The Flash Course activity is no longer available as from version 19.6 ("Callisto"). The "flash cards" can be used in the Mobile Course activity.
What is the Flash Course activity?
Anchoring of knowledge by association or open question
The Flash Course offers the learner to work on his associative memory by providing him with information on a double-sided card.
What is the pedagogical advantage of this activity? Well, you can display two levels of information: you invite the learner to first think and make an assumption before returning the card to discover more information, an answer...
Academic purpose
The Flash Course is designed to provide knowledge and is displayed upstream of the ELPA learning cycle in the Learn stage. It is however multi-purpose and can also be part of the Practice phase of the ELPA cycle.
Suitable for Badge, Score, Shake'n'Learn features: no
Live!: no
Available medias: images (.png/.jpg/.jpeg), audio (.mp3), PDF document, video (.mp4, integrable subtitling)
Web app compatible : yes
Features
- Two-sided information cards: unlimited content (with scrolling on some mobiles from 350 characters)
- Card titles limited to 25-characters
- Buttons text limited to 20 characters
Customizable items
- Introduction card title*
- Introduction card text
- Conclusion card title*
- Conclusion card text
- One-sided and two-sided display buttons
Module type: training path
Upgrades history
- only available from 17.4 version
- this activity is no more available as from version 19.6
How to use the Webauthoring tool for the Flash course activity?
To find out more about creating an activity, read the article "How to create the training course content for the first time?"
Note: The Flash Course activity is no more used on its own, it is included in the Mobile Course activity as a card-type.
How to fill in the Excel® Flash course activity template?
All activities can be downloaded from:
by clicking at the top right of the screen on Activity templates.
They can also be downloaded from the training course authoring page.
Note: it is recommended to download the activity templates regularly, or even each time you use them, as these are frequently updated
Note: The Flash Course activity is no more used on its own, it is included in the Mobile Course activity as a card-type.
What is the rendering of the Flash course activity in the App?
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Do you need to translate your activity? Do not hesitate to read the article on translations management of training courses content.
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