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Creating Flashcard Activities

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Flashcards are non-gradable activities designed to allow learners to review content and help them commit key concepts to memory. Students see the front of the card, then try to remember what is on the other side. Flashcard activities are marked complete when the learner has flipped all the cards in the activity. 

Course authors can create the cards using text or a combination of text and images, to keep them engaging and fun for the learner. Teachers can also design the interface as a grid of multiple boxes or a stack display where the students are presented one flash card concept at a time. 


How to add a Flashcard activity to a course: 

  1. Open the Course > Editor.
  2. Select Add Activity at the end of the course syllabus or within a module folder. 
  3. Select Flashcards from the list. 

A window showing the Add Activity window shows the Flashcards option in the second column toward the bottom.

  1. Create a Title for the activity and add an activity thumbnail picture (optional). 

The activity tab shows a sample title for the flashcards, Parts of a PLant Flash Cards.

  1. In the Content area, use the rich text editor to create instructions for students. This content will display at the top of the activity. Select Add Activity Instructions to create additional instructions (optional). 

The sample content area shows the rich text editor with the following instructions: Correctly identify the part of the plant before flipping the card to check your answer. 

  1. Within the Flashcard area, select a Card display format you want presented to students: 
      • The Stack(default) displays the front of one card at a time. Students select it to see the other side, then move to the next card in the stack. 
      • The Grid displays the front of all the cards at once. Students may select any of them to see the other side. 

The sample image shows Stack selected under Card display. 

Stack Flashcard Example: 

The stack example focuses the student on one learning concept at a time. 

The sample window shows the stack option, that displays the instructions along the front of one flashcard, which is an image of a leaf.

  This window shows the back of the flashcard, with the word leaf.

Grid Flashcard Example: 

The grid flashcard presents multiple learning concepts on the page so the student may select them in any order. 

This window shows an example of the grid presentation, which includes pictures of thorns, leaf, roots, and flower.

This window shows the same images as the previous window, but the back of the leaf image displays the word leaf.

  1. Select ADD CARD and specify what you want on the Front and Back of each flashcard. You can also select whether the card is text or an image, as shown in the examples above.     The flashcards tab displays in a window, showing you that you can select text or picture to display for either the font or the back. You must add text if you select text.
      • Text (default) displays text on the card. Text that exceeds the size of the card can be scrolled. 
      • Centered image allows you to center an image on the card window so the entire image is shown. Authors must provide Alternative text that describes the image for accessibility 
      • Full card image expands the image to take up the card (images that are not square may be cropped). Authors must provide Alternative text that describes the image for accessibility purposes. This image is of a completed flashcard tab selection, showing an uploaded image and alternative text.
  2. Repeat until all cards are added.
  3. Add any additional settings as desired.
  4. Select Save.

Note: After a flashcard type of Stack or Grid is selected, you can change it without editing the individual cards. 

 

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