Building Blocks
Text, media, questions, surveys, and reflection elements in built-in courses.
What This Is For
Building blocks (elements) are the pieces you add inside a built-in course chapter—from text and images to graded questions and surveys.
Exact labels match the Add element menu in the course editor.
Who This Is For
Course authors in Create.
Block Types
Text and Files
| UI label | Use for |
|---|---|
| Text | Paragraphs, headings, and formatted copy |
| File | Downloadable PDF, Word, Excel, and similar |
Images
| UI label | Use for |
|---|---|
| Image | A single image, optional caption |
| Image with text | Text beside an image (left or right) |
| Image slideshow | Several images learners step through |
| Image grid | Several images in a grid |
| Image with hotspots | Clickable hotspots that reveal information |
| Image question | A question whose answers are images |
Questions and Reflection
| UI label | Use for |
|---|---|
| Single-choice question | One correct answer; optional feedback and highlight-on-wrong |
| Multiple-choice question | Several correct answers; optional feedback and highlight-on-wrong |
| Reflection question | Open-ended; not graded (review in Follow Up / related flows) |
Audio and Video
| UI label | Use for |
|---|---|
| Audio | Uploaded audio |
| Record audio | Learner records in the course |
| Video | URL embed or uploaded video |
| Record video | Learner records in the course |
Surveys
| UI label | Use for |
|---|---|
| Survey question | Multiple-choice feedback; not graded |
| Survey text | Open-ended feedback; not graded |
Survey options:
- Anonymity can be turned on and cannot be undone.
- Results appear in Analyze. For anonymous surveys, results are only available after at least three users have responded.
