From the course: Elearning Tips

How to use click-to-reveal interactions to organize concepts

From the course: Elearning Tips

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How to use click-to-reveal interactions to organize concepts

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- One of the most basic types of interactivity that you can include in your elearning courses are click-to-reveal interactions. And a click-to-reveal interaction is any type of interaction where the learner clicks a button or something else on the screen to reveal additional content, whether it be a video, text, or something else. And while click-to-reveal interactions won't challenge your learners' critical thinking skills or help them practice a task or behavior, that doesn't mean they can't add value to your elearning course. One of the best ways to use click-to-reveal interactions is to transform boring text or bullet points. For example, I'm developing this elearning course here on customer service, and I have this slide here outlining the different types of customers our employees talk to. And as I'm sure you can see, this is just way too much text that I have on this slide. So instead I could transform it into a click-to-reveal interaction like this one where my learner clicks to learn about each type of customer. Another way to use click-to-reveal interactions is to provide additional information or resources to your learners when they might need it the most. For example, I've created this interactive scenario here where my learners need to practice responding to a customer. Now, I've created a simple click-to-reveal interaction that provides additional resources that can be used to help my learners complete the scenario. And finally, another great way to use click-to-reveal interactions is to create interactive graphics. For example, on this slide I have a graphic that illustrates the customer journey through our services. And while this graphic itself isn't interactive, I've gone ahead and added simple click-to-reveal buttons which show my learners additional content explaining each step in the process. So whether you're looking to transform a bunch of boring text or provide additional content or resources, consider adding click-to-reveal interactions to your elearning courses and encourage your learners to pull the information they need rather than it just being dumped on them.

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