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Learn how to add an e-learning module to your online academy.

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Written by Floor Takman
Updated over 2 weeks ago

When you think of online learning, you think of e-learnings. This type of learning activity allows you to teach users everything about a specific topic in an interactive way. You can do this by offering information in various learning formats and by providing opportunities to practise.

How do I create an e-learning?

  1. From the menu bar on the left, go to "Content".

  2. Click on “Add”.

  3. Choose "E-learning" as the type of learning activity.

    • Choose "Create e-learning" or ‘Based on a template’.

      • Are you using an e-learning based on a template? You can read more about how to use templates in this article.

  4. Add the general information.

    • Title: Give the learning activity a title so you can easily find it in the library.

    • Author: By default, the academy name is used as the author name.

    • Study time: Here you can enter an indication of the study time.

    • Themes: Add at least one theme.

    • Skills: Add up to five skills here that you develop with this learning activity. This is optional.

  5. Click on "Create new learning activity".

Adding content: the structure of an e-learning

General information

The highest level within an e-learning is the general information. You’ll find this page in all types of learning activities. At this level, you provide a title, author, estimated study time, theme(s), a general description, and skill(s) for the e-learning. You can also upload an image here. This image will appear as the tile for the e-learning — visible to administrators under "Content" and to users in their list of available or enrolled activities.

This information is entered when creating a new e-learning module.

Part

The first level of structure within an e-learning is a part. Parts help you organize your content. You assign a title and an image to each part. You can optionally add an introduction text to explain what the part is about.

On the page where you add parts, you can also include a general introduction at the top — for example, to explain how the e-learning is structured.

You can make a part within an e-learning invisible. This deactivates the section and hides it from users. This is useful if you want to archive certain parts and reuse them later.

To do this, go to the e-learning in question and click "Edit e-learning". Hover over the part you want to hide. Three icons will appear — click the eye icon to make the component invisible.

Chapter (optional)

When structuring parts, you can optionally add a chapter as an extra layer of organization. Chapters help divide the content within a part.

You can also make a chapter invisible to users. This deactivates the section and hides it from view — useful when archiving parts of the content for future use.

To do this, go to the relevant e-learning and click "Edit e-learning". Navigate to the part containing the chapter you want to hide. Hover over the chapter and click the eye icon when the three icons appear.

Paragraph/Test

Within a part or chapter, you can add paragraphs and tests. A paragraph or test can include various types of learning formats — such as questions, text, video, audio, or a combination of these. A test can only contain questions and includes additional settings to support assessment functionality.

You can also hide a paragraph or test within an e-learning. This deactivates the element and makes it invisible to users — useful if you want to archive it for later use. To do this, go to the relevant e-learning and click "Edit e-learning. Navigate to the paragraph or test you want to hide. Hover over the element and click the eye icon that appears.

Learning format

The lowest level is the learning format. This is the actual content — such as a text block, a video, or a question. Learning formats can be found in the Warehouse.

Tip!

You can change the order of all components within an e-learning. In the top right corner of the e-learning, click "Change order". Drag and drop the components to rearrange them. Once you're happy with the new order, click "Save".

Conditions within an e-learning

As an administrator, you may want control over when certain parts of a learning activity become available to users. That’s why, in an e-learning, you can set conditions for releasing content within the learning activity.

For example, you can specify that a particular chapter or part only becomes available after the user has completed a previous part. Until then, the section will be visible but not yet accessible to the user.

How do I set a condition?

Open the learning activity for which you want to set conditions by going to "Content" in the left-hand menu. Then click "Edit e-learning" in the top right corner. Next, click the gear icon in the top right to open the settings for this e-learning. Select the "Conditions" tab.

You can add a condition to any part within a learning activity — both to main parts and to nested paragraphs. To do this, click the arrow on the right-hand side and select "Add condition". Then, define what needs to happen in order for the component to become accessible. There are two types of conditions in an e-learning:

  • Course progress: Set the percentage of progress that must be achieved before the user can continue to the next part.

  • Per component: Define a specific part that must be completed before the next one becomes available.
    If your e-learning includes test components, you can also set a condition that the test must be passed before the next section is unlocked.
    Use the test settings to define what counts as a passed test.

Note!
Make sure that conditions can actually be met.
For example, if you set the final component to become available only at 100% course progress, it will never unlock — because that component itself is part of the 100% progress.

Completion conditions

You can add completion conditions to an e-learning. This means you can define what must be achieved within the module for the learning activity to be marked as complete. Using completion conditions is useful to ensure that users fully complete the e-learning.

  1. Go to the relevant e-learning module.

  2. Click "Edit e-learning".

  3. In the top right corner, click the gear icon.

  4. Open the "Completion" tab.

  5. Specify what the user must do to complete the learning activity.

By default, the activity includes a completion condition of 100% progress.
You can add up to four custom completion conditions yourself — for example, passing a final test or completing a specific component.

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