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Activity - Microlearning

Available for UZH & KlickerUZH Catalyst

What is a Microlearning?​

Microlearning offers short learning units with a limited number of questions, published at specific intervals to counteract the forgetting curve. Students can test themselves, refresh their knowledge, and integrate learning into their everyday lives regardless of time and place.

How can I create a Microlearning?​

Add a description:

  1. Name: The name of the microlearning allows the user to distinguish the particular activity from others. It is therefore only visible to the users themselves.
  2. Display Name: This name will be shown to the participants while the microlearning is being performed.
  3. Description: A description of the microlearning can optionally be added and will be displayed to the participants at the beginning of the activity.

Adjust the settings:

  1. Course: In this field, the microlearning has to be assigned to a course. Note that this is different from the Live Quiz, which can be run independently of a course. If you need help creating a course, please review the tutorial on course management.
  2. Start/End date: Microlearnings are limited in time. These fields determine the starting and ending points at which the participants have access to the activity.
  3. Multiplier: The multiplier is a factor with which the points are multiplied when a question is answered. A factor above 1 is only used if gamification is activated .

Choose your questions:

For this step, existing questions are required. Note that microlearning and Practice Quizzes support all element types except from free-text questions, as long as a valid sample solution is specified. If you need help with creating questions or content elements / flashcards, please review the tutorial on element management. When adding questions, you can choose to have one or multiple questions per stack. It makes sense to have several questions per stack if you provide your students with a task / case study that builds up and the questions are connected.

There are multiple options to add a question to a stack:

  1. Drag & Drop: The desired question can be added to a specific stack by simply dragging the question onto the plus sign below the desired stack.
  2. Arrows: With the help of the arrows, the arrangement of the questions can be put in the desired order.
  3. Select: It is also possible to select one or more questions (with the checkboxes next to them) and insert them into the desired stack or stacks by clicking on the yellow boxes that appear on selection. In this way, questions can be grouped and/or stacked for sequential presentation.
  4. Ordering: To order individual elements within a certain stack or move entire stacks (mainly for sequentially ordered practice quizzes), please use the provided arrows.

End of preparation:

  1. With a click on Create your first microlearning is prepared!

How can I publish a Microlearning and make it accessible to participants?​

  1. After you create a microlearning, you can find it under Courses. Then select the course to which you added the activity.
  2. In the course you have multiple options. You can...
    • ...copy the access link and provide it to your participants.
    • ...copy the access link to integrate the microlearning into your learning management system through LTI.
    • ...edit your microlearning before publishing it.
    • ...extend the duration of your microlearning, while it is still running.
    • ...publish it. Note that the publishing process makes the microlearning available to all participants after the scheduled start date. Until then, the microlearning will have a "Scheduled" state and can be unpublished and edited again. The change from the scheduled state to the "Published" state is performed automatically at the scheduled start date and is irreversible.
    • ...delete your microlearning with certain restrictions.
  3. After publishing your microlearning, your participants can see it in their account by joining the course. In the app, the microlearning is displayed to the participants as shown in the screenshots below.

How can I see the results of a Microlearning?​

KlickerUZH allows you to inspect the results of a microlearning through the activity evaluation as soon as it is published and thereby accessible to students. For more details, please check out the section on practice quiz evaluation, since this functionality is shared between these two activity types.

Can I inspect a Microlearning before it is available to participants?​

Yes, KlickerUZH offers an activity preview feature for practice quizzes and microlearnings. You can find this preview by navigating to the corresponding activity on the course overview and selecting "Other actions" > "Open preview". The activity preview will be available for draft, scheduled and published microlearnings.

The microlearning preview does not only allow you to inspect the content of the activity and the included questions, but also supports most interaction functionalities. This means that you can answer the included questions, observe the automated grading logic and inspect the optionally provided answer feedbacks. However, note that submitted answers are only graded by the system and stored locally on your computer. None of them will appear in the activity evaluation or be visible to participants.

Please also note that the activity preview link only works when you are logged in as a lecturer and are not logged with a student account at the same time. Sharing preview links is currently not supported.