👉🖼️Annotate Block

Allow learners to identify points on an image and label the points for optional staff review.

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Written by Laurie Garcia
Updated over a week ago

This annotation Block is great for 1) assessing a learner's ability to visually identify items in an image, chart, or diagram and 2) just to add some fun interaction with your content.

This article will cover the Block that allows learners to annotate an image. To see how to annotate your image for learners to view-only, see the Image Blocks.

Sample annotation: learner preview mode on the left and edit mode on the right


How to add an image for learners to annotate

  1. Create a new step on your course Path and open the step.

  2. Select "Task" then "Annotate." You've added a Block to your step!

  3. Select "Replace Image" and use the Media Manager to upload and insert your image. Replace template text with your own instructions. Optionally set a required number of points that the learner will need to add and label.

  4. Optionally add more Blocks. When finished, hit Publish.


Features

You can...

  • Upload image files in the following formats: JPEG, PNG, etc.

  • Reuse files in other steps once stored in the Media Manager.

  • Require a certain number of labelled points or let learners decide how many points to add.

The learner can....

  • Click to add a point and type a label.

  • Delete points and labels.

  • See how many points are required to complete the assignment, if applicable.


FAQs

Q. How do I adjust points and grading notifications?

A. Open the step settings to adjust these settings and more for the step.

Q. How do I turn off the option to reset and retake the assessment?

A. By default, learners can reset and retake any step any number of times. To limit learners to a single attempt on all the assessment questions on a step, open the step settings and disable retries.

Q. What are the recommended file sizes and resolutions?

A. See the end of the Media Manager article here.

Q. Can I resize images?

A. You can crop an image before uploading or after uploading. If you've already uploaded the image, find the image in your Media Manager and select Details, then Edit Image. After editing, reinsert the edited image into the step. See more about using the Media Manager here.

Q. Can learners move annotations?

A. They'll need to delete the existing one and create a new one where they want it.

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