Activities are interactive elements, which you can add to your documents to make them interesting and appealing to viewers. Like all other elements, activities are highly customizable, both visually and functionally. Activity elements consist of several sub-elements, which you can reorganize, edit, and format.
Composica offers a variety of activities, which can be inserted from the Interactions tab. An activity element is added to the document with its default layout and settings, including all of the sub-elements essential for its functionality.
Activities can be inserted with a “default” look, allowing for complete customization, and some activities can also be created as interactive sets which are based on rich templates which can be further customized. For more information, see Sets.
Some activities are used as questions, and as such their “correct” state can be configured. This is configured differently for each activity, according to its usage.
These activities are:
These activities also include a feedback element, which provides learners with feedback based on their selection.
Other activities are simply used to add interaction and richness to the document, without having a correct or incorrect state. These activities are: hot spots, hot word and survey.
Customizing and combining these activities can result in endless possibilities, allowing you to develop nearly any wanted scenario without the need for any programming or any advanced knowledge.
Multiple choice questions
A multiple choice activity allows to quiz viewers about a certain topic, and provide them with instant feedback. To add a multiple choice activity, use Interactions > Multiple Choice. A drop-down will allow you to choose between one of many preset designs, or a plain version which can be fully customized to fit the style of your project. Once you’ve made your selection, the multiple choice question will be added to your document.
A multiple choice question consists of a question, several answers, a check answer button, and feedback. You can format any of these elements, and change their content. For information on editing their content, see Editing an element’s content.
There are three simple steps to make the multiple choice question functional:
- Change the question’s text.
- Change each answer’s text.
- Set the correct answer. This is done by selecting the correct answer, selecting the Settings tab in the Properties pane, and setting the value of <Correct> to on.
The multiple choice question is now ready and functional. There are many more options and possibilities for customizing and personalizing the activity. For more information, see Activities, Multiple Choice.
The sub-elements which comprise the activity elements are often necessary for the activities to function properly. Avoid removing such sub-elements, unless advised to do so.
Activities are one form of drawing attention to the document. If you want to further interest the learners, you can add media files to your project.