Create Instructor-Generated Activities / Assessments – Support Center

To add instructor-created content to the Activity or Assessment Library, first select the “All sections” level for the course using the course/section drop-down menu. Once this is selected, you can add the activity.

Screenshot of the course/section drop-down menu.

Create Instructor-Generated Activities

From the Content menu, select Activity Library in which you wish to add a new activity.
At the top-right side of the Activities page, hover your cursor on + CREATE NEW. A drop-down menu listing is displayed with several activity types:

Audio Recording: Multi-question item recording activity (1 possible point)
Composition: Open-ended writing activity (15 possible points)
Drop-down: 2 possible points per drop-down
External Link
Fill in the Blanks: 2 possible points per blank
Multiple Answer: Open-ended audio recording activity (10 possible points)
Multiple Choice: 2 possible points
Open Ended
Partner Chat: Interactive partner chat activity (10 possible points)
Student Recording: Open-ended audio recording activity (10 possible points)
True or False: Open-ended writing activity (15 possible points)
Upload File: 1 possible point
Video: Share a video (1 possible point)
NOTE: Video activities are not submittable and are not available for use as an Assessment.
Video Recording: 10 possible points
Free Response: Interactive partner chat activity (10 possible points)

Create Instructor-Generated Assessments

From the Content menu, select Assessment Library in which you wish to add a new activity.

VHL Central Content menu expanded with Assessment Library selected. The "+ CREATE NEW” drop-down menu displays three activity types.

At the top-right side of the Activities page, hover your cursor on + CREATE NEW. A drop-down menu listing is displayed with the following activity types:

Assessment: Points will vary as they may be custom.
Composition: Open-ended writing activity (15 possible points)
Partner Chat: Interactive partner chat activity (10 possible points)

5. Fill in the required information for the activity type selected. Options may include:

Title
Direction line
YouTube video link (Video activities only)

The Create a Fill In The Blanks Activity page is displayed. The form includes a Location section with Lesson set to News and Cultural Updates and Strand set to septiembre. An Assignment Group section shows the selected category as Practice. Below, the expanded Titles & Directions section contains empty fields for Activity Title and Directions. A language selector in the upper-right corner is set to Spanish. The page is organized into clearly labeled sections for configuring and creating a new fill-in-the-blanks activity.

6. Depending on the activity type, you may also add optional information including:

Reference materials: add text, an image and/or a word bank, and/or record audio or video.
Question prompt: this additional prompt may direct students to focus on the task that they have been asked to complete.

A screenshot of the Content page shows an instructor-created activity named “Oral Project 1” listed under Lección 1 | Contextos. The activity appears in a table with columns for Created By and Due Date. The due date is shown as hidden, indicating the activity is not visible to students. At the bottom of the image, a warning message with a yellow caution icon states that new activities are hidden by default and that choosing to show or assign the activity will make it visible to students.

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