Creating a Reflection Page

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 add a reflection page.
4. Click the plus sign in your course outline > hover over the Add Page icon and click.
   
5. Choose the reflection page type.
6. Add a page title.
7. Click Save.
8. 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 no 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. Some acceptable file types include PNG, JPG, GIF, PDF, and MP3. Files that contain extensions with executable scripts, like .html, .svg, and .exe, are not allowed to be uploaded. File size limit is 20MB. File submissions are not found under the Grading tab of the admin interface for reflections.
     
   • 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. You can add up to 10 rows of questions with the same scale.
     
9. Click Add Question to save your question to the reflection. 
10. Repeat these steps until all of your questions have been added.
11. Next, update the reflection options below the questions under Reflection Options.
     
    • Prevent learner from progressing until reflection is answered?: Once enabled, a learner must complete the reflection in order to continue progressing through the course. The page navigation is grayed out until the learner passes the assessment.
    • End of reflection message: Enter a custom message in the WYSIWYG that will display to the learner on the end screen after responses are submitted. 
    • Instructor takes reflection on behalf of learner?: An admin or instructor role can use this setting to complete a reflection on behalf of a learner through the admin or instructor interface.

    • Link Reflection? (Shown when Linked Reflections are enabled): Linking reflection pages allows you to connect all reflection pages throughout a course into one reflection or workbook. See the article on Linked Reflections for more details.

      Linked Reflections is behind a feature flag.

      Linked Reflections are behind a feature flag. Reach out to Thought Industries Tech Success & Support for assistance with enabling this feature in your instance.

12. Select and save any applicable Advanced Settings:
    • Unlocking for editing by children?: This allows any page that is unlocked to be edited by a Client Admin in Panorama. The Client Admin will be able to make changes to the unlocked page in a course in their Panorama only (other Panoramas will not see these changes).
    • Add an Audio Narration File: Add an mp3 file here if you would like learners to have the option of playing an audio file on a given page.
    • # of seconds required for completion: This settings requires learners to be on this page for the number of seconds you require in order to mark the page as complete. Times is entered in seconds only (e.g. enter 180 seconds to represent three minutes).
13. Click Save.

Reflection results will populate in the Assessment Results Overview report, with the exception of Likert Scale questions with more than one row. If you've built Likert Scale questions with more than one row, those results will populate in the Likert Results Overview report. Find how to generate these reports in the Generating Assessment Reports article.