Microlearnings contain small chunks of information that a user spends a maximum of 10 minutes on. Thus, they are nice and short and very useful. A microlearning focuses on a specific subject.
How to create a microlearning?
From the menu bar on the left, go to "Content".
Click on “Add”.
Choose "Microlearning" as the type of learning activity.
Choose the type of microlearning you want to create. You can read more about the different options later in this article.
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.
Click on "Create new learning activity".
What are the different forms of microlearnings?
Microlearning
Within a microlearning, you can use different content forms.
Adding learning formats: You can add up to three different learning formats. You are free to choose which formats to use.
Learning objectives and tags: For each learning format, you can add learning objectives and tags. Progress and activity are measured for each learning objective. When you use tags, you can easily find content (learning formats) in the Warehouse. Start typing and suggestions for learning objectives and tags you have used before will appear immediately.
File
By adding files to a microlearning, you can let the user download the file so they can access it at any time. This ensures that you don't have to transfer the entire content of the document to your online academy. The user can download the file and access it themselves.
At step 4 mentioned above, choose “File” and click “Create”. Fill in the general information as explained above. Under “Upload file”, add the file you want to use.
Note!
The maximum file size is 50 MB.
Link
Within your online academy, you can add links to external pages. This allows you to share interesting articles with your users, among other things.
At step 4 mentioned above, choose “Link” and click “Create”. Fill in the general information as explained above. Under “Link data”, add the link you want to use.
Video
You can also let your users watch videos which explain the subject matter.
There are two options for using videos:
Add a video link: Is the video you want to use on a video platform? Paste the link to that video within the learning activity you want to use. The video channels we support are YouTube, Vimeo, Hihaho and TED.
Have you uploaded a video in YouTube yourself? Don't set the video to “private” but to “hidden”. This way, no one can find the video via the YouTube search bar, but the video will be visible in the online academy.
When adding a video from Hihaho, make sure the “Embed” option is on. You can set this in Hihaho's video settings on the “Publish” tab.
Upload a video file: Do you have your own video file you want to use in your academy? You can choose to upload it directly. The video formats you can use are .avi, .mov, .mp4, .mpeg and .mkv.
Note!
The maximum video file size is 1 GB.