Assigning a skill¶
In this section, you will learn how to:
Watch this video to learn how to assign skills, or if you prefer reading the instructions instead, keep scrolling down.
Assigning a skill to a topic¶
When you initially create and publish a skill, it falls under the category of Unused Skills until you assign it to a topic.
Fig 1.¶
To assign a skill to a topic, click the Assign to Topic button next to the skill.
Select the Topic to which you want to assign the skill and click
. As you assign skills, they are taken out of the Unused Skills tab and added to the topic.
To merge an unused skill with a skill already assigned to a topic, click the Merge Skill button next to the skill, and select the skill you want to merge with.
Fig. 2¶
Once a skill is assigned to a topic, it can now be added to a chapter within the topic. To add a skill to a chapter, click on the topic, then the story title.
To add prerequisite and acquired skills to a chapter, click on
and 
to select from the list of assigned skills.
Fig. 3¶
Skills are now added to this chapter. Save your changes when done.
Fig. 4¶
Assigning a skill to a subtopic¶
When you initially assign a skill to a topic, it falls under the category of Uncategorized Skills. This means that they have not yet been assigned to any subtopic.
To enable learners to review the skills associated with a topic, you will need to create subtopics and then assign skills to the subtopics. When learners begin a practice session, they will choose the subtopic they want to practice and then review the skills within that subtopic.
To create a subtopic, click on the topic and then the Subtopics editor
button in the top-right corner.
To create a new subtopic, click on + Add Subtopic, enter a title and click
.
To assign skills to a subtopic, drag the skill from the list of Uncategorized Skills on the right side and drop it under the relevant subtopic. To remove a skill from the subtopic, drag the skill back to the Uncategorized Skills list.
Fig. 5¶
To unassign a skill from a topic, click the
button next to the skill in the Uncategorized Skills list. This will not delete the skill, but move it back to the Unused Skills tab in the Topics and Skills dashboard.
To delete a subtopic, click the red X next to the Subtopic Title. This moves any associated skills back to the Uncategorized Skills list.
To create a high-level description for the subtopic that learners will see in the practice session, click the
button next to the Subtopic Title. Enter the description in the text box under Subtopic Page. This will help learners decide which subtopics to practice.
Important
Ensure that each subtopic contains a unique list of skills, i.e., skills are not repeated in different subtopics.
When you have finished creating subtopics and assigning skills to them, click
.
Creating a question for a skill¶
Questions can be created either through the Topic Editor or submitted by contributors.
To create a question from the Topic Editor, click on the topic, and then the Questions Editor
button in the top-right corner.
Click the Create Question button.
Select one or more skills for which you want to create the question and click Next.
Fig. 6¶
Select the question’s level of difficulty—Easy, Medium or Hard—and click Done. If there were rubrics written for these levels when the skill was created, you will see them here.
The Question Editor box opens. This works just like an Exploration Editor where you can create questions, add interactions, responses and feedback. At least one of the answer groups must be marked as correct. You also have to add a hint in order to publish the question. For some interactions like Text Input, you will be required to add a solution to the hint, which must correspond with one of the correct answer groups.
When you have finished creating the question, click 
.
Fig. 7¶
To change the published question’s level of difficulty, click the
button and select a different level.To delete the question, click the
button.