Build Templates with Prompt modules and Instructions Sections

Version: Kora Courses, April 14, 2023 or later

Permissions required: Faculty

  • Prompt modules and instructions sections are helpful tools when building templates.
  • They assist faculty members in guiding students' work.

Prompt Modules

  • Prompt modules provide placeholders and short prompts where students can add the appropriate work.
  1. To add a Prompt module, click “Add Content” (1).

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  1. Click “Prompt” (2).

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  1. Add instructions (3).
  2. Select or customize a response type (4).

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    • Response types allow you to define the kind(s) of work students can produce in response to a prompt (5).
    • You can have students upload images, record audio or video, or enter text, among other options.

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  • Selecting “Customize” (6) allows you to customize the possible response types precisely.
  1. Click “Save” (7)

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  • The Prompt module will be added (8).

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  • When “Add Content” in the Prompt module is clicked, the Prompt module is replaced by the module type needed to address the prompt.
  • Prompt instructions remain on the page.

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Edit a Prompt Module

  1. Click “Settings” (9).
  2. Expand “Prompt builder” (10).
  3. Click “Edit” (11).

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  1. Edit the module’s instructions or type.

Instructions Sections

  • Instructions sections allow faculty members to provide additional instructions, learning content, and materials to students on the page.
  • They are visible while editing but do not appear in the work’s published version.

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  1. Create the section for instructions.
  2. Click "Context Menu" (1).
  3. Click “Settings” (2).
  4. Expand “Section options” (3).
  5. Toggle on “Turn section into instructions” (4).

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  1. Unlock (5) an instructions section to edit it.

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