The "Reinforcement Activity" component allows us to create intermediate activities that we introduce throughout a unit to self-evaluate and reinforce the student's knowledge. They are not evaluable (they do not send score to the LMS) and only one question can be added inside. We will find this component in the component group "Activity". Setup process 1. On the  "Properties" tab we configure the generic properties of the activity. 2. Access the "Add" tab and enter the question we need. Only a single question can be added. Properties PROPERTY DESCRIPTION Attempts Allows you to define the number of attempts the student has to do the activity: Unlimited– The student will have an unlimited number of attempts to do the activity. 1, 2 and 3: The student will have a limited number of attempts (1, 2 or 3) to pass the activity. Show icon Decide whether or not to display the representative side icon. Icon (60px x 60px) Allows you to modify the representative icon of the activity by selecting a new image. Overcoming goal Allows you to modify the goal overcoming settings for this particular component, making it behave differently from the general settings you set. We can choose between: Legacy: Applies the default value that is defined in the unit's target settings area (See here). It is not objective: the component will not be a target to overcome to finish the unit. Submit: You need to answer the reinforcement question (no need to hit).  Overcome or complete: The student must correctly answer the question or, if he or she does not, exhaust the available attempts.

The BERLIN ACTIVITIES template allows you to add a questionnaire inside and add different types of questions to it. All we have to do is: Access the  "Add" tab and include an Activity Block. See how it is created and configured  here. Below, you can add various types of activitiesinside. See the different types of activities available and how to configure them  here. Questionnaires created with this template will be able to: Be published and used in an LMS, as a separate content unit. (See how unit publications are made here). Be linked to a unit created with the Berlin template using the "Connector to Questionnaire " component (See how to use this component here).

"Simple answer" activities allow students to choose the correct option. This type of activity is divided in three areas: A.  Wording area. It includes a sample text by default, but other components like images, audios, and videos can be added as well. B. Answer options. This area may also include more answer options and/or new "Columns" that include new contents. Setup process Step 1. Set up activity properties Step 2. Set up the wording Step 3. Set up answer options Step 4. Advanced layout design for answer options Step 5. Advanced layout design: how to add columns Step 1. Set up activity properties After adding the activity, go to the "Properties" tab and configure them: PROPERTY DESCRIPTION Title Activity title. Mastery Score required to mark activities as complete and get a positive feedback. Getting a 100% score is required by default. It is very easy to calculate scores for simple answer activities because: We get a 100% score if we are right. We get a 0% score if we are wrong. Attempts Number of attempts available for students to find the right option. Once a student finds the right answer, attempts will expire automatically. If you want unlimited attempts, write "0" attempts. (It will only be finished after overcoming the activity). Competences This property allows choosing what skills or academic goals are achieved after completing this activity. This option is useful when the platform used to publish a unit keeps record of these data. Step 2. Set up the wording 1. Write the text for the question (see here) . 2. Optionally, you can add more components within the question. Make sure you select the wording (you will easily find it in the breadcrumb trail), go to the "Add" tab and include the components you need. Step 3. Set up answer options 3. Write the text for the answer options. 4. Optionally, the text included in the option can be replaced by an image. Select the option and add an "Image" within the "Add" tab. Then you will be able to delete the text and leave only the image. 5.  If needed, you can add more answer options. Select an option, go to the "Add" tab, "Insert after", and select "Option". 6. After configuring all the options, choose the correct option. Select the correct option, access the "Properties" tab and select "True" within the "Correct" field. Step 4. Advanced layout design for answer options Optionally, we can format answer options to locate them in screens and columns. Options offer three specific properties: PROPERTY DESCRIPTION Check position This property is used to choose the position of the check associated with an option: on the right or left of the text/image. Size The answer option works like a column, so it occupies 12 spaces in the screen by default (that is, 100% of the available space). We can modify the number of spaces occupied by answer options (1-12) to create different layouts: 2 columns (6 spaces each), 3 columns (4 spaces each), etc. Offset This option allows creating a breaking space on the left of the option (1-12 spaces). It's the last column This property allows marking an option as the last one within a row. This means that the second column will be placed below the first column, and the third column will appear as the last one within the row. This example shows that more options could have been included in the first row, but we have decided to insert them in the next row. Combining these properties allows creating layouts like these: Step 5. Advanced layout design: how to add columns Normally, wordings and answer options are enough to configure activities correctly. However, sometimes we want to add especial elements (images, audios, etc.) and create more complex layout designs. In order to do so, we will add "Columns". Columns can be inserted anywhere: after wordings, after answer options, etc. Within a column, we can add different elements: images audios, videos, texts or answer options. Within the "Properties" tab, we can configure properties like "Size", "Offset" and "It's the last column" (as mentioned in Step 2). Use of columns allows creating complex layouts like the following:

"Multiple choice" activities allow students to choose various answer options. This type of activity is divided in three areas: A. Wording area. It includes a sample text by default, but other components like images, audios, and videos can be added as well. B. Answer options. This area may also include more answer options and/or new "Columns" that include new contents. Setup process Step 1. Set up activity properties Step 2. Set up the wording Step 3. Set up answer options Step 4. Advanced layout design for answer options Step 5. Advanced layout design: how to add columns Step 1. Set up activity properties After adding the activity, go to the "Properties" tab and configure them: PROPERTY DESCRIPTION Title Activity title. Mastery Score required to mark activities as complete and get a positive feedback. Getting a 100% score is required by default. Score obtained in Multiple choice activities is calculated with the following formula: number of right options / total number of available options. We understand that the number of correct options corresponds to options that should be marked, but also those that should not be marked. So, this means each option represents a percentage of the total score. For example, an activity consists of 10 options whose value is 10%, 5 options are correct, and 5 options are wrong. Students mark 5 correct answers, so they get a 50%; they do not mark the rest of wrong options, so they get also a 50%. What happens if students mark an incorrect option? They get a 90%: there are 5 correct options (50%), 1 wrong option, and 4 unmarked options (40%). In conclusion, total score is 50%+40%, because unmarked options are not penalised. Randomize Answer options reorder with each attempt. Attempts Number of attempts available for students to find the right option. Once a student finds the right answer, attempts will expire automatically. If you want unlimited attempts, write "0" attempts. (It will only be finished after overcoming the activity). Competences This property allows choosing what skills or academic goals are achieved after completing this activity. This option is useful when the platform used to publish a unit keeps record of these data. Step 2. Set up the wording 1. Write the text for the question. 2. Optionally, you can add more components within the wording. Make sure you select the wording (you will easily find it in the breadcrumb trail) before going to the "Add" tab and include the components you need. Step 3. Set up answer options 3. Write the text for the answer options 4. Optionally, the text included in the option can be replaced by an image. Select the option, go to the "Add" tab and add an "Image". Then you will be able to delete the text and leave only the image. 5. If needed, you can add more answer options. Select an option, go to the "Add" tab, "Insert after", and select "Option". 6. After configuring all the options, choose the correct option. Select the right option, access the "Properties" tab and select "True" within the field called "Correct". Step 4. Advanced layout design for answer options Optionally, we can format answer options to locate them in screens and columns. This way, the options consist of three specific properties: PROPERTY DESCRIPTION Check position This property is used to choose the position of the check associated with an option: on the right or left of the text/image. Size The answer option works like a column, so it occupies 12 spaces in the screen by default (that is, 100% of available space). We can modify the number of spaces occupied by answer options (1-12) to create different layouts: 2 columns (6 spaces each), 3 columns (4 spaces each), etc. Offset This option allows creating a breaking space on the left of the option (1-12 spaces). It's the last column This property allows marking an option as the last one within a row. This means that the second column will be placed below the first column, and the third column will appear as the last one within the row. This example shows that more options could have been included in the first row, but we have decided to insert them in the next row. Combining these properties allows creating layouts such as: Step 5. Advanced layout design: how to add columns Normally wordings and answer options are enough to configure activities correctly, but sometimes we want to add especial elements (images, audios, etc.) and create more complex layout designs. So, we will be able to add "Columns". Columns can be inserted anywhere: after wordings, after answer options, etc. Within a column, we can add different elements: images audios, videos, texts or answer options. Within the "Properties" tab, we can configure properties like "Size", "Offset" and "It's the last column" (as mentioned in Step 2). Use of columns allows creating complex layouts like the following:

This activity allows you to add clickable areas on an image and the student will point to the correct elements. This activity is structured in two zones: A. Wording zone. By default it includes a text,but you can add other components such as image, audio and video. B. Answer zone.  This area will include an image on which you can add correct response areas.  Setup process Step 1. Configure activity properties The first thing to do is to enter the "Properties" tab of the activity and select the"Resource" or image that will be the basis of the activity. In addition, other properties can be configured. PROPERTY DESCRIPTION Title Title of the activity. Attempts Only available if the quiz uses the "Activity Block" view. Allows you to configure the number of attempts available to answer the activity. Mastery The score required for the activity to be completed and appear in positive feedback. By default, 100% of the correct areas are required. The score is evenly distributed across all the correct areas. If the activity has 4 correct options, the score for each would be 25% 0.5% will be deducted for each incorrect option selected. Thus, in an activity with 4 correct options, if the student selects all the correct ones but marks 2 additional zones incorrectly, his note will be: 25% 25% 25% 25%-0.5%-0.5%-90% Weight Property only available when using the "Questionnaire" view of  the questionnaire. By default, all questions weigh the same, but here we can change the value that the question will have with respect to another. To understand the effect of weight modification on activities, see here where you can see how a quiz note is calculated. Resource Select the image that will act as the graphical background of the activity Border color of areas allows you to customize the border color of the areas selected by the user. Border color of the right areas Border color the wrong areas Sets the colors of areas when they are correct or incorrect. Step 2. Set the utterance 1. Compose the question statement text (See here for text settings) 2. Optionally, you can add more components within the statement. Make sure you have the statement selected (the most comfortable way is by the crumb path) and, in the "Add" tab incorporate the components you need. Step 3. Add the right answer areas Select the activity and add as many correct areas as needed. They can be moved and resized as needed. In the areas we have three specific properties:  PROPERTY DESCRIPTION Circle Decide whether the area will be circular or square. X Position (px) Y Position (px) Allows you to set the exact position of the area on the X and Y axis Width Height Sets the width and height of the area in pixels

"Matching" activities allow linking contents located in two columns (Origin and Target). There are two ways: relate to colors or relate to arrows This type of activity is divided in two areas: A. Wording area. It includes a sample text by default, which can include other components like images, audios, and videos. B. Answer options. This section consists of two columns. The left column is the "Origin" and the right column is the "Target". Setup process Step 1. Set up activity properties Step 2. Set up the wording Step 3. Set up answer options Step 4. Advanced layout design: how to add columns Step 1. Set up activity properties After adding the activity, go to the "Properties" tab and configure them: PROPERTY DESCRIPTION Title Activity title. Mastery Score required so we can mark activities as complete and get a positive feedback. Getting a 100% score is required by default. In order to calculate the score of tap-tap activities, we use the following formula: number of correct links / total number of links. For example, if an activity has 5 possible links and students choose 3 correct links: 3/5= 0,6 = 60%. Attempts Number of attempts available for students to find the right option. Once a student finds the right answer, attempts will expire automatically. If you want unlimited attempts, write "0" attempts. (It will only be finished after overcoming the activity). Skills This property allows choosing what skills or academic goals are achieved after completing this activity. This option is useful when the platform used to publish a unit keeps record of these data. High of the options We can select two ways: Unified: all options will have the same size, applying the largest option size. According to text: the options will occupy a different size, according to their content. Step 2. Set up the wording 1. Write the text for the question (see here). 2. Optionally, you can add more components within the wording. Make sure you select the wording (you will easily find it with the breadcrumb trail) before going to the "Add" tab and include the components you need. Step 3. Set up answer options 3. Select each of the origins, go to the "Properties" tab and change the space that will be covered using the "Size" property. For example, 6 spaces (half of the screen). You can also configure properties like "Offset" and "isEndColumn". 4. If you need to add more origins, click on the last one, access the "Add" tab and add as many options as needed. Don't forget you should also edit the size of new options. 5. Repeat the same process to configure targets (Define their size and add new target options if appropriate). 6. Once options are put in the right place and have the right size, we should write the contents for each origin and target options. Remember that text of origins and targets can be replaced by images. 7. Select each "Target", go the "Properties tab and choose a title for each target option. 8. Select each "Source", go to the "Properties" tab and choose its target, that is, the correct target option for each source option. Finally, you can configure other options within origins and targets. Origin properties PROPERTY DESCRIPTION Correct This property allows choosing the right link between origin and target options. Type of index You can add a number to each origin option. This way, when reviewing activities and analysing source-target links, we could say that Origin A is linked with Target 2. We can disable the type of index ("None"), choose "Number", "Upper Latin", "Upper Roman", or "Lower Roman". Size This option works like a column, so it occupies 12 spaces in the screen by default (that is, 100% of available space). We can change the number of spaces, from 1 to 12. Normally, an origin should occupy 6 spaces, half of the screen. Offset This option allows creating a breaking space on the left of the origin option (1-12 spaces). isEndColumn This property allows marking an option as the last element within a row. This means that any other element added after this will be placed below, even if there is enough space available within the same row. Target properties PROPERTY DESCRIPTION Title Target name. This will be shown in the "Correct" property within the origins. Type of index You can add a number to each origin option. This way, when reviewing activities and analysing source-target links, we could say that Origin A is linked with Target 2. We can disable the type of index ("None"), choose "Number", "Upper Latin", "Upper Roman", or "Lower Roman". Size This option works like a column, so it occupies 12 spaces in the screen by default (that is, 100% of available space). We can change the number of spaces, from 1 to 12. Normally, a target should occupy 6 spaces (half of the screen). Offset This option allows creating a breaking space on the left of the origin option (1-12 spaces). So, if we want to separate origins from targets, we could use the Offset option. isEndColumn This property allows marking a target option as the last element within a row. This means that any other element added after this will be placed below, even if there is enough space available within the same row. Step 4. Advanced layout design: how to add columns Normally wordings, origin and target options are enough to configure activities correctly, but sometimes we want to add especial elements (images, audios, etc.) and create more complex layout designs. So, we will be able to add "Columns". Columns can be inserted anywhere: after wordings, after answer options, etc. Within a column, we can add different elements: images audios, videos, texts or answer options. Within the "Properties" tab, we can configure properties like "Size", "Offset" and "isEndColumn".

Activities with "Drag & Drop" answers allow students to use link actions with concepts moving elements to specific targets. This type of activity is divided in two areas: A. Wording area. It consists of a sample text by default, but it can include other components like images, audios, and videos. B. Answer options. This area includes origin and target options by default. Setup process Step 1. Set up activity properties Step 2. Set up the wording Step 3. Set up the origins Step 4. Set up the targets Option 1. Link a target with other elements within a row or a column. Option 2. Put a target option inside a text Step 5. Link origins with targets Step 1. Set up activity properties After adding the activity, go to the "Properties" tab and configure: PROPERTY DESCRIPTION Title Activity title. Mastery Score required to mark activities as complete and get a positive feedback. Getting a 100% score is required by default. In order to calculate the score of tap-tap activities, we use the following formula: number of correct links / total number of links. For example, if an activity has 5 possible links and students choose 3 correct links: 3/5= 0,6 = 60%. Attempts Number of attempts available for students to find the right option. Once a student finds the right answer, attempts will expire automatically. If you want unlimited attempts, write "0" attempts. (It will only be finished after overcoming the activity). Competences This property allows choosing what skills or academic goals are achieved after completing this activity. This option is useful when the platform used to publish a unit keeps record of these data. Step 2. Set up the wording 1. Write the text for the question (see here ). 2. Optionally, you can add more components within the wording. Don't forget to select the wording (you will easily find it with the breadcrumb trail) before going to the "Add" tab and include the components you need. Step 3. Set up the origins 3.When created, activities include two elements by default: "Origin" and "Target". If more elements are needed, select the activity and add new "Origin" and "Target" items from the "Add" tab. 4. Selecciona cada "Origen" y, en la pestaña "Propiedades"define el "Tamaño" de cada uno. También podrás utilizar las propiedades "Compensación" y "Es última columna". 5. Redacta el texto de cada Origen. Step 4. Set up the targets In order to configure the targets: 6. Selecciona cada Destino y accede a la pestaña "Propiedades". Indica un "Título" para cada destino. 7. Adicionalmente, configura el "Tamaño" del cada destino. También podrás utilizar las propiedades "Compensación" y "Es última columna". Observa que los destinos son únicamente una línea sobre la que arrastrar cada origen, no tiene ningún elemento que nos ayude a identificar rápidamente cuál de los destinos está relacionado con un origen. Por lo tanto, debemos de buscar el modo de identificarlos. Existen dos modos de hacerlo: Opción 1. Relacionar un destino con otros elementos en una fila o columna. Esta opción nos permite relacionar cada destino con otro elemento (por ejemplo, una imagen, un vídeo, un audio, un texto...). Basta con utilizar las filas o las columnas. En este ejemplo, hemos creado 3 columnas de tamaño 4 con imágenes y hemos situado debajo los destinos, también con un tamaño 4. Así, cada destino está relacionado visualmente con una imagen. Option 2. Put a target option inside a text Imagine that we want students to complete a sentence with origins using drag-drop option to complete blanks inside a text. In this case, we should link the target with the blank. Para hacerlo, situamos el ratón sobre la posición del texto en la que deseamos colocar el destino y, en el desplegable "Enlaces"elegimos la opción "Gap". Después, seleccionamos el Gap que hemos añadido y, en la pestaña "Propiedades" indicamos el destino que queremos que se coloque aquí. Step 5. Link origins with targets After configuring each target (linked to a column containing an image, audio, video, etc., or linked to a blank inside a text with a Gap), we should link origins with their targets. We select the Origin, go to its properties, and choose the "Correct" Target. Origin properties (Drag) PROPERTY DESCRIPTION Title Title of the origin. Optional. Correct This property allows choosing the right link between origin and target option. Type of index You can add a number to each origin option. This way, when reviewing activities and analysing source-target links, we could say that Origin A is linked with Target 2. We can disable the type of index ("None"), choose "Number", "Upper Latin", "Upper Roman", or "Lower Roman". Size This option works like a column, so it occupies 12 spaces in the screen by default (that is, 100% of available space). We can modify the number of spaces occupied by answer options (1-12), which allows creating different layouts: 2 columns (6 spaces each), 3 columns (4 spaces each), etc. Offset This option allows creating a breaking space on the left of the option (1-12 spaces). isEndColumn This property allows marking an option as the last one within a row. This means that the second column will be placed below the first column, so that the third column appears as the last one within the row. This example shows that two more options could have been included in the first row, but we have inserted them in the next row. Target properties (Drop) PROPERTY DESCRIPTION Title Title of the origin. Optional. Type of index You can add a number to each origin option. This way, when reviewing activities and analysing source-target links, we could say that Origin A is linked with Target 2. We can disable the type of index ("None"), choose "Number", "Upper Latin", "Upper Roman", or "Lower Roman". Size in the text This allows defining the width (in px) of the blank where source option will be dropped. We only use this when we add a target inside a text (using a Gap). Recommendation: you should count at least 10 px for each letter. So, if we want to insert a word with 5 letters, like "table", 50-70 px should be okay. Size This option works like a column, so it occupies 12 spaces in the screen by default (that is, 100% of available space). We can modify the number of spaces occupied by answer options (1-12), which allows creating different layouts: 2 columns (6 spaces each), 3 columns (4 spaces each), etc. Offset This option allows creating a breaking space on the left of the option (1-12 spaces). isEndColumn This property allows marking an option as the last one within a row. This means that the second column will be placed below the first column, so that the third column appears as the last one within the row. This example shows that two more options could have been included in the first row, but we have inserted them in the next row.

Activities with "Fill the gaps" answers allow students to complete texts filling the blanks. This type of activities is divided in two areas: A.  Wording area. It consists of a sample text by default, but it can include other components like images, audios, and videos. B. Write options. This area shows the different write options available. Setup process Step 1. Set up activity properties Step 2. Set up the wording Step 3. Set up answer options Option 1. Link an option with other elements within a row or a column. Option 2. Locate an option aligned with a text. Step 4. Advanced layout design: how to add columns Step 1. Set up activity properties After adding the activity, go to the "Properties" tab and configure them: PROPERTY DESCRIPTION Title Activity title. Mastery Score required to mark activities as complete and get a positive feedback. Getting a 100% score is required by default. In order to calculate the score of fill the gap activities, we use the following formula: number of correct options / total number of options. For example, if an activity has 5 options or gaps and students choose 3 correct options: 3/5= 0,6 = 60%. Attempts Number of attempts available for students to find the right option. Once a student finds the right answer, attempts will expire automatically. If you want unlimited attempts, write "0" attempts. (It will only be finished after overcoming the activity). Competences This property allows choosing what skills or academic goals are achieved after completing this activity. This option is useful when the platform used to publish a unit keeps record of these data. Distinguish upper case/lower case This property allows us to determine if students should distinguish between upper case and lower case when writing. The options are: No: With this option, it doesn't matter whether students use upper case or lower case. So, they can write "house", "HOUSE", hOUSE", "House", etc. For example, for proper names any of these spelling alternatives are accepted: "New York", "new york", "new York", "NEW YORK"... This helps students to solve activities with more ease, as they do not need to pay attention to spelling rules. Yes: With this option, students must write words using the exact spelling (the same spelling used when editing). For example, if we want students to write "New York", they should spell it that way; no variations will be admitted ("new york", "new York", etc). This option is useful when spelling accuracy is important for student assessment. Distinguish accents This property allows choosing if it is required to write word/s using correct accent marks. No: With this option, presence or absence of accent marks will not be penalised. So, the word "canción"("song" in Spanish) will also be admitted without the accent mark ("cancion"). Yes: With this option, students must write words exactly as described in wordings. So, the word "canción" will only be admitted if written with accent mark. Ignore special characters This field allows us to indicate what special characters we do not consider important to mark an answer as valid. So, we could ignore full stops, commas and similar characters. If students wrote "I want this, but can't have it.", we could consider that there is no need to include a full stop or a comma, so the option "I want this but can't have it" would be admitted too. Step 2. Set up the wording 1. Write a text for the wording of the question (see here). 2. Optionally, you can add more components within the wording. Make sure you select the wording (you will easily find it with the breadcrumb trail) before going to the "Add" tab and include the components you need. Step 3. Set up answer options 3. An answer option appears by default under the wording. If needed, we can add more options, as many as appropriate. 4. We can configure options clicking on each and going to their "Properties" tab. There are the following fields: PROPERTY DESCRIPTIÓN Correcto We should use this property to indicate the right word that students must use to fill the gap. It is important to say that students must write exactly what is written inside this field; otherwise, their answer will not be marked as correct. However, this rule will not be applied if we have decided that the lack of accent marks is not penalised. If we want to offer more than one correct option, we should write options separated by two characters "II" (key combination for this is Ctrl+Alt+1).  Título Nombre de la opción. Es un dato importante que debemos configurar si queremos situar la opción en línea con un texto. Tamaño del texto Esta propiedad permitirá decidir el espacio disponible para escribir el texto correcto (en px). Resulta de gran utilidad si situamos la opción en línea con el texto mediante un Gap. Tamaño de columna La opción se comporta como una columna, por lo que, por defecto ocupa 12 espacios en pantalla (el 100% del espacio disponible). Podemos modificar la cantidad de espacios que ocupa, de 1 a 12, lo que nos permite realizar composiciones diferentes (2 columnas, dando un tamaño de 6 a cada opción; 3 columnas, dando un tamaño de 4 a cada opción; etc.) Compensación Esta opción permite crear un espacio de separación a la izquierda de la opción de respuesta, pudiendo configurar de 1 a 12 espacios. Es última columna Permite indicar que esta opción será la última de la fila. Así, aunque otra opción posterior cupiese en el espacio disponible, se le obligará a colocarse debajo. En este ejemplo, en la fila superior habrían entrado dos opciones más, pero hemos obligado que bajen a la siguiente fila. Observa que las opciones de escritura son únicamente una línea sobre la que redactar el texto correspondiente, no tiene ningún elemento que nos ayude a identificar rápidamente cuál de los destinos está relacionado con un origen. Por lo tanto, debemos de buscar el modo de identificarlos. Existen dos modos de hacerlo: Opción 1. Relacionar una opción con otros elementos en una fila o columna. Esta opción nos permite relacionar cada destino con otro elemento (por ejemplo, una imagen, un vídeo, un audio, un texto...). Basta con utilizar las filas o las columnas. En este ejemplo, hemos creado 2 columnas de tamaño 5 con imágenes (la segunda columna tiene Compensación 1 para separarla un poco de la anterior) y hemos situado debajo las opciones, también con un tamaño 5. Así, cada opción está relacionada visualmente con una imagen. Option 2. Locate an option aligned with a text. Imagine that we want students to complete a sentence with origins using the drag-drop option to blanks inside a text. In this case, we should link the target with the blank. Then we put the cursor over the blank where we should put the target, we go to "Links" drop-down menu and choose "Gap". Then, we select the Gap we've chosen, go to its "Properties" tab and choose the target we want to put there. Remember that you should have gone to the option settings to indicate the "Size in the text" and offer students enough space to write their text. Step 4. Advanced layout design: how to add columns Normally wordings and texts are enough to configure activities correctly, but sometimes we want to add especial elements (images, audios, etc.) and create more complex layout designs. We can add "Columns" to create these layouts. Columns can be inserted anywhere: after wordings, after answer options, etc. Within a column, we can add different elements: images audios, videos, texts, etc. Within the "Properties" tab, we can configure properties like "Size", "Offset" and "It's the last column". Use of columns allows creating complex layouts. For example, we could add various audios and texts to complete. For example, there are two columns in this case. Each column includes an audio file and a text where students need to fill the blanks. Each column occupies 5 spaces. Furthermore, offset for the second column is "1", which allows leaving a space with the previous column.

Activities with "Dropdown"  answers allow students to choose the answer from a drop-down menu. This type of activity is divided in two areas: A. Wording area. It consists of a sample text by default, but it can include other components like images, audios, and videos. B. Answer area. We use this area to add the answer options that will be included within the drop-down menus. Setup process Step 1. Set up activity properties Step 2. Set up the wording Step 3. Set up drop-down combos Option 1. Link a combo with other elements within a row or a column. Option 2. Locate an option aligned with a text. Step 5. Advanced layout design: how to add columns Step 1. Set up activity properties After adding the activity, go to the "Properties" tab and configure them: PROPERTY DESCRIPTION Title Activity title. Mastery Score required to mark activities as complete and get a positive feedback. Getting a 100% score is required by default. In order to calculate the score of drop-down activities, we use the following formula: number of correct drop-down options / number of total drop-down options. For example, if an activity has 5 drop-down answers and students find the right option for 3 of them: 3/5= 0,6 = 60%. Attempts Number of attempts available for students to find the right option. Once a student finds the right answer, attempts will expire automatically. If you want unlimited attempts, write "0" attempts. (It will only be finished after overcoming the activity). Competences This property allows choosing what skills or academic goals are achieved after completing this activity. This option is useful when the platform used to publish a unit keeps record of these data. Step 2. Set up the wording 1. Write the text for the question (see here ). 2. Optionally, you can add more components within the wording. Make sure you select the wording (you will easily find it with the breadcrumb trail) before going to the "Add" tab and include the components you need. Step 3. Set up drop-down combos 3. Debajo del enunciado, por defecto, se muestra un combo desplegable. Si lo necesitas, puedes añadir más desplegables. 4. Cuando se añade un combo, por defecto, tiene una posible opción de respuesta. Podemos añadir tantas opciones de respuesta al combo como necesitemos. Seleccionamos el desplegable y desde la pestaña "Añadir" añadimos "Opción". 5. Tras añadir las opciones correspondientes al combo desplegable, hay que configurar cada opción. Seleccionada cada opción, redactamos su texto y, en la pestaña "Propiedades" le damos un "Título" o identificador. Repetimos el proceso con todas las opciones del desplegable. 6. Tras configurar cada opción, seleccionamos el desplegable y, desde la pestaña "Propiedades", indicamos la respuesta correcta en el campo "Correcto", es decir, indicamos cuál de las opciones es la correcta. We can also configure other properties of drop-down combos: PROPERTY DESCRIPCIÓN Título Nombre del combo. Es un dato importante que debemos configurar si queremos situar la opción en línea con un texto. Correcto Aquí indicaremos qué opción es la correcta. Tamaño del texto Esta propiedad permitirá decidir el espacio disponible para el combo cuando está insertado dentro de un texto (en px). Resulta de gran utilidad si situamos la opción en línea con el texto mediante un Gap. Tamaño de columna El combo se comporta como una columna, por lo que, por defecto ocupa 12 espacios en pantalla (el 100% del espacio disponible). Podemos modificar la cantidad de espacios que ocupa, de 1 a 12, lo que nos permite realizar composiciones diferentes (2 columnas, dando un tamaño de 6 a cada combo; 3 columnas, dando un tamaño de 4 a cada combo; etc.) Compensación Esta opción permite crear un espacio de separación a la izquierda del combo, pudiendo configurar de 1 a 12 espacios. Es última columna Permite indicar que este combo será el último de la fila. Así, aunque otro combo posterior cupiese en el espacio disponible, se le obligará a colocarse debajo. En este ejemplo, en la fila superior habrían podido entrar dos opciones más, pero hemos obligado que bajen a la siguiente fila. Step 4. Locate drop-down combos Notice that combos do not have any element that can help us to identify what is the right option. So, we should look for a way to link the combo with any element that helps us to give an answer. There are two feature options: Option 1. Link a combo with other elements within a row or a column. This option allows linking each combo with another element (an image, video, audio, or text, for instance). We should use just rows or columns. In this case, we have created two 5-size columns (the second column has Offset 1 to separate it from the first column). We have added an audio inside each column, and we have put the combos associated below each audio (Size is 5 too). This way, each option is visually linked with an image. Option 2. Locate an option aligned with a text. Imagine that we want students to complete a sentence inside a text with drop-down combo options. In this case, we should link the drop-down option with a blank in the text. In order to do so, we put the cursor over the blank where we should put the target, we go to "Links" drop-down menu and choose "Gap". Then, we select the Gap we added, go to its "Properties" tab and choose the drop-down combo we want to put there. Remember that you should have configure the following setting options for the drop-down combo: A "Title" to identify and know how to select the drop-down combo. A "Size in text" to leave enough space to display the combo and its content correctly. Step 5. Advanced layout design: how to add columns Normally wordings and answer areas are enough to configure activities correctly, but sometimes we need to add especial elements (images, audios, etc.) and create more complex layout designs. We can add "Columns" to create these layouts. Columns can be inserted anywhere: after wordings, after answer options, etc. Within a column, we can add different elements: images audios, videos, texts, etc. Within the "Properties" tab, we can configure properties like "Size", "Offset" and "It's end column". Use of columns allows creating complex layouts. For example, we could add various audios and texts to complete. For example, there are two columns in this case. Each column includes an audio file and a text where students need to fill the blanks. Each column occupies 5 spaces. Furthermore, Offset for the second column is "1", which allows leaving a space with the previous column.

Activities consisting of "Single Matrix" allow creating various simple answer questions within the same activity. This type of activity is divided in two areas: A.  Wording area. It includes a sample text by default, but other components like images, audios, and videos can be added. B.  Answer options. This area may also include more answer options and/or new "Columns" that include new contents. Setup process Step 1. Create the activity Step 2. Set up activity properties Step 3. Set up the wording Step 4. Add answer options Step 5. Advanced layout design: how to add columns Step 1. Create the activity There are two preset templates available to add a Single Matrix activity: an empty activity or an activity where various answer options are inserted inside a table (Single matrix). A. Activities with table format help to quickly create a series of answers organised in rows and columns (matrix). There is only 1 correct answer per column. In this case, we have used this preset to choose the location of each landmark (there is only 1 correct option, as you can see). B. Empty activities allow us to create activities from scratch and customise them. Step 2. Set up activity properties After adding the activity, go to the "Properties" tab and configure them: PROPERTY DESCRIPTION Title Activity title. Attempts Number of attempts available for students to find the right option. Once a student finds the right answer, attempts will expire automatically. If you want unlimited attempts, write "0" attempts. (It will only be finished after overcoming the activity). Competences This property allows choosing what skills or academic goals are achieved after completing this activity. This option is useful when the platform used to publish a unit keeps record of these data. Step 3. Set up the wording 1. Write the text for the question (see here). 2. Optionally, you can add more components within the question. Make sure you select the wording (you will easily find it within the breadcrumb trail), go to the "Add" tab and include the components you need. Step 4. Add answer options 3. Select the text that you will find below the wording. Write its content and leave enough space to insert answer options. 4.  Put the cursor over the place where you would like to add an option. Within the text editor, open the "Components" drop-down menu and select the "Single Matrix option". This option will be added to the text. Repeat the same steps with all the options you need to add. Then, create the groups of answer options. In this example, there are two questions with 3 options within. So, we need to create two groups of sentences: Group 1, including 3 options, and Group 2, including other 3 options. In order to configure this type of options: 5. Select the option and access the "Properties" tab. 6. Select the group identifier within the "idGroup". You can use any type of indicator (a number, a letter, a word, etc.) Repeat this action with the rest of options. Please, pay attention and assign the same identifier to options included in the same group. In this case, the first three options will have a value (1), and the other three options will have another value (2). 7. After configuring the groups, select the right options for each group, access to the "Properties" tab, go to the "Correct"property and mark it as "True". In this example, correct options are the first option within Group 1 and the second option within Group 2. Step 5. Advanced layout design: how to add columns Normally wordings and answer options are enough to configure activities correctly, but sometimes we want to add especial elements (images, audios, etc.) to create more complex layout designs. So, we will be able to add "Columns". Columns can be inserted anywhere: after wordings, after answer options, etc. Within a column, we can add different elements: images audios, videos, texts or answer options. Within the "Properties" tab, we can configure properties like "Size", "Offset" and "It's the last column". PROPERTY DESCRIPTION Size This is the size occupied by a column inside a row. Columns can occupy 1-12 spaces. Offset This option allows creating a breaking space on the left of the column, which can be visually noticed. Offset can have 1-12 spaces. It's the last column This property allows marking a column as the last column within a row. This means that the second column will be placed below the first column, so that the third column appears as the last one within the row. So, this example shows that more options could have been included in the first row, but we have decided to insert them in the next row. Use of columns allows creating complex layouts. We could create two columns within the activity we have shown as an example; each column would include a text and that would help to organise questions better.