enrichment Settings

Click Settings to enter the Approximate Time (in minutes) it will take to complete the enrichment activity. Then click Save.

Look at you go! You’re an expert in enrichment now, and well on your way to creating an inspiring and valuable course for your learners. Now head back to Creating and Publishing Courses to finish up the process.

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