Building lessons

Lessons are the building blocks of your course. They can have different content types — from simple text through video to interactive H5P. This page explains how to create lessons and which type is right for what.

Creating a new lesson

1. Switch to Lessons in your course.
2. Click New lesson.
3. Select the lesson type (see the table below).
4. Give it a title — learners see it in the lesson list.
5. Enter the content (varies by type).
6. Save.

Screenshot to follow

Lesson editor with type selection and title field

Which lesson types exist

Type	What's possible	When it makes sense
Video	Embed a video from the media library + optional accompanying text	Demonstration, explanation, lecture
Document	PDF or other file to view / download	Scripts, handouts, reference material
Info text	Plain text with formatting	Explanations, overviews, introductions
Multiple choice	Question with answer options, one or several correct	Knowledge check, self-test
Free text	Open question, answer automatically graded by the AI	Reflection, applied expertise, depth
Cloze text	Text with gaps to fill in	Practicing vocabulary, technical terms
Matching	Assign terms or images to categories	Learning classification
Drag and drop	Sort or place elements	Sequences, arrangements
Hotspot	Image with clickable areas	Explaining anatomy, diagrams, charts
Timeline	Order events chronologically	History, processes
H5P	Interactive content (Interactive Video, Quiz, Memory, …)	Highly interactive learning units — see Creating H5P content
SCORM	Embed an external SCORM package	Existing SCORM content from other tools

The selection is large — as a rule of thumb: multiple choice for quick knowledge checks, H5P when you want a bit more of a wow effect, free text when you want to demand depth.

Order and sequencing

In the lesson list you can reorder lessons via drag and drop. In a sequential course the order determines what learners get to see when.

The lesson list also recognizes:

• Mandatory lessons vs. optional lessons (via a toggle)
• Prerequisites within the course (e.g. "only unlock this lesson once that one is completed") — in sequential courses this is implicit, in free courses you can enforce individual orderings selectively

Tips for each type

Video lessons

• Embed videos from the media library — upload the video before creating the lesson.
• Accompanying text below the video is useful for: key learning objectives, pointers to certain spots in the video, source references.
• Long videos (>15 min) are often better split into several shorter lessons.

Multiple-choice quiz

• 3-5 answer options per question, ideally all plausible (no obviously wrong distractors).
• Mark the correct answers — the system grades automatically.
• Explanation per answer (optional) — learners see it after submitting, so they also learn from wrong answers.

Free-text lessons with AI grading

• Clear task — what should be assessed, which aspects matter?
• Provide a model answer — the AI compares against it; the more precise, the better the grading
• Define grading criteria — e.g. "professional correctness", "completeness", "own contribution"
• Set a maximum number of points — learners see their score

AI grading is an aid, not a final verdict. For critical assessments (mandatory certificate courses) plan for a manual review.

Cloze text

• Set precise gaps — one gap per term, not whole sentences
• Configure synonyms as "also accepted" where it makes professional sense
• Watch out for case-sensitivity tolerance

H5P

→ Separate guide: Creating H5P content

SCORM

• Upload a prepared SCORM package as a ZIP file to the media library
• Select the ZIP when creating the lesson
• Caution: SCORM content is loaded in an iframe — it may differ stylistically from your course

Copying lessons

Currently not directly supported in the UI. Pragmatically:

• For H5P content: H5P offers its own "copy" feature in the editor
• For other types: copy the content manually from one lesson into the other

Deleting lessons

In the lesson editor at the bottom, Delete. For courses that are already running: bear in mind that learners lose notes or bookmarks for the lesson.

Frequently asked questions

How long should a lesson be? Most well-functioning lessons take 5-15 min to work through. Very short lessons (< 2 min) feel like fragments, very long ones (> 30 min) are tiring — better to split them.

Learners complain that quiz answers are marked "wrong" even though they make sense. For cloze/free text: add synonyms or accepted spellings. For multiple choice: check whether the marking of the correct answer really fits.

Can I format content in the lesson editor (bold, lists, images)? For info-text lessons yes, with a full rich-text editor including images, tables, code blocks. For quiz questions usually only basic text — a question should be phrased briefly and clearly.

How can I see where learners drop off? In the Analytics area → your course → Lesson detail breakdown: shows completion rates and average time per lesson. An unusually low completion rate or a very long processing time often indicates a need for clarification.

Can I play through lessons as a learner for testing? Yes — in the course editor there's a preview mode that lets you play through the course as a learner, without your trainer status revealing stored quiz answers.