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A Lesson module content page is a page where a teacher can provide information to move the lesson forward but without requiring the learner to answer specific questions.
The student sees the page's title, some information and then one or more buttons at the bottom to select.
When the student clicks on a button, they go to the next page but their choice is not scored.

Simple content page

Building a content page

Title

The title of a content page appears to the student at the top of the page.
A teacher will also see the title in the collapsed edit mode when they are working on the Lesson, and they will also be able to choose the title (and hence this page) from the drop down "jump" lists.
The title in a content page is also used with the "display left menu" setting.

Page contents

This is where the tacher can add information for the student,making use of the Text editor and its multimedia features.

Content

Here the teacher writes the words they want the student to click on to get to the next part of the lesson.
These words will appear to the student as a button.
The teacher can check the box to have the buttons appear horizontally, or uncheck it for them to appear centred vertically.

Format

There are 4 format types to choose from when editing text in the content description box. If you wish to have the usual rich text editing icons,choose HTML format. (Note - once you have selected an option, you cannot then go back and change your mind!)However, if you DO choose HTML format, be warned that the student will not see the changes (such as bold or different colours) in the button.

File:lessoncontenttypes.png

Number of options available

How many of these you have depends on your choice in the Maximum Number of Answers setting in Lesson settings

=== The Jump===

Each Description in a Content page has a jumpdropdown menu associated with it.
The teacher chooses from the dropdown the correct page to send the student to if they click on the button that will be made from this particular description. Any pages created by the teacher will have their titles appear in this dropdown, allowing them to be selected.
When a student clicks on a description button, they are sent to the page defined in the Jump associated with the button.

Please refer to the Jumps page for a more detailed description of jumps.

Standard jumps: Relative jumps - "This page" (go back to the same page for another attempt), "Next page" (move to next page in the edit order), "Previous page" and "End of Lesson" (leave the lesson). The default jump is usually the "Next page" jump

Absolute jumps - A page link to a specific page's title. This can be a question or content page.

Note: that when a page is moved, its relative (for example, "Next page") Jump link will show the student a different page than before. Whereas a Jump link that uses an absolute (For example, a page title) always show the same page after the page has been moved.

Special jumps:

Unseen Question within a cluster - This will link to a randomly unseen (by the student in this attempt) question between in a "Cluster of pages.

Not supported in 2.1 are "Random Questions within a branch" or "Random content pages" within a branch.

General features and uses

Content pages are pages which have a set of links to other pages in the lesson. Typically a lesson may start with a Content page which acts as a table of contents.
Each link in a Content page has two components, a "jump" and a "description" that the student sees as a button.
A Content page can effectively divide the lesson into a number of branches (or sections). Each branch can contain a number of pages (probably all related to the same topic). The end of a branch is usually marked by an End of Branch page. This is a special page which, by default, returns the student back to the preceding Branch Table. As with any page, the "return" jump in an End of Branch page can be changed, by editing the page. In some versions, using a "This page" jump in an End of Branch, will send the student to the first page in the lesson.
Branches can be nested within each other. For example, a lesson might usefully be structured so that specialist points are sub-branches within the main subject branches. Working on nested sub branches can get complicated without a plan.
Content pages can also be used to hold content in the lesson as a simple page. As such they are really non-graded content pages. With no description, their jump-link will automatically go to the next page if that is the default in the lesson setting.

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 This is where the tacher can add information for the student,making use of the [[Text editor]] and its multimedia features.
-===Content Description===
+===Content===
-Here the teacher writes the words they want the student to click on to get to the next part of the lesson.
+*Here the teacher writes the words they want the student to click on to get to the next part of the lesson.
-These words will appear to the student as a button.
+*These words will appear to the student as a button.
-The teacher can decide if these content description buttons appear horizontally or vertically in [[Lesson settings]]
+*The teacher can check the box to have the buttons appear horizontally, or uncheck it for them to appear centred vertically.
 ====Format====
-There are 4 format types to choose from when editing text in the content description box. If you wish to have the usual rich text editing icons,choose HTML format. (Note - once you have selected an option, you cannot then go back and change your mind!)
+There are 4 format types to choose from when editing text in the content description box. If you wish to have the usual rich text editing icons,choose HTML format. (Note - once you have selected an option, you cannot then go back and change your mind!)However, if you DO choose HTML format, be warned that the student will not see the changes (such as bold or different colours) in the button.
-:''TIP:'' The "Description" box does not work like the "Answer" box in a question, no mater what it looks like.  The "use editor" check box is there and the familiar HTML editor will appear.  They do not work. For example, you will see the text in a description field in bold, but the student will not see it.
+[[File:lessoncontenttypes.png]]
-*The "[[Adding/editing_a_lesson#The_Maximum_Number_of_Answers_.2F_Branches_in_a_Lesson|Maximum number of answers/branches]]" in Lesson settings ("Update this Lesson" button) determines how many blank descriptions the teacher will see in edit mode.
+====Number of options available====
+*How many of these you have depends on your choice in  the ''Maximum Number of Answers'' setting in [[Lesson settings]]
-=== The Jump link ===
+ === The Jump===
-Each Description in a Content page has a [[Jumps|jump]] associated with it. When a Description button is chosen, the student is sent to the page defined in the Jump associated with the button. In edit mode the teacher can see all the possible jumps by a pull down menu.
+*Each Description in a Content page has a [[Jumps|jump]]dropdown menu associated with it.
+*The teacher chooses from the dropdown the correct page to send the student to if they click on the button that will be made from this particular description. Any pages created by the teacher will have their titles appear in this dropdown, allowing them to be selected.
+*When a student clicks on a description button, they are sent to the page defined in the Jump associated with the button.
 Please refer to the [[Jumps]] page for a more detailed description of jumps.

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