Our authoring tools let you create engaging readings to place within your course lessons. Readings allow a host of features including:

• Inline discussions and notes
• Highlights
• View Definitions
• Embed videos, images, code blocks
• Image markup
• and more!

Create and Place Reading

Described below are two methods to create a reading. One is optimized for immediate placement in a lesson, and the other is optimized to create a reading to place later.

Create & Place in Lesson

1. Navigate to the Lessons page.
2. Click “Start Editing” in the bottom right-hand corner.
3. While in Edit Mode, click on “+Add Content” in the section you’d like to place your reading.
   
4. Select “Reading” in the “Choose a content type” window.
5. Click “Create Content” in the upper left-hand corner.
   
6. Add a title, author (optional), and description (optional) for your reading. You may also add a thumbnail to your reading by clicking on the blue thumbnail button. This is the image that will display on your lessons page.
   
7. Click “Add to Lesson.” This will now navigate you into the reading editing view.
   
8. Create your reading.
9. Select the “Publish” state button in the bottom left-hand corner. Select Publish once more.
   

Create and Place Later

1. Navigate to the Lessons page.
2. Click “Start Editing” in the bottom right-hand corner.
3. Select the “Resources” folder at the bottom left-hand corner.
   • Note: A list view of your created readings will display. You can search for readings by name in the search field above, and view the publish state and the last modified date.
     
4. Click on “Create” in the upper right-hand corner.
   
5. Create your reading.
6. Choose to publish or leave in draft.
   • Select the blue “Publish” button in the bottom right-hand corner to open the publish state flyout. Then, select “Publish” in the flyout in order to publish the text and make it available for placement within a lesson.
   • Or, navigate away from the reading without publishing to save it as a draft to return to later. You can find all drafted readings in your Resources folder.
     

Warning: Publishing a reading only makes it available to place in a lesson. Learners cannot view the reading until it is placed within a lesson.

Place Reading

1. Navigate to the Lessons page.
2. Click “Start Editing” in the bottom right-hand corner.
3. While in Edit Mode, click on “+Add Content” in the section you want to place the reading.
   
4. Click “Reading” in the “Choose a content type” window.
5. Select a reading and click “Select” in the bottom right-hand corner.
   • Note: If readings are faded and unclickable, it is still in “Draft.” You must publish the reading in order to place it in a lesson.
     
6. Add information that learners can see about the reading.
   • Reading title (required)
   • Reading author (optional)
   • Reading description (optional)
   • Reading thumbnail image (optional)
     
7. Click “Add to Lesson” to add the reading to the lesson.

Edit Reading

In order to edit the thumbnail, title, author, or description:

1. Navigate to the “Lessons” tab and to the lesson with the reading.
2. Click on the “Start Editing” button in the bottom right-hand corner.
3. Click the “Edit” button for the reading you want to change.
   
4. Make changes. In the Edit Flyout, you can change:
   • The section where the reading is placed
   • The relative position of the reading within the section
   • Change the file that is uploaded and displayed
   • Reading title (required information)
   • Reading author (optional)
   • Reading description (optional)
   • Reading thumbnail image
   • You can remove a reading from its section, but you cannot undo this deletion. It is a permanent action. (Please note: the reading itself will still be available for placement from within your course files.)
     
5. Click “Save” to save your changes.

In order to edit the content of your readings:

1. Navigate to the “Lessons” tab.
2. Click on the “Start Editing” button in the bottom right-hand corner.
3. In Edit Mode, click on the Resources folder in the bottom left-hand corner.
   
4. Locate your reading within the list or search to find it.
5. Click “Edit” located to the far right of the reading title.
   
6. Edit your reading.
7. Click “Publish Changes” and “Publish” to publish your changes.
   • Note: If you have not yet published, this button will say “Publish.” Click it to publish your reading.
     

Delete Reading

To remove readings from a lesson:

1. Navigate to the “Lessons” tab.
2. Click on the “Start Editing” button in the bottom right-hand corner.
3. Click on the “x” button on the content.
   
4. Confirm removal.

To permanently delete readings:

1. Navigate to the Lessons page.
2. Click “Start Editing” in the bottom right-hand corner.
3. Select the “Resources” folder at the bottom left-hand corner.
4. Select “Edit” next to the reading you wish to delete.
   
5. Click on the blue “Publish Changes” button and select “Delete.”
6. Confirm deletion.