Image Map Activity

With the Image Map Activity, you can give users an image with specific parts you want them to be able to identify. As they scroll over the image, a popup will display additional information for that spot. They can practice as many times as they want.

See online example.

Things to know

Activity title:

Up to 35 characters look best (50 max)

Activity instruction:

Up to 50 characters look best (500 max)

Number of hotspots:

Unlimited

You will want to avoid overlapping hotspots.

Hotspot Heading character Limit:

Up to 50 characters

Hotspot Description word Limits:

Up to 150 words look best

Up to 75 words if using an image

Activity image best practice:

Recommended main image size 1020px width x 665px height

Recommended hotspot image size 366px width x 290px height

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

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.

You will want to avoid overlapping hotspots to ensure clear interactions with the activity.
In the activity editor, you can Zoom into the image to better draw the hotspot. Use the icon to drag the Zoom image.

Screen readers will also read out loud:

Activity Title
Activity Instructions
Complete Button
Activity Keyboard Command List
Hotspot Heading/Description text
Hotspot Image Alternative Text

Create a Image Map Activity

Click Select File to insert your local image file, SoftChalk Cloud image file or URL image file location.
Click to create a HotSpot
Click and drag to color part of the image.

Enter text in the Heading and add text,
images, and more in the Description area.
Repeat STEPS 2-4 until all HotSpots have been created.
When finished, click OK.
The Image Map Activity placeholder will appear in the lesson.
Preview the lesson changes.

When Show Hints is toggle ON, the colored hot spot will appear on the image when the student completes the activity.

When Show Hints is toggled OFF, the colored hot spot will not appear on the image. The Complete button is not available.

Notice a different color appears when
adding a new hotspot.

Click on the hotspot color swatch to determine the color.

With Show Hints: ON, students will see this color as a dot to identify the hotspot in the image.

The dot is placed with the first click to draw the hotspot on the image.

Only the activity creator will see the drawn hotspot on the image.

Each hotspot has a Heading and Description field.

Use the Description field to add additional information and content to the hotspot popup, such as hyperlinks, images and equations.

Image Map Activity Mobile Views

Vertical	Horizontal

Vertical	Horizontal