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Flash Card Activity

With the Flash Card Activity, students can view text, images or media and can "flip" the card to see additional content.

See online example.

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Things to know

Activity title:

Up to 35 characters look best (50 max)

Activity instruction:

Up to 50 characters look best (500 max)

Character limits:

Unlimited

Activity image best practice:

Recommended image size 740 px width x 240 px height to fill slide without a scrollbar.

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A scrollbar will be available to view content that expands more than 740 pixel width or 255 pixel height.

To maintain image quality, crop the image dimensions using any image editor (ex. Paint/Paintbrush).

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If an image is re-sized but not cropped to match pixel dimensions, the image may be stretched or squeezed to fit which can degrade the image quality.

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Image of Activity

Flash Card Activity.png
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Tips

  • Images with little or no text work best with this activity.

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    1. When a user clicks the X in the activity, the card is removed from the deck temporarily.
      This is a study guide feature that allows the user to customize the deck to meet their study needs.
      The card is maintained in the activity and will repopulate when the page is refreshed.

    2. A vertical scrollbar will be available to view content that expands more than 255 pixel height.

    3. Customize the Animation method used to Card Flip, Move to Next Card, or Move to Previous

    <insert video of animation changes>Flash Card Animation.mp4
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    Accessibility

    Screen readers will also read out loud:

    • Activity Title

    • Activity Instructions

    • Activity Keyboard Command List

    • Slide text

    • Image Alternative Text

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    Keyboard Command list for Activity

    Flash Card Activity Keyboard Commands.png

    Create a Flash Card Activity

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    Build the Activity

    1. Click + to create a card.

    2. Add text, image, or media content to the card.

    3. Click in the editor window to:

    • Format text font style, size, color, and alignment.

    • Click the image icon to add an image to the flash card.

    • Click the media icon to add media to the flash card.

    • Use the link icon to hyperlink text to a website, local files, etc.

    • Use the right-click menu to add even more features.

    4. Adjust the Animation method (optional):

    • Card Flip

    • Move to Next Card

    • Move to Previous

    5. Turn Shuffle: On to automatically rearrange the cards. (optional)

    6. When finished, click OK.
    The Labeling Flash Card Activity placeholder will appear in the lesson.

    7. Preview the lesson changes.

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    Flash Card Activity video

    With audio:

    Recording 2024-08-07 105614 - Trim - Trim.mp4

    No audio:

    Flash Card Activity.mp4

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    Show Answers (on)

    When Show Answers is enabled, any empty placeholder will automatically display the label in the correct placeholder.

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    Video of Show Answers Enabled

    Lableing Activity Show Answer Enabled.mp4
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    Show Answers (off)

    When Show Answers is disabled, any label not in a placeholder will remain in the left-hand column and the placeholder will remain empty.

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    Video of Show Answers Disabled

    Labeling Show Answer Disabled.mp4
    Labeling

    Flash Card Activity Mobile Views

    Vertical

    Horizontal

    Labeling Activity Vertical.pngImage RemovedFlash Card Vertical.pngImage AddedLabeling Activity Horizontal.pngImage RemovedFlash Card Activity Horizontal.pngImage Added