Create Your Own Lessons
- 16 May, 2020 //
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In addition to the online lessons already available on Help Teaching, Pro and Group Pro subscribers have the ability to create their own lessons and assign them to students using our online lesson creator.
Below we’ll share some tags you’ll need to help you get started as you create online lessons.
For general instructions on how to set up a lesson, you can watch our online tutorial.
Embedding a Video
To embed a video into the lesson, use the following video tag:
[video type=youtube]videoID[/video]In place of the video ID, insert the video’s YouTube id. You can find this in the video’s link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H17QPo0kS6I
Adding Practice Questions
If you add practice questions to your lesson, you will see a “Practice Questions” button appear on your lesson. You can move this button by placing the practice button where you would like it to appear in the lesson.
[practice/]Adding Images
You may add images to the lesson from the Help Teaching library or from your uploaded images by simply clicking or tapping on the image you would like to add. This will automatically insert the image in your lesson.
If you would like to move the image, you can copy and paste the code where you would like the image to appear. Additionally, you can add float=left or float=right tags to your image to have it appear on the left or right hand side of the page.
Example: [img float=left]Baseball[/img]Text Formatting
If you would like to change the font, you can wrap the text in font tags.
Example: [font size=large]This is my text[/font]Our site supports the following font sizes:
- medium => 16px
- large => 20px
- xlarge => 30px
- xxlarge => 40px
- xxxlarge => 50px
- huge => 100px
- xhuge => 120px
- xxhuge => 140px
- xxxhuge => 160px
Additionally, you can bold or italicize the text by adding a special code to the font tag.
Example: [font size=large bold=yes italic=yes]hello, world![/font]Adding Tables
Our lessons also support the addition of tables. Be mindful of the lesson width when creating a table and limit the number of cells (columns) you add. If you add too many, your table will not show up properly on the screen.
To create a table, use the following:
Start with: [table format=advanced]
Then add a row tag: [row]
Add cell tags within the rows for columns: [cell][/cell]
Finish a row with an end tag: [/row]
Finish the table with an end tag: [/table]
You can also align content in cells with tags, such as the following:
[cell header=yes align=center valign=center][font size=medium]Fossil[/font][/cell]If you need more help creating or assigning online lessons, please reach out to our help desk.
