Exercise editor
The exercise editor in Sanako Connect is a powerful tool for creating your own exercises. You can pick and choose the features you want to use in your exercise, use any premade materials, or even create the materials on the fly to create exactly the kind of exercise you want to create.
Accessing the exercise editor
The editor can be found from the Session Dashboard under Teaching resources. The editor is also available inside sessions, under the Exercises tab
Using the editor
Exercises are created by dragging and dropping the different content, tasks or file parts from the right side of the editor to the left side. You can also click any part to instantly add it to the exercise.
CONTENT parts on the right side of the editor
Text – allows you to add text to the exercise. This can be e.g. instructions, prompts, chapters from a book and so on. The editor also supports images.
Embed content – This is a more advanced feature. It can be used to include content from other websites that generate embed codes – like Google Maps for example.
Youtube embed – This part allows you to embed Youtube-videos within your exercises. Vimeo and Daily motion are also supported.
Webpage embed – This part allows you to embed an entire web page within the exercise. Note that some websites don’t allow embedding, so it’s a good idea to check if the embedded page is displayed properly before sharing the exercise with your students.
At the bottom of the exercise editor list, you will find additional options for including images, audio, video and files in your exercise, under Files.
TASKS parts
Recorders
There are three different recorders in Connect – Simple, Advanced and Video. The difference between them is explained below. This how they look like when used in an exercise:
Recording yourself is a quick and convenient way to create ‘Repeat after me’ exercises. Simply click on record, read your list of words or sentences and the recording is automatically assigned as the master track.
Video recorder – This part adds a video recorder to your exercise. Your students can record themselves by using their webcams. This can be used for presentations, recorded responses to questions and so forth.
OTHER TASKS PARTS
These buttons allow you to add images, audio files, video files, or any kind of files to the exercise. You can also use the Audio button to record audio, Video button to record your webcam or My exercises button to pick materials from your My exercises area.
Changing the order of parts within an exercise
You can simply drag and drop the parts to any order you wish within an exercise. The easiest way to do this is to first click on Show headers only to collapse the parts, like below:
Dividing an exercise into different pages
Sharing an exercise to your students
Inside a session
Find the exercise from the exercise list and click on the Shared toggle:
The exercise is now available to all students who are in the session, or join later. This is a convenient way to create self-study materials as well, or even homework.
Sharing from Teaching resources
If you created the exercise under Teaching resources and want to share it within a session, click on the three dots next to the exercise name, click Copy to session and then choose the session you want to use the exercise in:
Then, join that session as a teacher, go to the Exercises tab and click on the Shared toggle as above.