How to Build a Course Activity

This article explains how to build a course activity after navigating to the Build page and adding the appropriate activity.

Learn more about the following types of activities:

Fields available in all activity types

Action Label: This is where you enter the verb you’d like displayed to learners alongside the activity name in the Course Map. All activity types have a default (e.g. for Video activities the action label is “watch”) but can be updated.

action label

Name: This is the name of the activity, which will be displayed in the Course Map to learners.

activity name

Description: The Description section is where you’ll add the main content for the activity. Often, this section includes text, one or more images, and links.

activity description

The Description section includes several formatting tools to help improve the richness of the course experience for your learners:

Different heading styles

text styles

Bolding

bold icon

Italicizing

italicize icon

Underlining

underline icon

Strikethrough

strikethrough icon

Justification

strikethrough icon

Numbering and bulleting

numbering and bulleting icons

Indents and outdents

indent and outdent icons

Hyperlinks (Tip: If you set the Target to New Window, learners that click the link will see the new page in a new window, which reduces confusion when they wish to go back to the course).

insert link icon

insert link modal

Adding images

insert image icon

insert image modal

Adding a horizontal line to accentuate a break in content within the activity

horizontal line icon

Adding or editing HTML using the Source Code button

source code icon

Use this option to write or copy/paste advanced HTML, embed iframes, or for advanced formatting.

After entering your activity content in the Description section, make sure to click Save at the bottom of the page. Tip: View the activity from the learner’s perspective as you build it by clicking View Course at the top of the page, right clicking a cohort, and clicking Open Link in New Tab. Then, navigate to the activity you’re working on and you can see the activity from the learner’s perspective, which helps determine where edits are needed.

Prerequisite: You can choose an activity as a prerequisite to the current activity. If specified, the current activity will be locked until the chosen prerequisite activity is completed by the learner.

prerequisite

Duration: Enter the estimated duration of the activity in seconds.

activity duration

Optional: Select if the activity is optional. Note: Optional activities are not included in analytics, such as completion percentage.

optional activity checkbox