How do I use the Crossword widget?
How to access the Crossword widget
Widgets are the tools with which course administrators create and build the pages of their courses.
The Crossword widget can be used to create and generate crosswords.
Steps to access the Crossword widget.
Step 1
Go to the page in your course where you'd like to add this widget.
Step 2
Select Edit mode.
Step 3
In the lefthand widget menu, click on the grey container with the word Core and toggle it to Quiz.
Step 4
Click on the Crossword widget icon (or you can hold and drag it wherever you'd like on the page).
Please note that if there isn't a quiz widget on the page, adding a new quiz widget will automatically create a quiz section for you. For more information on how to use the quiz section, please refer to the article How do I use a Quiz Section?
How to set up the Crossword widget
After adding the Crossword widget to your page, you can set it up by following the instructions below:
- Click on the Setup tab at the top of the widget.
- Edit the widget settings:
Question text: You can enter the title of your crossword or leave it blank.
Words: Enter the words that will appear in the crossword. (Note: words are not case sensitive).
Clues: Enter the clues.
Add word: Click this if you'd like to add additional words.
Generate crossword: When you're done adding words and clues, you can click Generate crossword to create the crossword and Done to save the widget.
Note: Every time you click on Generate, a new crossword will be generated.
Status Section
Show correct/incorrect status: Ticking this box will allow display text to appear letting learners know if they have selected the correct or incorrect answer(s).
When the answer is correct: You can customise the message to be displayed when the learner has selected the correct answer. The default message is "Correct!".
When the answer is incorrect: You can customise the message to be displayed when the learner has selected an incorrect answer. The default message is "Incorrect! Try again."
Hide correct/incorrect status: Ticking this box will allow you to customise the message to be displayed when the learner has selected the answer regardless of whether it’s correct or incorrect.
Feedback Section
Show feedback (optional): Ticking this box will allow you to customise the feedback message when the learner has selected the correct or incorrect answer for that particular question.
Completion settings
Completing activities on a page is how Learners make progress and receive their certificates or complete the course.
As the administrator, you can modify how each Quiz Section tracks this progress.
The completion settings tab in each widget gives the option to include the quiz as part of the quiz section’s progress and completion tracking. By unchecking the option, you are excluding this specific quiz block from being part of the quiz section’s progress. Any interactions with this excluded quiz block will not affect the completion status of the quiz section.
Where can I find the Submit Button
If there isn't a quiz widget on the page, adding a new quiz widget will automatically create a quiz section. At the end of a quiz section, a submit button will be added automatically. Therefore, you don’t need to add a submit button manually anymore.
For more information on the quiz section, please refer to the article How do I use a Quiz Section?