Introduction to activities

Available for: Advanced and Pro plans on iPadOS 16 or higher

Activities are interactive games and puzzles you can create and launch from your canvas to add a dash of engagement to your projects. Once you start an activity on your canvas it will launch in its own screen.

NOTE: Activities work only in local projects. Support for activities in cloud projects and collaboration will be introduced in the future. If you'd like to share or display activities, you can export your project as an .explain file or share your iPad screen in the mirror mode.

Activities basics

• There are 3 activity types you can create and play: Crossword, Memory, and Matching.
• To launch an activity from the canvas, select the Hand Tool and choose Play underneath the activity you'd like to play.
• You can play one activity at a time but they save your progress if you close them.
• You can have any number of activities on your canvas.
• Launching and completing activities will not record in the project recording.

Create an activity from scratch

When creating your project you can add an activity to it using the Add Media menu on the Toolbar.

1. From the Toolbar, select Add Media.
2. Select Activity.
3. Select the activity type you'd like to create: Crossword, Memory, or Matching.

Use the content on your canvas to create an activity

You can use the content that's already on your canvas to quickly create an activity out of it.

1. From the toolbar, select Hand Tool.
2. Drag your finger across the objects to select them. Alternatively, select the Hand Tool again to enter the + Add Mode and select the objects one by one.
3. From the context menu, select More actions.
4. Select Create activity.
5. You can choose to isolate image subjects from the content you've selected. This only the isolated subjects will be used in the activity.
6. Select the activity type you'd like to create: Crossword, Memory, or Matching.

TIP: When creating activities from existing content, the objects will be automatically placed in the cards. The content that can't be placed automatically will stay in the drawer at the top of the screen. You can drag the content from the drawer and drop it on cards where you'd like.

Edit an activity

You can edit activities that's been added to your canvas to adjust them at any point.

1. From the Toolbar, select Hand Tool.
2. Select an activity on your canvas you'd like to edit.
3. From the context menu, select More actions.
4. Select Edit activity.

While editing an activity you can:

• Select the activity title to change it.
• Select the X button on the cards to clear the content in them. When you remove content from the card this way, it'll move to the drawer until you finish editing. You can drag and drop the content back from the drawer if you'd like.
• Select the Delete item to delete the entire pair.
• On images, select the Fit toggle to switch between displaying the entire image or filling the card with the image.
• To save the edits, select Done.