What are training pills, how to create and translate them
Modified on: Tue, 23 Jun, 2020 at 12:59 PM
Training Pills are one of the most attractive formats in Microlearning. In Zapiens they are small units of content associated with a question. Their objective is to transmit knowledge in a fast, effective and attractive way for the user.
In Zapiens there are two types of Training Pills:
Hint: They are units of content that appear before the question
More info: These are units of content that appear after the question
How to create a Training Pill in a question?
In Zapiens you can create Training Pills in two ways:
During the process of creating a new question:
Click on the "Create question" button to access all its sections: Status, Category, Question, Multimedia, Shuffle, Answers and Training Pills
During the process of editing an existing question:
Click on the "Three-dots vertical" button and then click on "Edit" to access all its sections
In both cases, click on the "Create Pill" button at the bottom of the page
Click on the "Hint" or "More Info" button, depending on the type of Training Pill you need to create. The creation process is the same:
Select a multimedia file from your PC
In the "Body" section write the content
Click on the "Save" button
If you want to delete the Pill, click on the "Delete" button
Click on any section in the left side menu or via the path Questions > Edit Question > Training Pills, located at the top left to exit the creation process
Our recommendations for creating quality training pills
Make them short. In Zapiens you can add up to 500 characters to the pills, although we recommend that you do not use all the characters available
That they are focused on a single topic, concept or idea
That they have associated multimedia elements, since it favors a more fluid and dynamic learning process. Characteristics of the multimedia files that you can import:
Images in jpg, jpeg, png or gif format and dimensions 700x300px
Audios in mp3 or wav format with a maximum size of 10MB
Videos in mp4, webm or ogg format with a maximum size of 10MB
Note: Remember that in the "Body" section you can add an external link to a website or a document found in your organization's cloud:
Select the text to which you want to add the link
Click on the "Link" button in the menu
In the pop-up window, paste the link in the "To what URL should this link go?" part
Click on the "Insert Link" button to save the changes
How to translate a Training Pill?
In Zapiens you can translate the Training Pills during the process of creating or editing the question:
Click on the "Hint" or "More Info" button, depending on the type of Training Pill you need to translate
Click on the 'Save and Translate' button at the bottom of the page or on the 'Add Translation' section at the top right:
Select the language of the translation
Upload the multimedia file again if necessary
In the "Body" section, add the translated content
On the right side you have the preview of how it appears in the App
Click on the "Save" button
A new section will appear with the name of the selected language
From there you can edit or delete the translation
Click on any section of the left side menu or via the path Questions > Edit Question > Training Pills, found at the top left to exit the translation process
If you want to know how an App user sees the Training Pills, check out the article Training Pills
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