{"id":1240,"date":"2023-12-11T17:28:12","date_gmt":"2023-12-11T17:28:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/assets.avallain.com\/?post_type=releases&#038;p=1240"},"modified":"2024-07-01T16:26:18","modified_gmt":"2024-07-01T16:26:18","slug":"author-release-41","status":"publish","type":"releases","link":"https:\/\/assets.avallain.com\/de\/releases\/author-release-41\/","title":{"rendered":"Author Release 41"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-new-activity-type-nbsp-identify-select-clocks\"><strong>New activity type&nbsp;Identify:Select:Clocks<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Release 41<\/strong>&nbsp;features among many other improvements a new&nbsp;<strong>Activity class Identify:Select:Clocks<\/strong>&nbsp;and introduces with generated&nbsp;<strong>Alternative Text<\/strong>&nbsp;a first integration of&nbsp;<strong>AI into the content production process<\/strong>&nbsp;as part of Avallain&#8217;s initiative to utilize AI in a safe and responsible manner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-backend-enhancements\"><strong>Backend enhancements<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-backend-design\"><strong>Backend Design<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<strong>design&nbsp;<\/strong>of the Author Backend has been&nbsp;<strong>updated<\/strong>. In many areas the more compact design allows for additional information to be displayed. This includes the menus, the tiled list pages and other parts of the UI.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/v.fastcdn.co\/u\/b091760c\/64517779-0-unnamed-38.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Updated Author U<\/em>I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Updating the Author UI is an ongoing process and future releases will continue to enhance the UI with a more modern<strong>&nbsp;and compact design.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-editor\"><strong>Editor<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tables<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Release 41 further improves working with tables by making it easier to&nbsp;<strong>add predefined table classes<\/strong>&nbsp;to a table. Such table classes are&nbsp;<strong>defined in the Design Pack<\/strong>&nbsp;and will become&nbsp;<strong>available through a dropdown menu<\/strong>&nbsp;in the<strong>&nbsp;Table Properties editor.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/v.fastcdn.co\/u\/b091760c\/64517795-0-unnamed-39.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Table Properties with example table classes<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Notes:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; If you require help in configuring this feature, please contact Avallain Support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; This feature is not supported in Mercury.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Links<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Links inserted into LOs using the&nbsp;<strong>Link dialogue in the richtext editor<\/strong>&nbsp;can now be adorned with a custom&nbsp;<strong>ARIA label<\/strong>. This label helps&nbsp;<strong>people using screen readers<\/strong>&nbsp;to find out more about the<strong>&nbsp;purpose of the link.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/v.fastcdn.co\/u\/b091760c\/64517802-0-unnamed-40.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Table Properties with example table classes<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-media-library\"><strong><strong>Media library<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Generate Alternative Text field content<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Release 41 adds functionality to Author allowing content creators to&nbsp;<strong>use AI to generate the contents of the Alternative Text field<\/strong>. This is part of the Avallain initiative to integrate AI into the content creation process where it is useful and safe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/v.fastcdn.co\/u\/b091760c\/64517876-0-unnamed.gif\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Generate Alternative Text field content<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To get an AI-generated proposal for the contents of the Alternative Text field, simply click the magic stars icon at the right side of the Alternative Text field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>VTT subtitles and transcripts<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With Release 41, Author completes its support of the&nbsp;<strong>new subtitles format<\/strong>. The format is called<strong>&nbsp;WebVTT&nbsp;<\/strong>(or Video Text Track, VTT for short). It is similar to the already supported SRT format, but supports additional functionality to style and place subtitles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Asset Metadata<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Release 41 of Author&nbsp;<strong>improves the functionality&nbsp;<\/strong>of<strong>&nbsp;custom Asset Metadata schemas<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Fields using the same name<\/strong>&nbsp;as metadata items in the Common asset metadata section can&nbsp;<strong>now be overridden per project<\/strong>&nbsp;using custom metadata schemas. Fields present in both the Common metadata section and in the custom metadata schema will be greyed out in the Common section of the asset metadata.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/v.fastcdn.co\/u\/b091760c\/64517880-0-unnamed-41.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Greyed out fields in the common metadata section<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If the custom Project metadata schema contains subtitle or transcript fields, asset editors can view those entries in both Common schema and Project schema from a dropdown menu, but can edit only the metadata for the Project schema.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/v.fastcdn.co\/u\/b091760c\/64517892-0-unnamed-42.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Selecting either Project or Common schema when editing transcripts \/ subtitles<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-structures\"><br><strong>Structures<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In previous versions of Author it was only possible to&nbsp;<strong>fetch the table of contents<\/strong>&nbsp;from Author&nbsp;<strong>Digital books&nbsp;<\/strong>(together with the LOs and assets included in each of the sections) if Structures used<strong>&nbsp;free key\/value metadata<\/strong>&nbsp;and not a pre-defined metadata schema. Now fetching this information is&nbsp;<strong>possible regardless of whether a schema or free key\/value metadata<\/strong>&nbsp;is used.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-project-settings\"><strong>Project Settings<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The dialogue&nbsp;<strong>Set for All Objects<\/strong>&nbsp;found in the&nbsp;<strong>Design Packages<\/strong>&nbsp;area of the&nbsp;<strong>Project Settings<\/strong>&nbsp;now&nbsp;<strong>distinguishes<\/strong>&nbsp;between regular LOs and Digital Books and allows to target them separately when applying Design Packs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/v.fastcdn.co\/u\/b091760c\/64518165-0-unnamed-43.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Set for all objects dialogue with normal LOs \/ book LOs toggle<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-activity-classes\"><strong>Activity classes<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-identify-select-clocks\"><strong>Identify:Select:Clocks<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The new&nbsp;<strong>Activity Class Identify:Select:Clocks<\/strong>&nbsp;presents an analog or digital clock to the learners tasking them with setting the clock to a different time. The correct time is validated and two points are assigned: One for the correct settings of hours and the other for the correct setting of minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This Activity Class<strong>&nbsp;complements the already existing syntax<\/strong>&nbsp;#clock# that allowed content creators to&nbsp;<strong>add a non-validated watch<\/strong>&nbsp;set to a specific time to an activity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/v.fastcdn.co\/u\/b091760c\/64518171-0-unnamed-1.gif\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Activities using analog and digital clocks creating using the Activity Class Identify:Select:Clocks<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-identify-select-linking-lines-amp-identify-select-linking-multiple-lines\"><strong>Identify:Select:Linking Lines &amp; Identify:Select:Linking Multiple Lines<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Up to now there was no way to&nbsp;<strong>specify the order<\/strong>&nbsp;of items in any but the first column or row of linked lines. Now you can&nbsp;<strong>achieve this&nbsp;<\/strong>by using a&nbsp;<strong>special syntax<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>extension<\/strong>&nbsp;for the linked lines Activity Classes in combination<strong>&nbsp;with setting<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>the Activity Type Option Randomise to Off<\/strong>. The former functionality of Randomise:Off in the linked lines Activity Classes is now&nbsp;<strong>implemented&nbsp;<\/strong>using the option value&nbsp;<strong>Randomise: On except first set (LL\/LLM)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To predetermine the sequence of items in all rows or columns, set Randomise to Off and add a pipe character followed by a number representing the ordinal position to all but the first item in a set, e.g.: [rain*shower|3][sun*bright|1][snow*white|2]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/v.fastcdn.co\/u\/b091760c\/64518175-0-unnamed-44.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Linking Lines activity with predetermined positions for the items<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-author-digital-books\"><strong>Author Digital Books<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Release 41 brings another overhaul of the<strong>&nbsp;eBook Options dialogue<\/strong>. eBook options now lists&nbsp;<strong>all options previously available in the main eBook editor<\/strong>&nbsp;as well as&nbsp;<strong>all Activity Type options<\/strong>&nbsp;activated for the&nbsp;<strong>Project Activity Type<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>based on Present:Present:eBooks<\/strong>. In addition the dialogue has been overhauled visually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/v.fastcdn.co\/u\/b091760c\/64518198-0-unnamed-45.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>eBook Options dialogue listing all available options and settings.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-options\"><strong>Options<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-digital-book-options\"><strong>Digital Book Options<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Resources<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new Activity Type Option&nbsp;<strong>Resources&nbsp;<\/strong>for Author eBooks&nbsp;<strong>enables a dialogue in eBooks<\/strong>&nbsp;that will show additional resources. The&nbsp;<strong>content of this dialogue is provided by the hosting platform<\/strong>. The option only governs whether learners will be able to open this dialogue through a button in the Author eBook UI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Show Bookmarks Tool &amp; Show Notes Tool<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These two new Activity Type options for Digital Books allow content creators to determine whether learners should have access to the bookmarks and the notes tool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-global-options\"><strong>Global Options<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Timer<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new&nbsp;<strong>LO Option Timer allows learners<\/strong>&nbsp;to click a button to open up a dialogue allowing them to&nbsp;<strong>set their own countdown timer<\/strong>. Design Packs can choose to display the remaining time of the countdown time or can react to the moment the countdown has reached 0, e.g. by changing colours or playing a sound.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/v.fastcdn.co\/u\/b091760c\/64518220-0-unnamed-2.gif\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Setting the Timer and countdown timer in Mercury<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-content-area-controls\"><strong>Content Area Controls<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This new option allows content creators to&nbsp;<strong>define the visibility of the content area<\/strong>&nbsp;(containing the interactive content). If set to&nbsp;<strong>Off<\/strong>, this option will not have any effect. If set to&nbsp;<strong>Show<\/strong>, the content area will be visible when the LO is launched. If set to&nbsp;<strong>Hidden<\/strong>, the content area is not visible when the LO is launched. To complement this feature, Design Packs can create controls allowing learners to hide or show the content area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Note:&nbsp;<\/strong>This option requires Design Pack support and is not available in Mercury or AvallainBase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-default-audio-dimension-amp-default-video-dimension\"><strong>Default Audio Dimension &amp; Default Video Dimension<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>These two new options allow Project Managers to define a&nbsp;<strong>default dimension<\/strong>&nbsp;for the audio icon and video player respectively that will be&nbsp;<strong>used when inserting audio or video into a rich text editor&nbsp;<\/strong>in Author. Content creators can change the dimensions during insertion of audio or video assets.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Note:&nbsp;<\/strong>The size of the audio player during preview depends entirely on the Design Pack. For the video player some Design Packs use the dimension defined during insertion of the video, while others (especially responsive Design Packs) will override these as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-check-answers-instant\"><strong>Check Answers Instant<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The scope of Check Answers Instant has been&nbsp;<strong>extended to Order:Match:Text Gap&nbsp;<\/strong>and&nbsp;<strong>to Identify:Mark:Marking<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-annotation-tools\"><strong>Annotation Tools<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>With Release 41, the&nbsp;<strong>Text Highlighter<\/strong>&nbsp;tool already in use in eBooks becomes available through the&nbsp;<strong>Option Annotation Tools<\/strong>&nbsp;for&nbsp;<strong>regular LOs&nbsp;<\/strong>as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/v.fastcdn.co\/u\/b091760c\/64518251-0-unnamed-46.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Activity with Highlighter annotations<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-activity-type-options\"><br><strong>Activity Type Options<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Randomise<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For activities based on the Identify:Select:Linking Lines and Identify:Select:Linking Multiple Lines Activity Classes,&nbsp;<strong>Randomise<\/strong>&nbsp;now has a&nbsp;<strong>new option<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>value<\/strong>&nbsp;called:&nbsp;<strong>On except first set (LL\/LLM)<\/strong>. This option implements the functionality that previously was available when setting Randmise to Off for such activities. It will use the sequence of items set by content creators for the first row or column and will scramble the order of other rows or columns in the activity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Using a special syntax extension content creators can now predetermine the sequence of items in all rows or columns when setting Randomise to Off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the Release of Author 41, all activities based on Identify:Select:Linking Lines and Identify:Select:Linking Multiple using Randomise: Off have been switched to using On except first set (LL\/LLM).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-mosaic-beta\"><strong>Mosaic: Beta<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>At this time,&nbsp;<strong>Mosaic is still in development<\/strong>. We are making this usable but not feature-complete version of Mosaic available to all Author users in order to&nbsp;<strong>collect feedback to steer its further development<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mosaic<\/strong>&nbsp;allows content creators to drag and drop content from the PDF into a series of activities and LOs which can be exported to be fine tuned in the regular Author LO editor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-usage\"><strong>Usage<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mosaic<\/strong>&nbsp;needs to be&nbsp;<strong>activated<\/strong>&nbsp;by enabling the&nbsp;<strong>option Mosaic Editor<\/strong>&nbsp;in the&nbsp;<strong>Project Settings<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once enabled you can start your&nbsp;<strong>Mosaic<\/strong>&nbsp;editor session using&nbsp;<strong>From PDF<\/strong>&nbsp;in the dropdown menu of the Create LO button.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/instapage-user-media.storage.googleapis.com\/b091760c\/64517602-0-unnamed-28.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Open Mosaic editor through Create LO button<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mosaic<\/strong>&nbsp;saves the work you do automatically in the background. If you need to return to the Mosaic editor session at a later time, you can&nbsp;<strong>re-open the editor<\/strong>&nbsp;through the<strong>&nbsp;Create LO button<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-importing-pdfs\"><strong>Importing PDFs<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>PDFs can be imported by uploading files from your computer or by selecting them from the&nbsp;<strong>Media Library<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/instapage-user-media.storage.googleapis.com\/b091760c\/64517612-0-unnamed-29.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Import PDFs<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once imported, the&nbsp;<strong>PDF needs to be post-processed<\/strong>&nbsp;to extract text and images from it.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/instapage-user-media.storage.googleapis.com\/b091760c\/64517613-0-unnamed-30.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Extracting images and text from a PDF<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This will take some time, but you can leave the editor to return to it later after the process has finished.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-extracting-text-and-images-from-the-pdf\"><strong>Extracting text and images from the PDF<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>After the PDF has been post-processed, content creators can select it. This will open the actual&nbsp;<strong>Mosaic<\/strong>&nbsp;editor. It consists of three main parts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-mosaic-menu-bar\"><strong>Mosaic Menu Bar<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>A menu bar at the top gives access to a&nbsp;<strong>Page Overview<\/strong>&nbsp;of the selected PDF and controls to&nbsp;<strong>export<\/strong>&nbsp;the created LO to Author or to&nbsp;<strong>delete it<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/instapage-user-media.storage.googleapis.com\/b091760c\/64517628-0-unnamed-31.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Mosaic Menu Bar<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<strong>Page Overview<\/strong>&nbsp;allows you to preview the pages of the PDF and mark pages as complete.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/instapage-user-media.storage.googleapis.com\/b091760c\/64517634-0-unnamed-32.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Mosaic Page Overview<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-content-source-area\"><strong>Content Source Area<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The right sidebar of the&nbsp;<strong>Mosaic<\/strong>&nbsp;editor is the&nbsp;<strong>content source area<\/strong>. It allows content creators to select a page from the PDF using the paging widget. Mosaic will then display the texts and images that were extracted from that page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/instapage-user-media.storage.googleapis.com\/b091760c\/64517647-0-unnamed-33.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Content Source Area<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To select either text or images, use the two buttons below the paging widget.&nbsp;<strong>Source elements<\/strong>&nbsp;can then be&nbsp;<strong>drag-dropped<\/strong>&nbsp;into the<strong>&nbsp;content assembly area<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Those<strong>&nbsp;elements&nbsp;<\/strong>that have already been&nbsp;<strong>used in an LO&nbsp;<\/strong>are clearly&nbsp;<strong>marked with a checkmark<\/strong>. However it is possible to use source elements from the PDF multiple times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-content-assembly-area\"><strong>Content Assembly Area<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The Content Assembly Area takes up the largest part of the Mosaic editor. It allows content creators to drag-drop elements from the PDF into the familiar parts of an Author LO such as&nbsp;<strong>Activity Title, Activity Rubric&nbsp;<\/strong>and<strong>&nbsp;Activity Content<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is also possible to&nbsp;<strong>add new activities<\/strong>&nbsp;to your LO or to&nbsp;<strong>edit text content<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/instapage-user-media.storage.googleapis.com\/b091760c\/64517666-0-unnamed-34.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Content Assembly Area<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can add&nbsp;<strong>multiple source elements to each of the LO parts<\/strong>, but behaviour differs slightly from part to part. Adding&nbsp;<strong>new content elements<\/strong>&nbsp;to the&nbsp;<strong>Activity Title<\/strong>&nbsp;part&nbsp;<strong>will replace previously placed content<\/strong>, while adding new content elements to the&nbsp;<strong>Activity Rubric<\/strong>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<strong>Activity Content<\/strong>&nbsp;parts will add those elements to already existing content.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Source elements placed<\/strong>&nbsp;into either the Activity Rubric or Activity Content parts will usually be placed into their&nbsp;<strong>own subdivision<\/strong>&nbsp;recognizable by the light background.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/instapage-user-media.storage.googleapis.com\/b091760c\/64517670-0-unnamed-35.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Activity Content part with two subdivisions<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Subdivisions&nbsp;<\/strong>containing<strong>&nbsp;text<\/strong>&nbsp;can be&nbsp;<strong>edited<\/strong>, deleted or moved, while subdivisions containing just images can only be deleted or moved.<strong>&nbsp;Controls to move<\/strong>,&nbsp;<strong>edit or delete elements<\/strong>&nbsp;become visible while<strong>&nbsp;hovering<\/strong>&nbsp;over the respective subdivision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can also&nbsp;<strong>add new elements to existing subdivisions<\/strong>&nbsp;by dragging source elements directly onto them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"506\" height=\"193\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.avallain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets.avallain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/image.png 506w, https:\/\/assets.avallain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/image-300x114.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 506px) 100vw, 506px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Activity Content part with one subdivision containing multiple source elements<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-exporting-los-from-mosaic\"><strong>Exporting LOs from Mosaic<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Once you have all the required source elements placed into your LO, you can export it to Author. You will be asked to provide a name for the new LO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/v.fastcdn.co\/u\/b091760c\/64517749-0-unnamed-37.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Exporting an LO from Mosaic<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once exported, the new LO becomes available for editing using the regular LO editor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>All activities<\/strong>&nbsp;in LOs&nbsp;<strong>exported from Mosaic<\/strong>&nbsp;will use Activity Types based on&nbsp;<strong>Present:Present:Presen<\/strong>t such as Presenting. You therefore need to make sure that such an Activity Type is present in your current project and that it has layouts assigned to it. You may see error messages when trying to export if those conditions are not met.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tip:<\/strong>&nbsp;During export, the subdivisions in the Activity Content are mapped to separate content text boxes. 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