Creating and Using Linked Reflections

To create a Linked Reflection workbook:

1. From your homepage, select Courses > All Courses.
2. Click the Content Title for to the course you want to alter.
3. Within the course outline, go to the lesson where you'd like to start your Linked Reflections workbook.

4. Click the plus sign in your course outline > hover over the Add Page icon and click.
   

5. Under the Assessment Pages area, choose the Reflection page type .
   
6. Add a page title.
   Note

   These page titles will be displayed on the course pages when the learner is prompted to fill out a reflection.

   
   
7. Click on Create New Question. From here, you have the option to add multiple choice, true/false, image comparison, open ended, file submission, essay, select boxes, table, or Likert scale question types.
   Note that there is no reflection question type will have the option to select a correct answer because reflections are not graded.
   Read more below to learn about each question type:
   • Multiple Choice: Learners select one or more answer choices in response to a question.
     
   • True/False: Learners decide if a statement is true or false.
     
   • Image Comparison: Learners decide which one of two images most accurately relates to the question.
     
   • Open Ended: Learners provide text a response in an open text field.
     You can pre-fill an answer in this question type, which can be used as a foundation to an answer or can simply be used as base text that a learner can manipulate in the response field to add or delete any part of the pre-filled text.
     You can also copy previous responses, so if there are previous learner responses in the reflection, it will show in this question's answer field. 
     
   • File Submission: Learners provide a file submission in response to a question or prompt. Acceptable file types include PNG, JPG, GIF, PDF, and mp3. File submissions are found under the Grading tab of the admin interface.
     
   • Essay: Learners submit a text response in a text field (WYSIWYG) in response to given prompts. A Content to Review field can be used to give context or essay instructions. The Question prompt is used define the learner's task.
     
   • Select Boxes: Learners select as many boxes as the question requires.
     
   • Table: Create prompts for learners to respond to directly in a table. You can dictate row and column headers, as well as the number of columns and rows that are included. You also have the ability to fill in the table fields of your choice and lock individual fields so learners cannot changes the text in a locked table field.
     
   • Likert Scale: Use a Likert scale question if you'd like to give the learner the ability to give a response about an attitude or opinion that is typically based on a numerical rating scale. 
     
8. Click Add Question to save your question to the reflection. 
   
9. Repeat these steps until all of your questions have been added.
10. To create a Linked Reflection, go to Reflection Options and toggle Link Reflection? to Yes.
    
    
    Note

    The first reflection page will have a "Start of reflection message" under Reflection Options.

11. Click Save.
12. Continue adding Reflection pages throughout the course. In order to link pages together to make available to the learner in one summary, enable the Link Reflection toggle to Yes for each subsequent reflection page.

• Make sure to enable Linked Reflections in Course Utilities. To do this, go to Courses > All Courses > Content Title > Content Step > Utilities > Study Tools > Reflections Enabled > Yes > Save.
  
  
• If you wish to allow learners to answer all questions from the Summary page instead of clicking through each Reflection page, enable toggle Skip to Linked Reflection Summary enabled? to Yes in Utilities > Study Tools.
• All reflection pages are available in the Course Utility in the left sidebar where learners can easily access and print all of their entries. For Linked Reflections, the workbooks will display the summary of all entries here.
  
• The responses that learners enter into workbooks is only visible to that learner. Administrators do not have access to this content.
• Learners can label or name their Linked Reflection on the first reflection page in the course. This label will display in the Course Utility sidebar so learners can identify and reference their workbook summaries as needed. This page is also where the "Start of reflection message" will display to the learner.
  
• Even without the setting to prevent progress enabled, the learner will see a greyed out next page arrow. If learners click the arrow to proceed, they will receive a warning message (shown below), but still be able to proceed.
  
• If the learner has not completed a Linked Reflection and they to navigate to the incomplete reflection from the Course Utility sidebar, they will be taken to the reflection page where they left off. The learner can only see the summary page once all reflection pages are complete.
  
• Add a Linked Reflections Manager Widget which allows learners to see their workbooks in one central location to browse, sort, rename, delete, and interact with completed linked reflections. Add the widget to any place the widget is available in layouts. For example, you can add it to a learner's dashboard by clicking Site > Site Builder > Layouts > Dashboard Layout > Actions > Edit. In the Add Available Widgets column, locate the Linked Reflection Manager widget, then configure the widget accordingly in the Linked Reflection Manager column. 
• Visit Settings > Translations > Platform Translations to change the words "Workbook" or "Reflections" to a term that better suits your education program.