Lesson types
In this section, you will learn more about all the lesson formats available when creating a course on Microlearning.
You can choose between different types of lessons depending on your goals—whether you want to convey information, test knowledge, or increase user engagement.
Available Lesson Formats
Here are the 6 lesson types currently supported:
Text
How it looks: Clean, paragraph-based content with a title and main text body, with optional audio-only mode.
Fields in the lesson editor:
Title (required): The title of the lesson.
Description (required): The main content of the lesson, presented as a paragraph.
Layout and type: in case you need to change them.
When to use text lessons: Best suited for delivering structured narrative content like chapter summaries, explanations, or instructional material that follows a logical flow.
When to use bullet points: Best suited for step-by-step instructions, process explanations, or presenting key features that need to be easily scanned and digested.
Quiz (Multiple choice)
How it looks: A question with multiple answer options, highlighting the correct answer with an explanation after selection.
Fields in the lesson editor:
Title: The title of the lesson.
Question: The question to pose to the user.
Answers: A list of answer choices. To create a meaningful quiz, it's recommended to include at least two options.
Correct answer: use the drop down menu to select one of the available answers.
Correct answer explanation: A brief explanation of why the selected answer is correct, reinforcing the learning point.
AI-generated lessons automatically provide four answer options.
Correct answers are randomized.
It is not possible to select 'Audio' (AI voice reading) in quizzes
To manage your answers:
Use the "⋮⋮" (vertical dots) on the left to drag and reorder your answers
Use the bin icon that appears on the right when you hover over an answer to delete it.
Changes are automatically saved.
When to use quizzes: Best suited for knowledge testing, active recall practice, and reinforcing understanding through immediate feedback.
Flashcard
How it looks: Sequential cards with question on front and answer/explanation revealed upon user interaction, with navigation arrows.
Unlike the Quiz format, Flash cards are not about choosing between options. The user decides when to reveal the answer and explanation using arrows in SharePoint.
Fields in the lesson editor:
Title (required): The title of the lesson.
Question (required): The question displayed on the front of the card.
Answer (required): The correct answer shown after user interaction.
Explanation (optional): A brief rationale or context behind the answer.
If you add an attachment to a flashcard, this will always display as the very first card.
When to use flashcards: Best suited for memorization practice, terminology learning, and self-paced review where users control when to reveal answers.
Audio only
How it looks: A streamlined audio player with a circular play button, progress indicator, and playback controls that presents content aurally without displaying text.
Fields in the audio lesson editor:
Expected duration: Automatically calculated when you insert text and/or video content.
Title (required): Lesson title
Audio source (required): Text to be read by the AI
When to use audio-only lessons: Best suited for hands-free learning, accessibility needs, and multitasking learners who prefer auditory information.
True or False
How it looks: A statement that users must evaluate as either true or false, followed by an explanation.
Fields in the true or false lesson editor:
Title (required): Lesson title
Sentence (required): The statement
True and False button: Select whether the statement in the "Sentence" field is true or false.
Explanation: A brief rationale or context behind the answer.
When to use True or False lessons: Best suited for quick fact verification, reinforcing critical thinking, and challenging common misconceptions.
Complete the Sentence (Fill the Gap)
How it looks: A sentence with a missing word where users select the correct option to fill the gap.
Fields in the fill the gap lesson editor:
Title (required): Lesson title
Sentence (required): The lesson text
Creating a fill-the-gap lesson from scratch
Write the lesson title in the designated field.
Click "Edit text" and enter your sentence in the "Insert the sentence here" field.
Click on the word to turn into a gap; it will turn pink and appear in the answer field.
Add up to 3–4 incorrect options by typing each word, clicking "New option", and using the bin icon to delete if needed.
Changed are automatically saved.
Editing AI-generated Fill-the-Gap lesson
The system automatically selects an appropriate word and highlights it in pink, as well as three incorrect alternatives.
Click "Choose word" to selet the word you'd like to be missing.
Edit, remove or move the incorrect options if needed.
Add new options if needed.
Click "Edit text" if you want to change the text of the lesson itself.
Changed are automatically saved.
When to use it: Best suited for contextual learning, vocabulary reinforcement, and testing application of concepts within meaningful sentences.
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