What blocks does CourseArc have (Alphabetical List)?

Modified on Wed, 12 Jun, 2024 at 2:25 PM

Name of Block	Purpose	Type	Scoring	Tracking	Graded	Feedback
Accordions	Format content into chunks	Direct Instruction
Audio	Link to or embed audio	Direct Instruction
Certificate	Create a certificate for each student	Certificate/Badge
Checklist	Add a checklist for learners to check off as they complete items	Active Learning/ Assessment	✓	✓	Automatic
Citation (formerly CC Attribution)	Cite a source	Direct Instruction
Classification	Assess students by classifying an item to a category	Active Learning/ Assessment	✓	✓	Automatic	Correct/Incorrect
Cloze	Add fill-in-the-blank style questions	Assessment	✓	✓	Automatic	Correct/Incorrect & Text/Automatic
Content	Create formatted text/equations	Direct Instruction
Flashcards	Insert flashcards—all at once or stacked	Direct Instruction	✓	✓	Access
Flashcards with Images	Insert flashcards w/ images—stacked	Direct Instruction	✓	✓	Access
Generic Video	Link to or insert a video	Direct Instruction
Graphic Organizer	Create a note-taking activity for students, table format	Active Learning	✓	✓	Completion
Graphing	Assess students using a graphing question	Active Learning/ Assessment	✓	✓	Automatic	Correct/Incorrect
HTML	Embed or create custom code	Varies
Icon and Link to Popup Text	Create a link to a modal	Direct Instruction
Icon and Text	Create a visual cue/directions	Direct Instruction
Image	Insert an image	Direct Instruction
Image Hotspots	Contextualize images	Direct Instruction	✓	✓	Access
Image Labeling	Assess students by identifying parts of an image	Active Learning/ Assessment	✓	✓	Automatic	Correct/Incorrect
Image Matching	Assess students by identifying matching an image to a text-based description	Active Learning/ Assessment	✓	✓	Automatic	Correct/Incorrect
Instructor Notes	Course page notes for content editors and instructors
Interactive Categorization	Assess students with a 2 or 3 category sort	Active Learning/ Assessment	✓	✓	Automatic	Correct/Incorrect
Interactive Graphs	Create graphs and charts	Active Learning
Interactive Matching	Assess students by matching text to a text or audio description	Active Learning/ Assessment	✓	✓	Automatic	Correct/Incorrect
Markdown	Enter text in code language that will not be translated to HTML	Direct Instruction
Poll	Poll students, one question, share/hide summary of responses	Active Learning		✓
Quiz	Assess students with a quiz with a variety of types of questions	Active Learning/ Assessment	✓	✓	Automatic	Correct/Incorrect & Text/Automatic
Quiz Bank Quiz	Assess students with a quiz with a variety of types of questions pulled from a designated quiz bank	Active Learning/ Assessment	✓	✓	Automatic	Correct/Incorrect & Text/Automatic
Quote	Emphasize a quote	Direct Instruction
ReadSpeaker*	Enables text-to-speech (requires a ReadSpeaker subscription)	Direct Instruction
Rubric	Create a rubric	Instruction
Section Break	Break the wrapping of an image block	Page Layout
Self Check	Create individual questions to assess student learning	Active Learning/ Assessment	✓	✓	Automatic	Correct/Incorrect & Text/Automatic
Slideshow	Create a slideshow with a series of images and captions	Active Learning
Standout	Make a chunk of content prominently stand out on a page; can have a button with a link	Direct Instruction
Survey	Elicit learner responses using customizable surveys. Responses can be set to hide or share with learners. Learner responses may be anonymized.	Active Learning	✓	✓	Completion
Tabs	Format content into chunks	Active Learning
Vimeo Player	Link to or embed video	Direct Instruction
Writing	Assess students with a writing question/essay	Active Learning/ Assessment	✓	✓	Instructor	Custom/Manual
YouTube Video	Link to or embed video	Direct Instruction
Zip Embed	Embed custom content in Zip format	Varies

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Note: The ReadSpeaker block is not installed by default. ReadSpeaker requires a subscription.